Global Competency Training
WHAT Join the Cleveland Council on World Affairs for a series of workshops to develop greater global understanding. The series consists of 3 key elements that build off each other (understanding cultural norms; developing cross-cultural strategies; engaging in global competency assessment). Participants can select the series or choose the workshop(s) that suit their interests or…
How to Plan a Refugee Camp
CCWA’s popular How to Plan a Refugee Camp event is back for a third time! Paul Frankmann, a former Exploring Humanitarian Law trainer at the American Red Cross, will lead a hands-on workshop analyzing humanitarian law and the policies that protect refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as demonstrating how to ethically build the…
Happy Dog Takes on the World: How We Fight and Why it Matters, Ethics in Foreign Military Operations Today
Military ethics has primarily grabbed the public's attention thanks to Hollywood. Through movies such as the Caine Mutiny, Platoon, and A Few Good Men, audiences have shared in the dilemmas of men and women in uniform as they struggle to discern what is right and wrong, and then try to do the right thing. Through…
Bridges to the World Workshop
Bridges to the World is a series of interactive workshops that examine the key elements of global education and explore a multitude of resources for educators to foster global competence in their classrooms. The semester-long professional development program will train a cohort of educators in middle and high school classrooms to become confident instructors in global…
Global Competency Training
WHAT Join the Cleveland Council on World Affairs for a series of workshops to develop greater global understanding. The series consists of 3 key elements that build off each other (understanding cultural norms; developing cross-cultural strategies; engaging in global competency assessment). Participants can select the series or choose the workshop(s) that suit their interests or…
Taiwan and the U.S.:What Does the Future Hold?
Cleveland Committee on Foreign Relations events are for CCFR members only. On January 11, citizens will go to the polls in Taiwan to vote in one of the most consequential presidential elections in Taiwan's history. The biggest difference between the two major candidates - in fact, the biggest election issue in general - is their China…
International Visitor Dinner Hosting – Ukraine
Special education interventionists and disability rights advocates from Ukraine will be in Cleveland focusing on "Inclusive Education" best practices. They will examine the U.S. education system and the continuum of services for individuals with disabilities. To get involved as a Citizen Diplomat, contact Andrew Kovach, Program Officer, at akovach@ccwa.ccwa.org or click here. International Visitor Leadership…
Trade, Politics, and the Global Economic Outlook in 2020
The 2019-2020 Foreign Policy Forum series is presented by Hitachi Healthcare Americas. Global growth slowed considerably over the last three quarters of 2018 and into 2019, and rising trade and global tensions have increased uncertainty in both the global trading system and in international cooperation in general. In an overall economic outlook published in November…
Academic WorldQuest 2020
CCWA's Academic WorldQuest Competition Academic WorldQuest is a national competition in which teams of high school students test their knowledge about international affairs, U.S. foreign policy, and current events. Teams compete over 10 rounds of questioning during this fun and competitive event. The winning team will have the option to travel to Washington, D.C., in…
Africa: Facts, Fiction and Reality- Why Does it Matter to the United States?
The 2019-2020 Foreign Policy Forum series is presented by Hitachi Healthcare Americas. Please note this Forum is now on February 4, 2020. It was previously scheduled for March of 2020. Africa's economic and political landscape is rapidly changing, and 7 of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world are now found in sub-Saharan Africa.…
Happy Dog Takes on the World: What’s Next for the U.S. and Iran?
On January 3, 2020, the United States carried out a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq which resulted in the death of nine people, including Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, a powerful security and intelligence commander and longtime leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force. On January, 8, 2020, Iran retaliated by firing missiles…
Peru & Ecuador Youth Leadership On Demand Program: “Youth Leadership through Multiculturalism & Inclusion”
CCWA will host a group of high school students from Peru, Ecuador, and Venezuela through a Youth Leadership On Demand Exchange Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The program is entitled "Youth Leadership through Multiculturalism and Inclusion" and will take place February 10th - 28th, 2020. We…