BRIDGTON — Rotary Peace Scholar Cassandra Varanka plans to speak at the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Bridgton Alliance Church, 368 Harrison Road.
Rotary International awards up to 50 fully funded fellowships for leaders from around the world to study at one of its seven peace centers. Varanka, sponsored by the club, was one of the recipients.
She has been studying at the University of Queensland’s (Australia) Rotary Centre for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution since early 2023. She will give a brief overview of the Rotary Peace Fellowship Program, her experience in it, her final semester and her plans for the future.
Her talk is free and open to the public; coffee will be served. Available in person and via Zoom, email [email protected] for more information and the Zoom link.
For more information about the club, visit lakeregionrotary.com or find it on Facebook.
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