Hundreds abandoned in Andaman Sea; tracing services offered by the American Red Cross

Imagine, all you have is $180.00 dollars to your name and you are facing ill treatment in your country due to your beliefs. You have two children to feed and […]

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AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS NETWORK – APNET

If you are an African born professional living in the Tri-State region looking to network with Africans, or someone interested or working in Africa, the African Professionals Network (APNET) may […]

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Global Education + STEM = “Spruce Up Rio” App!

We are pleased to announce the “Spruce Up Rio” App launch developed by Pleasant Ridge Montessori (PRM) students with our partners at Northern Kentucky University and Greater Cincinnati World Affairs […]

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Impunity from Sexual Violence: A Human Rights Concern in the DRC

For over a decade, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has maintained a reputation for being the worst place in the world to be a woman, and nothing illustrates […]

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Volunteer Driver Frank White

Frank White is one of the Council’s wonderful volunteers! He volunteers to drive international visitors to and from their professional appointments while they are here in the region. It is […]

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Munich Sister City Association with Cincinnati Celebrates Its First 25 Years

There is hardly a business guru around who won’t speak of the high value of persistence as key to ultimate success in any venture.  Certainly that applies to the leadership […]

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Pakistani Visitors learn about Media & Social Responsibility in Cincinnati

Local Exchange Program In May, the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council hosted a visiting group from Pakistan here in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky through the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in partner […]

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Energy Efficiency on an International Scale

The Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance was very honored to speak with a delegation from Iraq as part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Hosted locally by the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs […]

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GCWAC Celebrates World Environment Day

World Environment Day June 5 marks the annual World Environment Day (WED) celebration. Established in 1972, World Environment Day is a United Nations public outreach platform to raise global awareness […]

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Bulgarians are part of Cincinnati’s economic, societal and cultural fabric

Recently, GCWAC board member Timothy Swallow visited with Dimitrina (“Didi”) Ispiridonova Partridge, President of the Bulgarian Association of Cincinnati. The BAC group is presenting A Day of Slavic Culture and […]

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