PCFR Holiday Party

Please join our board of directors and fellow PCFR members for our Second Annual Holiday Party at the Snell & Wilmer offices. You will be treated with an evening downtown watching the gorgeous Arizona sunset, a reception to thank you for your ongoing commitment to PCFR, and a chance to win some prizes. We will also honor the recipient of the 2022 Global Envoy Award.

We hope that you will join us to reflect on the successes of the past year together and to celebrate the coming year with our global community!

Registration is complimentary and guests are welcome.

Purchase raffle tickets when you register for your chance to win great prizes and support the mission of PCFR. You do not have to attend the holiday party to enter the raffle.

Schedule

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

5:30 pm MST

Venue

Snell & Wilmer

CityScape

1 E Washington St, Suite 2700

Phoenix, AZ 85004

RSVP

Complimentary for PCFR Members

RSVP HERE*

*Note about registering on our new platform:

You will need to login to your new PCFR Member profile to register for this program. It's easy! Follow the link to register and sign up with the email address associated with your PCFR membership. If any issues arise or if you need assistance with the new platform, contact sam@pcfraz.org.

Global Envoy Award

The Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations is proud to announce the second Global Envoy Award to be presented at the Annual Holiday Party. This prestigious honor recognizes an individual member of the organization who is pursuing PCFR’s mission in an extraordinary way.

These honorees embody the spirit of the Phoenix Committee on Foreign Relations. They are nominated and selected from the distinguished membership of the organization by the Directors and Executive Committee. Each will have demonstrated the ability to rise above and create meaningful connections across the globe. These honored members are leaders, thinkers and diplomats--but above all, they are intrepid explorers, forging new paths and bridges between cultures, countries and communities.

Our 2022 Global Envoy Award honoree will be announced soon!

Program Description

Registration is now open for 2022 Great Decisions sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association! PCFR and Global Ties Arizona have partnered again this year to bring the program and materials at no cost to our members.  PCFR members loved participating in Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions series in 2020 and 2021. Here is what PCFR member Charles Blum had to say about the program: “Great Decisions and PCFR are a perfect match. This program provides an ideal platform for informed discussion, deeper insights into current issues and greater appreciation for the insights and experiences of our members.” Over the next 9 months, PCFR members who participate in this small discussion group will have the opportunity to dive deep on 9 of the most critical issues facing U.S. foreign policy makers. Prior to each virtual session throughout the calendar year, participants will read a chapter from the Great Decisions Briefing Book and watch the associated video. Each session will feature a subject-matter expert and members have the opportunity to participate in the group discussions. PCFR member Charles Blum will moderate the series.  PCFR and Global Ties Arizona are covering the cost of the Great Decisions Briefing Book (a $35 value) for PCFR members. Be sure to save your spot.  Great Decisions is limited to 25 PCFR members.

How to Participate

1. Fill out the form to register to participate and receive your complimentary Great Decisions Briefing Book
2. You will receive a link to watch the program videos
3. Participate in the discussion!

Schedule 

All sessions will take place from 12 pm - 1 pm Phoenix, Arizona time, online via Zoom.

March 1, 2022 | Biden's Agenda

March 15, 2022 | QUAD Alliance

April 19, 2022 | Drug Policy in Latin America

May 17, 2022 | Industrial Policy

June 21, 2022 | Outer Space

September 20, 2022 | Myanmar and ASEAN

October 24, 2022 | Changing Demographics

November 14, 2022 | Climate Change

December 12, 2022 | Russia and the U.S.

VIEW FULL TOPIC DESCRIPTIONS HERE

Moderator

Charles Blum has spent a lifetime in international affairs. Before launching an independent consultancy in 1988, he served in the US State Department and the Executive Office of the President for 17 years. He has worked on commercial, investment and policy matters on six continents and participates in a broad range of discussions on foreign and domestic policy. A native of New York, he now resides in Sedona, AZ.

Book for Discussion

Four Treasures of the Sky

by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Friday, December 16, 2022

8:00 am - 9:00 am Arizona Time

Venue

Online Zoom Meeting

About the Book

Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains, we follow Daiyu on a desperate quest to outrun the tragedy that chases her. As anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country in a wave of unimaginable violence, Daiyu must draw on each of the selves she has been―including the ones she most wants to leave behind―in order to finally claim her own name and story.

At once a literary tour de force and a groundbreaking work of historical fiction, Four Treasures of the Sky announces Jenny Tinghui Zhang as an indelible new voice. Steeped in untold history and Chinese folklore, this novel is a spellbinding feat.

Save the Dates

View Upcoming Reading Group Meetings Here