In early June, AAFSW members Elaine Neumann and Ann La Porta were at the resort village of Chautauqua, New York where their husbands were speaking about current foreign affairs to about 100 participants in a week long program for Roads Scholars (formerly Elder Hostel). A session was added so that Elaine and Ann, along with another Foreign Service spouse, Lillian Ford, could speak about family life in the Foreign Service.
Elaine and Ann gave credit to AAFSW for helping families survive and survive well. The audience lapped it up; there were many questions and only one person was caught napping. It was an opportunity to show people from across America and Canada what raising families and living the diplomatic life is really all about.