2022 World Affairs Council of the Year
Network of Independent World Affairs Councils of America

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The 2022 Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest HS Global Affairs Challenge To all High School teachers:  As you start a new semester in 2022 and are thinking of ways to challenge your students to increase their global literacy and knowledge of international affairs, IT’S NOT TOO LATE to participate in the Tennessee World Affairs Council global...
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A Message from TNWAC Board Chair Jim Shepherd and Vice Chair Karl Dean End of Year Support Greetings, friends. The holiday season is a time of hopefulness through the celebration of peace and joy and the prospects for a new year. It is also a time to reflect on the year now closing, what we...
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Updated: Dec 28, 2021 The 2022 Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest HS Global Affairs Challenge The Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee are...
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“I’m so thankful to the Tennessee World Affairs Council for the opportunity it has given me and for lighting the fire underneath me to learn more.” — Olivia, former Cookeville, TN HS student; UT Knoxville alumna, University of Exeter Doctorate and Arab Language Fluency The Power to Convene The Power to Inform The Power to Inspire...
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Pledge your school’s participation today! The 2022 Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest HS Global Affairs Challenge The Tennessee World Affairs Council (TNWAC) Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest (AWQ) is the flagship youth education program of the Tennessee World Affairs Council and the national network of World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). High school students from across Tennessee...
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TNWAC This Week November 9, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: Thank you to everyone who made the visit of Ambassador of Japan Koji Tomita to Nashville a success. We were pleased to welcome guests to the Ambassador Circle Series reception and the Global Town Hall, held at beautiful Belmont University. Special thanks to Consul-General of...
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The 2022 Anne Smedinghoff Academic WorldQuest HS Global Affairs Challenge It’s Academic WorldQuest Time in Tennessee! Here is an opportunity to expand your high school students’ horizons and global literacy. Global literacy among Americans—the understanding of how the world is organized and interconnected—is an area in need of attention. The Tennessee World Affairs Council can...
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TNWAC This Week October 26, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: It’s a very busy week at the World Affairs Council. We have three programs for you this week and we’re readying for a reception and Global Town Hall next week with the Ambassador of Japan to the United States.  In addition to tonight’s “Global Nashville...
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TNWAC This Week October 21, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: China… Earlier this week one email in the pile included a note from Foreign Affairs editor Daniel Kurtz-Phelan with word of their new issue. In the tease he wrote this: “In September, in his first address to the UN General Assembly as president, Joe Biden...
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TNWAC This Week October 12, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: Thirteen million Venezuelans are about to arrive in American cities to be absorbed as refugees from a failing authoritarian nation. What would the social and political implications be? That’s what has happened, proportionally, in Colombia. The nation of 50 million is taking in two million...
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