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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION holds its annual convention.
AGENDA: Highlights:
4:30 p.m. -- On the Road to the White House: Liberating the House, Strengthening the Senate
Victor Kamber, Moderator -- The Kamber Group
Rep. Diane Watson, D-CA
Rep. Barney Frank, D-MA
Stan Greenberg -- Greenberg Quinlan Research/Polling
Mark Mellman -- The Mellman Group
7:30 p.m. -- Banquet Capitol Hilton, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC
Leo Gerard, Honoree, President, United Steelworkers of America
Edgar Romney, Secretary-Treasurer, UNITE!
Ann Brown, Former Chair Consumer Product Safety Commission
Jim Jontz, ADA President, Former Congressman
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: Governor's House, 1615 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-5980
WEB ADDRESS: adaction.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ASSOCIATION holds its 31st National Conference.
AGENDA: Highlight:
10:15 a.m. - One Vote Away: The Politics and Meaning of Court Appointments
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: 325 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington DC
CONTACT: 202-466-7246
WEB ADDRESS: nfprha.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: GLOBAL BUSINESS DIALOGUE holds a program on "China, Law, And The WTO Perspectives On An Evolution."
WHO: The speakers are:
Ira Wolf, Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Charles Freeman, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Richard Ferris & Hongjun Zhang, Beveridge & Diamond
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5074
WEB ADDRESS: gbdinc.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Nick Calio updating business leaders and policymakers on President Bush's legislative agenda.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a seminar to discuss the recently revealed 1971 Soviet smallpox outbreak.
AGENDA: The Soviet report was written shortly after the 1971 smallpox outbreak by a Soviet public health official working at an Anti-Plague Institute in Kazakhstan. According to the report, the first victim was a 24-year-old female fisheries technician who served on a research vessel, the Lev Berg, which crossed the Aral Sea on a scientific expedition in July 1971. Shortly after returning home to Aralsk in early August, she became ill with smallpox and transmitted the disease to her brother. Eventually, ten persons became infected.
WHO: The speakers are:
Chemical and Biological Weapons Program Director Jonathan B. Tucker
Deputy Program Director, Raymond A. Zilinskas
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-478-3409
WEB ADDRESS: miis.edu
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Promoting Civic Society Between Arab and Jewish Israelis: An NGO's Perspective featuring Shuli Dichter and As'ad Ghanem, co-directors of Sikkuy, a Jewish-Arab advocacy organization dedicated to achieving civic equality between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA'S FUTURE presents "straight talk" to discuss "Karl Rove's Secret Strategy."
WHO: The speakers are:
Stanley Greenberg of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research
Guy Molyneux of Peter Hart Research
Dee Brown of Lake Snell Perry and Associates
Bob Borosage, Campaign for America's Future
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202 955-5665
WEB ADDRESS: ourfuture.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE Communitarian Network Dialogue on Is Inequality Rising in America, and if so, What Should be Done?
WHO: The speakers are:
William Niskanen, Cato Institute
Jeff Faux, Economic Policy Institute
Michael Lind, New America Foundation.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: George Washington University, 805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229 or 202-994-8937
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: INTER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION is hosting the Hemisphere Summit on Justice and Freedom of the Press
AGENDA: Highlight:
9 a.m. - The Role of the Press and the Judicial System". Justice Stephen G. Breyer of the United States Supreme Court will be the keynote speaker of this session.
11:30 a.m. - American University Washington College of Law Dean Claudio Grossman will receive the prestigious Chapultepec Grand Prize for advocating for freedom of the press and freedom of expression.
1 p.m. - Insult Laws, Actual Malice, and the Criticism of Public Officials.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 305-634-2465
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE holds a book Launch for "Vital Signs Choosing a Better Future: Consumers Pressure Business To Go Green." Well-informed consumers are emerging as a new force in the global struggle to create an environmentally sustainable world, reports a new study by the Worldwatch Institute. Aided by labeling programs, standards, and an expanding group of social and environmental certification organizations, the world's consumers are "voting with their wallets" for products and services that promote sustainable development.
WHO: The speakers are:
Klaus Töpfer, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Michael Renner, Worldwatch Senior Researcher and Vital Signs 2002 Project Director
Molly O'Meara Sheehan, Worldwatch Research Associate
Lisa Mastny, Worldwatch Research Associate
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Ave, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-452-1992 x517
WEB ADDRESS: worldwatch.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: DEFENSE FORUM FOUNDATION holds a luncheon featuring Gen. John Jumper, Air Force Chief of Staff discussing Airpower in the Age of Terrorism.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: B-339, Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-534-4313
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a program on Energy's Future: What Should Americans Know? Sources, Dependency, Conservation, Alternatives, Environment
WHO: The speakers are:
Daniel Yergin, Chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates; Author of "Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy"
Robert Crandall, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution
Bruce Everett, Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Former Manager, ExxonMobil
Fiona Hill, Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution
James Placke, Senior Associate, Cambridge Energy Research Associates; Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Gregg Easterbrook, Visiting Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, Senior Editor, "The New Republic"
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: AFL-CIO hosts a briefing to launch a new Linea Directa program focusing on the rights of Latino workers.
AGENDA: Latino workers are the fastest growing sector of the nation's labor force, yet their rights are consistently violated. Many Latino workers endure discrimination, intimidation, sexual harassment, hazardous working conditions, and brutal exploitation everyday. Latino workers accept this inhumane treatment because they are misinformed or unaware of their basic rights as workers.
WHO: The speakers are:
The AFL-CIO and EVS Communications
Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice President, AFL-CIO
Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers
Eliseo Medina, Executive Vice President, SEIU
Maria Elena Durazo, General Vice President, HERE
Arturo Salcedo, Executive Director, EVS Communications
Eduardo Lopez, Executive Producer, EVS Communications
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: 815 Sixteenth St., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-637-5279
WEB ADDRESS: aflcio.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE holds a luncheon program on The Palestinian Blueprint For Peace in the Middle East featuring Nabil Sha'ath, Palestinian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS:palestinecenter.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE presents NSO Prelude Chamber Recital featuring members of the Orchestra in a broad range of repertoire for small ensembles.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents James Gleick discussing and signing copies of What Just Happened, which is a series of essays covering the social and cultural impact of our relationship with and existence in the American cyberculture.
DATE: June 21, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
