We Are Growing Globally Minded Communities in the Garden State!

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our vision

An informed citizenry that engages in healthy public discourse on how global issues affect our communities and our country and appreciates the deep interconnectedness of today’s world.

our mission

  • We engage, inform, and connect New Jersey residents from all backgrounds who are curious about world affairs and want to learn more about how events abroad affect us here at home.

  • We build public knowledge by bringing leading experts and top policymakers to New Jersey to speak about current issues. We are nonpartisan and seek diverse perspectives on inherently complex questions.

  • We promote learning among students and educators by bringing nationally known programs like Academic WorldQuest to our state and creating internship opportunities for NJ college students.

our impact

We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit in New Jersey founded in 2019. In our first 18 months of operations, we hosted more than a dozen events with nearly 300 unique registrants, held the first state-level competition for the national Academic WorldQuest program, and recorded over 4000 unique visitors to our website.

our programs

Our programs attract a broad public audience and have ranged from author talks, panels, participatory town halls, “fireside chats,” community quiz nights, and a national quiz bowl competition. Our programs strive to be timely and relevant: COVID as a “wicked problem,” global protests around George Floyd’s murder, the shift in foreign policy priorities under the new Biden Administration, US-India relations, and more. We are planning to build on this success in the coming 2021-22 programming year.

our network

We are a member of the World Affairs Councils of America, the largest grassroots organization in the country focused on global affairs education with more than 90 councils across 42 states. With no affiliate in New Jersey prior to 2019, the recent founding of WACNJ fills a critical gap in our state.

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Partner with Us

  • Become an official event sponsor

  • Donate your professional services

  • Offer your venue space

  • Co-host an event with us