2022 Gala Details Coming Soon!

Join us!

We’re excited to host you at the first virtual gala, our annual fundraiser!

Do you enjoy learning about tips & tricks for international recipes and supporting local restaurants? Do you delight in a special cocktail during the week? Do you have what it takes to be crowned the winner of the highest Global Intelligence in Greater Cincinnati? We’ve got phenomenal evenings at home for you!

April 6 at 7pm International i-EATS Restaurant Insider Chat

April 8 at 5pm Cocktails of the World with Molly Wellmann

April 10 at 7pm One World Gala Global Trivia Night Of course, keeping in tradition with prizes!

The 8th Annual, 1st Virtual

ONE WORLD Gala

During 2020, the World Affairs Council of Cincinnati & NKY has managed to pivot to virtual learning opportunities for students and teachers; innovate with virtual exchanges; and move quickly to continue to have monthly webinars with foreign affairs speakers. Despite the uncertainty, we remain committed to serving our community and helping to diminish boundaries. We served over 5,000 students in 2020 with some in-person, mostly online learning opportunities.

In 2021, in whatever way we can safely accomplish it, the Council is going to continue creating international connections, raising awareness on imperative global topics, and developing empathy within students through creating an online learning platform.

We are excited to bring to you the eighth annual ONE WORLD Gala, first virtual experience in 2021. As our only fundraiser during the year, we need your support to continue increasing students’ global skills for our world.

Play your part in these highly anticipated events that support ongoing educational and cultural programs designed to help students in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky live, work, and lead globally.

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2021 One World Gala & Global Trivia Night Emcee:
Kristyn Hartman, WCPO

We are so excited to welcome Kristyn Hartman, evening anchor of WCPO, as the emcee for our 2021 One World Gala!

Kristyn Hartman is a regional Emmy and Murrow award winning journalist who was born and raised in the Midwest. She graduated from Northwestern University where she majored in Radio/Television/Film. Over her more than 20 years in the business working in Joplin, Peoria, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Chicago, Hartman has produced shows, shot video, edited, reported and anchored. She says her favorite stories are the ones with great characters, and the ones that genuinely shine a light on a problem. In her spare time, Hartman says she loves being a student of the world. She has traveled to Germany, Italy, Costa Rica, Greece, Hungary, France, Peru, Spain and all over the United States. She and her dog, Miss Ginny, also love exploring the Tri-State!

 


Highlights from our 2020 ONE WORLD Gala

Thank you for contributing to the success of students in Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky. Together, we must better prepare globally minded students today for globally minded employees tomorrow. You have truly made a difference in the region by choosing to support the World Affairs Council’s seventh annual gala and global trivia competition, ONE World, where all funds go to giving public school students access to global education resources!

We are happy and proud to report that there was a total of 21 teams playing to be the winning Global Gladiators with 200 people. Together, we raised $75,000 to benefit the global education programs in Greater Cincinnati.

 

VIEW 2020 One world gala photos

The World Affairs Council programs have been a platform for our students to be able to connect what they are learning in school to the world around them. Every event that we attend makes a sincere impact on our students and allows them to view the world in a different lens. Through the WAC programs, such as the Academic World Quest Team and International Summit on Education, our school has continued to challenge the way that our kids learn and how we can connect our content to the world around us.”
- Joshua Amstutz, Winton Woods High School Teacher