Community Outreach: Culture in a Suitcase
Culture in a Suitcase is an educational outreach program for Chicago-area schools, where IWA members from around the world bring their knowledge and materials—artifacts, special clothing, everyday objects, works of art—to share with students and teachers.
In the last year, IWA members made visits to Swift, Talcott, Ogden, Clinton, St. Matthias, and Pulaski elementary schools, where they presented programs on Turkey, Japan, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, and Jamaica.
Many additional options are possible since IWA includes members from the following countries:
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Belize
- Brazil
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Haiti
- Hungary
- India
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Korea
- Lebanon
- Mexico
- Netherlands, The
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria (Armenian)
- Taiwan (Republic of China)
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- U.S.A.
- Vietnam
If you know a teacher or school principal interested in having this free enrichment program at their school, please contact the IWA office : 312-263-1421 or iwa@iwachicago.org.
Online Reservations for IWA Events
To register for many of our upcoming, exciting events, click HERE to go to the main IWA Event Registration Page.
IWA is proud to announce the 2010 Woman Extraordinaire,
Marjorie Craig Benton
The Woman Extraordinaire Award Committee selected Ms. Benton for her special international work with women and children. A biography of her extensive accomplishments will be included
in the invitation to be sent out in late January.
The committee was motivated in its selection process by the book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, written by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Their premise is that “it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe” that is the moral challenge of the 21st century. The committee felt our award recipient should be addressing these vital issues in her work. Ms. Benton, a Chicagoan as the award requires, has spent her life helping others, and in particular, women and children around the world.
Click here for more information and to register for the IWA 2010 Woman Extraordinaire program honoring Marjorie Craig Benton.
Nancy Knapp,
Woman Extraordinaire Chair 2010