R.I. theme for 2012-13 is “Peace Through Service”
Posted by John Borst
on Jan 17, 2012
Rotary International (RI) on January 16, 2012 picked “Peace Through Service” as its theme for the year 2012-2013.
The theme
was unveiled by the RI President-elect Sakuji Tanaka during the opening plenary
session of the 2012 International Assembly, a training event for incoming
Rotary district governors, held in San Diego, California, USA.
“Peace, in
all of the ways that we can understand it, is a real goal and a realistic goal
for Rotary,” Sakuji Tanaka is quoted as saying on Rotary’s website.
According to
the RI president-elect who is a businessman based in Tokyo, peace is not
something that can only be achieved through agreements, by governments, or
through heroic struggles but “it is something that we can find and that we can
achieve, every day and in many simple ways.”
“No matter
how we use, or understand the word, Rotary can help us to achieve it,” he
added.
Sakuji Tanaka speaking on the Rotary theme