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SUMMARY:The Diplomat + Luminary Award 2026
DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. For last-minute inquiries and accommodations\, please call us at (860) 241-6118. \nJoin us for an unforgettable evening at The Diplomat + Luminary Award\, the World Affairs Council of Connecticut’s signature gathering of diplomats from around the world and Connecticut’s top business\, government\, and community leaders. \nOver 50 nations will be represented as Consuls General\, Ambassadors\, and dignitaries gather in Hartford to offer unparalleled opportunities to connect\, exchange ideas\, and foster international partnerships. \nThis year\, we proudly present the Luminary Award\, honoring a Connecticut leader whose work has made a meaningful impact on the world. \nBe part of an evening where diplomacy meets community\, and where Connecticut shines on the global stage. \n\nThe Details\nWhen: Tuesday\, June 9 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm\nWhere: The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Hartford\, CT\nTickets: General Admission $125; Member Admission $99; Patron $250 \nCan’t attend? Donate instead! \n\nThe 2026 Luminary Award\nKarl J. Krapek\nGlobal Visionary\, Titan of Industry\, Philanthropist \nThe World Affairs Council of Connecticut is proud to honor Karl J. Krapek with the 2026 Luminary Award\, recognizing his extraordinary global leadership and lasting impact on industry and community.  \nAcross a distinguished career – and through initiatives like Hartford Youth Scholars – Karl exemplifies principled\, forward-looking leadership and a deep commitment to expanding opportunity for the next generation in Hartford and beyond. \nJoin us on June 9 at The Diplomat for an unforgettable evening as we honor a leader who has changed the world for the better. \n\nWith Diplomats Representing\n\n\n\n\nSponsors\nSupport the Luminary-Diplomat as we honor Karl Krapek and celebrate Connecticut’s global impact. Learn about sponsorship opportunities here. \n \n\nMission Partners\n \n  \nJoin the Community\nWith continuous breaking global news\, Council membership allows you to understand it all. Members gain lower-cost and exclusive access to discussions with foreign and local leaders\, events with experts and opposing views\, and – most essentially – a community of engaged people like yourself. \nBecome a member or renew today.
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SUMMARY:250 Years of American Diplomacy
DESCRIPTION:A Celebration of the U.S. at 250 with Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam and Yale’s Michael Brenes\n\n\n\nJoin us as we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with an all-American party and reflect on America’s place in the world. \nWe’ll explore the pivotal decisions\, influential leaders\, and defining moments that propelled the nation onto the global stage. \nHow has diplomacy shaped America – and what does it mean for the road ahead? Join the celebration and RSVP today. \n\nDetails\nThursday\, June 18\, 2026 | 6:00-8:00pm\n6pm Celebration | 7pm Discussion\nWorld Affairs Council\, Studio A\, Hartford CT\nTickets: $30 General Admission\, $20 Members | No Charge for Students \nle=”color: #94be29;”>Reserve your spot today \n\n\n \n\n\nFeaturing\nMichael Brenes is co-director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy and lecturer in history at Yale University. \nHis research interests include United States foreign policy\, political history\, and political economy. He is the author of For Might and Right: Cold War Defense Spending and the Remaking of American Democracy\, published by University of Massachusetts Press in 2020\, and the co-editor (with Daniel Bessner) of Rethinking U.S. Power: Domestic Histories of U.S. Foreign Relations\, published by Palgrave MacMillan in 2024. His next book\, co-authored with Van Jackson\, is titled The Rivalry Peril: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy\, and will be published by Yale University Press in January 2025. \nIn addition to his academic articles and book chapters\, his work has been published in The New York Times\, The New Republic\, Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, Politico\, Dissent\, Boston Review\, The Nation\, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. \nHe is currently writing a history of the War and Terror from the 1990s to the present\, to be published by Grove/Atlantic. He is also finalizing a co-edited volume with Daniel Bessner on Cold War liberalism\, which is under contract with Cambridge University Press. \nModerated By\n \nMayor Arunan Arulampalam\nMayor\, City of Hartford \nMayor Arulampalam is a father\, husband\, attorney\, former nonprofit executive\, and is committed to strengthening our neighborhoods and building a Hartford that works for everyone. \nThe son of Sri Lankan refugees\, Mayor Arulampalam was born in Zimbabwe. He made a home and eventually a family in Hartford soon after graduate school. Prior to being elected mayor\, Mayor Arulampalam served as the CEO of the Hartford Land Bank\, where he developed a first-in-the-nation program to train Hartford residents to become local developers and tackle blight in Hartford. The Land Bank takes on the city’s vacant and blighted properties and\, with the help of Hartford developers\, fixes them up to encourage investment in our neighborhoods across the city. \nMayor Arulampalam also served in the Lamont Administration as Deputy Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection where he went after a notorious Connecticut slumlord and fought for consumer rights and small businesses. Before then\, he was a lawyer downtown at the firm of Updike\, Kelly & Spellacy\, P.C. Mayor Arulampalam also served on the Board of the Hartford Public Library\, the House of Bread\, and on the Hartford Redevelopment Authority. He earned his B.A. in International Studies from Emory University and his J.D. from Quinnipiac University School of Law. \nMayor Arulampalam lives in the Frog Hollow neighborhood in a formerly vacant and blighted house with his wife and five small kids. Mayor Arulampalam’s wife\, Liza\, is the Senior Minister of the First Church of Christ (Center Church) in Hartford. \n\nJoin the Community\nWith continuous breaking global news\, Council membership allows you to understand it all. Members gain lower-cost and exclusive access to discussions with foreign and local leaders\, events with experts and opposing views\, and – most essentially – a community of engaged people like yourself. \nBecome a member or renew today. \n\nMission Partners\n \nSupport global engagement in Connecticut by contacting CEO Megan Torrey about sponsorship opportunities. Learn more on our website about available opportunities. \n\n\n\nThe World Affairs Council of Connecticut provides a platform for open dialogue and the exchange of ideas on global issues. The views expressed by speakers and contributors to this organization’s public programs—in person\, online\, and through affiliated social media sites— are solely their own and do not necessarily represent the official policies or positions of CTWAC\, its individual staff\, board members\, members\, or sponsors. As a nonpartisan and nonpolitical organization\, CTWAC’s purpose is to foster informed discussion and greater understanding of the world\, without endorsing any particular viewpoint.
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