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World Affairs Councils are non-profit, non-partisan organizations open to all who wish to join.
www.worldaffairscouncils.org
Started in 1918, the council system has 484,000 members and participants, 86 councils, and 26 affiliates. Councils operate on membership dues, corporate sponsorships, grants, in-kind donations, fundraising events, and fee-for-service activities.
Over 2,000 corporations, foundations, and individuals support council work.
The council system has the largest international affairs speakers’ program in the country with over 2,500 events each year. Councils also run international exchanges, school programs, teachers’ workshops, model UN's, foreign policy discussions, national opinion polls, travel programs, young professionals’ programs, conferences, corporate programs, journals, newspaper columns, and local radio and television programs. The system has five flagship programs: World in Transition, Great Decisions, the NPR radio program It’s Your World, Academic WorldQuest, and Travel the World.
The World Affairs Council of South Texas is a Texas non-profit 501c(3) corporation, established in 2004.
We are also an affiliate of the National Council for International Visitors (NCIV). In the coming year we plan to inventory the South Texas area to find businesses and organizations which have world-class elements. They do something better than anyone else in the world, they are the benchmark, and they are willing to showcase it. Working with the Department of State, through NCIV we want to bring international visitors to South Texas so they can learn from these world-class activities. We also plan to become experts on protocol for international visitors and make this knowledge available to organizations who host international visitors.
Our activity focus is three fold.
Helping our citizens:
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understand the effect that international trade has on our area, and the forces that affect
our trade.
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understand globalization and its effect on the future local job market to help our area learn how the education of our youth must change to meet the changing world needs.
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participate in citizen diplomacy.
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