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THIS WEEK AT MIDDAY ROTARY


The Impact of a Rotary Peace Fellow in the World

Presenter: Wendy Colson, Rotary Peace Fellow


​Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 @ 9:30am
Sala Quetzel in la Biblioteca or ZOOM

Videos of Past Speakers Click HERE
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In 2014, Rotary SMA Midday nominated local educator Wendy Coulson to become one
of only a handful of prestigious Rotary Peace Fellows in Mexico. As a result, she
traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, for a three-month intensive course in Peace and Conflict
Resolution Studies at the Rotary Peace Center.

In 2017, under Rotarian Tom Schneider’s leadership, and with the cooperation of the
first Rotary Club in San Miguel, we built the largest Peace Pole in Mexico in Parque
Juarez. It has been termed the most beautiful peace pole in the world by some who
have traveled the world to see the other peace poles.

On Tuesday, May 20, Wendy will speak at Rotary SMA Midday, and the presentation will
be broadcast via Zoom from the Biblioteca Publica’s Sala Quetzal at 9:30 a.m. She
wants to remind Rotary of the impact of one Rotary Peace Fellow in the world, and to
encourage Midday to nominate potential peacemakers.
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Says Wendy, “With over 30 years working in education, I have built a career through
vast experience as a consultant, coordinator, teacher, program manager and trainer. I
specialize in early literacy for young learners and very young learners globally in
addition to resource-limited teaching for all types of populations. Internationally, I have
developed and co-created successful education programs for development and literacy
projects using principles of sustainable development including peace.”

After receiving her peace certificate in 2015, Wendy created education programs for
peace and development projects such as Midday’s cistern project and worked locally
with Audubon de México, CEDESA, the Children’s World Peace Organization,
EEESMA, and Patronato Pro Niños. She also facilitated at the first national Global
Peace Index’s pillars of peace conference for Mexican youth leaders.

Wendy worked internationally with the American Councils, the British Council,
international education in Central Asia, India, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Colombia,
National Geographic Learning, Norwich Institute for Language Education, TESOL
International Association, the U.S. State Department, and in both Puebla and Chiapas,
Mexico. Much of this work involved developing workshops and facilitating teaching
training courses in English as a foreign language. She has also been sent to Jordan,
Tunisia, Myanmar, Uzbekistan and other exotic locales for various projects.
Wendy infuses education for sustainable development and global citizenship and
transformative learning into her consultancy thanks to courses from Earth Charter
International and the Inner Development Goals. She also writes curriculum, presents,
and has published a few pieces on topics such as education for sustainable
development for the English-language classroom.
 
Wendy holds a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics/Teaching English to Speakers of two
other Languages from Indiana University Bloomington, and a second Master’s degree in
K-12 Education with an emphasis in Bilingual and Special Education from the University
of Illinois at Chicago.

Wendy now focuses on coaching, curriculum development, environmental sustainability,
early childhood, global citizenship, primary and secondary education, coaching,
mentoring and teacher education.
This meeting will take place in the Sala Quetzal room in the Biblioteca. Please use the entrance on Relox. You are also invited to join us for breakfast at the Zenteno Cafe before the meeting.  Doors open for breakfast at 8:15 am.  The cost is 150 MXN (cash only please).

If you would prefer to view the meeting via ZOOM, complete the form below and we will send you the link.

Rotary is where neighbors, friends and problem-solvers share ideas, join leaders, and take action to create lasting change. For more information about Rotary, contact our President, Lee Carter at 
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Midday Rotary Club of San Miguel de Allende
Club 70057 - Rotary District 4140
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico


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