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    • 22 May 2025
    • 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • University of the Incarnate Word-Northwest Center 9725 Datapoint Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229-2384
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    Join the Young Professionals and the World Affairs Council of San Antonio for WorldQuest 2025!

    This year’s theme: "Historical International Eras" ️ —test your knowledge of the world’s most defining moments and compete for a great cause!

    Date: May 22nd, Thursday, 6:00pm
    New Venue Location: UIW Rosenberg School of Optometry

    9725 Datapoint Dr, San Antonio, TX 78229-2384

    All proceeds help fund Academic WorldQuest, supporting our local champions’ trip to nationals in Washington, D.C. ✈️

    Students can purchase tickets through our donation link. Please donate your age, and in the comment section, mention 'worldquest25' to complete your ticket purchase. We will send you an email confirmation once we have received your donation!

    If you can't attend but still want to support WorldQuest, please consider using our donation link to make a gift in support of the event.

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    Start assembling your team today! Challenge yourself, connect with fellow global thinkers, and be part of this exciting event.

    Interested in sponsorships or joining a team? Register today! 

    For more information contact miranda@wacofsa.org

Past events

19 Mar 2025 2025 International Citizen of the Year Award Celebration
07 Mar 2025 Connecting Communities: A Conversation on Grassroots Diplomacy
12 Feb 2025 Academic World Quest 2025
29 Jan 2025 World Affairs Council Annual Membership Meeting 2025
25 Jan 2025 From Apartheid to Healing: A Conversation with Christo Brand, Nelson Mandela’s Prison Guard
18 Dec 2024 The Fall of Assad in Syria: A Conversation with Dr. David Lesch, who regularly met with Bashar al-Assad
28 Sep 2024 An Evening with Arturo Hines
18 Sep 2024 Around the World with The World Affairs Council of San Antonio
28 Aug 2024 The U.S. - Mexico Bilateral Relationship: North America as a Region
13 Jul 2024 The Global Threat Landscape: Challenges Opportunities for International Security in 2024
27 Jun 2024 POSTPONED: The U.S. - Mexico Bilateral Relationship: North America as a Region
06 Jun 2024 Film Screening: The Cost of Inheritance
03 May 2024 A Conversation with Ambassador Creagan featuring Congressman Joaquin Castro and Alice P. Albright, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation
11 Apr 2024 Book Club Event: How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons From Our Top Presidents
19 Mar 2024 U.S.- South Korea Relations
07 Mar 2024 2024 International Citizen of the Year Award Celebration
15 Feb 2024 From Enemy to Friend: Growing Peace through Reconciliation- What We Can Learn from the Northern Irish Experience-
17 Jan 2024 Annual Meeting 2024
02 Dec 2023 China Town Hall 2023
08 Nov 2023 WorldQuest 2023
10 Oct 2023 The Hoover Institute and World Affairs Council Present "Who is the Post-9/11 Veteran: Defining a Generation"
19 Sep 2023 Around the World with The World Affairs Council of San Antonio
22 Aug 2023 Strengthening Bonds With Colombia
19 Jul 2023 Life After Foreign Service: A Discussion with Former Foreign Service Officers
24 Jun 2023 Bus Trip to Bush Library with Ambassador Siv
10 Jun 2023 Book Club Program
18 May 2023 Consular Reception
10 May 2023 Ukraine: A Year Retrospective
13 Apr 2023 International Millennial Meetup
15 Mar 2023 2023 International Citizen of the Year Award Celebration
09 Feb 2023 Academic WorldQuest 2023
17 Jan 2023 Annual Meeting 2023
30 Nov 2022 China Town Hall
09 Nov 2022 WorldQuest 2022
27 Oct 2022 Woman, Life, Freedom: Iran's Protest Movement
19 Oct 2022 Human Trafficking: A Local Perspective
22 Sep 2022 Around the World with World Affairs Council of San Antonio
15 Sep 2022 Immigration in the Modern Age
31 Aug 2022 Book Club: Diana Villiers Negroponte - Master Negotiator: The Role of James A. Baker, III at the End of the Cold War
17 Aug 2022 What does Cybersecurity mean to San Antonio?
02 Aug 2022 A Life of Foreign Service: Discussion with Philip Roskamp
28 Jul 2022 Ambassador Outreach: Discussion with Her Royal Highness Priness Reema
20 Jul 2022 Language, Laughs, & Lattes: An Intercambio Exchange
14 Jul 2022 A Conversation with Phillip Roskamp
12 Jul 2022 We Have Ways of Making You Talk: Interrogation Techniques and Ethos with John Franklin
08 Jun 2022 A History of Genocide
02 Jun 2022 Summit of the Americas
20 May 2022 A Conversation with Will Hurd
20 Apr 2022 Namibian Ambassador Reception
28 Mar 2022 German Marshall Fellows Reception
16 Mar 2022 A Discussion on Ukraine with former Ambassador Roman Popadiuk
02 Mar 2022 2022 International Citizen of the Year Award Celebration
27 Jan 2022 Annual Meeting 2022
17 Dec 2021 Model U.N. Diplomacy Dinner
10 Dec 2021 Ibero-American Consular Corps Reception
10 Nov 2021 WorldQuest 2021
26 Oct 2021 Auschwitz: Remembering is Honoring - A Conversation about Legacy and Impact
19 Oct 2021 China Town Hall
26 Aug 2021 Lunch & Learn: A Hundred Sweet Promises by Sepehr Haddad
17 Aug 2021 Fulbright Alumni Panel
05 Aug 2021 Book Club: Meridian by John Casey
20 Jul 2021 From Texas to Tokyo: A Conversation with Philip Roskamp
29 Jun 2021 Border Crossings Book Panel and Discussion
16 Jun 2021 Honorary Consuls of San Antonio Panel Session
09 Jun 2021 Iran: Upcoming Elections & U.S. Diplomacy
27 May 2021 May Book Club Discussion (Homelands by Alfredo Corchado)
20 May 2021 Venezuela: Where Do We Go From Here? An Insiders View with Ambassador Shapiro
05 May 2021 Iraq: From Occupation to Partnership
28 Apr 2021 April Book Club Discussion (Conditional Citizens) in honor of Arab-American Heritage Month
20 Apr 2021 U.S.-Mexico Relations
30 Mar 2021 March Book Club Discussion (Sex & World Peace) with Dr. Claudia Donoso
24 Mar 2021 2021 International Citizen of the Year Award Celebration
04 Mar 2021 U.S.-Poland Relations
03 Mar 2021 Peace Corps Panel Discussion
21 Jan 2021 Annual Meeting 2021
12 Jan 2021 The Influence of International Exchange Programs on Diplomacy
18 Nov 2020 [virtual] Transatlantic Town Hall: German-American Mayors Forum A Conversation between San Antonio and Darmstadt
12 Nov 2020 Sean Spicer: Leading America
10 Nov 2020 China Town Hall
27 Oct 2020 Biodiversity without Borders: A Natural Pathway for Cooperation
08 Oct 2020 2020 Engage America: Wunderbar Together
05 Oct 2020 Tension in the Caucuses: Are Azerbaijan & Armenia On the Brink of War?
10 Sep 2020 The Big Give SA
25 Aug 2020 Lunch and Leadership
14 Aug 2020 The Button: The New Nuclear Arms Race and Presidential Power from Truman to Trump
11 Aug 2020 From the Field: Lebanon with Dr. Kekedjian
29 Jul 2020 Factoraje para el Transporte, Logística y Proyectos Internacionales
22 Jul 2020 Instagram Live with Carlos Maestas
16 Jul 2020 Instagram Live Discussion with Dr. Katsuo Nishikawa
14 Jul 2020 Bastille Day At Home
30 Jun 2020 U.S. and Iran: Sanctions, Oil & the Global Pandemic
25 Jun 2020 Restarting the Engine: Regional Cooperation between the United States, Mexico & Canada
15 Jun 2020 A Discussion with Port San Antonio's Juan Antonio Flores
09 Jun 2020 Peace Corps Alumni Panel
04 Jun 2020 A Discussion with Sam Bilson
26 May 2020 The USMCA, COVID-19 & the Economic Impact on Texas
21 May 2020 KNOW NOW Call Event featuring Ambassador Luis Moreno
13 May 2020 Restarting the Global Economy
30 Apr 2020 A Discussion with John "JJ" Casey
23 Apr 2020 Animal Diversity and Diplomacy in the International Arena
05 Mar 2020 2020 International Citizen Of The Year Award
12 Feb 2020 Academic WorldQuest
22 Jan 2020 Dreamweek 2020: A First Generation American Diplomat’s Journey
15 Jan 2020 Annual Meeting 2020
13 Nov 2019 2019 Foreign Diplomat Reception
06 Nov 2019 How Brexit and the Politics of Resentment Can Renew Democracies
30 Oct 2019 An Evening with Arun Gandhi
18 Oct 2019 The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
18 Sep 2019 WorldQuest 2019
27 Aug 2019 Distinguished Speaker Series: A Conversation on the US-Korea Relationship
19 Jul 2019 Young Professional Community Leader Series: Featuring U.S. Representative Will Hurd
21 May 2019 Young Professional Community Leader Series: Featuring Jenna Saucedo-Herrera
15 May 2019 Diplomat Salon: Andy Bowen
09 Apr 2019 SOLD OUT: Global Issues Luncheon: The North Korea Summit & the Advantages of Multilateralism featuring Governor Bill Richardson
27 Mar 2019 2019 AWQ Sponsorship Opportunities
20 Mar 2019 Young Professional Community Leader Series: Featuring Patricia Diaz Dennis
21 Feb 2019 2019 International Citizen of the Year Award Dinner
23 Jan 2019 Young Professionals: DreamWeek 2019
16 Jan 2019 2019 Annual Meeting
28 Nov 2018 Diplomat Salon: His Excellency Martin Dahinden
15 Nov 2018 Distinguished Speaker Series: David Wood
31 Oct 2018 Foreign Diplomat Reception: A Celebration of Sports Diplomacy
18 Oct 2018 Marshall Memorial Fellowship Salon
10 Oct 2018 Young Professional Community Leader Series
09 Oct 2018 China Town Hall
27 Sep 2018 WorldQuest 2018
18 Sep 2018 Open House
21 Aug 2018 WorldQuest Warm-Up
25 Jul 2018 Global Issues Luncheon: Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together Featuring Dr. Selee
12 Jul 2018 Global Issues Luncheon: What Drives Extremism in Pakistan? Featuring Dr. Madiha Afzal
10 Jul 2018 Young Professionals: Community Leaders Series
27 Jun 2018 Young Professionals: Men's International Soccer - Mexico vs Sweden Watch Party
26 Jun 2018 Young Professionals: How Humanitarian Efforts Can Help the LGBTQ Population of the World
21 Jun 2018 Distinguished Speaker Series: Love and Politics in the Arabic Poetic Tradition
14 Jun 2018 Global Issues Luncheon: Your Army - Our Nation featuring LTG Kenneth R. Dahl
17 May 2018 Distinguished Speaker Series: San Antonio's First 300 Years: From Spanish Colony to Modern City
10 May 2018 Spring Membership Drive Mixer
11 Apr 2018 Young Professionals: Community Leaders Series
28 Mar 2018 Ambassador Luncheon Series: Ambassador Reyna Torres Medivil
22 Mar 2018 Young Professionals: Global Conservation
22 Feb 2018 2018 International Citizen of the Year Award Dinner
08 Nov 2017 Fall Membership Drive
13 Sep 2017 Annual Meeting
17 Aug 2017 Young Professionals Summer Social
22 Nov 2016 Young Professionals & AEM Holiday Party
22 Nov 2016 TPR/Fulbright Fall Roundtable
01 Nov 2016 German Marshall Fellows Salon
01 Nov 2016 Foreign Diplomat Reception
19 Oct 2016 Let's Talk about Mexico: Distinguished Speaker Series
06 Oct 2016 Ambassador Dinner - Chacon
21 Sep 2016 WorldQuest
09 Sep 2016 Ambassador Lunch Series: The Hon. Jorge Milla-Reyes

Our Mission

The mission of the World Affairs Council of San Antonio is to promote public understanding of world affairs and United States foreign policy, and to enhance the ability of its citizens and future leaders to participate in a global community. We accomplish our mission by presenting a lecture series, holding receptions, organizing discussion groups, sponsoring educational outreach programs, and hosting deliberative sessions for young professionals.

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Phone: 210.308.9494
Fax: 210.308.9497

World Affairs Council of San Antonio 84 NE Loop 410, Suite 119

San Antonio, TX 78216



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