USIP's Nancy Lindborg Virtual Keynote; Star Speakers at Councils; Council of the Month; 'CxC: Amplified' - Putting the World Back Together Ideas Summit; WACA's 2020
Engage America
Grant Recipients; and more Council Highlights!
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Thursday!
WACA Presents USIP President Lindborg in Special Program
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In light of the current pandemic and the unfortunate but necessary cancelation of the
Carlos and Malú Alvarez 2020 Academic WorldQuest National Competition
, Nancy will address the students and teachers along with the national audience. She will explore the unprecedented threats the coronavirus poses to fragile states and the important opportunities the pandemic offers to help fragile states recover better. A question-and-answer session will follow Nancy's remarks.
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Star Speakers This Week on Councils' Virtual Programming
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Amb. (ret.) Ryan Crocker
Diplomat in Residence
Princeton University
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David Ignatius, Prize-Winning Columnist, The Washington Post
David Sanger, National Security Correspondent, New York Times
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Stacey Abrams
Former Minority Leader, Georgia House of Representatives
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The Hon. Condoleezza Rice
66th U.S. Secretary of State
Professor, Stanford Grad School
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Chargé d'Affaires James Story
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Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook
ED, Future of Diplomacy Project, Harvard Kennedy School
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*Scroll down to the Council Highlights section to view all programs from Councils this week!
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Together, they tackle the critical global issues that are affecting each of us in new and evolving ways within our communities and on the global stage. The series is hosted live weekly via Zoom Webinar, followed by a live Q&A with an audience of 500 people from Connecticut and across the country. Episodes are recorded and produced weekly in video and podcast formats.
Subscribe today and don’t miss an episode!
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Putting the World Back Together
An ideas summit presented by World Affairs Councils nationwide
Watch the Highlights Video Package!
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The
CxC: Amplified
'
Putting the World Back Together
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Ideas Summit marked the first time Councils across the country gathered virtually for a special, inclusive Ideas Summit, under a new brand: CxC: Amplified. Our collective programming - virtual events, conversations, debates, and engagement opportunities - on one platform aimed to meet this historic moment with unity, leadership, and dialogue.
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(We will be adding more session videos as we receive them from Councils.)
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WACA 2020
Engage America
Grant Awardees!
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Tuesday 5/26
Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts former Nashville
Mayor Karl Dean and
Dr. James Hildreth, President and CEO of Meharry Medical College, for “
Nashville and COVID-19.”
Tennessee World Affairs Council hosts
Ambassador (ret.) Charles Bower and
LCDR Patrick Ryan, President of Tennessee WAC, for “
Global Engagement: News Review.”
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts professor
Kenneth Barnes, Gordon-Conwell, for “
Redeeming Capitalism.”
Wednesday 5/27
World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts
Arlette Guthrie, Vice President of Human Resources at The Home Depot, for “
The COVID Pivot.”
International Relations Council (Kansas City) hosts
Sam Brannen, Head of the Risk and Foresight Group at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and
Dan Mahanty, Director of the U.S. Program at the Center for Civilians in Conflict, for “
International Cooperation in Responding to Crisis.”
World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth and World Affairs Council of Jacksonville host
David Ignatius, Prize-Winning Columnist for The Washington Post, and
David Sanger, National Security Correspondent for the New York Times, for “
The Pundits & The Paladin.”
World Affairs Council of Connecticut hosts
John Fund, National Affairs Reporter for the National Review, for "
Sweden, UK, and the U.S."
World Affairs Council of Seattle hosts
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, for “
The Future of Globalization.”
Thursday 5/28
WorldDenver hosts
Chargé d'Affaires James Story, Venezuela Affairs Unit at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, for “
A Conversation on U.S.-Venezuelan Relations.”
**All World Affairs Council members across the network can use the code "
WDMEMBER
" for a discount member rate.
World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts
The Honorable
Condoleezza Rice, 66th U.S. Secretary of State, and professor Philip Zelikow, University of Virginia, for “
To Build a Better World.”
World Affairs Council of Jacksonville hosts
Ambassador (ret.) Nancy Soderberg, President and CEO of Soderberg Global Solutions, for “
The Hidden News Behind COVID-19.”
Santa Fe Council on International Relations hosts
Braden Allenby, Distinguished Sustainability Scientist for the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University, for “
Engineering Resilience.”
World Affairs Council of Charlotte hosts
Anna Fifield, Beijing Bureau Chief for The Washington Post, for “
The Great Successor.”
Montana World Affairs Council hosts
Ilse-Mari Lee, Dean of the Honors College at Montana State University, for “
Connect Montana.”
Friday 5/29
Santa Fe Council on International Relations hosts attorney
Rebecca Kitson and
Kimberly Gauderman, Faculty Affiliate at the University of New Mexico’s School of Law, for “
Immigration, Asylum, and Coronavirus.”
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Access Council Virtual Programming via WACA's Members-Only Portal
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WACA is busy preparing a number of additional resources for the Members-Only section! WACA strives to provide Councils with easy access to tools, guidelines, events, and more that add value to our Members both personally and professionally, to our Councils' overall operations, and to the Network as a whole. This is a top priority for the National Office, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.
That is why we've added two resource sections dedicated to COVID-19 related information and digital programming available to the public by Councils.
The goal is to make the Members-Only section a one-stop shop for all Council needs. However, these sections are only as good as the information contained within, so we are calling on all Councils to please submit any documentation per the categories below, or any other information helpful to the Network.
The Members-Only section is a private benefit for our Council Members. Please contact
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rpastor@worldaffairscouncils.org for login details and account creation.
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COVID-19 Updates & Tracker
Health & Wellness
Educator Resources
- Ohio Council for the Social Studies Resource Document -- Bill Hilt, President/CEO, WAC Northwest Ohio
- To help alleviate some of concerns with distance learning and explaining the current health crisis, the list is a compilation of K-12 Social Studies lessons, activities, and resources. It also has guidelines for explaining COVID-19 to young people.
- Zoom CEO announcement of free platforms for K-12 schools
WACA Updates: Messages from President and CEO Bill Clifford
*To view Council Member Resources on the WACA website, you must be a Council leader, staff, or board member and have an account
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WACA's National Speaker Database Needs You!
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We have recently debuted WACA's
Speaker Database 2.0. In this new iteration, we have expanded our list of speakers and made it easier than ever for you, as Council staff and board members, to engage with it.
We want your speakers! Please submit your speakers through the "
Submit Your Speakers" button on our website.
You need to have an account through our website in order to view and interact with the database and submit your speakers. To check if you have an account, please visit your
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