The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs
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Approved For Release 2011/01/10: CIA-RDP88B00443R000502190007-1 \ \ Approved For Release 2011/01/10: CIA-RDP88B00443R000502190007-1 Approved For Release 2011/01/10: CIA-RDP88B00443R000502190007-1 \ DESCRIPTION • improving the functioning of the community by identifying the community's international education needs and pro The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs is dedicated to viding acomplete and coordinated response to those comunity wide international affairs education. It was needs founded on January 20, 1980 by broadly representative and • institutionalizing a comprehensive international affairs distinguished community leaders. Lectures, seminars, dis program cussions and studies are addressed to several audiences: established and developing leadership; International pro • contributing to, and demonstrating the vitality of a resur fessionals; the attentive citizenry; youth; and not-yet attentive gent Baltimore, intellectually alive and aware of its national public. The Council seeks to develop more effective citizen and international roles. ship, professional sophistication, and a more International milieu. The Council is particularly relevant to Baltimore which, as LEADERSHIP a major port and multi-ethnic city, has special interests In international affairs In addition to those occasioned by good The leadership of the Council, its Board of Trustees. citizenship. represents all sectors of the community, Is experienced in Uke Its council counterpar1a In over fifty communities international affairs, understands the working of such coun across the nation, the Baltimore Council Is purely a local cils, is knowledgeable of Baltimore and committed to its organization In governance and support; and is a private, excellence. The Board of Trustees guides the activities of the non-partisan, non-profit, open-membership, service asso Council and maintains Its integrity. (Current Trustees are ciation. Such councils are necessary to a community's edu listed on pages 5 and 6). :.•·.1.· cational system, since the American system of federalism and limited government leaves certain essential educa tional responsibilities to private associations. ACTMTIES • The Distinguished Speakers Program features major PURPOSES international and national leaders and distinguished authorities in the field of international affairs; and is The ultimate purpose of the Baltimore Council on Foreign designed to meet the needs of the Council's several Affairs is to help insure that Baltimore has a comprehensive audiences, especially the attentive citizen. Its 1980-84 International affairs educational program. Its basic goal is to guests are listed on pages 7-12. In 1985, the Council will provide activities designed to meet the needs of each of its ! 'I have twenty~five prog,rams. audiences. Among its more specific goals are: • The Corporate Service Program is designed specifically • providing for the discussion of current international issues for the international business community (see next page). among attentive citizens and among the intemationally oriented professional community • The Youth Program encourages interest in foreign affairs among secondary school and college students (see p. 4). • providing a meeting ground for Baltimore and national leaders, especially on issues critical to the region • The Travel Program allows members to participate in the large number of study tours sponsored by sister • insuring the regular presence of American and foreign councils in PhiladelRtiia. Chicago, and Los Angeles. leaders and respected commentators in Baltimore • The Council's Radio and Television Broadcasts enable • Increasing community participation in International affairs thousands of non-members throughout Maryland to bene • Increasing the number of community members seriously in- fit from the distinguished speakers program. terested In international affairs • The Council provides programs and special receptions for • raising the general level of community education internationally orientedprofessiona/s."businessmen, bankers, academicians, lawyers, government employees, and • Improving infonnatlon for local decision-making newsmen. • fostering policy analysis of key local issues • The Council cooperates closely with the Maryland Port • enhancing the quality of Baltimore leadership over the Authority's World Trade Center Institute by presenting or long tenn co-sponsoring six programs a year, providing its liaison • invigorating the community's internationalist environment with the academic community, and assisting in its overall operation. Approved For Release 2011/01/10: CIA-RDP88B00443R000502190007-1 Approved For Release 2011/01/10: CIA-RDP88B00443R000502190007-1 • Transcripts of addresses of all Council guests are made VI. Support of the Council's service to the Community available to members at a moderate cost An indirect benefit of Corporate Membership is general • The Council's Newsletter appears quarterly. support of the Council's community service which now centers about its Distinguished Speakers Program and • Neighborhood Outreach attempts to reach adults not usu includes college and secondary school support, neigh ally interested in foreign affairs. borhood outreach, and a travel program. CORPORATE SERVICES YOUI11 PROGRAM THE PROGRAM The size and quality of this community's attentive citizenry The well-being of this region is increuingly dependent on and leadership In the future Is directly related to the habits Baltimore's continual growth In International trade and and interests of today's youth. Therefore, the Council makes commerce. The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs' a special effort to work with and support Maryland's colleges response to this need is a Corporate Service Program and sec~ndary schools. designed for professional business and finance managers Among the Council's outreach efforts are: who need to know what to expect from the world economic climate and American foreign policy decisions. An annual United States Department of State Foreign Unlike International trade clubs and similar organizations Policy Conference for Maryland's secondary school stu whose meetings are primarily devoted to the technical dents; a similar conference for faculty; an annual confer aspects of exporting or importing, the Corporate Service ence on Maryland's international economy for secondary Program also encompasses the broader interplay between school students. All are curriculum co-ordinated politics and economics In today's interdependent world. As programs. modern business professionals recognize, a thorough Several invitations to Council programs to all college and understanding of United States government policy and glo secondary school teachers in international affairs; and to bal political realities Is just as important to success in interna selected students. tional businesses as more traditional economic con siderations. Several special events for secondary school administra tors and college faculty. THE BENEFITS Videotapes of Council programs which are made avail I. International Economics and American Policy Pro able to school systems for classroom use. gram These programs are designed especially for Corpo Reduced dues for students. rate members. Six to eight such special programs are One result of ttiis' effort is Ongoingparticipation in Council provided each year. activities. Approximately 12% of Council members are :·~-· ... faculty and another 8% are college students. About 1,000 II. Maryland's International Economic lnt~rests Program 1 students and faculty participate in annual conferences. Many more are involved in instruction using Council Ill. International Leadership Dinners and Consultations materials. Corporate members are invited to small dinners and consultations with guests of the Council. IV. Association with the World Trade Center Institute ACCOMPLISHMENTS The Institute is the educational arm of the World Trade Center aiming at providing information and activities The establishment of: important for vigorous trade. Corporate Members of the • A distinguished Board of Trustees. Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs will have full and free access to the lnstltute's Program. • An excellent Distinguished Speakers Program which is recognized nationally. V. Access to all Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs • A knowledgeable and interested membership of 1,400. Programming. • Strong community participation evidenced by an average In 1980-84, the Council presented 78 programs. Corp event attendance of over 300. orate Members are entitled to a number of individual • Corporate, Youth, Radio-T.V., & Travel programs. memberships In the Council. ------------------ ··-----------· -- ----·-· i:'.• ....... ,: Approved For Release 2011/01/10: CIA-RDP88B00443R000502190007-1 Approved For Release 2011/01/10: CIA-RDP88B00443R000502190007-1 \ BOARD OF TRUSTEES Wiiiiam A. Busman, Jr. Sister Kathleen Feeley Harry J. McGulrk M. Sigmund Shapiro President and Chief President Maryland State Senate President Executive Officer Notre Dame College 1967-1982 Samuel Shapiro and The Bank of Baltimore Griffin Morrel. Jr. Company, Inc. SolGoldsteln W. Senior Vice President John F. Perry J. Bolton Immediate Past President Smith Abu Dhabi International Office Managing Partner Vice President Baltimore Jewish Council McCorquodale Holdings Bank Inc. Arthur Young & Company Kingdon Gould Steven Muller Stanley Solllns George L Bunting, Jr. Ambassador, President Executive Director President and Chief The Netherlands, The Johns Hopkins