AFoCR mourns the passing of our past president Peter A. Rafaeli, who died on October 11, 2023, at the age of 91.

AFoCR welcomes the Czech President Petr Pavel during his first official visit to the United States.

AFOCR directors will have an opportunity to meet President Pavel and other Czech dignitaries during the gala organized at the Bohemian National Hall.

Jack White, a former member of the AFOCR’s board of directors, passed away on July 26, 2023. He was almost 102 years old.

He played an instrumental role in rebuilding the Woodrow Wilson statue in Prague and the installation of a statue of the first Czech president Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in Washington D.C.

Semyon Bychkov leading the Czech Philharmonic during its two-concert engagement at Carnegie Hall in 2018. The orchestra is scheduled to be back in December 2024. ^{_{Credit...Rachel Papo for The New York Times}}

The Masaryk statue was a gift to the United States from the Czech Republic.

“Through these photographs, you’ll step into a country with a dramatic history … a place reminiscent of the poetics of a life that is disappearing forever.”

The event featured prominent speakers on business and technology topics including entrepreneurship, AI, climate change, and diversity.

The new exhibit organized by the museum and the former Czech Ambassador to the US and AFoCR Advisor Martin Palous, opened on May 24, 2023.

As part of the very well organized, high level visit to the US, AFoCR hosted Speaker Marketa Pekarova Adamova and an accompanying delegation.