April 3, 2020 Dear Members, As we all continue to deal with the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic, and in the interests of your continued safety and that of the wider community, we have decided […]
3 | April 2020
Friday 7:24 PM
March 13, 2020 Dear Members, In view of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, and in the interests of your safety and that of the wider community, we have decided to cancel our two March […]
23 | March 2020
Monday 9:15 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Dean Accardi, Professor of History, Connecticut College, presents “India, Pakistan, and the War over Kashmir” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs […]
10 | March 2020
Tuesday 8:48 PM
Dear Members, Our February 13th meeting provided that rare opportunity to SECWAC members and guests to hear first-hand what it is like to stand up to a dictator and try to change your […]
10 | March 2020
Tuesday 8:42 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Esam Boraey, Egyptian Political Activist, presents “The Development of Democracy in Egypt” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes […]
3 | February 2020
Monday 7:40 PM
Dear Members, On January 23, approximately 70 SECWAC members and guests gathered at the First Congregational Church in Old Lyme to hear Megan O’Neill speak on her work at Imagine Scholar in South […]
3 | February 2020
Monday 7:36 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Megan O’Neill, Imagine Scholar, presents “A Different Look at Rural African Education” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes place […]
8 | January 2020
Wednesday 1:55 PM
Dear Members, We had 2 SECWAC events in December: Sarah Wiliarty from Wesleyan University spoke to us on December 12 on the ever-evolving situation of “The Rise of Populism in Europe”, while on […]
8 | January 2020
Wednesday 12:51 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Sarah Wiliarty, Associate Professor Wesleyan University, presents “The Rise of Populism in Europe” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes […]
3 | December 2019
Tuesday 11:33 AM
Dear Members, We had a large gathering at Connecticut College on November 12th to hear Katherine Brown, President of Global Ties USA, speak on the subject of the Press and Diplomacy in Afghanistan. […]
3 | December 2019
Tuesday 11:26 AM
March 13, 2020 Dear Members, In view of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, and in the interests of your safety and that of the wider community, we have decided to cancel our two March […]
23 | March 2020
Monday 9:15 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Esam Boraey, Egyptian Political Activist, presents “The Development of Democracy in Egypt” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes […]
3 | February 2020
Monday 7:40 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact:Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Katherine Brown, President and CEO Global Ties US, presents, “Afghanistan: Storytelling of America’s Longest War” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council […]
4 | November 2019
Monday 8:10 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Jonathan Starr, Abaarso School of Science and Technology, Somaliland, presents, “It Takes a School” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council […]
17 | October 2019
Thursday 6:45 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Emma Sky, Jackson Institute, Yale University, presents “In a Time of Monsters – A Middle East in Revolt” This Southeast […]
22 | September 2019
Sunday 5:25 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Will Kneerim (IRIS) & Mohammed Hamou (Old Lyme resident & Syrian refugee) present “Coming to America: A Refugee Story” Brought […]
22 | August 2019
Thursday 9:18 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Gordon Chang, China expert and author, presents, “America’s Grandest Wager: China” This Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council meeting takes place […]
22 | August 2019
Thursday 9:01 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive DirectorSoutheast Connecticut World Affairs Council860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Sydney Williams, local author and SECWAC member, presents his new book, “Dear Mary: Letters Home from the 10th Mountain Division, […]
22 | August 2019
Thursday 8:47 PM
Dear Members, I hope that you were able to attend our April and May meetings, held recently a week apart at the First Congregational Church in Old Lyme. The overall topic was similar […]
15 | May 2019
Wednesday 10:10 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Paul Nugent, Executive Director Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council 860-388-9241, info@secwac.org Ivo H. Daalder, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and James M. Lindsay, Council on Foreign Relations, present […]
16 | April 2019
Tuesday 10:15 PM
The mission of the Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC) is to foster an understanding of issues of foreign policy and international affairs by study, debate, and educational programming, primarily through a Speakers Series of 8 to 10 monthly meetings.
