Windham World Affairs Council

09/02/2026

Next Wednesday, September 9: Join WWAC for “An Assassination on US Soil: the Long Blowback of US Support for Pinochet’s Chile,” with Sarah Anderson of the Institute for Policy Studies.

The evening will also feature four Chilean arpilleras from IPS’s exhibit collection. These hand-sewn textile works became a form of testimony and resistance during the Pinochet dictatorship, often made by women to document repression, poverty, protest, and disappearance.

Doors open at 6:30 pm at 118 Elliot.

07/13/2026

Will we see you this Friday?

WWAC's mission has always been about building understanding across borders and cultures. Often, this happens through lectures and panels. And it always happens through direct human connection.

Bossa Nova Across Borders embodies our mission in its most joyful form: musicians from two countries, brought together by curiosity and collaboration.

RSVP if you plan to come :))

Music has always crossed borders more easily than diplomats do, we all know that. This event, co-sponsored with Thrush Hill Stage, is a reminder that cultural exchange between Brazil and the United States has been happening informally and joyfully for decades, through friendships like the one between musicians Vadeco Schettini and Jesse Lepkoff.

At a moment when so much of the conversation around borders is about division, this evening is a chance to hear what cooperation actually sounds like.

Rsvp if you'll be there! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bossa-nova-across-borders-tickets-1990098685741?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

07/06/2026

Music has always crossed borders more easily than diplomats do, we all know that. This event, co-sponsored with Thrush Hill Stage, is a reminder that cultural exchange between Brazil and the United States has been happening informally and joyfully for decades, through friendships like the one between musicians Vadeco Schettini and Jesse Lepkoff.

At a moment when so much of the conversation around borders is about division, this evening is a chance to hear what cooperation actually sounds like.

Rsvp if you'll be there! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bossa-nova-across-borders-tickets-1990098685741?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

06/01/2026

Brattleboro is navigating a lot at once: a downtown that needs strengthening, a housing crunch, local businesses under pressure, and a long-term shift toward more resilient energy and infrastructure. The question isn't whether to change, but how to do it in a way that reflects who we are and where we want to go.

Join us for a "Main Street Brattleboro" version of the Sustainability Lens Game, developed by Tamara Stenn of Marlboro, to work through exactly that, together. You'll test ideas, weigh trade-offs, and come away with something more than a conversation.

05/15/2026

Today is Nakba Day, marking 78 years since the displacement and loss that shaped the modern Middle East.

Also rooted in 1948: the Marshall Plan. At 7pm tonight, we're hosting a conversation, "Unwrapping the Marshall Plan." Paul Vincent will give us a closer look at the U.S. aid program that reshaped postwar Europe that same year. Who designed it, who benefited, and what it was really trying to accomplish. Importantly, why does it matter now?

Our events are always free and open to the public. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unwrapping-the-marshall-plan-tickets-1984573571977?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

05/14/2026

In a village in India, women who had been bonded laborers reclaimed a piece of land and brought back their mothers' native seeds, which had been displaced by the Green Revolution. They then grew enough food to eat twice a day, impossible before that. David Bollier shared this story in his talk last June, "Think Like a Commoner."

Our next event is THIS Friday at 118 Elliot in Brattleboro. Event are free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $10. See you there?

05/07/2026

Will we see you there? Next Friday! Paul Vincent talks about the most ambitious foreign policy programs in history.

-May 15
-doors at 630
-118 Elliot, Brattleboro

Get your tickets now!

BRATTLEBORO — The Windham World Affairs Council will host a talk, "Unwrapping the Marshall Plan," with Paul Vincent on Friday, May 15, at 7 p.m. at 118 Elliot. Vincent, professor

05/06/2026

Next month! A great event and fundraiser; you can both learn and support:

Join us for the ARC Cultural Event & Fundraiser!

📅 Saturday May 30th 4–6 PM
📍 Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square
💵. $20 Suggested Donation

Join us for an evening of connection, storytelling, and community at this special fundraiser for The Root! The event features a screening of a new documentary highlighting the lived experiences of immigrant community members who are navigating journeys shaped by displacement and resilience.

Come connect, learn, and be in community with us!

For more information contact Bibimba at [email protected]

05/05/2026

In 1948, the U.S. spent what amounts to $150 billion today rebuilding Western Europe after World War II. It worked, but the real story is complicated. This is a close look at what the Marshall Plan actually was, and why it matters now.

Paul Love, board member emeritus at WWAC, undertook to organize a talk on the Marshall Plan with Paul Vincent because it is so different from many other modern US interventions: "it seemed to me that in the recent past, in this century, the US has made several miss-steps in other countries either in the regimes we've supported or in ones we've worked to change. I thought it would be important to look at an effort which supported what we believe in." This event is a chance to understand what the Marshall Plan actually was, how it worked, and why that history is worth knowing right now.

Join us May 15 at 118 Elliot. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Suggested donation of $10, but no one turned away for lack of funds. See you there!