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January 30 2020
Instant Issues Lunch on Hong Kong in January with Dr. Sara Newland
Dr. Sara Newland, Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College , will speak at an Instant Issues brown bag lunchtime discussion series event about ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
Feb 20 2020
Michael Klare Returns to Instant Issues with New Book on the Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change
Dates & Times
Starts:
02/20/2020 @ 12:00 pm
Ends: 02/20/2020 @ 1:00 pm
Ends: 02/20/2020 @ 1:00 pm
Location
The MassLive Building | 1350 Main Street, 3rd Floor | Springfield, MA 01103
Summary
Dr. Michael T. Klare, Five College professor emeritus of peace and world security studies, and director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies, will speak at an Instant Issues brown bag lunchtime discussion series event on on his new book, "All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change".
Jan 30 2020
Instant Issues Lunch on Hong Kong in January with Dr. Sara Newland
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
01/30/2020 @ 12:00 pm
Ends: 01/30/2020 @ 1:00 pm
Ends: 01/30/2020 @ 1:00 pm
Location
The MassLive Building | 1350 Main Street, 3rd Floor | Springfield, MA 01103
Summary
Dr. Sara Newland, Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College , will speak at an Instant Issues brown bag lunchtime discussion series event about ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
Nov 4
Instant Issues brown bag lunchtime discussion series
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
11/04/2019 @ 12:00 pm
Ends: 11/04/2019 @ 1:00 pm
Ends: 11/04/2019 @ 1:00 pm
Location
The MassLive Building | 1350 Main Street | Springfield, MA 01103
Summary
Dr. Kavita Khory, Ruth Lawson Professor of Politics and Carol Hoffmann Collins Director of the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives at Mount Holyoke College, will speak at an Instant Issues brown bag lunchtime discussion series event on security challenges and ethnic conflicts in South Asia.
Oct 23
Instant Issues After Hours: Mark Jacobson on Political Warfare, Propaganda & Disinformation
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
10/23/2019 @ 5:30 pm
Ends: 10/23/2019 @ 7:00 pm
Ends: 10/23/2019 @ 7:00 pm
Location
The MassLive Building | 1350 Main Street, 3rd Floor Community Room | Springfield, MA 01103
Oct 2
93rd Annual Meeting with Katherine Brown on the Press & Diplomacy in Afghanistan
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
10/02/2019 @ 6:00 pm
Ends: 10/02/2019 @ 9:00 pm
Ends: 10/02/2019 @ 9:00 pm
Location
Springfield Sheraton Hotel | 1 Boland Way | Springfield, MA 01103
Summary
The World Affairs Council’s 93rd Annual Meeting and Dinner will take place on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at the Springfield Sheraton at Monarch Place at 6:00 PM. Dr. Katherine Brown, President & CEO of Global Ties US, will speak on her new book, Your Country, Our War: The Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan.
Sep 25
World Affairs Council of Western MA Strategic Planning Community Forum
Dates & Times
Starts:
09/25/2019 @ 7:30 am
Ends: 09/25/2019 @ 9:00 am
Ends: 09/25/2019 @ 9:00 am
Location
The MassLive Building | 1350 Main Street | Springfield, MA 01103
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts is holding a series of community forums to help us develop our five-year Strategic Plan. Please join us and help us shape our vision for the future of the organization.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Special thanks to NAI Plotkin
Sep 24
World Affairs Council of Western MA Strategic Planning Community Forum
Dates & Times
Starts:
09/24/2019 @ 4:30 pm
Ends: 09/24/2019 @ 6:00 pm
Ends: 09/24/2019 @ 6:00 pm
Location
The MassLive Building | 1350 Main Street | Springfield, MA 01103
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts is holding a series of community forums to help us develop our five-year Strategic Plan. Please join us and help us shape our vision for the future of the organization.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Special thanks to NAI Plotkin
WACWM News & Notables
Jan
20
January, 20th 2020
Dr. Sara Newland, Assistant Professor of Government at Smith College , will speak at an Instant Issues brown bag lunchtime discussion series event on ongoing protests in Hong Kong on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at noon in the 3rd Floor Community Room of the MassLive…
Nov
10
November, 10th 2019
Sue C. Root, longtime Executive Director of the World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts, passed away on November 5th after a battle with Alzheimer's Disease.
May
15
May, 15th 2019
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts is pleased to announce that Dr. Katherine Brown, President and CEO of Global Ties US , will speak on her new book, Your Country, Our War: The Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan (Oxford University Press, 2019), at…
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