The World Affairs Councils of America is a national association of 86 nonprofit, nonpartisan, locally autonomous World Affairs Councils from coast to coast. Our Councils are open to all who wish to join. The World Affairs Council system has 484,000 participants and 28 affiliated organizations. It reaches over 20 million people each year through its 2,500 events and radio, TV, and school programs.

Councils offer international exchanges, school programs, teachers' workshops, foreign policy discussions, national opinion polling, travel programs, journals, newspaper columns, and local radio and television programs.

The national office organizes an annual conference, leadership missions overseas, a national speaker referral system, international speaker exchanges, people-to-people diplomacy missions, educational workshops, book tours, subscription discounts, operations workshops and papers, and a variety of national publications. It also runs nationwide program series such as Congressional Town Meetings, World Bank Town Meetings, State Department Town meetings, and series focusing on specific issues and regions of the world.

http://www.worldaffairscouncils.org/main/index.cfm?Category=Main&Section=Main

While differing viewpoints are brought to the attention of members and the public, the World Affairs Council of Connecticut refrains from endorsing political positions, as it is a 501(c)3 organization.