Rotary Meeting Wednesday 19 February 2025

Our Guest speakers this week are

Dr Frederic Bemak and Dr Rita Chji-Ying Chung

Mental Health Humanitarian Work in Challenging Times

Dr. Rita Chi-Ying Chung (鍾賜英) is a cross-cultural psychologist who obtained her PhD from Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka). She is a Professor Emerita at the Counseling Program at George Mason University USA, and a Honorary International Fellow at the Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research (Te Pae Ranganhau Tauhokai Ahurea), School of Psychology (Te Kura Matai Hinengaro), Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka). Her research focuses on cross-cultural psychology, social justice and human rights, immigrant and refugee psychosocial adjustment, racial injustice, the trafficking of Asian children, and post-disaster counseling. Dr. Chung has published extensively in the fields of cross-cultural and multicultural psychology and counseling and has over 90 publications in professional journals and books and many international awards.

Dr. Fred Bemak is a Professor Emeritus at George Mason University, USA and a Honorary International Fellow at the Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research (Te Pae Ranganhau Tauhokai Ahurea), Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka). He is the Executive Director and founder of Counselors Without Borders and has taken teams to provide national and global training, consultation, and counseling. He has published extensively in the fields of cross-cultural and multicultural psychology and counseling, working with at-risk youth, group counseling, transforming school counseling, and immigrant and refugee mental health and adjustment. Dr. Bemak has won numerous awards for his work.

NOTE your registration is required no later than 6pm Sunday 16 February.

Duties for the meeting:

Desk- 6.45am         David Barnes

Greeter                   Michaela Draper

Kaikohau                Hayley Burns

Opening Thought    Nick Duncan

Introduction            Rick Hughes

Thanking                Linda Wellington

Sharing                  David Barnes

Parting Thought     Rob Whitney

Club Reporter        Yon Yi Sohn

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