The French-American Foundation is delighted to welcome Young Leader Kalyanee Mam to New York, where she will be screening her documentary "A River Changes Course" at the Museum of Modern Art from June 12-17. On the evening of Thursday, June 13, the Foundation invites you to the MoMA for a screening of the award-winning documentary at 4 PM before a reception with the acclaimed director at Shearman & Sterling at 6 PM.

In his 2013 State of the Union Address, U.S. President Barack Obama announced his intention to pursue a free-trade agreement with the European Union, rejuvenating previously failed talks and creating much discussion about the potential Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). With economic growth sluggish in the United States and almost nonexistent in Europe, expanded trade opportunities are vital to both sides of the Atlantic. Is a free-trade agreement likely to succeed in the coming years?

Dr. Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, will join the French-American Foundation to share his recent book, The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order (Princeton University Press, February 2013). 

The French-American Foundation is delighted to welcome David A. Stockman – former U.S. Representative, Director of the Office of Budget and Management, and businessman – for a private dinner to discuss his new book, The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America, released in April 2013. 

This private dinner is by invitation only. For more information, please contact Patrick Lattin at plattin@frenchamerican.org.

Notable French businessman, economic advisor and author Alain Minc will join the French-American Foundation for a private luncheon, in which he will enter in conversation with Foundation Board Member Yves-André Istel, Senior Advisor at Rothschild, Inc.

Bestselling author Tom Reiss will join the French-American Foundation to discuss The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, his recently released portrayal of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, the mix-raced son of a French nobleman and Haitian slave whose status of military hero during the French Revolutionary Wars was immortalized in the legendary works of his son, Alexandre Dumas.

As the U.S. Supreme Court examines the question of affirmative action in university admission with the case of Fisher vs. the University of Texas, the French-American Foundation explores approaches to increasing educational diversity and equality of opportunity in university settings. The recently contested affirmative action is one of numerous practices that have proven a highly controversial approach to expanding the opportunities to minority groups.

Following the French-American Foundation's meeting of its Board of Directors on Wednesday, February 20, the French-American Foundation is honored to welcome Dr. Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, for a private, off-the-record luncheon.

Charles Kolb, French-American Foundation President, spoke at “Corporate Governance in the Wake of Citizens United,” a plenary seminar organized by Confluence Philanthropy, a non-profit organization devoted to fostering mission-related investing by the philanthropic community.