AF de Tulsa Bylaws
The Alliance Française is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote French language and culture outside France. Its primary concern is teaching French as a second language. It is headquartered in Paris.
The Alliance was created in Paris on July 21, 1883 by a group of eminent men, including the scientist Louis Pasteur, the diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, the writers Jules Verne and Ernest Renan, and the publisher Armand Colin.
More than 420,000 students learn French at one of centres run by the Alliance, whose network of schools includes:
- centre in Paris
- locations throughout France, which receive foreign students
- over 1074 locations in 136 different countries
The local organisations outside Paris are locally, independently run "franchises". Each has a local committee and a president.
For the past one hundred years the Federation of Alliances Françaises USA has had as its mission to provide support for its individual member chapters in their efforts to promote French language and francophone culture. Today as yesterday, the primary focus of the AFs is on the improvement of cross-cultural understanding and the strengthening of intercultural communication.
The Tulsa Chapter
The Alliance Française of Tulsa was founded in 1955. As of 2007, we have 100 plus members. We publish the bulletin "Le Kiosque", which contains information about our programs. We also offer French conversation classes. If you have a love for the French culture and language, then this is the place for you!
