Cleveland LEADS: Leadership, Exchange, and Diplomacy Scholars Program

Show the World How… Cleveland LEADS Do you have what it takes to be a leader in an increasingly globalized world? How do topics such as global awareness, international complexity and diversity, intercultural understanding, and global competency impact what we do everyday in Greater Cleveland? How can young professionals shape the region of Northeast Ohio…

Cleveland LEADS: Leadership, Exchange, and Diplomacy Scholars Program

Show the World How… Cleveland LEADS Do you have what it takes to be a leader in an increasingly globalized world? How do topics such as global awareness, international complexity and diversity, intercultural understanding, and global competency impact what we do everyday in Greater Cleveland? How can young professionals shape the region of Northeast Ohio…

Cleveland LEADS: Leadership, Exchange, and Diplomacy Scholars Program

Show the World How… Cleveland LEADS Do you have what it takes to be a leader in an increasingly globalized world? How do topics such as global awareness, international complexity and diversity, intercultural understanding, and global competency impact what we do everyday in Greater Cleveland? How can young professionals shape the region of Northeast Ohio…

Cleveland LEADS: Leadership, Exchange, and Diplomacy Scholars Program

Show the World How… Cleveland LEADS Do you have what it takes to be a leader in an increasingly globalized world? How do topics such as global awareness, international complexity and diversity, intercultural understanding, and global competency impact what we do everyday in Greater Cleveland? How can young professionals shape the region of Northeast Ohio…

Cleveland LEADS: Leadership, Exchange, and Diplomacy Scholars Program

Show the World How… Cleveland LEADS Do you have what it takes to be a leader in an increasingly globalized world? How do topics such as global awareness, international complexity and diversity, intercultural understanding, and global competency impact what we do everyday in Greater Cleveland? How can young professionals shape the region of Northeast Ohio…

Spotlight on the Environment: Debriefing COP27 and the Global Water Crisis

The United Nations Climate Conference (COP27 ) held in Sharm el-Sheik in November 2022 resulted in a landmark agreement to develop a dedicated fund to assist developing countries in responding to loss and damage that may result from climate change. A delegation of Cleveland leaders traveled to Egypt to participate in the conference and witness…

Hosting Opportunity: Fulbright Welcome Weekend Brazil

CCWA is looking for internationally-minded host families for Fulbright scholars from Brazil on February 10-12, 2023. CCWA will be partnering with Ohio University to host 40 Brazilian Fulbright English language instructors in Cleveland for the weekend. All Fulbright scholars speak English. They are here in Ohio for an orientation program and will come to Cleveland…

From Tires to Technology: How Goodyear is Shaping an Evolving World of Transportation

The Union Club 1211 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, United States

(As the CEO of a multinational corporation, Rich Kramer is leading The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company through an evolution of mobility and transportation that is taking place around the globe.  From its world headquarters here in Northeast Ohio, Goodyear has continuously reinvented its business during its 125-year history to adapt to the conditions and…

Academic WorldQuest 2023 at Cleveland State University

Fenn Tower 1983 E 24th St, Cleveland

Academic WorldQuest is a national competition in which teams of high school students test their knowledge about international affairs, U.S. foreign policy, and current events. Teams compete over 10 rounds of trivia during this fun and competitive event. The winning team will have the option to participate in the national conference April 28-29, 2023 to…

Dinner Hosting: NGO Management

CCWA is looking for internationally minded individuals and families to host international exchange participants for dinner on March 11. Participants are in Cleveland on an exchange project called NGO Management. Participants are from ten different countries from around the world. This project is part of the U.S. Department of State's Interantional Visitors Leadership Program. Dinner…

Lessons from the Edge: Ukraine in Crisis | A Luncheon Event

The Union Club 1211 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, United States

Reflecting on the events that led to her removal as U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine in 2019, Maria “Masha” Yovanovitch has a stark but hopeful story to tell of the dedication of foreign service officers and her own career. Moving up through the ranks of the State Department, Yovanovitch leveraged her intelligence and work ethic to…

The Rise of China: Understanding its Current Quest for Global Power

The Union Club 1211 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, United States

As Xi Jinping begins his unprecedented third term as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and tensions loom large over China - U.S. relations, Susan Shirk, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs,  will share her research on what is driving the changes she first noticed in China in the…