BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Tennessee World Affairs Council - ECPv6.13.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.tnwac.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Tennessee World Affairs Council REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171439 CREATED:20230117T163304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T191836Z UID:34080-1673982000-1673985600@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:Talk to the Author | "The American Imperative" by Daniel Runde DESCRIPTION:TNWAC | World Affairs Council of the Year 2022 \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now \n \nand the World Affairs Councils of America present \n\n\n\nCover to Cover\nYour Conversation with Authors\nDaniel F. Runde \nSenior VP\, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) \nAuthor of “The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership Through Soft Power” \nJanuary 17\, 2023 @ 1:00 pm CST \n \n \n  \nSupport TNWAC and Global Affairs Education In Our Schools \nRegister Now \n<a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/UIWFuNKSqdQxGClymSLZVg”>In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | Anna Novosad | A Ukrainian Perspective</a><br /><br /><br />
\n&amp;amp;lt;span id=”mce_marker” data-mce-type=”bookmark” data-mce-fragment=”1″&amp;amp;gt;​&amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;gt; \n\n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nA PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \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. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. URL:https://www.tnwac.org/event/talk-to-the-author-the-american-imperative-by-daniel-runde/ CATEGORIES:Distinguished Speaker Series,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.tnwac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Runde-Featured-Image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230125T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230125T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T171439 CREATED:20221229T180933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250428T191836Z UID:33916-1674669600-1674673200@www.tnwac.org SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia's Invasion | Ukraine Update | The Humanitarian Dimension DESCRIPTION:Update: Elena Byrd and Dr. Madeleine Byrd will join the program. They served as volunteers at a Ukrainian refugee center in Warsaw\, Poland for months following the invasion. \nRegister Now \n \n\n\n\nSPECIAL EDITION \nDISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES \nvia Zoom \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion\nUkraine Update: The Humanitarian Dimension\n \nAnna Novosad\nFormer Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine and Member of Parliament and Education Activist in the Midst of a War \n \nElena Byrd & Dr. Madeleine Byrd\nVolunteers\, Ukrainian Refugees Center\, Warsaw\, Poland \nJanuary 25\, 2023 @ 12:00 p.m. CT\nwith moderator \n\nLCDR Patrick Ryan\, USN (Ret)\nFounding President\, Tennessee World Affairs Council \n\n  \nRegister Now \n  \nIn Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine | A View from Kyiv \nThe unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine has been catastrophic for the Ukrainian people. Millions of refugees have fled to neighboring nations to the west\, horrendous war crimes have been committed in areas controlled by Russian forces and nation-wide attacks against civilian areas and infrastructure have caused extreme hardships in cities large and small. We continue our “In Focus” series on Russia’s invasion with a conversation with Anna Novosad\, former Minister of Education and Science from Ukraine and an education activist working to rebuild and restore schools and education infrastructure. She will join us from Kyiv where she is among her countrymen under constant Russian bombardment. \n<br data-mce-bogus=”1″><br data-mce-bogus=”1″><a href=”https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/jNDPVkNgBNYkMQeVpfk3Kw”>War in Europe | Amb John Kornblum | Mar 16</a><br />\n \n\nAnna Novosad \nUkraine | Educational Activist & Minister of Education and Science 2019-2020 \nAnna Novosad is a Ukrainian educational activist. She used to serve many years in various positions at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine\, including being a Minister in 2019-2020. Anna contributed and led the comprehensive school reform in Ukraine\, as well as was a leader of the higher education funding reform. Currently Anna leads various projects that aim at education access renewal in Ukraine amidst the war. \nElena and Madeleine Byrd \nMother-daughter duo\, Mrs. Elena and Dr. Madeleine Byrd have spent most of the past year volunteering in Warsaw\, Poland\, providing humanitarian aid and medical services to Ukrainian refugees. Following the outbreak of war\, Madeleine and Elena began volunteering at a major refugee center in Warsaw where they assisted in the development of the refugee center’s “Medical Point.” Through many months of working in the “Medical Point\,” they have come to better understand the vast medical and resource needs of refugees. They gained additional experience as community volunteers for other medical\, educational\, and humanitarian services\, with a focus on children displaced by war. \nElena Camacho Byrd \nElena Camacho Byrd\, born in Lausanne\, Switzerland\, grew up in Cuba before she and her family fled during the Cuban Revolution to move to the United States. Elena received a BA in English and Sociology\, as well as a Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She studied Land Economy at the University of Cambridge. She received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Elena spent over fifteen years working in public health writing grant proposals and assisting physicians in patient care\, primarily in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.  In the United States\, she has served as a teacher and tutor for students of all ages. She is now an active volunteer in the Nashville community\, where she is a long-term Board member of the Tennessee Poison Center. Elena is fluent in English and Spanish. She is married to Barney Byrd\, and has three grown children. \nDr. Madeleine Byrd\, M.S.\, M.D. \nMadeleine Elizabeth Byrd\, M.S.\, M.D. was born and raised in Nashville\, Tennessee\, where she attended The Harpeth Hall School. Madeleine received her B.A. in neuroscience from The University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Master’s in Pharmacology and M.D. at Georgetown University. Madeleine has strong family ties to medicine on both sides of her family\, and is a fourth generation “Dr. Byrd” in Nashville. Madeleine has wanted to be a pediatrician since age 7\, inspired by her maternal grandmother who was a pediatrician and global public health specialist. After graduating from medical school\, she went to Charleston\, South Carolina for pediatric residency training. Madeleine has a lifelong passion for pediatrics and public health. Most recently\, Madeleine has served as a volunteer physician for Ukrainian refugees in Warsaw\, Poland. \n\n\nSPONSOR THE TNWAC DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES \nWe invite businesses\, organizations and individuals to sponsor this series of conversations with distinguished speakers on global affairs.  It is through your support that we are able to produce quality global affairs programs. \nFor information about sponsoring other programs and series of events contact Patrick Ryan\, TNWAC President @ 931-261-2353\, pat@tnwac.org \nYOUR ORGANIZATION NAME AND LOGO HERE \nSPONSOR THIS PROGRAM \n\nTHANKS TO TNWAC CORPORATE MEMBERS FOR SUPPORT TO EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \nTHE TENNESSEE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A PROUD MEMBER OF THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCILS OF AMERICA SINCE 2007 \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \n \n \n \nTHANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS AWARENESS AND EDUCATION OUTREACH \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. \nTHE VISION of  the Tennessee World Affairs Council is a well-informed community that thinks critically about the world and the impact of global events. 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