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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN COMMUNITY BANKERS holds its legislative conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
This is the conference to hear first-hand what the White House agenda will be and what to expect from Congress. The conference also features in-depth briefings on legislative issues as well as working sessions with senior regulatory officials that will allow delegates to provide timely input on regulations awaiting implementation.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: James Landrith, 202-857-3136
WEB ADDRESS: acbankers.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION holds its legislative conference.
AGENDA: Highlight:
Linking Transit to Communities New Initiatives, New Partnerships workshop
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: J W Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-898-4038 or 202-898-4039
WEB ADDRESS: apta.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE SERVICE CORPS hosts a conference to discuss cooperative efforts to assist the developing world and emerging democracies.
AGENDA: Highlighted speakers:
Andrew Natsios, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), the U.S. government agency for economic development and humanitarian assistance
"Public-Private Alliances: The New Paradigm for Global Development"
talk by Holly Wise, secretariat director for USAID's new Global Development Alliance
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: Marriott at Metro Center Hotel, 775 12th St. NW,
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 203-967-6008
WEB ADDRESS: iesc.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: SPITFIRE STRATEGIES holds a news conference on The Right to Counsel: Gideon V. Wainwright.
WHO: The speakers are:
Steven Benjamin, criminal lawyer
Ellen Berz, Office of Wisconsin State Public Defenders
Stephen Bright, Southern Center For Human Rights
Jonathan Ross, partner Wiggin& Nouri
Jo-Ann Wallace, National Legal Aid and Defender
Gary Windom, chief Public Defender of Riverside County
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-557-7695
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: MUSIC EDUCATION COALITION holds a news conference to announce an initiative in support of music education in schools.
WHO: The speakers are:
Seven-time Grammy Award-Winners Take 6
Steve West, Chairman, NAMM;
Dr. Willie Hill, President, MENC
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 212/986-7080
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a news briefing on Iraq: The Day After a report that outlines how the U.S. can work effectively with Iraqis, other governments, international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations and makes recommendations on humanitarian assistance, transitional governance, oil, economics and reconstruction, and regional security issues.
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas R. Pickering, Co-Chair
James R. Schlesinger, Co-Chair
Eric Schwartz, Director, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9716
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER Director's Forum holds a program discussing "From the Green Revolution to the Biotechnology Revolution: Food for Poor People in the 21st Century," with Gordon Conway, President of the Rockefeller Foundation.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES presents authors Tom Athanasiou is a longtime green activist and technology critic and Paul Baer is a Ph.D. candidate in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of Calfornia, Berkeley discussing and signing copies of Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming in which they explain that, even in the face of accelerating climate change, we still have intelligent choices available, and can still hold the warming below catastrophic levels. The book explains how.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 733 15th St NW, Suite 1020, Washington D.C.
CONTACT: 202- 234-9382
WEB ADDRESS: ips-dc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL ECONOMIST CLUB holds its luncheon program featuring Shang-Jin Wei, senior fellow, Brookings Institution, discussing "Corruption in Developing Countries."
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: LC, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 703-739-9404
WEB ADDRESS: national-economists.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE holds a program entitled Climate and Energy Policy: Linkages, Tradeoffs and Crossing the Bridge with Marc Chupka, The Brattle Group. The Bush Administration and the Congress are contemplating a comprehensive energy policy to address perceived shortcomings in the existing statutory and regulatory framework.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Glenn Close, actress, and Co- Narrator of "A Closer Walk" discussing " A Revolution in AIDS Awareness.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: INTERNATIONAL ANSWER holds a news conference to discuss its Emergency Convergence On The White House To Stop The War On Iraq protest on In Saturday March 15, 2003.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Sarah Sloan, 202-544-3389
WEB ADDRESS: internationalanswer.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-MD, discussing his views on diplomatic efforts towards solving the looming Iraq crisis.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Mark Schoeff, 202-775-3242
WEB ADDRESS: csis.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Japan-China Relations: A Downward Spiral or a New Equilibrium?" with Mike Mochizuki, a professor at George Washington University.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features the "National School of Distinction" Winner: Ashley River Creative Arts Elementary School presenting its Unichorus performing popular choral pieces together with a bilingual production of "the Three Little Pigs" by The Ashley River Drama Troupe. The Duke Ellington School of the Arts will round out the evening with local students bringing their musical talent to the stage.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: THE AMERICAN NEWS WOMEN'S CLUB presents Democrat Economist Julianne Malveaux, and Republican Commentator Deborah Perry in a Face Off on The 10 Most Important Issues Women (Still) Face
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 1607 22nd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-332-6770
WEB ADDRESS: anwc.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents author Dale Bumpers discussing and signing copies of his memoir, The Best Lawyer In A One-Lawyer Town, Senator Bumpers recounts his rise from small-town lawyer and failed businessman to nationally-known politician.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL RACE FOR THE CURE holds its 2003 Embrace the Race dinner and kickoff celebration featuring First Lady Laura Bush.
DATE: March 12, 2003
LOCATION: Mellon Auditorium, 1300 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 703-848-8884
WEB ADDRESS: nationalraceforthecure.org
