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2020 SOSA Winners and Honorable Mention Awardees

AAFSW’s is celebrating its 60th Anniversary: 1960-2020

Letter from the 2016-2020 AAFSW President Joanna Athanasopoulos Owen, PhD — July 2020

AAFSW, a State Department Employee Organization, at a Glance

The Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide (AAFSW) was established in 1960 and is the oldest non-governmental organization supporting the American diplomatic community.

2019 AAFSW AWARDS - SOSA

2019 AAFSW Awards -- SOSA

Our Awards -- SOSA 2018

SOSA 2018 SOSA 2018

SOSA 2017

SOSA 2016

Our Programs

AAFSW Glamour & Diplomacy 2019

AAFSW's Advocacy History

SPRING 2020 AAFSW Virtual Board Meetings via Zoom

AAFSW Honorary President Susan Pompeo & President Dr. Joanna Athanasopoulos Owen

Foreign Affairs Council (FAC)

Our Scholarships

2017 FSYF Youth Awards, AAFSW Merit Scholarship Awards, AFSA Merit Awards

2019 Youth Awards: FSYF, AAFSW, AFSA Presidents

2019 AAFSW Merit and Twice Exceptional Merit Scholarships

Our Ambassador Speaker Series

Realities of Foreign Service Life

Supporting Foreign Service Evacuees and their Families

Our BookRoom

Our Art & BookFair

59th AAFSW Art & Book Fair in 2019

Our Many Art & BookFair AAFSW Volunteers

Art & BookFair 2018 Volunteers

Honoring Our Community

Honoring The Fallen Family Members

AAFSW Volunteers

AAFSW Volunteer Annual Appreciation

AAFSW Foreign Born Spouses Group (AAFSW-FBS)

Our Fundraising & Family Crisis Fund: Supporting our Families/Spouses in Transiton

Our Scholarships

By AAFSW on June 4, 2015 in AAFSW

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 year and will be announced in our Global Link newsletter, and on our website and Facebook page. AAFSW High School/Gap Year Merit Scholarship This $2,000 scholarship recognizes […]

Realities of Foreign Service Life

By AAFSW on May 3, 2015 in AAFSW

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 families facing all the routines and crises of life, far from home, relatives, and friends, in unfamiliar and sometimes unfriendly countries. The Realities series (Volumes […]

Learn More About AAFSW

By AAFSW on April 30, 2015 in AAFSW

The Associates of the American Foreign Service Worldwide (AAFSW) was established in 1960 and is the oldest non-governmental organization supporting the American diplomatic community. AAFSW is a primary advocate and support network for family members of Foreign Service employees. AAFSW advocacy was responsible for the creation of the Family Liaison Office, Overseas Briefing Center, and the Foreign Service Youth […]

AAFSW’s “Livelines” Yahoo Group

By AAFSW Content Manager on February 5, 2015 in AAFSW

10 Ways to Make it Work for You Did you know that AAFSW was a pioneer in Foreign Service social media? Our Yahoo Group, “Livelines,” was founded in 1998 (!) and quickly became a resource for EFMs and employees posted all over the world. Though many today have turned to Facebook—where we another AAFSW members-only […]

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