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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2002
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Contemporary Arab Studies presents breakfast with the Ambassador featuring the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt Nabil Fahmy.
DATE: February 21, 2002
LOCATION: 37th and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-678-6215
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring presents The Amnesty International Advocacy Director for Asia, T. Kumar, discussing "President Bush's Feb 21-22 Visit to China: Will Human Rights be Compromised?"
DATE: February 21, 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: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents Treasury Secretary O'Neill discussing the 2002 Economic and Budget Concerns .
DATE: February 21, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS: uschamber.com
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: the ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY STUDY INSTITUTE holds a program on
on Energy Efficiency In The Industrial Sector: Increasing Productivity, Creating Jobs And Protecting Natural Resources.
WHO: The speakers are:
Denise Swink, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Industrial Technology, U.S. Department of Energy
Carl Irwin, West Virginia University, National Research Center for Coal and Efficiency
Jeff Sasko, President, Entrepreneurs for Energy Efficiency; and CEO, Tamarac Wood Finishing Company (Gaston, SC)
DATE: February 19, 2002
LOCATION: 124 Senate Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-628-1400
WEB ADDRESS:eesi.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES holds a conference call briefing to discuss continuing legislative controversy over a stimulus package. The House and Senate again passed rival packages February 14 before leaving for a weeklong recess.
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert Greenstein, executive director
Wendell Primus, director, income security
Joel Friedman, senior fellow
DATE: February 21, 2002
CONTACT: Michelle Bazie, 202-408-1080.
WEB ADDRESS:cbpp.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS holds a program on
on pension and 401(k) issues.
WHO: The speakers are:
Russ Mueller, Noted Pension Expert, Director, Health and Retirement Policy
Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand
Dorothy Coleman, Vice President, Tax Policy, The National Association of Manufacturers
Neil Trautwein, Director, Employment Policy, The National Association of Manufacturers
DATE: February 21, 2002
LOCATION: National Association of Manufacturers, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC
CONTACT: Hank Cox, 202-637-3090
WEB ADDRESS: nam.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY American University Washington College of Law holds a discussion on whether the University of Michigan Affirmative Action policies are constitutional with Judith Winston, Former General Counsel & Undersecretary of Education; Roger Clegg, VP and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity, AU Law Program on Law & Government.
DATE: February 21, 2002
LOCATION: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES presents a screening of the film that is The year 2000 winner of the SAIS journalism prize "Dark Horizon: India, Pakistan and the Bomb," a documentary that explores the history of hostility and conflict of the current crisis in South Asia.
DATE: February 21, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE holds a briefing with Rev. Mark Brown, assistant director for international affairs and human rights for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America discussing the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, he will provide an overview of the advocacy efforts of the churches in the United States to the crisis in Palestine and Israel.
DATE: February 21, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS: palestinecenter.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Isabel ("Didi") Cutler has spent many of the last 20 years residing in Muslim countries as the wife of Walter Cutler, who was ambassador to Tunisia and served twice as ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
DATE: February 21, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents a workshop on What Makes Apologies Work: the Power of Apology with Dr. Marsha Wagner of Columbia University, discussing effective/ineffective apologies and their role in conflict resolution, reconciliation, and forgiveness.
DATE: February 21, 2002
LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellows presenting a recital of classical music.
DATE: February 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 features Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy discussing and signing copies of his new book, Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word which ignited a furor even before its release.
DATE: February 21, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
