Channel City Club
& Committee on Foreign Relations
Santa Barbara's Window on the World
Channel City Club
& Committee on Foreign Relations
Santa Barbara's Window on the World
CCC
The Channel City Club was founded in 1946 in Santa Barbara, California, to provide the community with a local venue for outstanding experts on state, national, and international issues.
CFR
The Committee on Foreign Relations promotes foreign relations dialogue through
lecture-discussions.
Member of ACFR, Washington, D.C.
Save the Date!
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Let’s Celebrate
Fiesta 2023 – Old Spanish Days
Santa Barbara
Western Art & Carriage Museum
129 Castillo St., Santa Barbara
Fiesta costumes encouraged
El Presidente David Bolton will welcome CCC/CFR members and guests as we celebrate the 99th year of Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta at the Western Art & Carriage Museum
Fiesta honors and and preserves Santa Barbara’s history, spirit, culture, heritage, and traditions.
August 2 – 6, 2023
Violence is never the answer
"The man who listens to horses"
Creator of Join-Up, based upon a communication system creating a bond rooted in trust and an environment of cooperation.
The Nexus of Policy, Power and Money
The Honorable Henrietta Holsman Fore
Immediate Past Executive Director UNICEF; Chmn.& CEO Holsman International
Presentation with the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
80th Anniversary:
Guadalcanal & North Africa
“America Strikes Back”
Presenters: John Blankenship & Sheriff Bill Brown
Recent CCC and CFR Events
Putin’s Weltanschaung: Intellectual Roots of the War Against Ukraine
Arthur R. Rachwald
Professor Emeritus, Political Science Dept – U.S. Naval Academy for 34 years; Currently Professorial Lecturer, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Austria
2022 Christmas Brunch
Topic: Asia Update
Director & A.W. & Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy & World Business, Kenosha, Wisconsin; former President, Chicago World Trade Center & author of "After the Cold War."
40 Years of Resistance by the Women of Iran Culminates in a National Movement that has the Attention of the World
Iranian American member LA City Commission on the Status of Women; former editor & advertising executive; founder Womenfound
An Invitation to Membership
Please join us for your first CCC luncheon program at the member price.
Please contact us for more information.
Just to right of flag, Brooks Firestone, CCC/CFR presiding; John Blankenship, Co-Founder PCVF, Sheriff Bill Brown, Bd. Membe PCVF; and Cadet Daniel Keefe, UCSB ROTC Surfrider Battalion, leading the Pledge of Allegiance. Photo credit: Drew Wakefield
In Partnership with Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation
Just to right of flag, Brooks Firestone, CCC/CFR presiding; John Blankenship, Co-Founder PCVF, Sheriff Bill Brown, Bd. Membe PCVF; and Cadet Daniel Keefe, UCSB ROTC Surfrider Battalion, leading the Pledge of Allegiance. Photo credit: Drew Wakefield
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2247
Santa Barbara, CA 93120