“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