Explore the World From Home | Volume 4
Staff Member Feature: James’ North Carolina BBQ Recipe
This week’s Staff Feature is a delicious recipe from James McManus, our Director of International Programs. We hope this will inspire you to try a new recipe during these times! If you make this delicious BBQ, let us know how you liked it in the comments!
“One of my favorite hobbies is entertaining and cooking for friends and family. It’s been a part of my family life since I can remember when my family would go to my grandparents house for lunch after church on Sunday. Naturally I love when I get to share some of those food and memories with International Visitors being a Home Hospitality Volunteer with the World Affairs Council. As a Home Hospitality Volunteer I welcome visitors into my apartment for a home cooked meal and have the opportunity to learn about other people and places from my table. It’s one of the easiest, and tasty, ways to be a citizen diplomat.
While I’m a proud Cincinnatian I must confess that my go to meal to cook for visitors, BBQ, reflects my North Carolina upbringing. Its’ a recipe that reflects the finer tenets of southern cuisine, minimal fuss and a “good things can’t be rushed” philosophy. Southern BBQ’s most important ingredient is time, to roast your pork shoulder on low temperatures for several hours to get that melt in your mouth pulled BBQ.”
Putting the World Back Together Conference
May 4th – 8th, 2020
For the first time, World Affairs Councils across the country will gather virtually for a special, inclusive Ideas Summit, under a new brand: CxC: Amplified. The World Affairs Councils network includes more than 90 Councils in more than 40 states across the country. Featuring General David Petraeus (USA, Ret.), General John Allen (USMC, Ret.), Ambassador (Ret.) Nicholas Burns, and more, CxC: Amplified is a full week of events designed to amplify voices on foreign and national policy, Council by Council, and coast to coast. Open to the public, this Ideas Summit brings together leaders, experts, and citizens across the nation to tackle the central question: How will the world be put back together as we chart our way through the new circumstances caused by this coronavirus pandemic?
Educational Resources & Materials
Art Meets World – at Home!
We are so excited to announce that our Art Meets World Cultural Craft Projects and Education Lessons are now available online! These activities are a great way to teach international culture to your children while staying at home. Our easy to use templates and instructions are now available on our website!
Dive into the art of Japanese paper folding as you learn to create your own origami! Or, discover symmetry in the art of traditional sugar skulls celebrated during Día de los. Muertos. These traditional cultural crafts, and many more, are available, FREE, now!
Send us your photos of your crafts for a chance to be featured on our Facebook and Instagram! We can’t wait to see what you create!
Stay Connected with your Community!
Local Company Switches Focus to Face Masks 
DeanHouston, a marketing communications firm, and a partner of the World Affairs Council – Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky, is changing its focus during the coronavirus pandemic. They are now using their equipment to make face masks to slow the spread of the virus. Dale Dean, one of the company co-founders, talks about the switch.
Cincinnati World Cinema – Now Streaming Online
Though the theatre is closed, you can still support the Cincinnati World Cinema by streaming films at home! Select distributors have graciously allocated a portion of the proceeds from the films below to Cincinnati World Cinema. Stream everything from documentaries, to thrillers, to Oscar nominated dramas, that are not typically available on other streaming platforms. Visit their website today!
#MemoriesOfExchange
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to uproot and change our daily lives, the World Affairs Council – Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky wants to continue to be a force for global connections. While the pandemic has limited our ability to have emerging leaders visit our community physically, we’re working to continue highlighting our exchange alumni virtually.
Therefore, we’re inviting our exchange alumni to participate in our new social media campaign called “Memories of Exchange,” to highlight our exchange alumni and the work they do, their experience in the U.S./Cincinnati, and how COVID-19 is impacting their lives at home.
This week on our Facebook page, our interview with Rubinson Dorce, from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Click here for the full interview!
Join in on our #MemoriesofExchange campaign! Share your stories and memories of hosting and working with our international visitors so that we can share them with our larger community. Are you friends on social media with exchange visitors? Do you think they would like to share their memories of visiting Cincinnati and how COVID-19 is impacting their country? Get in contact with them to find out. Or, share your favorite memories as a host!
Looking to Get Involved with the World Affairs Coucil?
Here are ways you can help:
- Join as a $10 monthly donor to support sustainability efforts.
- Make World Affairs Council – Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky your charity of choice as you stay home and shop online: AmazonSmile, Kroger Community Rewards, Movers & Makers
- Piggest Raffle Tickets – 100% donations go back to the Council
- Like and follow our social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn), and comment on or share our posts when you see them.
