WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA
1 SOUTH BROAD STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19107 www.wacphila.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA IS A PRIVATE, NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION DEDIDICATED TO CREATING AN INFORMED CITIZENRY ON MATTERS OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

JASON REZAIN: THE WORLDS AFFAIRS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA'S NATIONAL RECIPIENT OF THE 2019 ATLAS AWARD IS JASON REZAIN, JOURNALIST AND FORMER BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE WASHINGTON POST IN TEHRAN. IN 2014, JASON WAS ARRESTED BY THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT AND FOUND GUILTY OF ESPIONAGE IN A CONTROVERSIAL CLOSED DOOR TRIAL JASON WAS FINALLY RELEASED FROM IRANIAN CUSTODY IN 2016 AND WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES. HE WRITES ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN PRISONER: MY 544 DAYS IN AN IRANIAN PRISON- SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, A SHAM TRIAL, HIGH-STAKES DIPLOMACY, AND THE EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS IT TOOK TO GET ME OUT. THE COUNCIL IS DELIGHTED TO HONOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOURNALISM AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

GLOBAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAM - PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ADVANCE THE INTEGRATION OF GLOBAL CONTENT, CRITICAL THINKING AND INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS INTO PENNSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL CIRRICULUM, THE WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL WILL DESIGN, DEVELOP AND PILOT THE GLOBAL SCHOLARS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE. PROGRAM GOALS INCLUDE: (1) PREPARING PENNSYLVANIA STUDENTS TO SUCCESSFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL CIVIC LIFE; (2) EXPANDING STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE OF WORLD GEOGRAPHY AND DIFFERENT ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND CULTURAL SYSTEMS; (3) DEEPENING STUDENTS' UNDERSTADNING OF COMPLEX ISSUES FROM INTERDISCIPLINARY AND VARIED CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES; (4) HELPING STUDENTS DEVELOP THE CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM SOLVING LEADERSHIP SKILLS NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN A COMPETITIVE KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN GLOBAL ECONOMY.

THE WHOLE TRUTH WITH DAVID EISENHOWER IS NEITHER A TRADITIONAL INTERVIEW SHOW NOR A CONVENTIONAL ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF HEADLINE NEWS. IT IS A SERIES THAT AIMS TO UNCOVER FUNDAMENTAL FACTS AND TO DEFINE THE PRINCIPLE COMPETING WORLDVIEWS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES OF OUR TIME, LEAVING PARTISAN TALKING POINT AND ANIMOSITIES OUT OF THE DISCUSSION. HOSTED BY DAVID EISENHOWER - PROFESSOR, HISTORIAN AND GRANDSON OF PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER - THE SERIES' APPROACH TO POLITICAL DEBATE IS RIGOROUS, BALANCED, INSIGHTFUL, AND CIVIL. EACH HALF-HOUR EPISODE OF THE WHOLE TRUTH TACKLES SOME OF THE WEIGHTIEST PUBLIC AFFAIRS OF OUR TIME, WITH A FOCUS THAT'S GLOBAL AND LONG-TERM IN SCOPE, AND INCLUDES THREE OR FOUR MAIN GUESTS, PRESENTING THEIR POINTS OF VIEW AS ADVOCATES AND "EXPERT WITNESSES.'

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