TNWAC This Week July 14, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: It’s Bastille Day, the national day celebration in France. It’s observance, so close to our celebration of Independence, reminds us of the connections our two countries have had since the beginning of our Republic. It easily comes to my mind, having once served aboard the...Read More
TNWAC This Week July 7, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: I hope you had an enjoyable Independence holiday and your ear drums are intact. In Nashville we had quite a celebration with 350,000 people visiting for music and a spectacular fireworks show. It seems there’s a lot of pent up desire to get back to...Read More
The Tennessee World Affairs Council in association with Belmont University Center for International Business, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia present Global Dialogue On Travel: A Conversation with Rick Steves Travel Writer, Author, Activist and Television Personality With Host Amanda Knarr Member of the Tennessee World Affairs Council...Read More
TNWAC This Week June 2, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: The Memorial Day weekend air travel numbers set pandemic-era records across the country. There’s a great pent up desire to get out, to visit family and friends, and to get back to checking off those bucket list travel destinations. Last month the European Union announced...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 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
TNWAC This Week March 30, 2021 Dear Members and Friends: Tennesseans are again picking up the pieces from the latest catastrophe to strike the Nashville area. Just as we were observing the first anniversary of the Super Tuesday tornado and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic the clouds opened up and dropped record rains that...Read More
U.S. Foreign Service Officers discuss student opportunities and the lifestyles and experiences of African American diplomats living and working abroad.Read More
