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.
Check them out!
JWAC's 2025-2026 Season #43:
(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 information repeated on Facebook.
-This page is the primary repository of JWAC event information. If you can't find what you're looking for here, then it simply doesn't exist yet.
-All JWAC presentations are free and open to all to attend as an audience member. Please arrive a few minutes early. Posted event times are when presentations start.
-JWAC does not stream presentations. They are instead professionally recorded at Juneau's public media station for later broadcast on Alaska public television, and also posted on YouTube (see season archives for links). All event postings include location information in their headers. Most often, Travelogues take place at the Gold Town Theater, and speaker presentations and Forums at KTOO Studio 1.
-Every person involved with JWAC is a volunteer. These events are a gift to our community.
Next event:
Tuesday Travelogue: Morocco: Cats, Doors, and Tile Floors
Tuesday, March 17 | 5:15 - 6:15 | Gold Town Theater
An adventurous honeymoon, A new experience, Not a beach vacation, and Relative affordability — these were the driving goals behind Melissa Lewis and her husband, Zach, selecting Morocco for their November 2023 post-wedding vacation. From chaos in Marrakech to quiet coffee in blue drenched Chefchaouen, and from sore thighs after Saharan camel rides to scrubs at the hamam, the couple riad-hopped through multiple cities and incredibles cultures, and didn't pet the cats. Doors at 5:00 p.m. Donations to the Gold Town gladly accepted.
[All JWAC speaker events are free and open to all]
'Immigration Law 101: What Every American Should Know' with Mara Kimmel
Wednesday, March 18 | 5:30 (note later start) | KTOO Studio 1
From green cards to citizenship, asylum to enforcement, U.S. immigration law touches families, workplaces, and communities across the country. "Immigration Law 101" will demystify the system's basic structure and explain why an informed public matters more than ever.
Mara Kimmel has a long career in Alaskan public policy focused on rights and justice in northern communities, and has served as Executive Director of the ACLU of Alaska since May of 2022. She has been on faculty at the Seattle University School of Law, the University of Alaska Anchorage, and Alaska Pacific University. She holds a PhD from Central European University, a JD from the University of Minnesota School of Law, a Masters' degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a Bachelors' degree from the University of California Berkeley.
[All JWAC speaker events are free and open to all]
Future WorldQuests!
February 6, 2027 | February 5, 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.
