Enjoy the online events hosted by our partner organization, the Alaska World Affairs Council in Anchorage. AWAC hosts a variety of engaging speakers on a wide variety of important topics.
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JWAC's 2024-2025 Season #42:
(Events are added all year, so check back often.)
Date and time details are determined as events approach, and events are added to the schedule throughout the season. Check back often for new information, and be sure to join our e-mail notifications list to receive regular updates. You can also sometimes find us on Facebook.
Next event:
Tuesday Travelogue: A Sojourn in Suriname
Tuesday, May 20 | 5:15 - 6:15 | Gold Town Theater
In 2002, Gretchen Harrington spent 4 months in Suriname, a former Dutch colony on the Caribbean Sea. Join Gretchen as she shares a rare look into one of South America's most unique and most isolated countries. Doors at 5:00 p.m. Donations to the Gold Town gladly accepted.
Forum: Unratified: The International Law of the Sea treaties, and their potential for protecting Arctic resources and cultures.
Moved to Fall 2025 | KTOO Studio 1
Click here for schedule, speaker details, and video of each presentation
The Convention on the Law of the Sea (known as ''UNCLOS''), in effect since 1994, is an international treaty that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities outside of coastal waters. As of December 2024, 169 sovereign states and the European Union are parties. However, the United States has yet to ratify the treaty. What are the foreseeable consequences of the U.S. Senate's continued failure to ratify for the nation, for Alaska and for Alaska's indigenous peoples? What are the corresponding risks, opportunities and rewards of ratification?
Future WorldQuests!
January 31, 2026 | February 6, 2027 | Februry 8, 2028
JAHC is so good they already have us scheduled! Mark your calendars.
All of our speaker events are free and open to the public, so please join us!
JWAC takes no stance on any public issue, nor recommends any policy, party, viewpoint, or candidate.
