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The 2014 National Conference will feature an Ambassadors Luncheon on Thursday, November 6. 

The Agenda (available here) examines: China, the U.S., and Asia; Russia/Eurasia; Cybersecurity; Future of Education; Youth, Jobs, and Social Unrest; Food and Water; Global Economic Realignment; Future of Energy; Africa; and Climate Change. More Information

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China Leadership Mission
The World Affairs Councils of America's Leadership Delegation is currently in the People's Republic of China. The Leadership Mission is taking place October 11-19, 2014. Details

 

The Leadership Delegation met with U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday, October 14. See the below photo of the Delegation with Ambassador Baucus (center).

 

 

October Best Practices Teleconference
Join Shannon McAfee, Director of Public Programs at the Columbus Council on World Affairs, and Madonna Kramer, Programming Director at the World Affairs Council of Western Michigan, for a Primer on Social Media. Both handle the social media duties at their respective Councils.

The call will be held on 
Tuesday, October 21, at 4:00 PM ET.


Join the call to learn how your Council can use Twitter and Facebook. Madonna and Shannon will explain how they use these two social mediums to generate buzz, promote membership, and increase attendance at events. Other methods will be touched on but the focus will be on Twitter and Facebook.


For those of you who wish to learn to tweet, please create an account before the call. Click here to create a twitter account.

 

Think of a creative, but straightforward name for your Twitter handle. WAC Western Michigan is @WACWM. Columbus Council on World Affairs is @ColWorldAffairs.

Academic WorldQuest 2014-2015
The World Affairs Councils of America National Office has released the topics and study guide for the 2014-2015 Academic WorldQuest program.

2014-2015 Academic WorldQuest Topics
Russia / Eurasia; Human Trafficking; Youth, Jobs, and Social Unrest; Future of Energy; Millennium Development Goals: 2015 and Beyond; Food and Water; Asia and the New Global Economy; Great Decisions; Africa Rising; and Current Events.


National Competition
The 2015 Academic WorldQuest National Competition will take place Saturday, April 25, 2015 at the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center in Washington, DC.

News from the National Office
Combating Human Trafficking 

Carlson & The Carlson Family Foundation renewed funding of the World Affairs Councils of America's national program on combating human trafficking. More than 30 World Affairs Councils participated in the 2013 program, which featured screenings of the documentary film Not My Life. The 2014 program features discussion forums as well as film screenings.

  

This week's programs include:

 

October 15 -- Sarasota World Affairs Council 

 

October 16 -- World Affairs Council of Orange County

 

Understanding Muslim Societies
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The World Affairs Councils of America, with the generous support of Carnegie Corporation of New York, continues its very successful Engage America Series Understanding Muslim Societies. The program focuses on countries in the Middle East, as well as Afghanistan/Pakistan, and those relevant rising economic powers that are competing globally with the United States, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore.

This week's programs include:
 
October 16 -- WorldDenver

 

Freedom and Power in the Digital Age

The World Affairs Councils of America continues its Engage America Speaker Series in partnership with Google. The program is two-fold: a Speaker Event featuring a Google expert speaking on Freedom and Power in the Digital Age and an Educators Seminar focusing on how teachers and students can best leverage the tools of the new digital age to further their educational missions. More Information
 
This week's programs include:
 

 

Weekly Highlights

Monday, October 13

The World Affairs Council of Inland Southern California hosted a program on Defense Technology. Details

 

The San Diego World Affairs Council hosted a discussion on Ebola. Details 

 

Tuesday, October 14

The Alabama World Affairs Council hosts PJ Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, and Professor a George Washington University. Details

 

The World Affairs Council of Jacksonville hosts "Global Outlook: The U.S. Role in the World." Details
 

The Richmond World Affairs Council hosts "Tensions in East Asia and Eastern Europe: A Global Strategic Perspective." Details

 

WorldBoston hosts a Great Decisions discussion: "International Trade and U.S. Negotiations." Details
 

The Santa Fe Council on International Relations hosts "Strategic Positions in the Ukrainian Crisis." Details 

 

Wednesday, October 15
The World Affairs Council of Houston hosts "Cyber War, Espionage, and Terrorism." Details

The World Affairs Council of Northern California hosts "The U.S.-Pakistan Relationship: What Does the Future Hold?" Details 

The Vermont Council on World Affairs hosts "U.S. Trade with Canada." Details

The World Affairs Council of Seattle hosts "Assessing the Nuclear Threat from Iran and North Korea." Details

The Colorado Springs World Affairs Council hosts "America Looks at a World in Transition." Details 

The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg hosts a Great Decisions discussion: "Turkey's Challenges." Details

The World Affairs Council of Charlotte hosts a TMS Global Social Hour as part of its Magellan Society (Young Professionals of the WAC Charlotte). Details

The Indiana Council on World Affairs hosts ""U.S. Foreign Aid in the 21st Century: A View from Malawi." Details 

 

Thursday, October 16

The National Committee on United States-China Relations hosts its eighth annual China Town Hall featuring President Jimmy Carter. Click here to find a World Affairs Council near you streaming the event.

The World Affairs Council of Connecticut hosts "The New Europe" with Nobel Prize Winning Economist Professor Robert Shiller and Lithuanian Ambassador Zygimantas Pavilionis. Details 

The World Affairs Council of Seattle hosts "Wesley Clark: Rethinking American Foreign Policy." Details

The International Affairs Forum (Traverse City, MI) hosts Steven Pifer, former Ambassador to Ukraine and member of the National Security Council, currently Director of the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative at the Brookings Institution, for "The Ukraine Crisis: Where Will It End?" Details

The World Affairs Council of Oregon hosts "Omo River Valley: Progress at What Cost?" Details 

The World Affairs Council of Maine hosts "Oyster Aquaculture: Local and Global Challenges and Opportunities." Details 

The World Affairs Council of New Hampshire hosts Prof. Daniel Drezner, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts, for "The System Worked: How the World Stopped Another Great Depression and What's Next for the Global Economy." Details

The Olympia World Affairs Council hosts "The Opening of the Arctic." Details

The Savannah Council on World Affairs hosts "The Dark Side of Globalization/Panel Discussion: Ukraine in Crisis." Details

The Peoria Area World Affairs Council hosts "The United States, Russia, and Bridging the East-West Divide." Details

The Alaska World Affairs Council hosts its World Wiz Pub Trivia Night. Details

Friday, October 17
The World Affairs Council of Hilton Head hosts "The New Geopolitics of Food." Details 

Saturday, October 18
The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh hosts a KQV Global Press Conference on "Insights into the U.S.-Canada Partnership." Details 

Sunday, October 19
The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh hosts a KQV Global Press Conference on "Europe at a Crossroads?" Details

Council leaders to lecture on Travel the World tours from the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia:

  

Maria Wulff, President, World Affairs Council of Oregon, Best of Tanzania: November 1-11.


Maria Zammit, World Affairs Council of Hampton Roads, Sri Lanka: February 4-18.

L.J. Stambuk, President & CEO, World Affairs Council of Charlotte, Mysteries of Myanmar: February 20-March 5.

Anna Berry, Executive Director, World Affairs Council of New Hampshire, Burgundy & Provence River Cruise: May 3-14.

Ambassador Heather Hodges, President and Ambassador in Residence, Cleveland Council on World Affairs, Bilbao and Madrid: May 15-23.

Mimi Gregory, Vice President & Program Chairman, Naples Council on World Affairs, Inside Iran: May 18-June 1
 

  

Contact www.wacphila.org/travel or call 800-942-5004 x209 or x217.
 

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