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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
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…
Mar
1
March, 1st 2019
Ambassador Mark G. Hambley , trustee of the Next Century Foundation , will speak at an Instant Issues brown bag lunchtime discussion series event on Monday, March 25, 2019 in the 3rd Floor Community Room of the MassLive Building at 1350 Main Street, in downtown…
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