“to broaden public awareness and understanding of international affairs and to engage oregonians...
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“to broaden public awareness and understanding of international affairs and to engage Oregonians with the world. Its staff and programs work to serve as a community resource on international affairs; enhance international education in the schools; sponsor international professional visitors, and provide special educational travel opportunities abroad”
Mission
The International Speaker Series (ISS)
International Visitor and Training Program (IVP/Community Connections)
Programs on World Affairs (PWA) Global Classroom Program (K-12
Education)
Connecting Oregonians to the World through…
The International Speaker Series
2000-2001• President Mikhail Gorbachev• Queen Noor of Jordan• Robert Reich• His Holiness the Dalai Lama
2001-2002• Prime Minister Ehud Barak• U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright• Dr. Jane Goodall• Thomas Friedman
2002-2003• Secretary General Amre Moussa• President Ernesto Zedillo• Senator George Mitchell• Archbiship Desmond Tutu
2003-2004• Israeli Prime Minister Shimon
Peres• Palestinian Foreign Minister
Nabeel Shaath• Ambassador Richard Holbrooke• Prime Minister Gro Harlem
Brundtland• Fareed Zakaria
2004-2005• Condoleezza Rice• Bono• William McDonough• Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar• Zbigniew Brzezinski
The International Speaker Series
2005-2006• Dan Rather• Wangari Maathai• Shirin Ebadi
The International Speaker Series
2006-2007• President William Jefferson
Clinton• President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf• Sheri Liao• Hafez Al-Mirazi2007-2008• Vicente Fox• Kim Dae-jung• Dr. Sergei Khrushev• Sandra Day O’Connor
2008-2009• Paul Krugman• Fareed Zakaria• David Suzuki• Laurie Garrett
International Visitor and Training Program
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan (1987)President Alvaro Uribe Velez of Colombia (1998)President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya (1999)President Moshe Katzav of Israel (1980)Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand (1998)Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom (1992, 1986)President Kim Dae-Jung of the Republic of Korea (1965)President Mary Robinson of Ireland (1976)Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom (1967)Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt of Belgium (1983)President Anwar Sadat of Egypt (1966)President Oscar Arias Sanchez of Costa Rica (1971)President Ricardo Lagos of Chile (1988)Dr. Wolfgang Schuessel, Chancellor, of Austria (1971, 1984)Gerhard Schroeder, Chancellor, of Germany (1981)Prime Minister Faisal Al Fayez (1988)King Taufa’Ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (1964)
International Visitor and Training Program
Community Connections
“I am leaving America with so much experience and with an open mind and a much better understanding of its people, history and future goals… This experience will remain a treasure in my life.”
Cultural Affairs Specialist, Abuja, Nigeria
Programs on World Affairs Monthly Headline Forums
Ask the Experts. Great Decisions Lectures As U.S. Secretary of State, what would you do? Member Nights
It’s not all about politics. Young Professionals
Who are the leaders of tomorrow?
Global and Multicultural Resource Center
International Guest Speakers Program
World in Transition Teacher Training
Teach Africa/Teach the Middle East
WorldQuest Global Knowledge Competition for high school students
Global Classroom Program
Global Classroom ProgramGlobal and MultiCultural Resource
Center
Global Classroom ProgramInternational Guest Speakers
Program
WorldQuest Global Knowledge Competition
for high school students
Global Classroom Program
2008 Grand Prize 3 week study abroad
trip to CHINA!!!
Statewide Outreach
Providing international resources and opportunities
to communities and classrooms throughout
Oregon.
Three Centers of Activity Connecting…
Bend/Redmond/Madras (Central Oregon)
Medford/Grants Pass (Southern Oregon)
Pendleton/La Grande (Eastern Oregon)
…to the world
Statewide Outreach Speakers International Visitors WorldQuest Competition Teach Africa World in Transition teacher
training Great Decisions Discussion
Groups International Speakers Series Web-based Resources Video Conferencing
Because the World Matters
…to kids …to individuals …to business …to OREGON
Connecting Oregonians to the World