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 With the U.S. midterm elections taking place on November 8, the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia and KYW NewsRadio are teaming up to give you a breakdown of what just happened?

Every year, military airstrikes in conflict zones like Iraq, Syria, and Libya result in thousands of civilian deaths and displacement. To shed light on the impact that civilians face in these conflict zones, the Council is hosting a discussion with the Director of Airwars, a non-profit transparency organization working to track, assess, and archive military actions and related civilian harm claims in conflict zones.

The Middle East Center, co-sponsored by: Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and Jewish Studies Program are hosting The Moral Triangle: Germans, Israelis, Palestinians. In The Moral Triangle, Sa’ed Atshan and Katharina Galor draw on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with Israelis, Palestinians, and Germans in Berlin to explore these asymmetric relationships in the context of official German policies, public discourse, and the private sphere.

The Awards Banquet will highlight individuals and businesses that have showed their dedication to promote economic growth and job creation. 

At our 2019 Awards Banquet, AACCGP will acknowledge and celebrate the Asian American Executive of the Year, Outstanding Asian Businesses of the Year, as well as a Special Keynote Speaker Daniel Hilferty, Chief Executive Officer of Independence Health Group and the Master of Ceremony captivating us through the night.

Join us for an evening with Philadelphia’s most globally-minded leaders.

International Cocktails & Cuisine - Live Music - Wine Pull - Prize Drawings

The Citizen Diplomat of the Year Award will be presented to Stephan A. Grupp, MD, PhD, a pediatric oncologist with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. We will recognize Dr.Grupp for raising Philadelphia’s international profile through his innovative advancements in medicine and his commitment to ensuring that people all around the world  have access to this treatment.

In April 2016, computer technicians at the Democratic National Committee discovered that someone had accessed the organization’s computer servers and conducted a theft that is best described as Watergate 2.0. In the weeks that followed, the nation’s top computer security experts discovered that the cyber thieves had helped themselves to everything: sensitive documents, emails, donor information, even voice mails.

In March 2010, The Affordable Care Act became the most significant overhaul of health care legislation and expansion of coverage enacted in the United States since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965, but also the most contentious.

The ACA faced many challenges and much opposition, from the death of Sen.

Today, with roughly 2.2 million people behind bars in the United States, an increase of 1.9 million since 1972, the need for criminal justice reform seems to be in the headlines more and more.

But the topic of criminal justice reform is a heated one. The issues are many—from how to better police our cities and neighborhoods to whether mandatory minimum sentencing is effective; from how to enact successful rehabilitation programs to how best to reduce incarceration and crime at the same time. It’s no wonder the debate over criminal justice reform is polarizing.

Please join the Atlantic Council and the Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania for a unique lunch conversation on how to jump-start economic growth in Europe on November 3, 2016, featuring Mr. Mario Nava, Director at the European Commission's Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union (DG FISMA).  

They kick off the fall season with former U.S. Attorney General and Counsel to President George W. Bush, Alberto Gonzales, for an evening of never-before-told stories behind the controversial decisions made during the crucible of the 9/11 attacks.