International Trivia Challenge

SCWA Trivia 2019 — Share the Challenge on Social Media!

Test your world trivia knowledge at SCWA’s International Trivia Challenge on Thursday, November 7, 2019, at Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church.

Dinner, Drinks, and Deliberation – Come to Compete; Come to Cheer! Individuals, Teams of 8, and Spectators can participate in answering questions concerning global current events, culture, architecture, food, monuments, governmental affairs…

Doors open at 6:00 pm for Dinner, drinks, and games; Competition begins at 7:00 pm.

All are invited to TAKE the CHALLENGE: $40 per person

International Trivia Challenge

$40.00

Silent Auction Items ($75 or above in value – wine baskets, event tickets, gift certificates, adventures, original artwork, etc.) can be donated to help raise money for SCWA student scholarships. Please bring silent auction donations to the SCWA September/October Programs. Thank you!

International Trivia Challenge proceeds benefit SCWA’s Student Study Abroad Stipends. The SCWA annually awards local students scholarships to support their study abroad classes. International programs increase an individual’s perspective on world affairs and give them a better foundation for future involvement in the global community.

SCWA is a Section 501(c)3 nonprofit; your donation may qualify as a charitable deduction for tax purposes.

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SCWA STUDY ABROAD SCHOLARSHIPS

The Savannah Council on World Affairs (SCWA) provides stipends to as many as nine students each year to support their engagement in a study abroad programs. SCWA believe that such programs increase an individual’s perspective on world affairs and give them a better foundation for future involvement in the global community.

Candidates must have already been accepted to a study abroad program, meet our academic criteria, and have a verifiable need for financial assistance. Academic coordinators at Savannah State University and Georgia Southern University-Armstrong and Statesboro campuses screen prospective candidates and provide recommendations to the SCWA Board of Directors.

Your generous donation can help SCWA increase monetary and/or participatory levels.

Make a designated SCWA Study Abroad Scholarship donation now.

On behalf of Savannah area students, Thank You!

GREAT DECISIONS 2020

PREPARE to DISCUSS the WORLD

The Savannah Council on World Affairs and The Learning Center of SCI are pleased to co-sponsor Great Decisions in Spring 2020.

Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs.

Great Decisions is the nation’s oldest grassroots international policy discussion program. Published annually by the Foreign Policy Association, Great Decisions combines authoritative readings (in a briefing book provided to participants) with expert opinions via DVD to create an informative experience.

MEMBERS’ RECOMMENDED READING

If you have a book or article on world affairs which you feel would be especially valuable for other Members to read, please send an email with the details to savannahcwa@gmail.com

Here is an example received recently:

“Red Notice” is a story about a Wall Street maverick, Bill Browder, whose instincts led him to Russia just after the breakup of the Soviet Union, where he made his fortune. Along the way, he exposed corruption and barely escaped with his life. After his Russian lawyer was tortured to death, he spent a half-decade on a campaign to expose the corruption. Because of that, he became Putin’s number one enemy.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Red-Notice/Bill-Browder/9781476755748

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Fall 2019:

Thursday, September 19

Dr. R. Evan Ellis, Research Professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC) Strategic Studies Institute (SSI).
Topic: “Venezuela – Current Challenges”

Thursday, October 17

Thomas J. Bollyky, Director of Global Health program and senior fellow for global health, economics, and development at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
Topic: “Plagues and the Paradox of Progress: Why the World is Getting Healthier in Worrisome Ways”

Thursday, November 21

David J. Bier, is an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. He is an expert on visa reform, border security, and interior enforcement.
Topic: “How Guest Workers Can Secure the Border”.

Thursday, December 12

Dr. Amy R. Beaudreault, Research Fellow in the Global Food Security Project and the Global Health Policy Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Topic: “The Untapped Path to Global Health, Economic Growth, and Human Security?”

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