2021 NEPETS Theme
Rising to the Challenge

 
In the last year, since PETS 2020, Rotary and the world have faced tremendous challenges from sickness, politics and social unrest.  Rotarians have banded together to face these challenges and will continue to do so in the future.  The District Governor Class of 2021-2022 adopted the NEPETs theme and theme song, as we prepare Rotary leaders for the next year.
      Theme:  Rising to the Challenge
      Theme Song: “Rise Up” by Andra Day, 2015
 
We have created six nights to ensure all Presidents Elect and Assistant Governors are energized to face the next set of challenges.
  • Rising to the Challenge of Leadership
  • Rising to the Challenge of The Rotary Foundation Development/ Embracing the Seven Areas of Focus
  • Rising to the Challenge of Public Image
  • Rising to the Challenge of Diversity/ Equity/ Inclusion
  • Rising to the Challenge of Membership – Growth and Retention
  • Rising to the Challenge of engaging the larger community – Becoming Outward Looking
 
Rise Up
Andra Day, 2015
 
You're broken down and tired
Of living life on a merry go round
And you can't find the fighter
But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out
And move mountains
We gonna walk it out
And move mountains
And I'll rise up
I'll rise like the day
I'll rise up
I'll rise unafraid
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousand times again
And I'll rise up
High like the waves
I'll rise up
In spite of the ache
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousand times again
For you
For you
For you
For you
When the silence isn't quiet
And it feels like it's getting hard to breathe
And I know you feel like dying
But I promise we'll take the world to its feet
And move mountains
Bring it to its feet
And move mountains
And I'll rise up
I'll rise like the day
I'll rise up
I'll rise unafraid
I'll rise up
And I'll do it a thousand times again
For you
For you
For you
For you
All we need, all we need is hope
And for that we have each other
And for that we have each other
And we will rise
We will rise
We'll rise, oh, oh
We'll rise
I'll rise up
Rise like the day
I'll rise up
In spite of the ache
I will rise a thousand times again
And we'll rise up
High like the waves
We'll rise up
In spite of the ache
We'll rise up
And we'll do it a thousand times again
For you
For you
For you
For you
Ah, ah, ah, ah