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SUMMARY:Presidential Debate Watch Party | Oct 22
DESCRIPTION:Attention: Due to the popular demand for spots at our Debate Watch Party we were about to exceed our Zoom meeting capacity. We’ve added extra space to accommodate everyone who wants to join us for this special evening.\nSo\, when you sign up for a spot please consider the option of registering with a donation to the TNWAC. \nWhat we do for you is not free to us. We try to make a lot of what we do free to you but in reality we need your help to pay the bills. \nMay we suggest a gift of $20.00 at registration. Or better yet\, visit TNWAC.org/donate and contribute $5.00 a month. \n\nWe appreciate you helping us pay for the seat you’re filling.\n\n\n\nJoin us on October 22nd before\, during and after the last \nTrump-Biden debate at Belmont University via Zoom meeting.\n\nDebate Watch Party\nOctober 22\, 2020\n7:30pm CT\nVia Zoom\nRegistration below\n \n\nPre-Debate Session\nJoin the conversation with specialists on campaign operations\, polling\, media\, global affairs and other relevant fields.\n\nOur panel includes:\n\nDavid Plazas\, Opinion Engagement Editor\, “The Tennessean” (moderator)\nMark Braden\, Senior VP\, Mercury LLC\, former campaign manager for Senator Lamar Alexander.\nRachael Dean Wilson\, Director of External Affairs\, Alliance for Securing Democracy\, former Senator John McCain staff member and press assistant in McCain 2008 campaign.\nBronte Prins\, Co-Chair Global Young Professionals\, TNWAC Board\nHolly McCall\, Editor\, “Tennessee Lookout” online news\nSarah Lingo\, Executive Director\, Sister Cities of Nashville\nAmanda Knarr\, Global Account Manager\, Forrester Research; TNWAC Board \nCampbell Lahman\, Academic WorldQuest Program Rep\nPatrick Ryan\, President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council\n\n \n\n#Bios below \nDebate Watch\nWe will host the televised debate inside our Zoom meeting so you can watch and actively share feedback with your the group.  Our guest speakers will contribute to the “chat room” conversation.\n\n\nDebate Topics:\n\nCOVID-19\nAmerican Families\nRace in America\nClimate Change\nNational Security\nLeadership\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe will provide Debate Bingo cards to participants to make watching the debate more interesting.\n\nPost-Debate\n\nDebateWatch2020 Discussion Questions – Conversation led by our panel and your participation \nGeneral Questions \n\nWhat did you learn about the candidates or issues that you did not know prior to the debate?\nWhat topics or issues discussed in the debate were most useful or informative?\nWere there issues you were hoping would be discussed that were not?\nWhat issues would you like to see discussed in subsequent debates?\n\nKeep in Mind / Guiding Principles \n\nBe open to other points of view.\nShow respect. Listen respectfully as others comment.\nLook for areas of commonality: agree where you can.\nBe focused: keep your comments focused on the debate itself.\n\n \n\n\n\nABOUT OUR PANEL \nDavid Plazas is the Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Network newsrooms in Tennessee and The Tennessean where he serves an editorial writer\, opinion columnist\, op-ed editor and an editorial board member. He has written award-winning columns on affordable housing\, government accountability and civic engagement. He leads the acclaimed Civility Tennessee campaign. \nPatrick Ryan is a native of New York City. He enlisted in the Navy at age 17 and volunteered for submarine duty. He served aboard nuclear fast attack and ballistic missile boats during the Cold War\, rising to the rank of Chief Petty Officer. In 1982 he was commissioned and served aboard a cruiser in the Western Pacific before becoming a Navy Intelligence Officer. Ryan served aboard the carrier Constellation in the Pacific\, the Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate in the Pentagon\, the Center for Naval Analysis\, and the Intelligence Directorate of U.S. Central Command. Ryan retired from the Navy in 1998 and worked as a consultant on Intelligence Community projects and as the VP/COO of the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations. Ryan ran a newsletter publishing business on international affairs from 1999-2016. He founded the Tennessee World Affairs Council in 2007. \nMark Braden – Nashville-based Senior Vice President with Mercury Public Affairs\, an international bipartisan public strategy firm. Braden leads the States Practice at Mercury\, overseeing and managing public affairs campaigns from Alaska to Alabama to Albany and all points in between. Braden was the Campaign Manager for Senator Alexander’s 2014 re-election and Senator Bob Corker’s 2012 re-election. In 2008\, Braden served as the on-the-ground debate lead for Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign for all three presidential debates\, including the debate at Belmont. \nCampbell Lahman is a high school senior who dual enrolls at Columbia State Community College. She became involved in the Tennessee World Affairs Council through the Academic WorldQuest Competition. Campbell is interested in working in the foreign affairs field in the future. \nSarah Lingo has worked in Nashville and Tennessee politics for the majority of her career including with former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen in his Administration working for the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and on his 2018 bid for U.S. Senate\, and former Nashville Mayor David Briley. She completed a two-year service in the United States Peace Corps\, having served in Thailand from 2012-2014\, and was the head of Corporate Sponsorships at Nashville Zoo for three years before joining Sister Cities of Nashville. Originally from Ohio\, Lingo moved to Nashville in 2004 and it has been her home since.including U.S. banks. An article she authored\, entitled “Real Deposit Insurance Coverage at U.S. Banks\,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business and Leadership: Research\, Practice\, and Teaching. \nHolly McCall is a fixture in Tennessee media and politics\, with decades of experience. She began her journalism career covering City Hall with Suburban News Publications in Columbus\, Ohio\, and wrote for the Joplin Globe in Missouri and the Nashville Business Journal. She has served as political analyst for WZTV Fox 17 and provided communications consulting for political campaigns at all levels\, from city council to presidential. \nBronte Prins is in-house counsel and head of the legal department of Southern Land Company\, a national real estate development and construction company headquartered in Nashville. She joined the Board of Directors of TNWAC in 2019 and co-founded its young professionals group\, YP Global. Bronte is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Fordham University School of Law. \nRachael Dean Wilson is the head of external affairs at the Alliance for Securing Democracy. Rachael honed her strategic communication skills while serving in senior roles on Capitol Hill and political campaigns\, as well as working in corporate communications and PR consulting. Most recently\, Rachael served as communications director to Senator Jon Kyl and prior to that\, she was a regional PR Director at Whole Foods Market where she managed strategic\, crisis and consumer communications for the company’s Mid-Atlantic and South regions. Rachael worked for the late Senator John McCain for six years\, most recently serving as his Senate communications director and as an adviser to his reelection campaign in 2016. From 2014 to 2015\, Rachael was the vice president of public relations at a boutique communications firm\, where she built and managed the PR team\, worked with a broad range of clients and developed new business. From 2010 to 2014\, she worked as Senator McCain’s press secretary in the Senate. She began her career as a press assistant on McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. Rachael received a bachelor’s degree in communications and public service from the University of Pennsylvania. \nMission \nThe mission of the nonprofit\, nonpartisan Tennessee World Affairs Council is to promote international awareness\, understanding and connections to enhance the region’s global stature and to prepare Tennesseans to thrive in our increasingly complex and connected world. \nVision \nA well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events.    \nThe World Affairs Council needs your support now more than ever. With a suggested donation of $100\, you can help the Council continue to offer free and public programming to discuss critical global issues affecting Americans’ security and prosperity. \nYou can give in one of several ways:\n\nPay with your credit card via the donation button below.\nMail a check to the TNWAC Office (Fidelity 304A\, Belmont University\, 1900 Belmont Blvd.\, Nashville\, TN 37212)\nPlanned giving through a bequest. Consult the attorney who assisted with your estate planning.\nRequest a distribution from your Donor Advised Fund\nCheck with your employer to see if they will match your gift!\n\nWith the passing of the CARES Act\, most individual taxpayers will become eligible for significant tax benefits for charitable contributions made this year. Two of these benefits will be:\n\nA $300 Above-the-Line Charitable deduction\, meaning that individuals who do not itemize their deductions will be eligible to claim up to $300 of charitable deductions in 2020\, on top of the standard deduction\nModified Limitations on Cash Charitable Contributions – for 2020\, the 60% AGI limitation on cash contributions to 501(c)(3) organizations\, such as WACA\, is suspended\n\n \nPlease give to support global affairs awareness programs in the community and in your schools.  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[raw] \n\n \n\n[/raw]
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