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Published: March. 28, 2002 at 4:26 PM
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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2002

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN RIVERS holds a news conference releasing the America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2002 report, highlighting the eleven rivers across the country facing the most serious environmental threats and crucial turning points in the coming year.

WHO: The speakers are:

Rebecca Wodder, President, American Rivers

Joe Theissen, Executive Director, Taxpayers for Common Sense

Marilyn Blackwell, a local environmental group in Florida

David Carruth, Clarendon Chamber of Commerce

DATE: April 2, 2002

LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Eric Eckl, 202-347-7550

WEB ADDRESS: amrivers.org

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: URBAN INSTITUTE First Tuesdays program holds a program on Confronting the Challenges of Long Term Care: A State Focus.

WHO: The speakers are:

Joshua Wiener, Urban Institute (moderator)

Jane Tilly, Urban Institute

Lisa Alecxih, The Lewin Group

Toby Edelman, Center for Medicare Advocacy

DATE: April 2, 2002

LOCATION: Urban Institute, 2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, D.C

CONTACT: 202-261-5709.

WEB ADDRESS: urban.org.

TIME: 12 noon

EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Narco-Terror: The International Connection between Drugs and Terror with Asa Hutchinson, director, Drug Enforcement Administration.

DATE: April 2, 2002

LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-675-1752

WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Holly Shimizu, Executive Director, U.S. Botanic Garden.

DATE: April 2, 2002

LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-232-7363

WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES holds its Tuesday Brownbag Seminars discussing International Law and the Guantanamo Bay Prisoners featuring Professor Richard Wilson of American University's Washington College of Law and Director of the Human Rights Law Clinic at AU.

DATE: April 2, 2002

LOCATION: The Institute for Policy Studies, 733 15th St, NW #1020

CONTACT: 202-234-9382

WEB ADDRESS: ips-dc.org

TIME: 3 p.m.

EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER Director's Forum discussing The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms at Twenty: The Ongoing Search for Balance Between Individual and Community Rights with Stéphane Dion, Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.

DATE: April 2, 2002

LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-287-3400

WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu

TIME: 3 p.m.

EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Law School hosts Robert E. Hirshon, president of the American Bar Association, discussing "Take Back The Future: A Guide To Meeting The Challenges Of Legal Practice."

DATE: April 2, 2002

LOCATION: Stockton Hall, Room S304, 2000 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C., Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-994-0616

WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features The Mayhew, Miller, Wang Trio, performing Louis Armstrong-style improvisational jazz. This trio is comprised of tenor saxophonist Virginia Mayhew, drummer Allison Miller and bass guitarist Gary Wang.

DATE: April 2, 2002

LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-416-8000

WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org

Topics: George Washington, Louis Armstrong, Richard Wilson, Stephane Dion, Woodrow Wilson
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