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- EIN 23-1352586
- 215-561-4700
- 1 South Broad Street Suite 2M Philadelphia PA 19107 USA
- http://www.wacphila.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Humanities, International, Promotion of International Understanding
Mission: The World Affairs Council is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to informing and engaging people of all ages on matters of national and international significance. To this end, it provides education, discourse and information to audiences throughout the Greater Philadelphia region, including individual and corporate members, students and teachers, and the general public. Established in 1949 as a forum for discussing differing points of view, the Council does not endorse candidates for public office or lobby for policies. Membership is open to all who share its principles. The Council currently serves more than 75 corporate members and their executives, and nearly 3,000 individual members, as well as running a nationally acclaimed education program that has served over one million middle school and high school students since its inception, and continues to directly reach over 2,600 students in 200 schools each year.
Geographic areas served: Greater Philadelphia
Programs: General david petraeus, retired four star general. As part of our adult lecture series, the council hosted general petraeus on april 29, 2016, to discuss the most critical and significant global challenges facing us today, including international security issues and the tasks of strategic leadership in the 21st century.
global certificate program - pennsylvania department of education to advance the integration of global content, critical thinking and investigative skills into pennsylvania high school cirriculum, the world affairs council will design, develop and pilot the global scholars certificate program in high schools across the state. Program goals include: (1) preparing pennsylvania students to successfully and effectively participate in local, national and global civic life; (2) expanding students' kno
the whole truth with david eisenhower is neither a traditional interview show nor a conventional round table discussion of headline news. It is a series that aims to uncover fundamental facts and to define the principle competing worldviews on the most important issues of our time, leaving partisan talking point and animosities out of the discussion. Hosted by david eisenhower - professor, historian and grandson of president dwight d. Eisenhower - the series' approach to political debate is rigo
education programs for high school, middle schools teachers & students