Registration Deadline for AWQ Is This Friday!

Registration for the Carlos and Malú Alvarez 2018 Academic WorldQuest National Competition is due Friday! The AWQ championship weekend program will be held in Washington, DC on April 27-28. Please stay tuned for updates on the competition venue.

Local champion teams of Academic WorldQuest competitions hosted by World Affairs Councils around the country must complete the registration form in order to participate in the AWQ National Competition. 

Registration forms are due this Friday, March 23!

Register your AWQ team! 

This year's program will once again feature a welcome reception at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on Friday, April 27, at 4:00-6:00 PM.

For topics, study guide, and other information about this year's competition, please click here.

Hotel Reservations:

To take advantage of our special hotel rate of $169 / night plus tax for Friday and Saturday nights, book your room at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel (2660 Woodley Road, NW, Washington, DC 20008). These discounted rates will expire April 5.

Thank you to our generous sponsors:

Spring Leadership Meeting Hotel Block Open!

WACA and the World Affairs Council of San Antonio have arranged a special group rate at the Hotel Valencia for the May 17-18 Council Leadership and May 19 Board Meetings.  

To take advantage of our hotel block at $169 / night (plus tax), please book your room by April 25. Reservations can be made by following this link: WACA or by calling 855-596-3387 and referring to 

the World Affairs Councils of America group.

American-Australian Arts Exchange:

Call for Applications

The American Australian Association offers small grants through its Dame Joan Sutherland Fund for aspiring American and Australian artists who show great talent in the fields of theater, fashion, dance, film and television, music, literary arts, visual arts, crafts, and design. See details and apply by April 30.

Councils Are Hiring! 

World Affairs Council of San Antonio seeks a Development Director.

Cleveland Council on World Affairs is hiring a Manager of Student Education Programs.

Juneau WAC to Hold Annual World Affairs Forum

Juneau World affairs Council will hold its annual three-day World Affairs Forum, in partnership with University of Alaska Southeast. "Europe: Allies and Alliances in a Turbulent World" will feature expert panels of university fellows, chairs, and professors from across the U.S. and Canada, beginning Thursday, March 22. Details.

World Affairs Councils Highlights

Did you know that WACA features Council events on its new website? Council leaders and staff: log in to your member account now and add your events for a chance for your Council to be highlighted on our main page!

Wednesday, March 21

World Affairs Forum (Stamford) hosts Catherine Lotrionte, Director of the Institute for Law, Science and Global Security at Georgetown University, for "Establishing a Stable World Order for Cyberspace." Details

World Affairs Council of Tacoma hosts Steve Niva, Professor of Global and International Studies at The Evergreen State College, for "The Refugee Crisis and the Re-Bordering of Europe." Details

World Affairs Council of South Texas hosts Jennifer Epley, Associate Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, for "U.S.- Asia Relations: Rising to Challenges Ahead." Details

World Affairs Council of Greater Houston hosts Anna Freeman, Field Nurse with Doctors Without Borders, for "A Voice From the Field." Details

International Relations Council (Kansas City) hosts a panel of experts for "Um Retrato Atual: Economic, Political, and Cultural Perspectives on Brazil in 2018." Details

World Affairs Council of Connecticut hosts panels of experts on Germany and Peru for events that span two days: "Meet the Market Germany, Opportunities for Advanced Manufacturing", and "Meet the Market Peru, Infrastructure, Mining, and Construction." Details 

World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth hosts Casimir Yost, Senior Fellow at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, for "The Art of the Deal: Our Foreign Policy One Year Later." Details 

World Affairs (Northern California) hosts Gemi Gonzalez Jose Gonzalez Lopez, Consul General of Mexico in San Francisco, for "NAFTA at the Negotiating Table." Details 

Thursday, March 22

WorldOregon hosts Alexander Montgomery, Co-Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Political Networks, for "Networks, Nukes, and North Korea: Or, How You Might Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." Details

World Affairs Council of Greater Hampton Roads hosts Daniel Fried, Distinguished Fellow in the Future of Europe Initiative and the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council, for "The State of World Affairs." Details

World Affairs Council of Sonoma County hosts Wei Liang, Program Co-Chair of the International Trade and Economic Diplomacy Department at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, for "Dragon in the Room: Is China Good or Bad for Africa?" Details

World Affairs Council of Atlanta hosts Kathy Walters, Executive Vice President for Consumer Products Group at Georgia Pacific LLC, for "Choices That Matter in Your Life and Career." Details

Alaska World Affairs Council hosts a panel of storytellers for "Foreign Faux Pas - Stories of Navigating Cultural Differences." Details

Sarasota World Affairs Council hosts Jonathan Reiber, Senior Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, for "The Future of Cybersecurity and Trends in Technological Risk: Impacts for U.S Foreign Policy and Politics." Details

Colorado Springs World Affairs Council hosts David Hendrickson, Chair of the Political Science Department at Colorado College, for "The Fate of an Empire: America's Russia Problem." Details