TNWAC This Week March 9, 2022 Dear Members and Friends: What’s up this week? The unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine slogs into a third week and the war criminal in the Kremlin is backed into a corner. Vladimir Putin’s likely hoped for lightning strike into Kyiv to decapitate the Zelensky government and subjugate the country...Read More
Japan-America Society of Tennessee Public Awareness Initiative Impact: Japanese Business Investment in Tennessee In association with the Tennessee World Affairs Council PDF Version Celeste Wilson Senior Director of Donor Engagement United Way of Greater Nashville Video Recording on the JAST YouTube Channel Speaker 1 [00:00:23] Hello, I’m Patrick Ryan from the Tennessee World Affairs Council,...Read More
Greetings World Affairs Council Members and Friends: The Covid-19 pandemic grinds on, impacting every corner of our lives, businesses, leisure, and families and friends. Most normal routines are no longer normal and much of what we took for granted in our daily lives has changed in major ways. At the World Affairs Council, we’ve been...Read More
Greetings World Affairs Council Members and Friends: The Covid-19 pandemic grinds on, impacting every corner of our lives, businesses, leisure, and families and friends. Most normal routines are no longer normal and much of what we took for granted in our daily lives has changed in major ways. At the World Affairs Council, we’ve been...Read More
Greetings World Affairs Council Members and Friends: The pivot from in-person programs to digital offerings continues this week with our News Review (Amb Dick Bowers and I) at a one-time new hour of 11 a.m. on Tuesday vice the regular 2 p.m. CT start. On Tuesday evening don’t miss “Global Nashville with Karl Dean” as...Read More
Greetings World Affairs Council Members and Friends: Thanks to the special guests who joined us last week for our Webinars: Ambassador Marcie Ries, Ambassador Charles Bowers and Dr. Thomas Schwartz on Tuesday evening and UK Consul General Andrew Staunton on Wednesday. Also thanks to Colleen Ryan for filling in as co-host of Tuesday’s news review....Read More
NEXT WEEK’S PROGRAMS Global Nashville with Karl Dean – Former Nashville Mayor Dean talks with Dr. James Hildreth, Ph.d., MD, about the Covid-19 global pandemic. James E.K. Hildreth is the 12th president and chief executive officer of Meharry Medical College, the nation’s largest private, independent historically black academic health sciences center. | Register Global News...Read More
Greetings World Affairs Council Members and Friends: Everything Zooms. Or so it seems. Our World Affairs Council, like many other organizations, families and individuals has turned to the power of digital technology to stay connected, to get work done and to cope with the frustration of physical distancing while staying out of circulation. And we’re...Read More
This week former Mayor Dean will talk with Doug Kreulen, the head of the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) which overseas Nashville International Airport (BNA) and John C. Tune airport. They will talk about Doug’s background including his career in the US Air Force; the BNA Vision project; the damage at Tune airport from the...Read More