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We seek to broaden the worldview of grassroots America and to engage Americans in international issues. We have flagship programs, which councils work together on nationwide, and programs which councils decide on and run at the local level.


Our five Flagship Programs are: Great Decisions, World in Transition, WorldQuest, It's Your World and Travel the World.


Our Program Sectors include a wide variety of activities on both the local and national level.

The council system has the biggest international affairs speakers’ program in the country with over 2,500 events each year.  Councils also run international exchanges, school programs, teachers’ workshops, model UNs, foreign policy discussions, national opinion polls, travel programs, young professionals’ programs, conferences, corporate programs, journals, newspaper columns, and local radio and television programs. 

The national association organizes an annual conference, leadership missions abroad, a speaker referral system, international speaker exchanges, people-to-people diplomacy missions, educational workshops, book tours, subscription discounts, operations workshops, research papers, videoconferences, and national publications.  It also runs national program series such as World Bank Town Meetings, Mexican Migration, Two Koreas, Future of Russia, Western Hemisphere, Human Rights Worldwide, the EU, Rising Anti-Americanism, American Security, UN Reform, and The People Speak.

 


 

 

World Affairs Councils of America
1726 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
P. 202-833-4557  F. 202-833-4555  E. WACA