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EVENTS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Women Immigrants in the United States
WHO: The speakers are:
Noel Brennan, Board of Immigration Appeals
Jeffrey Chase, New York Immigration Court
Kristin Wells, House Judiciary Committee
Deborah Meyers, Migration Policy Institute
Wendy Young, Women's Commission of Refugee Women and Children
Marleine Bastien, Fanm Ayisyen
Dean Afaf Meleis, University of Pennsylvania
Nancy Foner, SUNY-Purchase
Patricia Campos, UNITE
Esther Olavarria, Senate Immigration Subcommittee
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE holds its National Legislative Mobilization Conference. The conference will focus on the upcoming mid-term elections, the legislative process and grassroots advocacy training.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202) 638-2269or 410.580.5125
WEB ADDRESS: naacp.org
TIME: All day
EVENT: UNITED STATES ENERGY ASSOCIATION holds its energy industry summit.
AGENDA: The summit meeting will honor the voluntary contributions of executives from Eurasia and U.S. investor-owned utilities, regulatory commissions, and trade associations that conducted, on a pro-bono basis, over 800 exchange visits, seminars, internships and training courses for their partners in the nations of the former Soviet Union since 1992.
WHO: The speakers are:
Andrew Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Dr. Kent Hill, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development
Vicky Bailey, Assistant Secretary for Intl. Affairs & Domestic Policy, U.S. Department of Energy
Linda Breathitt, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Amb. William Taylor, Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe & Eurasia, U.S. Department of State
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-312-1243
WEB ADDRESS: usea.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Stephen Push, spokesman for an alliance of families of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks, issuing the group's report card rating the president, administration officials and Congressional leaders on their performance in efforts to improve the nation's security during the year following the attacks.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS holds a news conference to launch a national initiative to educate the American public about Islam and to counter anti-Muslim bigotry.
AGENDA: The year-long campaign, called "Explore Islamic Civilization and Culture," involves the community sponsored distribution of books, videos and audio cassettes about Islam and Muslims to some 16,000 public libraries nationwide.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-744-7726
WEB ADDRESS: cair-net.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS holds a forum to discuss how cities have improved security in the year since September 11.
AGENDA: Since September 11, mayors have significantly enhanced local security and improved emergency preparedness and response capabilities. They have worked together to lobby successfully for federalization of airport security screening; urge consolidation of federal homeland security efforts.
WHO: The speakers are:
Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley
Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic
Reno Mayor Jeff Griffin
Laredo Mayor Betty Flores
Gary (Ind.) Mayor Scott King
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-861-6766
WEB ADDRESS: usmayors.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a forum on Is China's Military Modernization a Threat to the United States?
WHO: The speakers are:
David Shambaugh, George Washington University
Bernard Cole, National War College
Ross H. Munro, Center for Security Studies.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA holds its National Delinquency survey conference call for the 2nd quarter 2002.
WHO: The speakers are:
Doug Duncan, chief economist, MBAA
Phil Colling, director, MBAA
Marina Walsh, manager, MBAA
DATE: September 9, 2002
CONTACT: 202-577-2730
WEB ADDRESS: mbaa.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOMEN IN HOUSING AND FINANCE, INC. holds its September Monthly Luncheon featuring Peter R. Fisher, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, Department of the Treasury.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: The Hotel Washington, 515 15th Street, N.W., Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-752-6707
WEB ADDRESS: whdfc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled The National Guard in Homeland Security: A View from Local, State and Federal Leaders.
WHO: The speakers are:
Edwin Meese III, Former U.S. Attorney General and Chairman, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies,
The Heritage Foundation
James S. Gilmore, Former Virginia Governor, Chairman, Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Distinguished Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Thomas C. Frazier, Executive Director, Major Cities Chiefs of North America and Former Chief of Police of Baltimore, Maryland
Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D., Director, Asian Studies Center and Member of the Homeland Security Task Force,
The Heritage Foundation
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a discussion on Japan and the Global Economy Is Resolving Japan's NPL Problem the Answer? With Osamu Takemoto, Chief Representative, Bank of Japan.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Secretary of Education Rod Paige.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 5:30 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE Bradley Lecture Series holds a discussion on The Ku Klux Klan and the Separation of Church and State featuring Philip A. Hamburger, University of Chicago Law School
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents "A Concert for America," featuring artists from a broad spectrum of the performing arts, hosted by Tom Brokaw, with Leonard Slatkin and the NSO.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition discussing justice issues including civil, workers', women's and immigrants' rights.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds a professional affairs forum on "Reporting Business: The Media and the Stock Market Bubble and to discuss How did news reports about companies like Enron and the Internet revolution impact the American public's investment strategies? Was the media responsible for inflating the public's perception of the riches to be gained from Internet and other stocks?
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Frederick Reuss discussing and signing copies of The Wasties, in which Michael "Caruso" Taylor, an English professor doesn't go gentle into that good night of assisted living, but raises his cane against helplessness.
DATE: September 9, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
