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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH PLANS holds a its National Policy Conference
AGENDA: Highlight:
12 noon - The Changing Political Landscape: Congressional How will the 2002 Elections Shape the Future of Health Care?
Howard Fineman, Chief Political Correspondent, Senior Editor and Deputy Washington Bureau
Chief, Newsweek Magazine
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: Capital Hilton, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Rob Brigance, 202-778-8493
WEB ADDRESS: aahp.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: REPUBLICAN PRO-CHOICE COALTION holds its second annual national conference and lobby day.
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:30 a.m. - Promoting Freedom and Leadership
An overview of the 2002 election and the GOP.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: Hyatt Regency -- Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 267-255-1640
WEB ADDRESS:rpcc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: TERRENE INSTITUTE holds the 5th National Mitigation Banking Conference themed Moving Toward Solutions. Discussions include Solutions to mitigation banking issues, the problems faced by bankers, industry regulators and the public.
AGENDA: Highlight:
8 a.m. - Half-day tour of three different mitigation banks in Virginia. Experience the different phases of mitigation banking
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: Renaissance Washington Marriott Hotel, 999 9th Street, NW
Washington, D.C
CONTACT: 703-548-5473
WEB ADDRESS:terrence.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: WOMEN IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY holds a seminar on "Conflict Diamonds: Corporations and Conflict in Africa."
WHO: The speakers are:
Holly Burkhalter, Physicians for Human Rights & Campaign to Eliminate Conflict Diamonds
Virginia Haufler, University of Maryland
Thomas Callahan, U.S. Department of State
P.J. Simmons, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Moderator: Chantal de Jonge Oudraat, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4327
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: ACCURACY IN MEDIA, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, COMMON CAUSE, FUND FOR CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT, NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION, NATIONAL WHISTLEBLOWER CENTER, PATRICK HENRY CENTER PROJECT ON THE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT hold Paul Revere Forum discussing National Security Whistleblowers.
WHO: The speakers are:
Frank Serpico, the legendary New York police detective who has inspired generations
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-IA
Rep. Steve Israel, D-NY
Rep. Edward Markey, D-MA
Bogdan Dzakovic, featured in a front-page USA Today
Ron Timm & Matthew Zipoli, featured on NBC Dateline
Darlene Catalan, A former special agent with U.S. Customs who blew the whistle on the vulnerability of U.S. borders
Randy Robarge, raised concerns about the vulnerability of nuclear power plants to airborne assault
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: 403 Canon House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-403-0034
WEB ADDRESS:whistleblower.org
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Harvard Forum: Press Coverage and the War on Terrorism entitled Dissent Against America's War on Terrorism: Too Much or Too Little Media Attention?
WHO: The speakers are:
Alex Arriaga, Director of Governmental Relations, Amnesty International USA; Former Aide to President Bill Clinton
Peter D. Hart, Director, Hart Research
Mark Jurkowitz, Media Correspondent, Former Ombudsman, The Boston Globe
Geneva Overholser, Curtis B. Hurley Professor, University of Missouri School of Journalism; Former Ombudsman, The Washington Post; Former Editor, The Des Moines Register
Robert Siegel, Senior Host, National Public Radio's "All Things Considered"
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program featuring President of Mozambique Joaquim Chissano discussing Political Stability, Conflict Resolution and Economic Development in Southern Africa.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a panel discussion on Who's Hu? An Intimate Look At China's Heir-Apparent, Vice President Hu Jintao.
WHO: The speakers are:
John Tkacik The Heritage Foundation
Joseph Fewsmith Boston University
Maryanne Kivlehan The CNA Corporation
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS:heritage.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST holds a news conference launching an urgent national Call to Action called Feed America Now! to help generate an additional 365 million pounds of food to feed the rising number of hungry people in our country.
AGENDA: Highlight:
WHO: The speakers are:
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: D.C. Central Kitchen, 425 Second Street NW, Washington D.C.
CONTACT: 202-408-8644
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: SEN. DIANNE FEINSTEIN, D-CA, holds a news conference to announce the New National Cancer Act. Senator Feinstein's legislation will update and improve the 1971 initiative by former President Richard Nixon to win the "war on cancer" by increasing cancer research funds to speed the discovery and application of new cancer treatments and cures. The Act would improve basic cancer research; create incentives for the transformation of that research into new, effective treatments; and prevent cancer when possible and improve the quality of care to patients.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: 902 Hart Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202/224-9629
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: COALITION OF AMERICANS FOR NATIONAL PARKS, FRIENDS OF ACADIA, FRIENDS OF GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION, AND THE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION hold a news conference calling for a $280 million increase in the National Park Service's fiscal year 2003 operating budget to protect park resources.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: House Triangle, US Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 822-5200 X233
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINES holds a roundtable luncheon program on small business economy.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Pat Toomey, R-PA
William Dunkelberg, chief economist
William Dennis, Senior Research Fellow
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: The Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-554-9000
WEB ADDRESS: nfib.com
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: ASIA SOCIETY holds a program on U.S. Public Diplomacy in South Asia Since September 11.
WHO: The speakers are:
Mumtaz Ahmad, Professor of Political Science, Hampton University and Lee James Irwin, Director of Public Diplomacy, Bureau of South Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: Asia Society, 1800 K Street, NW, B-1 Conference Level, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-833-2742
WEB ADDRESS:asiasociety.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on The Importance of Social Security Reform with Rep. Richard K. Armey, Majority Leader, House of Representatives.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Cuba, Will this Ever End?"
with Julia Sweig, associate and deputy director for Latin American Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.
DATE: February 27, 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 presents a briefing on The International Solidarity Movement: Challenges and Prospects with Ghassan Andoni, executive director of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS: palestinecenter.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: ECONOMIC STRATEGY INSTITUTE presents Environmental protection in the WTO: Tonic or Toxin.
WHO: The speakers are:
Clyde Prestowitz (moderator), President, Economic Strategy Institute
David Aaron, Senior International Adviser, Whitney & Dorsey LLP, and former Under Secretary for International Trade, U.S. Department of Commerce
John Audley, Senior Associate and Director of the Trade, Environment, and Development Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Jennifer Haverkamp, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Environment and Natural Resources
Peter Morici, Senior Fellow, Economic Strategy Institute, and Professor, University of Maryland
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-289-1288
WEB ADDRESS: econstrat.org
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Making of the Chinese Industrial Workplace: State, Revolution, and Labor Management with Mark Frazier, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Lawrence University.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled "Why Canadian Unity Matters and Why Americans Care."
WHO: The speakers are:
Kent Weaver, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
Michael Mandelbaum, director of the SAIS American Foreign Policy Program
James Riedel, professor of international economics at SAIS
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: THE WASHINGTON DC MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. NATIONAL MEMORIAL PROJECT FOUNDATION holds a reception honoring Black History Month.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-MD
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-MA
Sen. Max Cleland, D-GA
Sen. John Warner, R-VA
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: 2168 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-408-0808
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Ambassador John D. Negroponte, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations delivering the twenty-second annual Oscar Iden Lecture on "The United Nations Agenda in the Wake of September 11."
WHO: The speakers are:
Dean Robert L. Gallucci, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service
Casimir A. Yost, Director, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: Gaston Hall, 3rd Floor, Healy Hall, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4327
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Violinist Keiko Nagayoshi who has been performing internationally since 1997.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES holds its 2002 Leadership Gala. The gala is a celebration of achievement, leadership and progress toward AAPD's vision of political and economic empowerment for all people with disabilities. It will be a forum for recognizing, empowering leaders from the disability community.
DATE: February 27, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-457-0046
WEB ADDRESS: aapd-dc.org
