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Realities of Foreign Service Life
Mention a diplomatic career and most people imagine high-level meetings, formal dress and cocktail parties. Few stop to think that behind the occasional glitter of official functions are thousands of...
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Our Scholarships
For High School Seniors and Current College Students The following AAFSW scholarships are available, with application deadlines in early April. Application forms are available early in the application...
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Our Awards
SOSA 2013 winner Gretel Patch in Kathmandu. AAFSW sponsors or assists with several awards for adult Foreign Service family members.The Secretary of State’s Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad...
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Our Programs
AAFSW organizes speaker programs and events of interest to members and to the Foreign Service community in general. The organization is privileged to have access to the Benjamin Franklin Rooms at the...
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A Brief History of AAFSW
Through advocacy within the State Department and Congress, we established the Family Liaison Office, supported the establishment of the Overseas Briefing Center (now known as the The Transition...
View ArticleThe Senior Living Foundation
We want all Foreign Service personnel and their spouses (including surviving or divorced spouses) to know about the Senior Living Foundation (SLF), which celebrated its 25th anniversary in May 2014....
View ArticleAAFSW Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the SOSA Awards
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Secretary of State Award for Outstanding Volunteerism Abroad (SOSA). Inspiring clips from interviews with former Secretary of State James Baker, Susan Baker,...
View ArticleSpring Luncheon on May 20
The magic of the spring: a fresh bouquet of flowers, herbs, or even branches of leaves, a bouquet of lovely ladies getting together. AAFSW and the Foreign Born Spouses group cordially invite you to...
View ArticleGet Your Beach Books at AAFSW’s BookPlace – June 6-10!
AAFSW’s BookPlace is celebrating “Beach Week” with a half-price sale on all fiction during the week of June 6-10. To get you in the mood for summer reading, the store has been decorated with a beach...
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AAFSW Creates New “Foreign Service Hub” to Serve Our Community
AAFSW is proud to announce the launch of the Foreign Service Hub, FSHub.org, a user-friendly online source for all Foreign Service community resources. In the past, AAFSW’s Board and other volunteers...
View ArticleA Special Valentine’s Day Celebration
Friday, February 10, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. A Greek Musical Interpretation of the Four International Natures of Love: Storge, Philia, Eros, Agape. AAFSW and the AAFSW FUN FOR FUNDS Events Committee...
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AAFSW Visit to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History &...
Thanks to the magic powers of Sheila Switzer, AAFSW Program Chair, who managed to secure forty VIP entries for our AAFSW members, we all gathered on Thursday, December 8, 2016 to enjoy a visit at the...
View ArticleJoin Us on April 11 for a Culinary Journey at the Embassy of Uruguay
“13 Chefs and 13 Recipes of Uruguay” Culinary Journey at the Embassy of Uruguay, 19131 I (Eye) Street NW, Washington, DC 20006 Tuesday, April 11 Our AAFSW/Foreign Born Spouses Program this month will...
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AAFSW’s Advocacy History
Through advocacy within the State Department and Congress, we established the Family Liaison Office, supported the establishment of the Overseas Briefing Center (now known as the The Transition...
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Our Programs
AAFSW organizes speaker programs and events of interest to members and to the Foreign Service community in general. The organization is privileged to have access to the Benjamin Franklin Rooms at the...
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SOSA 2018
DACOR President Jim Benson, Christel McDonald on behalf of the 2018 Dorman winner Catherine Pierce, 2018 SOSA winner Nicola Hill, 2018 SOSA winner Jessica McInerney, AAFSW President Dr. Joanna...
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AAFSW Honorary President Susan Pompeo & President Dr. Joanna Athanasopoulos Owen
AAFSW Honorary President Pompeo with AAFSW President Athanasopoulos Owen.
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Our Many Art & BookFair AAFSW Volunteers
Art & Book Fair Chair talks to AAFSW Volunteers — October 5, 2018.
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