When
Friday, November 20, 2026
@ 11:30am – 1:30pm
Address
City Club LA
555 Flower St 51st Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Erin Gruwell is an American teacher known for her unique teaching method, which led to the publication of The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them (1999). The 2007 film Freedom Writers Starring Hillary Swank and the 2019 PBS documentary Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart are based on her story.
Erin also has a story about the importance of Rotary that you probably don’t know…