Welcome
Our latest newsletter is now online! Click here to read it.
Upcoming programs (see events page for complete schedule):
Rising Global Powers: The New Reality
A panel of experts from the Stanley Foundation
Michael Kraig, Vlad Sambaiew and David Shorr Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The True Colombia
Elsa Botero-Bolet, Colombian native
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Afghanistan: Are We at Last on the Right Path?
Dr. Thomas Gouttierre, Dean of International Studies
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Canada and the U.S.: World’s Largest Trade, Energy and Security Partnership
Georges Rioux, Consul General of Canada
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Welcome to the Quad City World Affairs Council Inc. website. Briefly, here is our mission:
- To foster global education and international understanding within the Quad Cities and beyond.
- To further the citizens’ understanding of the geo-political and economic interdependence of our world thereby promoting world peace.
- To provide local business and industry the needed information to forge ties with their counterparts in the world.
- To provide students of all ages the opportunity to learn about other nations of the world and develop respect for all peoples.
- To create opportunities to experience and appreciate diverse cultures and customs of the world.
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