"Peace Through Service"
Posted by Martha Helman
on Jan 16, 2012
Rotary International President-elect Sakuji Tanaka has announced the Rotary theme for 2012-13: It will be "Peace through Service." President-elect Sakuji pointed out that "peace" is often defined by what it is not: an absence of violence. But he said that peace is many different things to different people: Security, freedom, the knowledge that one's children are properly fed, and so on. President-elect Sakuji believes that peace is the essence of what Rotarians do, and he has charged the movement to think in terms of peace as it designs service projects. His speech came during the International Assembly in San Diego, which involves training and fellowship for all governors-elect.