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EVENTS ON MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES holds its legislative conference themed “Homeland Security First Responders: Counties Secure America.”
AGENDA: Highlight:
12 noon - Delegate Luncheon with George W. Bush, President of the United States DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-42-4293.
WEB ADDRESS:naco.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES holds its 2002 Legislative & Grassroots Mobilization Conference.
AGENDA: Highlight:
12 noon – Civic Rights Luncheon wit Wade Henderson, executive director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-639-6419
WEB ADDRESS:afge.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES holds its legislative conference themed “Homeland Security First Responders: Counties Secure America.”
AGENDA: Highlight:
8:30 a.m. - Counties Responding To Economic Crisis
Counties will be using workforce development and public private partnerships
to help pull their communities out of economic crisis. Explore new ways to
train and place workers
10 a.m. - Building Community Health Surveillance Examine new and innovative methods to monitor public health.
12 noon - Recognition Ceremony: Video presentation of personal stories from the hero’s who responded on September 11.
Attorney General John Ashcroft
2 p.m. – Sen. Bill Frist, R-MD
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-NM
Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson
Rep. Bob Ney, R-OH
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-42-4293.
WEB ADDRESS:naco.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS holds its 2002 Conference & Business Exposition.
AGENDA: Highlight:
9 a.m. - James A. Baker III, Distinguished Senior Statesman
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 412-531-9742
WEB ADDRESS:fah.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS presents Women’s Agenda” conference to discuss “Reforming Nation’s Laws And Institutions To Keep Pace With Changing Role Of Women In Economy.”
WHO: The speakers are:
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Labor
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-TX
Rep. Barbara Cubin, R-WY
NCPA Policy Chairman Pete du Pont
NCPA President John C. Goodman
NCPA Senior Fellow Celeste Colgan, director of the Women in the Economy project
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 13th floor, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Sean Tuffnell, 1-800-859-1154
WEB ADDRESS: ncpa.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY School of International Service holds a program on "Islam, 9/11, and U.S. National Security."
WHO: The speakers are:
Akbar Ahmed, American University
Ahmed T. Karim, University of Maryland
Hafeez Malik, Villanova University
Asma Afsaruddin, Notre Dame University
Theodore Wright, SUNY Albany
Farid Esack, The College of William and Mary
Louay Safi, International Institute of Islamic Thought
Ali Mazrui, Binghamton University
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: Carnegie Building; 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL YOUTH AND STUDENT PEACE COALITION news conference to discuss “March on Washington.” The April 20th Mobilization, a broad coalition of over 100 national and regional youth and adult-based progressive organizations, is organizing a national March on Washington April 20 in opposition to the Bush Administration’s open-ended “war” at home and abroad.
WHO: The speakers are:
Maria Ramos, national co-coordinator for the April 20th mobilization and
Coordinator of the Washington Peace Center
Damu Smith, national co-coordinator for the April 20th mobilization and
director of Black Voices for Peace
Eleiza Braun, national organizer of Student Peace Action Network (SPAN),
George Washington University
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Eleiza Braun, 202-862-9740x3051 - cell: 202-421-6938 Herb Ettel, 202-291-2258
WEB ADDRESS: a20stopthewar.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND RESEARCH ON CIVIC LEARNING holds a news conference to discuss survey yet of young people (ages 15-25) regarding attitudes toward, and participation in, politics and civic life.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. William Galston, Director of CIRCLE.
Pat McGinnis, President and CEO of the Council for Excellence in Government.
David Skaggs, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship.
Democratic Pollster Celinda Lake, President of Lake Snell Perry & Associates.
Republican Pollster Ed Goeas, President and CEO of The Tarrance Group.
Dr. Peter Levine, Deputy Director of CIRCLE and Dr. Mark Lopez, Director of Research for CIRCLE.
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Kevin Bonderud, 202-667-0901
WEB ADDRESS: civicyouth.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA holds a telephone news conference to discuss the National Delinquency Survey.
WHO: The speakers is Doug Duncan, senior vice president, chief economist
Phil Colling, director, MBAA
Marina Walsh, manager, MBAA
DATE: March 4, 2002
CONTACT: 800-449-4164
WEB ADDRESS: mbaa.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES Studies holds a panel discussion on Judicial Speech Codes: Supreme Court Review of Republican Party of Minnesota v. Kelly.
WHO: The speakers are:
Jan Baran, Wiley, Rein & Fielding
Prof. Lillian BeVier, University of Virginia School of Law
Erik Jaffe, Law Office of Erik S. Jaffe, P.C
Prof. David McGowan, University of Minnesota
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: Wiley Rein & Fielding; 1750 K Street, NW 10th Floor; Washington, DC
CONTACT: Lisa Budzynski, 202-822-8138
WEB ADDRESS: fed-soc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Transformation of Russian Enterprises: Reshaping Performance and Management with John Simmons, President, Participation Associates, Chicago.
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox” with Jonathan Tucker, director of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program and author of the new book, Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox, will discuss the history of smallpox and the debate over how we should respond to the threat of biological weapons.
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds a lecture entitled “The Status of the U.S. Refugee Program”
with Sheppie Abramowitz, government relations consultant with the International Rescue Committee.
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Naval Academy Band Brass Ensemble; Milton Stevens, Guest Conductor.
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:20 p.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS holds a program with Rep. Dick Lugar, R-IN, discussing “NATO After 9/11: Crisis or Opportunity?”
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-434-9536
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: THE JERUSALEM FUND holds a reception for presents the Ambassador to the US from Tunisia Hatem Atallah discussing “U.S.-Tunisian Relations.”
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS:palestinecenter.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Gordon Woods discussing and signing copies of The American Revolution: A History.
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 8 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY KALB REPORT presents a forum on the Tragedy Of Daniel Pearl And Its Impact On Global News Coverage.
WHO: The speakers are:
Marvin Kalb, executive director of the Shorenstein Center’s Washington Office will be Cokie Roberts, host of ABC News This Week
E.J. Dionne, columnist for The Washington Pos;
Nick Tatro, deputy international editor for the Associated Press
Steve Roberts, columnist and Shapiro Professor at The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs
Ann Cooper, executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
DATE: March 4, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Bob Ludwig at 202-994-3566.
WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu
