About 70,000 refugees are relocated in the U.S. each year. Currently, there are 28,000 refugees living in CT. Most refugees in CT are from: Iraq,Somalia, Burma, Bhutan Learn about refugees in your local community! For the millions of refugees who flee their home nations each year, the struggles and challenges do not end once they […]
The World Affairs Council & the Baltic-New England Development Network (BALTNET) Present a SPECIAL PROGRAM The New Europe With Nobel Prize Winning Yale Economist Professor Robert Shiller & Lithuanian Ambassador, the Honorable Zygimantas Pavilionis Discussing- political and economic challenges Europe faces in the wake of Russian advances in Ukraine. Don’t miss this exclusive discussion with […]
Come to the next CT Science Center Liquid Lounge with the WACCT Young Professionals Group! The CT Science Center’s Trick-Or-Treat Liquid Lounge is on Friday, October 24 from 6-10 pm. This is a great chance to meet other young professionals while enjoying live music, an exclusive view of exhibits, a showing of Night of the […]
Two Hartford based, global development experts, Linda Fitzgerald from the Peru Opportunity Fund and John Meyers from Swisscontact, will hold an interactive program on the latest trends and innovations in international development. Technology and new global challenges have dramatically changed the international development sector in the past few decades. They will also talk about how […]
Join WACCT Young Professionals for Happy Hour at Besitos! Stop by for some great Mexican food and drinks, to network, and have a good time! We’ll have some special guests who will talk about business and cultural ties between CT and Latin America-especially with Brazil! Even better…we just found out that Besito serves over 1,500 […]
This year we have some awesome WAC Model United Nations t-shirts for sale! Order yours today! The t-shirts are a fun baseball style and say WACCTMUN 2014 on the back. You can pick up your t-shirt at the Model U.N. Conference on December 5th and 6th.
The World Affairs Council’s 2014 Model United Nations kicks off highlighting the new Special Committee on Refugee Resettlement at our October 7 program ” Forced Out! From Conflict to Connecticut: The Story of Refugees in CT” at the University of Saint Joseph. Delegates will travel to the UN Missions in NYC on October 30 to […]
Find out what is in store for the global economy in 2015 with Edward Guay, Principal at Wintonbury Risk Management! Registration begins at 11:45, luncheon and program begins at noon.
Join us for a lively panel discussion on immigration in the United States featuring Michael Wishnie, Yale Law School, Tamar Jacoby, President and CEO of ImmigrationWorks USA, and Dana Bucin, Attorney at UKS. Event will be from 6-7pm Networking reception 7 – 7:30pm
