Naming of Things – Immigration
Jin Kong is a guest research fellow with The Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council (GCWAC) for the next six months. This fellowship is sponsored by The Mission Continues. Through this fellowship, Kong […]
Cincinnati to Thailand Connection
In December 2015, the US Department of State sponsored a visiting delegation from The People’s Republic of China on the premier exchange program called the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). […]
What’s old is new
Enduring immigration perspectives: the “contradictory and impossible”? or a hopeless aspiration? The word “immigration” comes from the Latin verb “immigrare” and is generally used to mean coming into a place […]
Ambassadors, World Visitors, blogs, and more!
Connecting International Communities through Entrepreneurship: “New” Professional Fellowship at Flywheel Thank you to everyone who came out this month to learn more about Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council, Flywheel Social Enterprise […]
USA Immigration Trends
There are no official statistics of U.S. immigration prior to 1820. Congress in 1819 enacted the Steerage Act (also known as the Manifest of Immigrants Act) requiring the submission of […]
Honoring the Fallen – Memorial Day Edition
Jin Kong, Board Chair of the Greater Cincinnati Chinese Chamber of Commerce, is working with our council as a fellow through Mission Continues. The Mission Continues is a national nonprofit […]
German Cincinnati History & Heritage
German History The Germanic tribes originated from people of the Baltic Sea coast and can be dated as early as 500 BCE. Near 100 BCE, the tribes congregated in the […]
Cultural Guide to China & the Cincinnati Chinese Community
People China has over 1.3 billion people representing 56 ethnic minority groups. The largest is the Han Chinese with about 900 million people. There are five legal religions in China: […]
A Historical Guide to China and Chinese Immigration to Cincinnati – Pt. 1
China’s recorded history began some four-thousand years ago. Three dynasties preceded the unification of China in 221 BCE: Xia (2070 BCE), Shang (1600 BCE), Zhou (1046 BCE). The Zhou period […]
Embassy visitors, events, more!
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER North Korea Rattling the Pacific Rim With Evans J.R. Revere April 27, GCWAC hosted Evans J.R. Revere, a Senior Advisor at ASG, to speak on the past, present, […]
