TNWAC This Week May 25, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: This week we look forward to the celebration of Memorial Day. For most it’s a three day weekend filled with parties and the introduction to a new summer — one no longer marked with 100% of social distancing and masking. The pandemic lockdown is mostly...Read More
TNWAC This Week May 18, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: You may have been among those searching for gas stations that had not run out of gas last week as the Southeast grappled with the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, supplying about half of the gasoline stocks needed on the U.S. East Coast. It occurred...Read More
TNWAC This Week May 11, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: Thank you to the friends who gave on the Big Payback day last week to support the World Affairs Council. We appreciate your generosity and the support you show for our mission — to bring the world to our community. This week we continue to...Read More
TNWAC This Week May 4, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: We’re hoping you are well and that the ready availability of Covid-19 vaccinations has eased your worries some. Like many others we have always looked forward to the next travel adventures in the USA and abroad. Next week we’ll talk more about the joys of...Read More
TNWAC This Week April 27, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: The Internet has blown up with global affairs programming of every stripe. Our World Affairs Council along added 90 virtual programs to the inventory of international speakers, panels, seminars and other forums. The 90+ councils of the World Affairs Councils network produces an incredible amount...Read More
The Tennessee World Affairs Council in association with Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Peoria Area World Affairs Council and the University of Tennessee Center for Global Engagement present Women at the Table: The Importance of Women’s Voices in International Affairs A Conversation On Political, Economic Issues Wednesday,...Read More
TNWAC This Week April 21, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: In a year where much of our activity has been driven online the annual Championship Match of the World Affairs Academic WorldQuest global affairs competition was no different. Instead of a room at the National Press Club in Washington teeming with students from around the...Read More
TNWAC This Week April 13, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: It’s Academic WorldQuest Team Week at the World Affairs Councils of America in Washington so there won’t be their usual superb compilation of the scores of programs you can visit in this week’s “This Week.” Instead WACA is presenting special programs for students around the...Read More
TNWAC This Week April 6, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: Two weeks ago your World Affairs Council hosted U.S. Foreign Service Officer Allen DuBose, Diplomat in Residence for this region, as part of our Spring 2021 International Careers Program. [Link] We thank him for the program in which he described the process to become an...Read More
A global affairs awareness service provided by the Tennessee World Affairs Council CLICK IMAGE FOR QUIZ Thanks to quiz master Matthew Jackson for this week’s quiz. LAST WEEK’S QUIZ WINNERS (9s and 10s) David Hillinck, Huntsville, AL Gashaw Bekele, Nashville, TN Stephen Freidberg, Boston, MA Allan Ramsaur, Nashville, TN Charles Bowers, Nashville, TN Campbell Lahman,...Read More