World Affairs Council of Dallas / Fort Worth

Public speaker programs: april 1, 2022 march 31, 2023the World Affairs Council presents public programs and events to support our mission to educate and engage the local community in national and global Affairs. In fy 2023, the Council presented 76 programs with around 5,387 attendees at our programs for the fiscal year. The Council returned to in-person programing, with nearly monthly webinars to accommodate members that wished to stay home due to the covid-19. Significant programs featured: secretary mike pompeo, ambassador nikki haley, reza aslan, jon meacham, rep. will hurd, swiss amb. Jacques pitteloud, jonathan martin, karl rove, dan hunt, francis fukuyama, ambassador kay bailey hutchison, jeremi suri, douglas brinkley, marie yovanovitch, swedish ambassador olofsdotter, isabel wilkerson, and former state department speaker ned price. Some program partners included: the center for presidential history at smu, american jewish committee of dallas, refugee services of Texas, after8toeducate, korea foundation, and the dallas museum of art. We held our international educator of the year award presentation again in person this year, with guest speaker ned price. The Council recognized ambassador jeanne l. phillips with the 39th annual h. neil mallon award in november 2022.

International visitor program and protocol & diplomatic servicesthe Council's international visitor program coordinates the u.s. department of state's premierprofessional exchange program, the international visitor leadership program (ivlp), as well as various fee for service exchange programs. Working with an extensive team of local volunteers, businesses and community leaders, the program plays a key role in supporting public diplomacy by fostering international connections for the region. In coordination with the department of state, the Council hosted international visitor groups virtually and in person by arranging meetings with u.s. professional counterparts to share and exchange ideas in their respective fields.

Global youth leaders programour robust global young leaders program ("gyl") provides supplementary educational programs to students both inside and outside the classroom on topics such as civics, public policy, international Affairs, culture, and history. Additionally, gyl provides resources and workshops to teachers to enhance their own curricula. We have approximately 70 junior World Affairs Council (jwac) clubs active in local schools (public, private and charter) and our jwac students heard from numerous experts and leaders during the 2022-2023 school year. In addition to speakers, we host the academic competitions, several international career days, six student leadership trainings, socials, nine topical discussions, service projects, teacher travel to the uae, discussion groups and award programs like 20 under 20 and educator of the year. The gyl program impacted almost 10k students during this fiscal year.