Education Outreach

The World Affairs Council of Palm Beach is dedicated to academic outreach through curricula for young adults at the high school and college levels. We invite interested students to attend our speaker events. During our 2022-2023 season, we plan to partner with high schools, colleges and universities in Palm Beach County and surrounding areas as and introduce inter and intra school debates on World Affairs.

Academic WorldQuest:

As part of our education outreach, the World Affairs Council of Palm Beach sponsors Academic WorldQuest. Academic WorldQuest is a flagship program of the World Affairs Councils of America, now widely played at the adult and high school levels around the country. The contest was invented by the Charlotte (NC) Council and now is widely played at the adult and high school levels around the nation. The World Affairs Councils of America started the national competition in Washington, D.C., in March 2002. Participants come from high schools sponsored by World Affairs Councils throughout the United States. It’s a team trivia game testing each competitor’s knowledge of international affairs, geography, history, public health policy and culture, with questions on current events and fun facts. Teams for the local contest consist of four to eight high school students from the same school. The winning local team then travels to Washington, D.C. for the national contest. Teams for the national competition consist of four members. Teams compete by answering rounds of questions testing their knowledge of world affairs.

The World Affairs Council of Palm Beach will present the 2023 AWQ Competition in Palm Beach County on Saturday, February 18, 2023 hosted by Keiser University West Palm Beach. Local high Schools will  participate in the competition: including Saint Edwards School of Vero Beach, American Heritage High School and Cardinal Newman High School both in West Palm Beach.

World Affairs Council of Palm Beach InterTalk

In April  2019 the World Affairs Council of Palm Beach inaugurated  WACPB InterTalk,  an interactive program with university students from diverse local campuses.  Participating students have an opportunity to establish a relationship with our World Affairs Council;  allowing them to apply for a scholarship to attend the WACA National  Conferences in Washington, DC  and  also  apply for WAC summer intern programs in DC  and special foreign  travel-education programs .  

The first WACPB InterTalk  meeting was held Saturday morning April 6th. Students from  Keiser University, Palm Beach Atlantic University and Palm Beach State College came together to brainstorm and share input on the structure of  our new InterTalk program.  All were excited about participating and communicating across campus one on one with students from different local colleges on global issues – and being part of the creative process.  

Education Outreach is very important to our WAC.   Our Council holds a strong focus in reaching out to students from local colleges to stimulate dialogue and obtain their personal input on current economic, social and political issues.   Well Infirmed students are the next generation that will form the foundation for our country. Our WACPB InterTalk Program now includes students from Keiser University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Palm Beach State College and Indian River State College.