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We are a nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting citizen diplomacy and civil, informed discourse on international affairs.
Upcoming Events
Jun 27
Mara Kardas- Nelson on The Seductive Promise of Microfinance
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
06/27/2024 @ 5:30 pm
Location
Elegant Affairs, 1380 Main Street, Springfield MA
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present journalist Mara Kardas-Nelson on her new book, We Are Not Able To Live In The Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 5:30 pm, at Elegant Affairs, 1380 Main Street in downtown Springfield. A light supper buffet will be provided. The cost is $30 for World Affairs Council members and $40 for nonmembers.
We will also present our Sue C. Root Citizen Diplomacy Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program.
May 29
Ousmane Power-Greene on American Abolitionists' Impact on Modern Day Black Power Movements in Europe
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
05/29/2024 @ 5:45 am
Location
1350 Main Street, 9th Floor, Springfield, MA
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present an Instant Issues After Hours discussion event featuring Dr. Ousmane Power-Greene, the E. Franklin Frazier Chair of Africana Studies and Professor of history at Clark University, on American Abolitionists' Impact on Modern Day Black Power Movements in Europe Wednesday, May 29, 2024 at 5:45 pm, in the 9th Floor Gallery at 1350 Main Street in downtown Springfield. The cost is $25 for World Affairs Council members and $30 for non-members. A light supper will be provided. (Please contact our office at 413-733-0110 if you need a vegan or gluten-free meal or if you are high school or undergraduate student.) Registration required by Monday, May 21.
Apr 29
Instant Issues: MOITI Executive Director Jeevan Ramapriya
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
04/29/2024 @ 12:00 pm
Ends: 04/29/2024 @ 1:00 pm
Ends: 04/29/2024 @ 1:00 pm
Location
1350 Main Street, 9th Floor, Springfield, MA
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present an Instant Issues Lunchtime discussion event featuring Jeevan Ramapriya, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment, on Monday, April 29, 2024 at Noon, in the 9th Floor Gallery at 1350 Main Street in downtown Springfield.
Mar 11
Instant Issues: Arthur House on "Foreign Influence on US Elections"
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
03/11/2024 @ 12:00 pm
Ends: 03/11/2024 @ 1:00 pm
Ends: 03/11/2024 @ 1:00 pm
Location
1350 Main Street, 9th Floor, Springfield, MA
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present an Instant Issues Lunchtime discussion event featuring Arthur House, former Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer for the State of Connecticut, on Foreign Influnce on US Elections on Monday, March 11, 2024 at Noon, in the 9th Floor Gallery at 1350 Main Street in downtown Springfield.
Nov 30 2023
Instant Issues on Putin's Waiting Game with Dr. Constantine Pleshakov November 30
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
11/30/2023 @ 12:00 pm
Ends: 11/30/2023 @ 1:00 pm
Ends: 11/30/2023 @ 1:00 pm
Location
1350 Main Street, 9th Floor, Springfield, MA
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present an Instant Issues Lunchtime discussion event featuring Dr. Constantine Pleshakov, author and Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Amherst College, on Putin's Waiting Game on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at Noon, in the 9th Floor Gallery at 1350 Main Street in downtown Springfield.
Sep 18 2023
Instant Issues with Greg White: Refugees of the Apocalypse?: A Critique of the Concept of “Climate Refugees"
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
09/18/2023 @ 12:00 pm
Ends: 09/18/2023 @ 1:00 pm
Ends: 09/18/2023 @ 1:00 pm
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present an Instant Issues event featuring Dr. Gregory White, Mary Huggins Gamble Professor of Government; Chair of Environmental Science and Policy at Smith College, on Refugees of the Apocalypse?: A Critique of the Concept of “Climate Refugees" on Monday, September18, 2023 at Noon, in the 9th Floor Gallery at 1350 Main Street in downtown Springfield.
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May 12 2023
Instant Issues: Massachusetts & Catalonia, strengthening a partnership
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
05/12/2023 @ 12:00 pm
Ends: 05/12/2023 @ 1:00 pm
Ends: 05/12/2023 @ 1:00 pm
Location
1350 Main Street, 9th Floor, Springfield, MA
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present an Instant Issues event featuring Isidre Sala Queralt, the Head of the Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to the United States and Canada, on Massachusetts & Catalonia, strengthening a partnership on Friday, May 12, 2023 at Noon, in the 9th Floor Gallery at 1350 Main Street in downtown Springfield. Isidre Sala Queralt was the Director General for Global Affairs from April to September 2019 at the Secretariat for Foreign Affairs and European Union of the Government of Catalonia, where he previously was Director General for Multilateral and European Affairs . From these posts, he worked to foster cooperation between the Government of Catalonia and the multilateral organizations in order to maximize Catalonia’s potential contribution to the main global challenges. From 2014 to 2017, he promoted Catalonia’s policy in international finance institutions and other international organizations with an economic mandate.
Apr 27 2023
Instant Issues: U.S. Department of Commerce and Assisting Western MA Exporters Go Global
Category
Featured
Dates & Times
Starts:
04/27/2023 @ 12:00 pm
Ends: 04/27/2023 @ 1:00 pm
Ends: 04/27/2023 @ 1:00 pm
Location
1350 Main Street, 9th Floor, Springfield, MA
Summary
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts will present Director of the Boston Office of the U.S. Commercial Service James Paul on U.S. Department of Commerce and Assisting Western MA Exporters Go Global on Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Noon, in the 9th Floor Community Room at 1350 Main Street in downtown Springfield.
Jim Paul is Director of the Boston Office for the U.S. Commercial Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. Jim will discuss his agency’s Rural Export Center and many other resources that help Western Massachusetts organizations compete and win in the global marketplace. He will also brief on available assistance to enhance foreign direct investment, travel and tourism from abroad, and international student recruitment to the area’s local high schools and universities.
WACWM News & Notables
Sep
18
September, 18th 2023
The World Affairs Council of Western Massachusetts presented an Instant Issues event featuring Dr. Gregory White, Mary Huggins Gamble Professor of Government; Chair of Environmental Science and Policy at Smith College.
Date: September18, 2023 - Springfield, MA.
Mar
24
March, 24th 2022
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May
28
May, 28th 2020
Journalist Lisa Napoli will speak at an Instant Issues Online event Thursday, May 28 from 1:00-1:30 PM on her new book Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News. This event is free.
In over three decades as a journalist, Lisa Napoli covered…
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