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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2002

TIME: 1 p.m.

EVENT: MOBILIZATION FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE holds a news conference to discuss the reasons to "quarantine" finance ministers and business executives gathering in Washington at the end of September.

WHO: The speakers are:

Marie Clarke, Jubilee USA Network

Njoki Njoroge Njehu, 50 Years is Enough Network -- (returning Sept. 2 from World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa)

Patrick Reinsborough, Sustainable Energy & Economy Network

Robert Weissman, Essential Action

DATE: September 3, 2002

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

CONTACT: Soren Ambrose, 202-285-5836

WEB ADDRESS: accuracy.org

TIME: 3 p.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM holds a telephone news conference to discuss the state of the immigration debate. In the year since September 11, 2001, our government has adopted a dizzying array of heavy-handed measures aimed at newcomers. From measures that impose jail time and deportation for not filing a change of address form within 10 days of moving, to proposals for burying the INS in the labyrinth of the Department of Homeland Security.

AGENDA: Dial either 1-(888) 243-0813 or (703) 925-2400 (Confirmation #: 6189897) and ask for the National Immigration Forum Press Conference

WHO: The speakers are:

Jeanne Butterfield, Executive Director, American Immigration Lawyers Association

T.C. Duong, Project Manager for Advocacy Initiative, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center

Angela Kelley, Deputy Director, National Immigration Forum

Cecilia Muñoz, Vice President, National Council of La Raza

DATE: September 3, 2002

CONTACT: 202-544-0004

WEB ADDRESS: immigrationforum.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents US Air Force Woodwind Quartet playing a varied repertoire of musical stylings, including popular, Broadway, patriotic, jazz and folk music.

DATE: September 3, 2002

LOCATION: 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-467-4600

WEB ADDRESS: kennedycenter.org

TIME: 6 p.m.

EVENT: Freedom Forum/Newseum holds a reception for the exhibit "Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11."

DATE: September 3, 2002

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

CONTACT: 202-662-7500

WEB ADDRESS:newseum.org

TIME: 8 p.m.

EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY American University's School of Communication will host An American Forum panel discussion titled, "Does Bush Mean Business? Covering the Politics of Corporate Responsibility."

WHO: The speakers are:

Eric Alterman, columnist, The Nation

Charles Lewis, executive director, Center for Public Integrity

Gerald Seib, bureau chief, The Wall Street Journal;

David Winston, president, The Winston Group.

DATE: September 3, 2002

LOCATION: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-885-5950

WEB ADDRESS:au.edu