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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2002

TIME: All Day

EVENT: ROLLING THUNDER holds its 15th annual Memorial Day Ride For Freedom.

AGENDA: Highlight:

9 a.m. - 9 p.m. -- Candlelight Vigil, Vietnam Veteran Memorial

DATE: May 24, 2002

CONTACT: 908-522-1677

WEB ADDRESS: rollingthunder1.com

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE presents Karen AbuZayd became Deputy Commissioner-General of UNRWA and Assistant discussing Daily Life as Crisis: Palestinian Refugees and the Work of UNRWA Today.

DATE: May 24, 2002

LOCATION: Resource and Conservation Center, 1616 P Street (between 16th and 17th Streets)

CONTACT: Ana Claros, 202-266-1940

WEB ADDRESS: migrationpolicy.org

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on "Haiti's Fight Against Hiv/AIDS."

AGENDA: Highlights:

8:30 a.m. -- Welcoming Remarks

J. Stephen Morrison, Director, CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-CA

Rep. Donna Christensen, D-VA

9 a.m. - Panel 1: HIV/AIDS in Haiti and Caribbean

Patricio Marquez, Principal Health Specialist, World Bank

Carl Abdou Rahmaan, USAID, Haiti

9:45 a.m. - Panel 2: Delivery of Treatment

Terje Anderson, National Association of People Living with AIDS

Paul Farmer, Clinique Bon Sauveur, Haiti

Janet Kayita, Mildmay Center, Uganda

11 a.m. - Panel 3: Haiti's Plan of Action

Terje Anderson, National Association of People Living with AIDS

Henri Claude Voltaire, Minister of Health, Haiti

Jean Pape, Institut National de Laboratorie et de Recherche, Haiti

Carl Abdou Rahmaan, USAID, Haiti

12:30 p.m. - The Role of the Global Fund

Todd Summers, Progressive Health Partners

Philippa Lawson, Global Fund

Henri Claude Voltaire, Minister of Health, Haiti

DATE: May 24, 2002

LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242

WEB ADDRESS:csis.org

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: TRAGEDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SURVIVORS, INC. holds 8th Annual National Military Survivor Seminar for The families of those who have recently died in the military. The 2002 theme is Remember the Love, Celebrate the Life, Share the Journey and offers programmatic and sensible approaches that answer the question of how to live normally after experiencing the loss of a loved one, friend or co-worker to active-duty military death.

DATE: May 24, 2002

LOCATION: Marriott-Crystal City, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA

CONTACT: 202-588-8277.

WEB ADDRESS:taps.org

TIME: 10 a.m.

EVENT: Special Olympics holds a news conference to discuss the Bid Award Winner for the

2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games.

WHO: The speakers are:

Sargent Shriver -- Chairman of Special Olympics

Timothy Shriver -- President and CEO of Special Olympics

Ambassador from the Host Country of the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games

Ben Collins, Special Olympics Maryland Athlete

Paul Marretti, Special Olympics Virginia Athlete

DATE: May 24, 2002

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

CONTACT: Betty Ann Hughes, 202-824-0338

WEB ADDRESS: specialolympics.org

TIME: 12:30 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Ossie Davis, actor and Host of the National Memorial Day Concert.

DATE: May 24, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org

TIME: 2 p.m.

EVENT: HUDSON INSTITUTE panel on "A Democratic Alternative to Yasser Arafat?"

WHO: The speakers are:

Omar Karsou, a Nablus banker and human rights activist

Professor Bernard Lewis of Princeton University,

Richard Perle, Chairman, The Defense Policy Board, The U.S. Department of Defense.

DATE: May 24, 2002

LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-974-2430

WEB ADDRESS:Hudson.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Nile Style: Clothing and the Crisis of Personal, Religious and Social Identity of 19th Century Women Travelers in Egypt" with Karin Bohleke from the University of Chicago's Permanent Egyptological Mission at Luxor.

DATE: May 24, 2002

LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-663-5626

WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER American Liszt Society presents piano music by Liszt and Rossini, featuring pianist Ian Hobson.

DATE: May 24, 2002

LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-416-8000

WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org