Please join FCT Strategies’s free online meeting on Thursday, December 12, at 6 pm to learn more.

Reach out to flora@fctstrategiesllc.com for any questions.

Official World Women Collective members receive a special discount.

Please email Victoria at victoria@globaltiesarizona.org for the discount code.

One World, Many Stories: Sharing Narratives for Global Understanding

The majority of our students are passionate about making a difference in their global and local communities. This forum is designed to help participants harness the power of empathy as a tool for inspiring positive social change. By exploring various forms of empathy and drafting curriculum pieces, participants will learn how to activate empathy in their students and themselves.

This forum brings together research, case studies, and lived human experiences, offering a unique opportunity for educators to incorporate empathy into their courses. The goal is to equip participants with the tools to inspire students to use empathy as a lens for understanding social movements and driving positive change in society.

Key Takeaways:

• Gain a deeper understanding of empathy and its role in promoting compassionate behavior.

• Examine global case studies that highlight empathy in action, focusing on lived experiences affected by conflict and strife.

• Explore the concept of empathy through a global lens, considering responsibility and privilege in social movements and change.

• Learn practical strategies for teaching empathy and globalizing your curriculum.

Whether you’re an educator or a global citizen, this event offers an opportunity to expand your cultural understanding and build practical skills for fostering empathy in education and beyond. Faculty from all disciplines are encouraged to attend, and team participation is highly recommended for building camaraderie through meaningful dialogue.

Join the Global Chamber Phoenix on August 22nd at 2pm to be connected and inspired at the 8th Annual Global Chamber "Women in Global Leadership"... continuing the tradition with engaging and opportunity-inspiring global leaders... covering challenges and new opportunities for organizations to add more value with gender balance in leadership, including board leadership.

Keynote speakers, global leaders speaking on wellness and AI, strategic connecting, and special surprises from past speakers. Free accessible parking.

ARIZONA’S EARLIER HISTORIC ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA

Thursday, April 25 at 6:00 pm | 3830 N Marshall Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

Join Scottsdale’s Museum of the West and Scottsdale Sister Cities for a live, bilingual production on a fun, informative historical summary of the expedition and a factually based but fictional representation of the family members on the journey.

This program is free of charge and predicted to reach seating capacity, reserving a seat is recommended.

AWAKENING - A Unique Musical Experience Celebrating March Equinox: Come and celebrate the reactivating power of sunlight and energy this Spring with a unique live concert performance collaboration featuring Swedish vocal artist GAYEA and Native American flute player KEL MOCKINGBIRD from Arizona. Experience the exceptional blend of uplifting Nordic and Southwest spirits and allow the healing vibrations to awaken you.

While pandemic preparedness and the next international response to the health crisis must be more efficient, Russia is a critical starting point for thinking about the future of cooperation on global health security. Together, the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic has driven Russian health policy – both domestic and international – into the grasp of state military and security purposes.

Would a wartime security approach to global health be inconsistent with the Kremlin’s diplomacy logic and overriding goals to remain a global technologically and scientifically advanced superpower?

Quite to the contrary! Russian global health policy and practice employ strategic, long-term approaches keeping its focus as anti-Western as a great power at war.

This talk will focus on an analysis of renewed Russian foreign policy strategy, its continuity and change, and cases of Kremlin’s wartime diplomacy in global health from different regions.

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Nataliya Shok, PhD, is a Public Policy Fellow at the Kennan Institute (Washington, DC), working on the intersections of vaccine diplomacy and biosecurity, national public health, and science policies in the context of the future global health, and geopolitics. She  has spent more than 15 years working transdisciplinary in academia, government, and civil society as social science and humanities person with a foot in the medical school world. Dr. Shok pursues an interdisciplinary approach and combines data from comparative policy analysis, history, life sciences and strategic studies.
Her current research focuses on Russian policy and its alliances across non-Western regions as an emerging case in global health amidst strategic competition.
 

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This event is co-sponsored at ASU by the:

* School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and
* Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies.

Join The Atlantic Council for a virtual celebration of the powerful role women play in advancing security, prosperity, and justice.

In recognition of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, the Atlantic Council, in partnership with Vital Voices Global Partnership, is convening a day-long conference exploring the pivotal role of women and girls in tackling the world’s most pressing challenges. 

Through insightful conversations and expert perspectives, the conference will delve into various facets of women’s leadership and empowerment. From shaping foreign policy agendas to advocating for equal access to resources, education, and rights, women are at the forefront of driving meaningful change globally. The conference will also highlight strategies and initiatives employed by women and girls to address multifaceted challenges, emphasizing their resilience, innovation, and determination in creating a more inclusive and equitable world for all. 

Join the Atlantic Council in amplifying the voices of women leaders, celebrate their accomplishments, and explore pathways for greater collaboration and impact. 

Japan’s National Security Strategy: The Role of Alliance and Partnerships

Join the Stimson Center for a discussion on the impacts of Japan’s National Security Strategy on Tokyo’s security cooperation with Washington and other like-minded partners.

Japan’s bilateral alliance with the United States and its ever-expanding security partnership with like-minded countries are integral part of Japan’s national security strategy. How has the evolution of Japan’s national security strategy influenced the way in which Tokyo engages Washington and other security partners around the world? What are some of the accomplishments so far, and what are the challenges moving forward? Join Yuki Tatsumi as she engages Dr. Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki, Visiting Scholar at MIT, to explore the issues in this essential element of Tokyo’s national security strategy.

Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 harms the people and territories of Ukraine the most, but the ripples of concern, shock, and fear about Russia’s actions continue to reach outwards to other regions and affect geopolitical thinking and decision-making.

The Arctic is one international arena concerned about future competition instead of cooperation. Decades-long cooperation among the eight Arctic states (USA, Canada, Iceland, Greenland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Russia) is currently stalled due to Russia’s war, leading to large and potentially lasting consequences for urgent matters requiring circumpolar collaboration, such as climate change, regional security, and Indigenous wellbeing.

Russia’s turn away from cooperation with Western nations in the Arctic is creating angst around the Arctic about what may come next, militarily, geopolitically, and socioeconomically. This talk discusses such concerns as the unintended, yet quite real, consequences of Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

Jessica Graybill is a Geographer and a Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies working closely with and for individuals and communities to address energy, climate, and cultural changes in Russia and the Arctic.

Jessica has become an expert on sustainability after spending 20+ years working with inter- and transdisciplinary partners to understand how multiple actors co-create environments, livelihoods, and possible futures.

She knows that investigating issues such as sociopolitical, energy, and climate change-induced transformations of postsocialist, urban, and remote regions requires integrating various kinds of data and using interdisciplinary approaches, especially when working with local and Indigenous communities.

Jessica is bilingual in English and Russian and is the Editor-in-Chief of Polar Geography.