IMPORTANT NOTICE !!!!

The joint English-Speaking World and European event in May, "Brexit and Beyond," is scheduled for May 15.  Please disregard the reference to May 8 in the description of the event..

There are also some other significant changes!

•  It will be an evening, rather than a morning meeting, and will have social time from 5 to 6 PM with the program commencing at 6PM.  Due to the prominence of our speaker, we are opening the meeting to IWA members' spouses and guests. 
• It will take place not at the office, but at the party room at 130 N Garland Court (this is the condo building on the narrow street immediately to the west of the Chicago Cultural Center and can be accessed from either Randolph on the north or Washington on the south.)
• Our speaker will be the Hon. John Saville, H.M. Consul-General in Chicago.  We are grateful to him and to the British Consulate General in Chicago for his appearance with us.

Program: "BREXIT and Beyond: An Update" October 31 is the deadline for the UK to leave the European Union, with or without a deal for maintaining future ties. This is a story in progress -- we do not know the outcome.  But for our May meeting, we will have a speaker or speakers to analyze what has happened and what its consequences will be for the UK, and for the European Union. An amusing video summary "A Brief History of Brexit for Americans" (as of early March) may be found on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDxBN1y5C8o