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Public Affairs Section Activities

美国驻广州总领事馆新闻文化处对外文化活动

地址:花园酒店三楼美国领事馆文化处多功能会议室

Weekly Forum       “Words We Live By”       

Each Thursday afternoon in June and July, an American Foreign Service Officer(s) will host a lively discussion on “Words We Live By.”  The host of each week’s event will introduce and explain how various documents and speeches have shaped the United States of America.  The series will begin on June 7 with a look at the Colonial period’s Virginia Charters and Mayflower Compact and conclude on July 26 with President Kennedy’s inaugural address.   Please join us for an informative and interesting event.

American Film Series

The U.S. Consulate screens an American film two Friday nights each month. Come out and enjoy the film and the lively discussions afterwards.

July 5

  • Video Screening: The Civil War
    Time: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

  • Weekly Forum: Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation
    Speaker:Hong-Geok Maerkle & Daniel Gaush
    Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

July 6

  • American Film Night
    Host: Mark Lanning
    Time: 6:45 pm – 9 pm

(Please contact the Public Affairs Section for movie detail)


July 12 

  • Video Screening: FDR and the Depression; World War II
    Time: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

  • Weekly Forum: Declaration of War on Japan and Germany (two events) and Atlantic Charter and Roosevelt’s Infamy speech      
    Speaker: David Muehlke; Anne Debevoise
    Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

July 19
  • Video Screening: The Sixties
    Time: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

  • Weekly Forum: Truman Doctrine, North Atlantic Treaty and Marshall Plan
    Speaker:Ulla Saleh; Thomas Hilleary
    Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

July 20

  • American Film Night
    Host: TBD
    Time: 6:45 pm – 9 pm

(Please be informed that the Movie Show on July 20 has been cancelled. Sorry for the inconvenience it may cause.)
July 23

  • Topic: Pre-Departure Orientation for Chinese Students

  • Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

  • Host: William Laidlaw  Frank Mok

July 26

  • Video Screening: Martin Luther King – “I Have a Dream”
    Time: 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

  • Weekly Forum: Martin Luther King “I Have a Dream” and President Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
    Speaker:Kathi Yu
    Time: 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ALL EVENTS

Venue:  All events are held at the Public Affairs Section Office on the 3rd floor of the Garden Hotel unless noted otherwise.
活动地点：广州花园酒店三楼美国领事馆文化处多功能会议室(另行通知除外)

Time: See individual listings

Contact Information:  8335-4269 ext. 21 or email: yange@state.gov

Language: All events will be conducted in English

Website: http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/programs_and_events.html

Everyone is welcome to attend free of Charge. Please bring your ID card for security check.

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