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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2002
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION holds a program on State Fiscal Crisis: Implications for Low-Income Families
WHO: The speakers are:
Neal R. Peirce, chairman, The Citistates Group
Donald J. Boyd, Director, Fiscal Studies Program, Rockefeller Institute
Douglas E. Howard, Director, Michigan Family Independence Agency
Senator Angela Z. Monson, Oklahoma State Senate President, National Conference of State Legislatures
Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution; Henry J. Cohen Professor, Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 10:15 a.m.
EVENT: ANNENBERG INSTITUTE'S TASK FORCE ON THE FUTURE OF URBAN DISTRICT--SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THAT WORK holds news conference to release a portfolio of tools featuring a plan for redesigned school districts "School Communities that Work for Results and Equity", Practical Tools for District and Community Leaders, and Results of Poll on Attitudes Toward Urban Schools.
WHO: The speakers are:
Warren Simmons and Marla Ucelli, Annenberg Inst. For School Reform
Don McAdams, Center for Reform of the School System and former Houston school board member and Greg Hodge, Oakland (CA) school board member and leader of California Tomorrow
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-667-0901
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE features the House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt presenting a speech entitled "A Plan for Promoting Economic Growth." In his speech, Gephardt will argue that the nation has been led down the wrong economic path, as shown by numerous indicators across the country. He will articulate his vision of new
priorities to get the economy back on the right track and promote growth and jobs.
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Brian Lustig, 202-331-5530
WEB ADDRESS:epinet.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on "Between Modernity and Neopatrimonialism: The Development of the State and Political Society in Ukraine under Kuchma," with Pavlo Kutuev, Associate Professor of Sociology and Politics, University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, and Fulbright Scholar, New York University.
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a program on "U.S. Uzbek Relations: A New Paradigm For Engagement."
WHO: The speakers are:
Shaykh Hicham Kabbani, Islamic Supreme Council of America
Chris Seiple, Institute for Global Engagement
Matt Bryza, NSC Director for Aegean, Caucasus, and Central Asian Affairs
Dr. Jeff Starr, Special Operations and Counter Terrorism, OSD
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program featuring James E. Rogan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent Trademark Office discussing "Reaffirming Intellectual Property Rights in an Information Age."
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents William A. Galston, Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, and Director of the University's Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy.
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Deflecting Refugees: 'Safe' Third Country Agreements Move to North America" with Bill Frelick, director of Amnesty International USA's Refugee Program.
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: ADVAMED holds a news conference to discuss Steps to Assure Safe Blood.
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jeff Ezell, 202-434-7243
WEB ADDRESS: adamed.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program with Lawrence B. Lindsey, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, director, National Economic Council.
'DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9537
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Afternoon Newsmaker" news program featuring Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the U.S., Yang Sung-Chul, Ph.D., who will discuss "New Momentum for Inter-Korean Dialogue."
DATE: October 15, 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 MILLENIUM STAGE presents The Jon Ozment Quintet, led by pianist Jon Ozment, who has toured with Maceo Parker and captivates audiences with their infectious sound.
DATE: October 15, 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 Daniel Ellsberg's Secrets: Revealing the Pentagon Papers: A Memoir which is a detailed description of his experience as policy insider during the years when the American war in Vietnam tragically escalated.
DATE: October 15, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com