Americas Society
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The Americas Society is an organization dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

; established in 1965 by David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, Sr. is the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. He is the youngest and only surviving child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and the only surviving grandchild of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. His five siblings were...

. The Americas Society promotes the understanding of the economic, political, and cultural issues that define and challenge the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

 today, including everywhere from the Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle
The Arctic Circle is one of the five major circles of latitude that mark maps of the Earth. For Epoch 2011, it is the parallel of latitude that runs north of the Equator....

 to the southernmost tip of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

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The Americas Society, together with Council of the Americas
Council of the Americas
Council of the Americas is an American business organization whose goal is promoting free trade, democracy and open markets throughout the Americas. This includes Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, as well as South America. Its members share a common commitment to economic and social development,...

, produces the publication Americas Quarterly
Americas Quarterly
Americas Quarterly, The Policy Journal for Our Hemisphere, is a magazine dedicated to policy analysis and debate of economics, finance, social development, and politics in the Western Hemisphere.Launched in 2007, AQ reaches over 17,000 readers...

, a policy journal for the Western Hemisphere.

The Americas Society also produces the MetLife Music of the Americas concert series to showcase the diversity of styles and genres of music in the Americas. The concert series is free and open to the public, and is held at the Society’s headquarters on Park Avenue.

The society has its New York headquarters in the former Percy Rivington Pyne House
Percy Rivington Pyne House
The Percy Rivington Pyne House is a neo-federal town house located at the corner of Park Avenue and 68th Street. Today the Americas Society uses the building as its New York City headquarters.- History :...

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