100 Year Gala Dinner: Keynote Speaker Stephen Lewis
Leadership Through Service
Vancouver, BC : The Rotary Club of Vancouver and the 100 Years Celebration Events Team is honoured to have as our keynote speaker at the Gala Dinner, celebrated humanitarian Stephen Lewis.
Stephen Lewis is the board chair of the Stephen Lewis Foundation. He is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University in Toronto, and he is co-founder and co-director of AIDS-Free World in the United States. His work with the United Nations spanned more than two decades. He was the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa from June 2001 until the end of 2006. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Lewis was Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF at the organization’s global headquarters in New York. From 1984 through 1988, he was Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
From 1970–1978, Mr. Lewis was leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, during which time he became leader of the Official Opposition.
Mr. Lewis is the author of the best-selling book Race Against Time. He holds 35 honorary degrees from Canadian universities, as well as honorary degrees from Dartmouth College and Johns Hopkins University in the United States
Other events will take place the weekend of April 19th – 20th and include a free event Friday night at Jack Poole Plaza beginning with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron. There will be family fun, food and entertainment. Saturday afternoon is an open house at the Vancouver Convention Centre showcasing projects from Rotaries across British Columbia followed by the Gala Dinner on Saturday evening.
Gala Dinner tickets are now on sale with pricing of $175 per seat or $1,750 table of ten. Book a table for your club or group now at www.rotaryvancouver.org/Gala or by phone to Jessica at 604-783-1487.
