Promoting Dialogue on International Matters

Windham World Affairs Council encourages learning and action on global issues that impact us all.

Windham World Affairs Council connects people with global expertise and knowledge to Windham County to inform, educate, foster community and dialogue, and encourage civic participation.

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JOIN US ON THE  FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH FOR OUR SALON DISCUSSIONS

Sa•lonnoun:  A conversational gathering of intellectuals, artists, and politicians.

Upcoming Events

April Members & Friends Salon Apr 30 | 6:30 PM
April Members & Friends Salon

Join the discussion: The Breakdown of the Transatlantic Alliance The Trump Administration has made it clear that the United States will no longer support Europe’s security, a cornerstone of bipartisan foreign policy for 80 years. Furthermore, by voting with authoritarian...
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The Unfinished Revolution: Finding Common Action Through Productive Disagreement May 07 | 6:30 PM
The Unfinished Revolution: Finding Common Action Through Productive Disagreement

America 250 Town Hall Series The America 250 Town Hall Series, a collaboration with Brooks Memorial Library and Vermont Independent Media, publisher of The Commons, is made possible, in part, through a generous grant from the Vermont Humanities Council. As...
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From Overthrow to Blowback:  How U.S. led Regime Change Has Historically Sown the Seeds of Instability and Backlash May 15 | 6:30 PM
From Overthrow to Blowback: How U.S. led Regime Change Has Historically Sown the Seeds of Instability and Backlash

How does US foreign policy sow long seeds of instability, authoritarianism, migration, and resentment? Join esteemed author and journalist Stephen Kinzer for a launch event in a two-year speaker series on the global blowback of US aggressive intervention, military actions...
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CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: Are We Making Any Progress? Jun 11 | 6:30 PM
CLIMATE DIPLOMACY: Are We Making Any Progress?

Former U.S. diplomat Elliot Diringer takes stock of the global effort to combat the climate crisis.  Diringer, a former senior policy advisor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, has worked international climate issues for more than 30 years...
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Think Like A Commoner Jun 23 | 6:30 PM
Think Like A Commoner

How can we imagine and bring about a socio-economic order that is actually climate-friendly, democratic, fair, effective, and inclusive?” Join David Bollier—longtime activist, author, and scholar with the Schumacher Center for a New Economics—for an illuminating conversation on the great...
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America 250

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America250 is a nonpartisan initiative working to engage every American in commemorating the 250th anniversary of our country. This multi-year effort, from now through July 4, 2026, is an opportunity to pause and reflect on our nation’s past, honor the contributions of all Americans, and look ahead toward the future we want to create for the next generation and beyond.

Recent News

Women of America fight back to preserve democracy

Women of America fight back to preserve democracy Can we make this happen or just wishful thinking?To those who understand the current...

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Ukraine wouldn’t be the first country, or the last, to accept an ugly peace

Read the latest Boston Globe op-ed from esteemed journalist Stephen Kinzer. He will kick off the ‘America 250 Global Blowback’...

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On Hope

Two hundred people attended the community screening of The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism on Sunday March 16th. ...

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A New Board Chair, a New Presidency, and a New Perspective 

I am excited to be taking on the role of Chair of the Windham World Affairs Council Board this month, and especially at this particular...

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Five Ways Illiberal Democracies Control Nonprofits: Lessons from Central Europe

Five Ways Illiberal Democracies Control Nonprofits: Lessons from Central Europe Merrill Sovner, Board Chair of the Windham World Affairs...

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Jody Williams with students

WWAC began working with Nobel Peace Laureate and WWAC Member Jody Williams when we presented her Zoom talk in 2020.

We created a Peace Jam Task Force composed of Carla Lineback, Amanda Thurber, Lissa Weinmann, Kerstin Roos, Kenny Pepper on behalf of The Commons Media Mentoring Project and Lauren Coffano of PeaceJam international and are building a PeaceJam Community Support Group to help initiate an ongoing club and programming at Brattleboro Union High School students starting September 2022.

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“Human security requires directing our resources toward providing for the basic needs of human beings so they are secure in their daily lives. For too long, security has een defined in terms of the security of the state, not of individuals. We call it national defense. The US spends more on its military and weapons systems than all of the other nations of the world combined. The billions and billions of our tax dollars that go to weapons systems and other aspects of ‘defense’ is money that will never be spent on our public schools, or on an affordable health care system that gives everyone access to health care, or on creating jobs with dignity. Money for war will never be used to fight poverty and other social ills that tear apart the socioeconomic fabric of a country and often are fundamental causes of armed conflict. We have to change that kind of thinking.”
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Jody Williams
in her book
“My Name is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl’s Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize”

Peace Jam Update

PeaceJam’s Second Annual Bike Drive

Support BUHS Peace Jam A Billion Bikes for Peace Inspired by their success last  school year, BUHS PeaceJam students report that there...

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