AAUW Tucson Branch sponsors a Tucson Great Decisions group that meets each year from January through April. Great Decisions is a nationwide program sponsored by the nonpartisan Foreign Policy Association, encouraging informal discussion of international affairs in small groups. Each year the Great Decisions organization publishes a “briefing book” that group members purchase, consisting of 8 chapters on various topics, which serves as the framework for the year’s discussions. Members may also opt to sign up to receive additional newsletters and updates. Locally, the Tucson Great Decisions Association coordinates almost 20 Great Decisions groups, and also sponsors occasional special public programs with guest speakers. All of this information, including times/locations of other groups, may be accessed through the website http://www.tgda.org.

Our Tucson Great Decisions “season” begins on Monday, January 22 and through the end of March. We’ll be meeting in the west conference room at the Ward 6 office, located near Country Club Road and Speedway, on Mondays from 10:00a to 11:30a. For those who can’t make it at this time in person, we urge you to participate via Zoom at the same time. And if you find this schedule difficult, you can join other Great Decisions groups in the area: just go to www.tgda.org and click on “Discussion Groups” to see the complete list and schedules.

Topics for Tucson Great Decisions 2024 Download Flyer: 2024 Great Decisions Topics.

Ambassador Dunford has written an important and timely book that shows why diplomacy still matters in an era of reduced budgets and insufficient understanding of just what diplomats do. His long and varied career in the Foreign Service, of three decades, is a testament to how the State Department can successfully contribute to making the US and the world more secure, but only with proper resources and leadership

January 2024 Great Decisions Flyer for more information and registration information.

Questions? Contact Shirley Muney for more information and to sign up. Remember, AAUW’s concerns are international, as well as local and national. Tucson Great Decisions is open to the public, so it’s a great opportunity to meet new people for interesting talk.