WACA is pleased to announce that Mimi Burke, Policy Advisor at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, has joined the WACA network as a National Board Member.
Thursday on Cover to Cover: Putin's World
Register now for WACA's Cover to Cover conference call on Thursday, December 12, at 2:00-2:30 PM ET, featuring Angela Stent, Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings and Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University, and Jill Dougherty, SFS Centennial Fellow at Georgetown University and CNN Contributor, on Stent's book, Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest.
Weekly World News Update: Dec. 11, 2019
Afghan Papers Published; New NAFTA Victory; Political Chaos in the Americas; France Strikes; UK Elects; The World's Youngest Prime Minister: Sanna Marin; China's Uighur Trials; North Korea's Warnings; New Zealand Erupts; and Russia's International Sports Ban
Council of the Month: UCCD
Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy's youth program, Young Diplomats of Utah, has had a year full of formative and exciting developments. In July, it hosted the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program which brought 11 Iraqi youth to interact with families, youth, community leaders, and various organizations in Utah around the theme of entrepreneurship and leadership.
Conference Student Scholars
WACA is proud to have over 30 student scholarship recipients at the 2019 National Conference. Check out a Conference diary written by one of our students Julia Kempton, World Affairs Forum!
Conference Highlights Reel
Watch WACA's brief highlights video to view some of the top moments from the 2019 National Conference!
WACA 2019 National Conference
The WACA 2019 National Conference: The 8 Forces Reshaping the Global Economy was held at the Mayflower Hotel, November 6-8, 2019, in Washington DC. Thank you to our generous sponsors, blockbuster speakers, and all those who helped to make the 2019 Conference an engaging and thought-provoking experience. We want to hear your feedback - tell us what you want to see at the 2020 Conference!
Councils Are Hiring!
Check out Member Council job postings on WACA's Employment at Member Councils page!