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CFR Education aims to close the global literacy gap in our country by providing accessible, accurate, and authoritative resources that build the knowledge, skills, and perspective high school and higher education students need to understand and engage with today’s most pressing global issues. Leveraging best pedagogical practices and Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) expertise, CFR Education’s supplemental resources teach complex global affairs and foreign policy issues to the next generation. Committed to supporting educators as they take on this crucial work, CFR Education offers two Ambassador programs, professional development events, and curated teaching resources, including lesson plans, essay and discussion questions, classroom activities, and sample syllabi.

CFR’s Religion and Foreign Policy (RFP) Program advances understanding of the forces shaping international relations through exchange between faith leaders and policymakers. By bringing together congregational and lay leaders, religion scholars, and representatives of faith-based organizations, CFR creates a forum for interfaith dialogue with policy experts. A webinar series, roundtables, and an annual workshop in New York provides religious leaders with resources to foster dialogue on the international issues affecting their congregations.

The Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy program connects members of the U.S. House and Senate and their staffs with information and analysis on a wide range of international and economic issues. It offers a distinctive, nonpartisan forum to convene policymakers with CFR fellows and leading experts in their fields. The program brings CFR experts to the Hill for briefings, roundtable discussions, and to deliver congressional testimony, and produces a timely enewsletter for congressional staff.

CFR’s State and Local Officials Initiative is an independent and authoritative source of information on pressing international issues that affect the priorities and agendas of state and local governments, including the economy, jobs, trade, homeland security, public health, energy supply, and climate policy. Elected officials and staff at state and city levels can connect with CFR’s information and analysis through a State and Local Officials webinar and conference call series on timely issues, access to CFR meetings, and briefings led by CFR fellows.

CFR’s Local Journalists Initiative provides news media professionals with international context for the local issues they cover through a webinar series, an annual workshop, and access to CFR content. CFR resources offer nonpartisan analysis and information on the impact of foreign relations on the job market in the United States, immigration, climate change, countering disinformation, and other topics of interest to local communities. Sign up to receive CFR press releases, newsletters, and invitations to webinars and conference calls.