Dr. Frances Jeffries is an advocate for social justice and a pro bono consultant to non-profit organizations focused on peace initiatives in developing countries.
As a member of Rotary International since 1987 and Rotary Peace Fellow, she has worked with the Tigray Development Association in Ethiopia, for Water for Cambodia (WFC), and as Project Manager for the Rotary International’s “Literacy in South Africa” initiative. She works with Rotary partner organizations, Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI) and the Institute for Peace and Economics.
She is currently a member of the Rotary Club of the Bridgewaters and is the Chair of the District Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention/Resolution Committee.
Listen as she shares why: All Rotarians are Peacebuilders. All belong to an organization whose mission is to “…advance world peace and understanding….”
Wherever and whenever we are gathered, we have in that place and moment EVERYTHING needed to establish peace on this Planet and beyond — the skills, expertise, experiences, contacts, resources of all kinds. Do we have the courage and the will? YES! but we must not be distracted nor deterred.
Frances serves as a Civil Society Observer to the United Nations advocating for the elimination of nuclear weapons and has been a Representative for Rotary Action
Group for Peace Nuclear Weapons Education Committee.
www.RotariansImaginingWorldPeace.org
