Past Council Events
"Journey to HOME": Colored Pencils Art and Culture Night— Literacy Project
Explore stories revealing the interconnectedness of place, identity, culture, and community and where and how we find "home." Featuring: Iraqi singer, guitarist and composer Ronny Salim; poet Emily Newberry; writer Bill Alton; preacher-poet Emmett Wheatfall; and writer-activist-erstwhile lawyer Ronault "Polo" Catalani. Read More ››
Year-End Holiday Member Party
Please join us for a year-end gathering as we celebrate and say "thanks" for your continued, generous involvement with the World Affairs Council throughout the year! Mingle with friends, colleagues and other globally-engaged community members, while enjoying hors d’oeuvres, gingerbread treats and a no-host bar. Read More ››
Women in the World: A Youth Forum for High School Delegations
Join us for this Youth Forum for High School Delegations, a day-long conference for educators and students on December 4th that will focus on the theme of the 2014 International Speakers Series: Women Changing the World. Think globally, teach locally – and join us for this exciting day of resource-building and curricular enrichment. Read More ››
Great Decisions: Starting a Discussion Group...the A to Zs
Would you like to join or start a group to participate in the Great Decisions series? Join us for an informal session on what you need to know and just how simple it can be to become part of the longest-running, largest grassroots world affairs educational program of its kind. Read More ››
Join the YPs for an evening of Berber Music, Culture & Art
Kat + Maouche extends a special invite to WAC YPs to join them for an informal event celebrating the rich Berber culture of North Africa. Melangez-Vous! Come mix with a Moroccan twist. Read More ››
The Wind in the Bamboo: Asia's Ancient Indigenous Peoples
A look at the plight of tribal Asians known as “Negrito.” Nearly exterminated by exploitation, disease and a cataclysmic volcano, these extraordinary people now survive as forest hunter gatherers in only a few places: mainland Malaysia, the Philippines and India’s remote Andaman Islands. Read More ››
How Could This Happen? Explaining the Holocaust
Putting the Holocaust into a new historical context, historian Dan McMillan offers a compelling argument for how the perfect storm of bleak circumstances, malevolent ideas, and damaged personalities unleashed such terrifying atrocity and whether it could happen again. Read More ››
The Fortunes of Africa: 5,000 Years of Wealth, Greed & Endeavor
Renowned English historian-journalist Martin Meredith (author of Diamonds, Gold, and War and The Fate of Africa) weaves together a fascinating tapestry of the exploitation and plunder that have beset Africa since the era of the Pharaohs to modern day. Read More ››