Join us on this special night, so we can thank you – and all of your fellow Citizen Diplomats – for opening your homes and offices for meals, discussions, networking and building a strong international community.
You welcomed 1,219 international visitors to Philadelphia in 2016 and 2017 will be amazing because of you!
What to Expect:
- Members elect the 2017-18 Board of Directors
- First look at our 2016 Impact Report and Vision for the Future
- "What Should a City's Foreign Policy Look Like?" presented by special guest Ian Klaus, former senior advisor for global cities at the U.S. Department of State
- Cocktail party with friends old and new
*Pre-register and get your name on the list to breeze through security, but don’t forget to your bring photo ID.
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Membership starts at $100. Sign up today and attend this, plus a year’s worth of First Thursdays and special member events for free.
Questions? Call Alan Hatfield at [email protected] or 215-683-0992
Read more about our guest speaker:
Ian Klaus is a visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House, a non-resident fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a contributing writer to City Lab from The Atlantic. He was previously Senior Advisor for Global Cities at the U.S. Department of State, where he lead the Department’s work in urbanization and foreign policy, and engaging on foreign policy priorities from countering violent extremism to addressing climate change and encouraging inclusive economic growth. He additionally served as Deputy Negotiator for the United States delegation to Habitat 3, a major global summit convened by the United Nations General Assembly on housing and sustainable urban development. He holds a Ph.D from Harvard University and an MA from Oxford University. Formerly, he was Ernest May Fellow for history and strategic studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He is the author of Forging Capitalism (Yale, 2014) and Elvis is Titanic: Classroom Tales from Iraqi-Kurdistan (Knopf, 2007).