Hermosa Beach’s Scott Martin is heading to Thailand in January after being awarded the 2017 Rotary Peace Fellowship. He will be studying in the Rotary Peace Centers program at Chulalongkorn University, where he will receive training in peace and conflict resolution.
The Rotary Foundation’s goal is to “advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.” Martin already has extensive peace and conflict resolution training and has been a member of Mediators Beyond Borders International, which focuses on building local skills for peace and meditation, for years and has traveled to numerous countries to promote those efforts. … Source: The Beach Reporter