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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
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