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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION holds a program on Transforming Higher Education. Higher education leaders from across the nation meet to examine an innovative, multi-year program to foster diversity and excellence in higher education by altering "business as usual" practices at the department level. Over the past eight years, sociology departments at 11 leading colleges and universities transformed their culture and classroom to attract, keep, and train minority students.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Minority Opportunities through School Transformation (MOST) Program
Felice J. Levine, American Sociological Association and American Educational Research AssociationWilliam T. Bialy, University of California, Santa Barbara
Jose Z. Calderon, Pitzer College
9:30 a.m. - Higher Education at a Crossroad The Vantage of Academic Presidents
Nancy Cantor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Joyce A. Ladner, The Brookings Institution
Patricia A. McGuire, Trinity College
11:15 a.m. - Sharing the Knowledge
12:30 p.m. - Achieving Diversity and Strategies for Social Change in Higher Education Troy Duster, New York University and the University of California, Berkeley
2:30 p.m. - The Role of the Public and Private Sectors in Fostering Higher Education Change
Craig Calhoun, Social Science Research Council
Kenneth Prewitt, New School University
Judith A. Ramaley, National Science Foundation
4 p.m. - The Road from Here
Christopher Edley, Jr., Harvard Law School and Civil Rights Commission
5 p.m. - Closing Comments
DATE:
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency - Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-371-1999
WEB ADDRESS: asanet.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI- DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE holds its convention themed: "Arab Americans: Mobilizing for Empowerment."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. -Media Coverage Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Hussein Ibish - ADC, Communications Director
Hafez Al-Mirazi - Al-Jazeera
Raghida Dergham - Al-Hayat
Holger Jensen - Former Correspondent, Rocky Mountain News
Anthony Shadid - Boston Globe
Jeffrey Dvorkin - Ombudsman, NPR
10:45 a.m. - Professor Rashid Khalidi - University Of Chicago
12:15 p.m. - Luncheon/Civil Rights
Ahmad Sbaiti - ADC, Chairman Of The Board Of Directors
Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-NE
Pro Bono Attorney Of The Year Award - Mo Abdrabboh, Esq.
Sheriff Robert Ficano - Detroit, Mi
Wade Henderson - Leadership Conference On Civil Rights,
2 p.m. - Impact Of 9/11 On Civil Rights:
Denyse Sabagh, Esq. - Metzger, Hollis, Gordon And Mortimer
Jeanne Butterfield - Aila, Executive Director
David Cole - Georgetown School Of Law, Professor
Greg Nojeim - Aclu, Associate Director/Chief Legislative Counsel
Kareem Shora - ADC, Legal Department
7 p.m. - Friday Night Dinner Honoring Arab Americans
Albert Mokhiber & Jack Shaheen
Senator James Abourezk, Esq. - Adc Founder
Dr. Aida Takla O'reilly - Trinity College, Ceo
Dr. Elias Zerhouni - National Institute Of Health, Director
Dr. Ahmad Zewail - Nobel Prize Laureate In Chemistry, California Institute Of Technology
Jack Shaheen, Award Tolerance & Intolerance Awards
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, Virginia
CONTACT: 703-920-3230
Web Address:adc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS Spring Board of Directors Meeting.
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-266-8200
WEB ADDRESS: nahb.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES holds its first annual "Homeland Security Summit and Exposition: Threats And Solutions."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Understanding A New World Of Uncertainty And Risk
11:15 a.m. - September 11, The War On Terrorism, And "Homeland Security": How Do They Fall In The Grand Scheme Of History?
General Brent Scowcroft, President and Founder, The Scowcroft Group; former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush
12 noon - Norman Y. Mineta, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC
CONTACT: 212-994-7540
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS presents Jamal Khashoggi, deputy editor in chief, Arab News discussing "A Saudi Perspective: Where We Differ With Americans."
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 8:45 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on "Globalization and Terrorism: Protecting the Digital Infrastructure."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. -- U.S. Government Security Issues
11 a.m. -- Perspectives From Industry and Academia
1 p.m. -- International Issues
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a briefing on "Defending Against Bioterrorism: An Ounce Of Prevention." The threat of direct terrorist attack against the United States is now a reality. The recent anthrax cases point to the possibility of a future bioterrorist attack, including use of the deadly smallpox virus. The ring containment strategy favored by the federal government (under which smallpox vaccinations are given only after an outbreak, in the hope of containing the spread of the virus) is appropriate for dealing with a natural outbreak of smallpox.
WHO: The speakers are:
Charles Peña, Cato Institute
Veronique de Rugy, Cato Institute
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: B-340 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program on "Say It Ain't So, Joe: Getting Right with the Bush Tax Cut."
WHO: The speakers are:
Donald L. "Don" Evans, Secretary of Commerce
Phillip Truluck, Executive Vice President, The Heritage Foundation
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program on Helmets and Flak Jackets Required: The Challenge to Media When Journalists Work Under Fire, featuring Roy Gutman of Newsweek, author of Crimes of War, authority on the dangers of reporting from war zones.
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES holds a program on Senate Default and Judicial Nominations: Does the Constitution Require the Full Senate to Act?
WHO: The speakers are:
Douglas Kmiec, Dean, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University and Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General,
Office of Legal Counsel
Eliot Mincberg, General Counsel, People for the American Way
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington, DC
CONTACT: Lisa Budzynski at 202-822-8138
WEB ADDRESS: fed-soc.org/events/SenConf/promo.htm
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE holds a luncheon program on "Free Speech and Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan: Roots of the Current Political Crisis" featuring Zamira Sydykova is one of the leading voices of opposition to the state-run media in Kyrgyzstan. She is editor-in-chief of "Res Publica," a newspaper she founded in 1992. She was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for reporting state corruption and human rights violations, and was released only after the government received pressure from international human rights groups.
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-483-7600
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Eduard Kukan, discussing "Progress in Slovakia's Political, Economic and Military Reform, its Aspirations to join NATO in light of the Upcoming Prague Summit and the visit of Slovak President Rudolf Schuster."
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Prime Minister Ivan Racan and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tonino Picula of the Republic of Croatia, discussing "Croatia's Political & Economic Picture and Croatia and NATO after the Prague Meeting."
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE presents A Traveller's Dream: Celtic Explorations featuring
Maggie Sansone-- hammered dulcimer; Karen Ashbrook--Irish flute; Guy George--saxophone; Paul Oorts--guitar; and Jesse Winch--percussion.
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Time in the Art of Ancient Egypt: From Ideological Concept to Visual Construct" with Patricia A. Bochi, an independent scholar, who will explore the ancient Egyptians' preoccupation with time in every aspect of their culture.
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Ward Just, discussing and signing copies of The Weather In Berlin. A Hollywood director in search of material to revitalize his dormant life returns to the country of his greatest film achievement many years before.
DATE: June 7, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
