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Sat Oct 17

JWAC Social: Plano International Festival

Come meet fellow JWAC students from around North Texas
12:00 PM CT | Haggard Park, Plano
Tue Oct 20

China: Power, Influence, and the Global Balance

Featuring Victoria Coates, PhD, former Deputy National Security Advisor and Vice President of National Security and Foreign Policy at The
11:30 AM CT | Fort Worth Club, Fort Worth, TX
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Wed Oct 21

2026 HEB ISD Career Day

Registration is only available to those in the HEB ISD.
08:30 AM CT | Pat May Center, Bedford, TX
Wed Oct 21

Golden Dome and the Future of U.S. Missile Defense

Featuring Lieutenant General Daniel Karbler (Ret.), former Commander at the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and Senior Adviser
06:00 PM CT | Arts District Mansion, Dallas, TX
Wed Oct 28

JWAC Discussion: (Flower Mound High School)

Hosted by International Leadership of Texas, Garland High School
06:30 PM CT
Thu Oct 29

43rd H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner

Honoring Robert Kaplan, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs and former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
06:00 PM CT | Fairmont Dallas, Dallas, TX
Fri Oct 30

2027 International Educator of the Year Nominations Close

Nominate your favorite educator today!
12:00 AM CT
Tue Nov 03

JWAC Discussion: (International Leadership of Texas, Garland High School)

Hosted by International Leadership of Texas, Garland High School
06:30 PM CT
Thu Nov 12

The 2026 Midterms and the World with Mark Halperin

Featuring Mark Halperin, Editor-in-Chief of 2WAY, The Honorable Tom Leppert, Mayor of Dallas 2007-2011, and Kyle Waldrep, Founder of Dottid
06:00 PM CT | Fairmont Dallas, Dallas, TX
Recent Highlights

25 Years Later: 9/11 and the World It Made

Featuring Andrew Card, White House Chief of Staff on September 11, 2001, and Will Cain, Host at FOX News Channel

Tuesday, September 1, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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Women in Power on the Global Stage

Featuring Linda Robinson, Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Lee Cullum, Host of KERA’s CEO and Senior Fellow at the John G. Tower Center for Public Policy and International Affairs, SMU

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 | 11:30 AM

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A Conversation with Her Excellency Dina Kawar, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States

Featuring Her Excellency Dina Kawar, Ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 | 11:30 AM

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International Educator of the Year Award Luncheon 2026

Honoring Julia Wilson of Trinity High School, and featuring Ambassador Robert Jordan, Diplomat in Residence, Tower Center, SMU

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | 11:00 AM

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Recent Highlights

Power and Politics in Washington: Impacts Beyond U.S. Borders

Featuring Robert Costa, National Correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning and Chief Washington Analyst for CBS News

Monday, March 30, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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A Conversation with Congressman Seth Moulton

Featuring Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA)

Friday, March 27, 2026 | 11:30 AM

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Behind the Headlines: The Human Stories That Shape the World

Featuring Lawrence Wright, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, Mr. Texas, and The Human Scale, and staff writer for The New Yorker

Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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The Second Trump Administration: One Year In

Featuring Beth Sanner, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Presidential Daily Briefer, and CNN National Security Contributor

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | 6:00 PM

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Breakfast with Walter Isaacson

Featuring Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Benjamin Franklin, Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and Elon Musk

Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 8:15 AM

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42nd Annual H. Neil Mallon Award Dinner

Honoring Jim Keyes, global business leader and bestselling author, and The Honorable Tom Leppert with John B. King and Margaret Spellings, former U.S. Secretaries of Education

Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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Strategic Leadership in a Turbulent World

Featuring General H.R. McMaster, former U.S. National Security Advisor and retired Army Lieutenant

Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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Kharkiv’s Story: Leadership, War, and the Fight for Democracy

Featuring Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine

Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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On the Frontlines: Service to Country, Moscow, and the West’s Global Challenge

Featuring John J. Sullivan, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia

Thursday, March 20, 2025 | 6:00 PM

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Why Global Leadership Matters

Featuring Liz Truss, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Wednesday, March 12, 2025 | 11:30 AM

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