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All posts by Rosalyn Shaoul
I am on the Boards of the Windham World Affairs Council and the Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association and responsible for publicizing their events.
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WWAC to Present Debate on the Future of Democracy
On Friday, February 21, 2020 at 118 Elliot,118 Elliot St., Brattleboro, Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) will present a debate entitled, “Can Democracy Be Saved? (and Why Bother?). Two prominent […]
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Degrowth: How our blessings have become a curse
Dr.Julie Snorek, Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College, is preparing a talk for the Windham World Affairs Council entitled “Degrowth: How our blessings have become a curse” She will talk about new […]
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WWAC Honors Departing Marlboro College with Talks by Two Seniors
As Marlboro College takes first steps in leaving Vermont to become the “Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies” on the Emerson College campus in Boston, the Windham World […]
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WWAC TO OFFER TALK ON SOUTHEAST ASEA BY KEENE STATE GLOBAL FELLOW
After two outstanding talks focusing on the events in Northeastern Syria, one by Clare Gillis focusing on the captured ISIS fighters, and the other by Ambassador Peter Galbraith on the […]
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“The Betrayal of the Kurds:” A firsthand report from Northeast Syria by Ambassador Peter Galbraith
On Friday, Nov. 8th at 7:30 pm, in the Sanctuary of the Centre Congregational Church, Windham World Affairs Council will present an important and timely firsthand report on the situation […]
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WWAC Talk Friday, Oct. 25: “Beheading in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility”
Windham World Affairs Council invites you to a talk by Clare Morgana Gillis, PhD, Brattleboro resident and WWAC board member, on Friday, Oct. 25 at Centre Congregational Church. Dr. Gillis […]
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Fall Foliage Walk on Bald Hill
October 12, Saturday, 1-4 PM. Fall Foliage Walk on Bald Hill Vanessa Stern, member of the Bald Hill Committee and the Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association (WHPA) Board, will lead this […]
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WINDHAM WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL TO OFFER TALK ON KYRGYZSTAN
This Friday, May 24, Windham World Affairs Council will be continuing the journey through Central Asia which it began on May 10 with the talk on “The Uyghurs of Xinjaing.” […]
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WWAC to offer talk on “The Uyghurs of Xinjiang: Perfecting the Surveillance State in China’s Muslim Borderland,“
On Friday, May 10, Windham World Affairs Council will present a talk on the “Uyghurs of Xinjiang.” The talk will take place in the parlor of the Centre Congregational Church, […]
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WWAC to Present Talk on Chinese Medicine
On Friday, April 12, 2019, Windham World Affairs Council will present Stefan Grace, a local practitioner of Chinese medicine, who will give a talk entitled “Scientizing Chinese Medicine” in the […]
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The WWAC/Marlboro Colleg “Engaging the World Series” Continues
The “Engaging the World Series,“ a partnership Between WWAC and Marlboro College, which offered 2 talks in February, resumes in April. These 3 talks in April will all be at […]
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March 15 @ 118 Elliot: Screening of Multi-media Presentation on Holocaust Survivors and Liberators in the State of Maine.
On Friday, March 15, Windham World Affairs Council will present “Were The House Still Standing: Maine Survivors and Liberators Remember the Holocaust.” It is a multi-media project which weaves together […]
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WWAC, in partnership with Marlboro College, Announces a New Series “Engaging the World “
Do you ever wish you could go back to college for an evening and find out what the students are learning there without having to pay any tuition or take […]
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Ambassador Galbraith To Present Talk To Windham World Affairs Council On Nov. 30
On Friday, Nov. 30 at 7:30 pm, for the fifth year in a row, Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith will address WWAC on developments in the Middle East. He will give […]
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Windham World Affairs Council to Host Talk on Iran Nuclear Deal at Centre Congregational Church
WWAC announces this major talk at a decisive moment for our country as President Trump is getting ready to tell the world whether or not he will honor the agreement […]
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May 12 Talk: Reflections on Iran through a photojournalist’s lens
Would you like to know more about Iran than we learn from the headlines? What is the society like? How do the people differ from the government? What sorts of […]
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WWAC/Marlboro College International Lecture Series
During April 2017 the WWAC/Marlboro College International Lecture Series will include three talks. Wednesday, April 5 Joan Rohlfing, President, Nuclear Threat Initiative “Nuclear Dangers in the Trump Era ” Joan Rolfing […]
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WWAC and Marlboro College Sponsoring Talk on Fighting Global Poverty
Windham World Affairs Council (WWAC) has been teaming with Marlboro College to co-sponsor an International Lecture series. Members of both the WWAC and Marlboro communities have responded enthusiastically. Our next […]
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Dec. 16: Festive Holiday Happening Celebrating Cuban Culture at 118 Elliot
On Friday, December 16, 2016 A holiday celebration “con sabor” winds up our ‘Understanding Cuba Through Film’ series 118 Elliot Street, Downtown Brattleboro, Vermont 05301 Dinner at 6:30. The evening […]
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US Doctors Trained in Cuba on Scholarship from Cuban Government Speaks at Free Screening of “Salud!” (Health!) and Dinner at 118 Elliot
Anyone interested in how Cuba gets the most out of every dollar spent on healthcare while the US gets the least, while Cuba maintains health statistics that rival or better […]
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