The World Affairs Council of Connecticut is a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 1924. The Council's mission is to promote public understanding of global affairs and world issues by sponsoring programs, discussion series and seminars on international politics, business and culture. With the events of the past few years, our mission is more vital than ever.

As a member of the World Affairs Councils of America, the World Affairs Council of Connecticut is part of the largest international affairs nonprofit in the United States.

World affairs councils are non-profit, non-partisan organizations open to all who wish to join.  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 biggest international affairs speakers’ program in the country with over 2,500 events each year.  Councils also run international exchanges, school programs, teachers’ workshops, model UNs, 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.

For more information, contact Felicity Harley, Executive Director
860 594 4101 fharley@ctwac.org