To the Editor: Back in the late spring, Fr. Chip Seadale, the rector at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edgartown, called a meeting to brainstorm some ideas that would be useful to the Ukrainians in their time of need. As ideas were being bounced around the table, I thought about all those pregnant young moms […]
To the Editor: There are a few controversial issues where we Islanders can come together. We love our country, we want our loved ones to be safe, we hate it when Five Corners floods. Can we at least agree on those points? Can we listen to each other respectfully? Together, maybe we can find ways […]
By Mardi Moran Mardi Moran is a member of both Grace Episcopal Church and the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center. She is part of the Interfaith Climate Action Team’s writers committee, and in this column she speaks to Ursula Goodenough, a retired biologist living in Chilmark, president of the Religious Naturalist Association, and author of “The […]
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Poliana Bellan Wilson: âI love to lend a hand to othersâ
Wilson provides assistance as an interpreter and social media expert.
Poliana Bellan Wilson â Courtesy Poliana Bellan Wilson
In 2017, Poliana âPoliâ Bellan Wilson left her home in Sao Paulo, Brazil to attend a Rotary convention on Marthaâs Vineyard. Wilson had been very active in the Rotaract Club in Sao Paulo since she was in her teens. Rotaract is an international youth program founded by Rotary International; today there are over 10,000 clubs in 180 countries.
Wilson had no previous connection to the Vineyard and really didnât know that much about it. But while she was here she not only made professional connections but she made a personal connection as well. She met Adam Wilson, a fellow Rotarian and renewable energy consultant on the Island. When she returned home, Poli and Adam talked online, the relationship heated up and Adam went down to v