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Thu
Sep
17
Understanding Cuba: Realities, Resistance, and Reform
Featuring John Suarez, Executive Director at the Center for a Free Cuba, and Jorge Baldor, Founder of After8toEducate
07:30 AM CT
| World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth, Dallas, TX
Sat
Sep
12
2026-2027 Annual JWAC Orientation
Learn more about starting a Junior World Affairs Council club at your high school!
10:00 AM CT
| Pat May Center, Bedford, TX
Thu
Sep
10
JFK in Mexico: Catholicism, Memory, and Mourning Across Borders
Featuring Dr. Matthew J. Butler, Ph.D.
06:00 PM CT
| Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas, TX
Tue
Sep
08
Afghanistan: Five Years After the Withdrawal
Featuring Lieutenant Commander Michael Sarraille (Ret.), U.S. Navy SEAL, and Dr. Geoffrey Wawro, Founding Director of the Military History Center
06:00 PM CT
| Fort Worth Club, Fort Worth, TX
Thu
Sep
03
Fashioning Women’s Influence in the Kennedy Era
Featuring Dr. Annette Becker, Director and Curator of the Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas
06:00 PM CT
| Sixth Floor Museum, Dallas, TX
Tue
Sep
01
25 Years Later: 9/11 and the World It Made
2026 Sumners Civics Lecture featuring Andrew Card, White House Chief of Staff on September 11, 2001, and Will Cain, Host
06:00 PM CT
| Fairmont Dallas, Dallas, TX
Thu
Aug
27
Council WorldQuest
A fast-paced evening of global trivia
06:00 PM CT
| HKS, Dallas, TX
Wed
Aug
26
Europe’s Shifting Approach to Defense in the Trump Era
Exclusive for Council members
11:00 AM CT
| Zoom, Virtual
Tue
Aug
25
Unseen Worlds: Southeast Asian Textiles from the Spancake Collection
Exclusive for Global Forum Members
02:00 PM CT
| University of Texas at Dallas – Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum, Richardson, TX