World Affairs Council Tacoma

World Affairs Council Tacoma WACT is a non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on the public understanding of world affairs. Our events are open to the public.

The World Affairs Council Tacoma organizes and promotes activities that enhance public awareness and interest of international, cultural, economic, and political issues. Our functions include lectures, discussion groups, networking events, professional development programs, receptions for international visitors, and the Annual Consular Association Reception. World Affairs Council events provide in

formation directly from international policymakers and professionals. These person-to-person exchanges with local and world leaders provide a forum for analysis of international events. Officially incorporated on March 25, 1988, the World Affairs Council Tacoma is a non-profit, non-partisan, educational 501(c)3 corporation. Affiliated with the National Association of World Affairs Councils, a federation of over one hundred councils with over one million members, our local leadership and support comes from the Tacoma-Pierce County region. Individual members and local corporations fund our activities. You can help the World Affairs Council Tacoma become a vital asset to the community by your participation in its activities and programs.

08/08/2026

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Join WACT Book Club Today; contact [email protected]
This program is supported in part by Tacoma Creates, a program of the City of Tacoma.

Book Club Selections 2026-2027

Thursday, September 24
Damascus Station – David McCloskey (432 pages)

Thursday, October, 29
Come, Tell Me How You Live - Agatha Christie (245 pages)

Thursday, November 19
A Stranger on Corfu – Alex Preston (304 pages)

Thursday, December 17
The Pilgrimage – Paulo Coelho (288 pages)

Thursday, January 28
Kolymsky Heights – Lionel Davidson (478 pages)

Thursday, February 25
Kontiki - Thor Heyerdahl (256 pages)

Thursday, March 25
Box 88 - Charles Cu***ng (400 pages)

Thursday, April 29
Three Men in a Boat – Jerome K. Jerome (237 pages)

Thursday, May 27
Clown Town - Mick Herron (352 pages)

Thursday, June 24
Suffer -Nama – Hamza Mirza (245 pages)

Join WACT Book Club Today; contact administrator@wactacoma.comBook Club Selections 2026-2027Thursday, September 24Damasc...
08/01/2026

Join WACT Book Club Today; contact [email protected]

Book Club Selections 2026-2027

Thursday, September 24

Damascus Station – David McCloskey (432 pages)

Thursday, October, 29

Come, Tell Me How You Live - Agatha Christie (245 pages)

Thursday, November 19

A Stranger on Corfu – Alex Preston (304 pages)

Thursday, December 17

The Pilgrimage – Paulo Coehlo (288 pages)

Thursday, January 28

Kolymsky Heights – Lionel Davidson (478 pages)

Thursday, February 25

Kontiki - Thor Heyerdahl (256 pages)

Thursday, March 25

Box 88 - Charles Cu***ng (400 pages)

Thursday, April 29

Three Men in a Boat – Jerome K. Jerome (237 pages)

Thursday, May 27

Clown Town - Mick Herron (352 pages)

Thursday, June 24

Suffer -Nama – Hamza Mirza (245 pages)

07/24/2026

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Socio-Cultural Change In Germany
In the Wake of Russian Military Aggression and Changed US Trans-Atlantic Relationships

Dr. Johann J Reusch, Associate Professor at UWT Social Sciences

This talk explores the profound changes in German socio-cultural identity that followed the Epochal Turn as defined in former Chancellor Olaf Scholz's February 2022 Zeitenwende speech that responded to Russian military aggression.

On March 12, 2026, Dr. Johann J Reusch, Associate Professor at UWT Social Sciences, Department of School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, discussed political positions on mandatory military service, defense spending, and its financial strain on the welfare system, in the wake of a changed US relationship with Germany.

This program was supported in part by Tacoma Creates, a program of the City of Tacoma.

07/21/2026

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07/09/2026

WACT keeps that global connection alive in Tacoma.
Through speakers, diplomats, books, immigrant stories, and community programs, WACT brings the world into local conversation.

Join WACT and help build a community that stays open to the world.
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The Tacoma Immigrant Stories Project is an ongoing initiative from the World Affairs Council of Tacoma to record, captur...
06/26/2026

The Tacoma Immigrant Stories Project is an ongoing initiative from the World Affairs Council of Tacoma to record, capture and present the experiences of Tacoma immigrants in their own words. From the date of its incorporation as a city, immigrants have contributed to the character and vitality of Tacoma. These brief interviews are intended to raise awareness of the immigrant experience in Tacoma and the contributions that immigrants have made to our city.

Are you an educator interested in sharing WACT's Tacoma Immigrant Stories Project Interviews as a teaching resource? Download our 2025-2026 Curriculum Guide and Teaching Resource, a free resource to support your conversations published on our website. : https://www.wactacoma.com/immigrant-stories-project

06/24/2026

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WACT Book Club | June 2026
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

Time & Location
Jun 25, 2026, 7:00 PM

Zoom

About the event
The gripping, deeply researched life of Virginia Hall—the American with a prosthetic leg who built Resistance networks, outfoxed the Gestapo, and helped change the course of WWII. Purnell follows Hall from early rejections to frontline sabotage and a death-defying escape over the Pyrenees, restoring a legend to the record with novelistic drive.

***Our events are free to attend but not free to produce. If you value these conversations, please consider supporting our mission by making a donation through our Support Our Work page.***

RSVP at wactacoma.comA Woman of No Importance by Sonia PurnellTime & LocationJun 25, 2026, 7:00 PMZoomAbout the eventThe...
06/20/2026

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A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell

Time & Location
Jun 25, 2026, 7:00 PM

Zoom

About the event
The gripping, deeply researched life of Virginia Hall—the American with a prosthetic leg who built Resistance networks, outfoxed the Gestapo, and helped change the course of WWII. Purnell follows Hall from early rejections to frontline sabotage and a death-defying escape over the Pyrenees, restoring a legend to the record with novelistic drive.

***Our events are free to attend but not free to produce. If you value these conversations, please consider supporting our mission by making a donation through our Support Our Work page.***

06/16/2026

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Iran’s future domestic politics are likely to be shaped less by the war’s outcome than by preexisting structural tensions. This includes a fragmented opposition, ethnic tension, and elite competition and corruption in a post-Khamenei landscape.

On May 27th, 2026, Dr. Patrick O'Neil explored possible trajectories—intensified repression, elite reconfiguration, prolonged instability, and liberalization—and discussed the ability of the future regime to resolve Iran's internal contradictions.

Patrick O'Neil is the Distinguished Professor of Politics and Government at the University of Puget Sound. His current research interests focus on the Middle East, particularly Iran, Israel, and Palestine. In addition to his research in those areas, he has also written and co-written several widely used textbooks in the field of comparative politics.

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