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Minneapolis Chamber
Feb 20, 2024 12:15 PM
As Vice President of Member Services with the Minneapolis Regional Chamber, Megan Krohn serves as the bridge between member needs and quality programming. She is responsible for engaging with the business community, regardless of their membership status, to better understand the challenges they face and innovate on how the Chamber can best support them. In her two and a half years with the Chamber, Megan has built lasting relationships with an array of communities and businesses, small and large, building bridges across our community and creating opportunities for small businesses. Some of her proudest moments include speaking at ribbon cutting ceremonies for local businesses such as Spire Credit Union this summer and the Franklin Center last year. |
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Golden Valley Public Safety Update
Feb 27, 2024 12:15 PM
Golden Valley Police Chief Virgil L. Green Sr. was sworn in as the new police chief of Golden Valley on September 6, 2022. Green’s over 38-year law enforcement career started with the Lea County Sheriff’s Department in Lovington, New Mexico and includes time as a patrol officer with the Oklahoma City Housing Authority Enforcement Division and as police chief with the jurisdictions of Boley, Oklahoma; Spencer, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City; and Helena West Helena, Arkansas. In 2018 he became the deputy police chief/major for the Tulsa, Oklahoma school district’s campus police department. Green has a bachelor's degree in police administration from the American Military University. Read Green's full bio here. One of his goals is to implement "21st century policing" by focusing on six pillars, including officer wellness and safety as well as community outreach. |
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Painting Empty Bowls at PRISM
Mar 05, 2024 12:00 PM
Roll up your sleeves and start thinking creatively! We will be painting bowls at PRISM to support Empty Bowls. WHAT IS EMPTY BOWLS? A grass-roots effort to raise money for local food shelves. The event in March is open to the public and raises money through sponsorships and donations. At the event, they feature handmade ceramic bowls which are created by the community and local artists. Entertainment by musical groups and a light soup dinner are enjoyed as we come together to raise awareness and funds for local hunger. PRISM will fire the bowls, so save the date for Empty Bowls on Tuesday, March 19, from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at Cooper High School. Find and purchase your beautifully painted bowls, supporting a great cause. Don’t miss out on this fun-for-all event that lets you unleash your inner artist while making a meaningful impact. https://ced.rdale.org/community/empty-bowls Culver's lunch will be served at 12:00 p.m. |
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Mar 10, 2024 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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Hennepin History Museum - Native Americans and Bassett Creek
Mar 12, 2024 12:15 PM
John R. Crippen has been Executive Director of Hennepin History Museum since 2019. John has an extensive career in museum management having worked at the Minnesota Historical Society for 30 years, including serving as Director of the Mill City Museum and, more recently, as Director of Historic Sites and Museums. A native of Minnesota, John earned his B.A. in History at the University of Minnesota and received his M.A. in History Museum Studies from Cooperstown Graduate Program at SUNY-Oneonta. John uses creative program leadership and strategic partnerships to bring diverse communities together and seeks ways to find new, sustainable operating models for the places that make history relevant to people in the 21st Century. Hennepin History Museum brings the diverse history of people in Hennepin County to life and helps visitors understand the world through an exploration of local history with exhibits, collections, public programs, a magazine, and a research library. |
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The ERA: Forward to Fruition
Mar 19, 2024 12:15 PM
Betty Folliard is a nationally known thought leader and political strategist. She is Founder of ERA Minnesota - an organization dedicated to passing the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) into our state & federal constitutions. A former three-term Minnesota Legislator, Ms. Folliard served six years in the Minnesota House. She has worked in government at the local, state, & national levels: as Hopkins School Board Vice Chair; as State Representative in the Minnesota House, and as Community Representative in the Office of Congressman Keith Ellison. Betty’s first career was in the Arts. She earned a BA in Drama from Stanford University & MFA from Wayne State University, then directed & performed nationally & internationally. With a background in sales, marketing, and market research, she co-owned a business and political consulting firm called Strategy Partners. In 2007, Ms. Folliard volunteered with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to muck out houses after the Hurricane Katrina. To better understand global challenges women face, Betty volunteered on missions in Peru & Rarotonga, Mozambique & Haiti; and travelled with women leaders to study the economic status of women in Israel, Palestine, India & Bangladesh. In 2022, she travelled to the Texas/Mexico border to help newly arrived immigrants in San Juan, the poorest county in the U.S. In 2014, Betty founded ERA Minnesota (www.eramn.org) to revitalize the Equal Rights Amendment movement in Minnesota, which earned her the Minnesota Women’s Press Changemaker Award. She executive produced and hosted a feminist, progressive talk show. Among various recognitions and awards, in 2017, Ms. Folliard received the Minnesota Women’s Summit Committee ‘Woman of Distinction Award’. Betty is an Elder in the Presbyterian Church, and in 2018 served as a National Presbyterian Delegate to the United Nations 62nd Commission on the Status of Women. Ms. Folliard served on many boards & commissions and was the first Board Chair of nonprofit law firm Gender Justice, as well as Board Chair of PRISM, a social services agency. In 2022, Ms. Folliard sat on Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s Women’s Task Force on Expanding Economic Security that presented a report to the Minnesota Legislature listing 115 needed law changes to improve women’s economic status. In 2023, she led the successful effort to pass a resolution telling Congress to enact the ERA. Mother of three, grandmother of three, Betty loves to sing, cook, dance, hike in the woods, and her true passion is the full emancipation of women worldwide. |
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Cyber Scams and How to Avoid Them
Mar 26, 2024 12:15 PM
After co-founding, drumming, touring and recording in Minnesota band Mango Jam, Bret's second career started by going back to school. He spent a year at Brown Institute for PC/LAN and another year for Computer Programming. During school in 1998, he started interning for Passkey and ended up staying, falling in love with the relationships and challenges with small and medium business technology. Bret sits on several boards and technology committees. He is a formation committee member for the NSITSP (National Society of IT Service Providers), a local campus IT task force, a non-profit foundation, an IT grant giving committee, and an Insurance industry Automation Committee. Bret also sat on the board for the Association for Corporate Growth, Minnesota Chapter where he headed the Social Media and Innovation committee. He enjoys speaking on IT, innovation, and most of all CyberSecurity. Passkey Technology is an IT Service Provider and CyberSecurity firm in Golden Valley, MN. We specialize in providing consulting and 24/7 support services for small and medium businesses. We can help with security, business continuity, backup strategy, disaster recovery, planning, monitoring, maintaining, purchasing, installing, and general IT support; remote and on-site. |
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Joke Day
Apr 02, 2024 12:15 PM
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What’s New In Treating Urinary Symptoms For Men
Apr 09, 2024 12:15 PM
Dr. Jafar Golzarian graduated magna cum laude from the University of Brussels School of Medicine in Brussels, Belgium. He completed his radiology residency at Erasme Hospital, University of Brussels School of Medicine, and then completed his fellowship training in interventional radiology at the same hospital. He is board-certified in interventional radiology and licensed in Minnesota to practice medicine. He is a professor of interventional radiology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he became the first doctor to perform the prostate artery embolization (PAE) procedure in the United States. He was also one of the first interventional radiologists to perform uterine fibroid embolization (UFE). He has extensive experience in peripheral vascular disease and interventional oncology. Dr. Golzarian is a key opinion leader in the field of Interventional Radiology. He is the founder and course director of major meetings in the field including Global Embolization symposium and Technologies (GEST) and has authored more than 170 papers and more than 400 national and international lectures. https://northstarir.com/team/jafar-golzarian/ |
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Post-Secondary Enrollment Options
Apr 16, 2024 12:15 PM
Aala Rashid recently graduated from the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management with a major in Finance and minor in Marketing. Last summer, Aala interned at Medtronic as a Marketing Finance Associate on the Sales Finance Team. This allowed her to acquire valuable project management and communication skills as she worked across different teams and functions. She joined People for PSEO in January and is working part-time until she starts her full time job at Medtronic in June doing Investor Relations. |
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Apr 18, 2024 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Join us for our Rotary Spring Networking Social at Skylab Glass Arts! RSVP here: https://forms.office.com/r/rRWTPQY4zH Light appetizers and beverages provided All are welcome! Get a peak at Skylab Glass Arts and network with professionals in Golden Valley! Hosted by Rotary Club of Golden Valley and Golden Valley Community Foundation |
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Apr 20, 2024 7:15 AM - 10:00 AM
29th Annual Run the Valley - Volunteering with PRISM |
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Apr 23, 2024 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Highway 55 Clean-Up The Golden Valley Rotary Club is in its 28th year of caring for our stretch of Highway 55; our work continues on Tuesday, April 23! Community members are welcome to join us in this fun and easy project. Dinner at Doolittle's to follow the service project. Meet at the NE Corner of Hwy 55 and Winnetka Ave.
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Highway 55 Clean-Up
Apr 23, 2024 5:00 PM
Highway 55 Clean-Up The Golden Valley Rotary Club is in its 28th year of caring for our stretch of Highway 55; our work continues on Tuesday, April 23! Community members are welcome to join us in this fun and easy project.
Dinner at Doolittle's to follow the service project. |
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Tour of New Hope YMCA
Apr 30, 2024 12:15 PM
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May 05, 2024 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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ReConnectRondo
May 07, 2024 12:15 PM
Keith Baker is the executive director for ReConnect Rondo, an umbrella advocacy organization committed to addressing racial disparities in Minnesota. Keith is leading the organization’s mission to revitalize the Rondo community of St. Paul with a 21-acre land bridge that reconnects the historic African American community and creates Minnesota’s first African American cultural enterprise district. Keith has more than 35 years of experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. His 18 years with the Minnesota Department of Transportation included oversight of federal and state professional technical contract administration and construction compliance monitoring. Keith served as a member of the Ramsey County Blue Ribbon Commission in 2010, which was in the forefront of elevating Minnesota’s ranking as 50th in the nation for racial disparities. Over the years, he has identified and executed strategies supportive of equitable development, entrepreneurism, ownership, business and workforce development, and opportunity access. As a strategist, connector, and influencer, Keith has a reputation for seeing the big picture, along with the connective links needed for genuine progress. He’s known for skillfully navigating within constrained environments, creating outputs that result in equitable outcomes. These characteristics were instrumental in the successful orchestration of a collective impact approach that ensured equitable inclusion of minority- and women-owned engineering and architect firms on the billion-dollar U.S. Bank Stadium project. https://reconnectrondo.com/ |
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Discover Yourself - A Facilitated Session Featuring the Insights Discovery Profile
May 14, 2024 12:15 PM
Scott Schwefel works with organizations who want to leverage new communication strategies to increase sales, profits and productivity. As a serial entrepreneur, Scott founded and grew Minnesota’s largest technology training company to over $12MM, and then sold the company in 2003. His company was named one of the 50 fastest growing private companies in Minnesota in 1997 and 1998, and he was named to Minnesota’s 40 under 40 list of successful top executives. Scott then founded and grew Insights Twin Cities to over $3MM and sold it to Insights in Scotland in 2014. Scott Schwefel has been speaking and teaching new communication strategies to organizations globally for over a decade. He has presented in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Geneva, Shanghai, and Kuwait, and he has also trained and coached over 1500 CEOs personally. He is a published author, has lived remotely with the Hadza and Maasai tribes in Tanzania, and is a featured speaker for Vistage, the largest organization of CEOs in the world. |
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Recycling and Organics in Golden Valley
May 21, 2024 12:15 PM
Ethan Kehrberg, Sustainability Specialist, City of Golden Valley Ethan Kehrberg graduated from St. Olaf College, interned at a renewable energy company, and completed a service year through Minnesota GreenCorps before joining the City of Golden Valley in 2022. He currently works on recycling and waste reduction, energy efficiency, electrification, climate resilience, and a variety of other sustainability initiatives. Ethan grew up in Golden Valley and is passionate about protecting the planet while making Golden Valley a greener, healthier, and more equitable community for everyone. Also presenting with Ethan is Andrea Knoll. Knoll is serving a one-year service term with Minnesota GreenCorps, a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency-coordinated program training a new generation of environmental professionals. As a GreenCorps member, Andrea assists City staff with environmental health-related projects and initiatives through community outreach, site assessments, and data collection and analysis. Following her service term, Andrea plans to pursue a graduate degree in environmental science and continue her work preserving and protecting Minnesota’s ecosystems and communities. |
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Club Assembly and Taste & Tour Planning
May 28, 2024 12:15 PM
Not a meeting to be missed! The Golden Valley Rotary Club members will have a discussion on membership, leadership opportunities, grants, and future projects, etc. You'll definitely want to attend this Rotary meeting to contribute to the important Club conversations. We'll also be discussing our upcoming Taste & Tour of Golden Valley event, scheduled for Thursday, July 25. To put on a successful event, we will need all hands on deck with the planning. There are many opportunities to make a difference in this project! Look forward to seeing you there! |
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Hopkins Education Foundation
Jun 04, 2024 12:15 PM
Emily Wallace-Jackson is the Executive Director of the Hopkins Education Foundation (HEF), a nonprofit that kickstarts learning opportunities for students in the Hopkins Public Schools. She served on the HEF Board of Directors from 2014 through 2019, and was president of the board during that time. She also worked as the Executive Director of the Seven Dreams Education Foundation that supported Robbinsdale Area Schools. Emily and her husband raised their three children in Hopkins Schools. She has been a passionate advocate for Hopkins schools and public education, serving as a member and co-chair of the Hopkins Legislative Action Coalition. Emily has also served as a commissioner on three City of Hopkins commissions: Human Rights Commission, Charter Commission, and Zoning & Planning Commission. Earlier in her career, Emily worked as an attorney and also volunteered as a pro bono attorney for clients at the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. https://www.hopkinseducationfoundation.org/ |
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PRIME and Its Work in Golden Valley
Jun 11, 2024 12:15 PM
Trey Gladney, originally from Houston, takes pride in his deep integration into Minnesota over the past two decades. Alongside his wife and three children, he has embraced the State of Hockey as his own, immersing himself in its culture, communities, and yes, even its cold. With degrees from the University of Minnesota and Hamline School of Business, Trey's academic journey paved the way for a successful career in management consulting. For the last 15 years, he's been a leader in simplifying healthcare systems. His expertise in process improvement, technology implementation, and change management led him to work with many of the top consulting firms. Beyond his professional endeavors, Trey is dedicated to civic engagement. He chairs the PEACE commission in Golden Valley, focusing on police employment, accountability, and community engagement. Additionally, he leads PRIME, striving for racial equity and inclusion in Golden Valley. Despite his busy schedule, Trey finds solace in movement. Whether cycling through Theodore Park or strolling along Golden Valley Road, he's always exploring and connecting with his surroundings. In all aspects of his life, Trey is driven by a relentless pursuit of progress and a passion for positive change, aiming to create a more inclusive and equitable world for everyone. |
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ChemoRiders: A Rotary Journey of Hope
Jun 18, 2024 12:15 PM
Jeff Molby is from Caro, Michigan. After becoming treasurer of his son's boy scout troop, Jeff went to visit the troop’s sponsor: the Rotary Club of Caro, Michigan. He was blown away by the warm welcome and the values embodied in the Four-Way Test, so a couple weeks later he had his red badge. Around the same time, Jeff attended his first Relay For Life. He loved the way they fight the global scourge of cancer in a profoundly local way. He started small and eventually took on an outsized role to help restart things after Covid. He recently turned his attention to the American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program. They too needed a post-pandemic boost, so Jeff combined his love of traveling and cycling to his fight against cancer, setting off on a multi-year bike tour around the country in order to raise money and recruit drivers to get patients to their lifesaving treatments. https://chemoriders.org/Rotary/ |
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Annual Awards Luncheon
Jun 25, 2024 11:45 AM
The Golden Valley Rotary Club will gather with members of the community to celebrate all things Rotary during the 2023-2024 year. We will present the Citizen of the Year award and the Rotarian of the Year award. Our high school scholarship recipients will be honored. Shep Harris, Club President, will pass the gavel to incoming Club President, Bryan Rossi. A great celebratory event in the fifty-one year history of the Golden Valley Rotary Club! RSVP here: https://forms.gle/s367ieyq7qauoWE3A |
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No Meeting - Happy 4th of July!
Jul 02, 2024
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Jul 09, 2024 5:00 PM
Rotary July 9: Rotary Summer Family Picnic at New Hope YMCA New Hope YMCA 7601 N 42nd Ave. |
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The 2024-2025 Rotary Year
Jul 16, 2024 12:15 PM
Sharon is the District 5950 Governor for 2024/2025 year from Minneapolis Rotary Club #9. She just celebrated her 20th anniversary in Rotary last year! Sharon owns one of the largest private investment firms wholly owned by a woman in Minnesota and Florida. She says she attributes much of this success to Rotary. This is where she learned her public speaking and leadership skills, and her fellow Rotarians mentored her and welcomed her into this community. She is committed to giving back to Rotary. Last year she completed the largest ever fundraiser for our Rotary District – raising $3 million on top of the usual annual $1 million as District Foundation Chair. For fun she coaches the top 150 women in global tennis on financial behaviors. She is a five-time MN State Fair blue ribbon winning flower arranger, and she collects shoes of very famous women including Margaret Thatcher and Audrey Hepburn. |
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Club Assembly
Jul 30, 2024 12:15 PM
Not a meeting to be missed! The Golden Valley Rotary Club members will have a discussion on membership, leadership opportunities, grants, and future projects, etc. You'll definitely want to attend this Rotary meeting to contribute to the important Club conversations. We'll also be debriefing about the 2024 Taste & Tour of Golden Valley event. Look forward to seeing you there! |
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Advancements in Cancer Treatments
Aug 06, 2024 12:15 PM
Dr. Daniel Harki is the Northrop Professor at the University of Minnesota and principal investigator (PI) of the Harki laboratory, which focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of small molecules for applications in anticancer and antiviral drug discovery. Dr. Harki is the Associate Department Head for Research and the Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, Dr. Harki is co-Leader of the Cellular Mechanisms Program at the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center. Dr. Harki is an Associate Editor for Medicinal Research Reviews (Wiley). Dr. Harki is the Chair of Membership and International Relationships for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Medicinal Chemistry (MEDI). |
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Hands-Only CPR
Aug 13, 2024 12:15 PM
Ethan Meirovitz has been a Basic Life Support Instructor and an Emergency Medical Responder since 2013. In that time, he's worked as a contract event medic for hundreds of functions from little league t-ball tournaments, to state high school championships, and even a Zombie Pub Crawl. In his time as a BLS instructor, he's taught over a thousand people lifesaving skills like CPR, how to use an AED, first aid, and STOP THE BLEED. Ethan was a Golden Valley Rotarian from 2020-2023 and belonged to a club in Omaha for two years prior. |