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EVENTS ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: US HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE holds its 12th annual legislative conference. The conference presents an opportunity to discuss these priorities as well as other issues being considered within Congress and President Bush's Administration regarding small business.
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-842-1212
WEB ADDRESS: ushcc.com
TIME: 8:15 a.m.
EVENT: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION Centre holds a program on "Why We Need To Increase Financing For Development."
AGENDA: Poor people in poor countries are not asking for a handout. What they want is a hand up. Indeed, the poor are enormous, untapped reservoirs of initiative and entrepreneurship, but their energies are often held in check by poverty, misrule or conflict. They would be the first to say that trade, not aid, is the path out of poverty."
WHO: The speakers are:
Carla Robbins, Editor, Foreign & Economic Features, The Wall Street Journal
Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock, UK Permanent Representative to the UN
Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary of State, Economic & Business
Affairs, Mary McClymont, President, Interaction, NGO
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 1135 16th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Alyson Chadwick at 202-454-2108
WEB ADDRESS:un.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CASEY FAMILY PROGRAMS AND THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION hold a news conference releasing findings from Starting Early Starting Smart. Also, a panel discusses "The Impact of Substance Abuse and Mental Health on Young Children and Families: Integrating Policy and Practice Toward Better Outcomes."
WHO: The speakers are:
Ruth W. Massinga, President and CEO, Casey Family Programs
Joseph H. Autry, III, MD, Deputy Administrator, Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Administration
Phil Leaf, Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence
Joan Lombardi, Ph.D, Director, The Children's Project
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 2168 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Tamar Abrams at 703/237-2276
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Morning Newsmaker" news program featuring Fred Malek, Chairman, Washington Baseball Club and Chairman, Thayer Capital Partners discussing "when can we expect major league baseball in Washington DC?"
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: REP. CONNIE MORELLA, R-MD, AND UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN hold a news conference launching the empowerment of Women and Girls in Afghanistan themed "We Walk So They Can Read."
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: House Triangle, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-5341
WEB ADDRESS: hous.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY School of International Service presents "Human Rights in China"
WHO: The speakers are:
Harry Wu, director, Laogai Research Foundation
Judith Shapiro, scholar in residence, School of International Service
American University
Louis W. Goodman, dean, School of International Service
American University
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents Dr. Ron Sommer, Chairman and CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG, for a luncheon discussion on how one of the world's leading integrated communications companies addresses the challenges of globalization.
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: REP. CHARLES RANGEL, D-NY, AND REP. ELIJAH CUMMINGS, D-MD, hold a news conference to kick off a national campaign to prevent glaucoma.
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 2325 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 646-935-4035
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE presents a program on Domestic Preparedness for Terrorism: Intergovernmental Perspectives with Arnold M. Howitt, Executive Director, Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and director, Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 1616 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-328-5000
WEB ADDRESS: rff.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU holds its Centennial with a ceremony and reception.
WHO: The speakers are:
Kathleen B. Cooper, Commerce under secretary for economic affairs
William G. Barron Jr., acting Census Bureau director
Vincent Barabba, former Census Bureau director (1973-76; 1979-81)
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: Morris Hansen Auditorium, Federal Office Building 3, 4700 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland
CONTACT: 301-457-3691 or 301-457-3620
WEB ADDRESS: census.gov
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: BROOKINGS INSTITUTION Harvard Forum: Press Coverage and the War on Terrorism presents NATO Split Over Iraq? From the journalists' perspective
WHO: The speakers are:
Stephen Hess, Senior Fellow, Governmental Studies, The Brookings Institution, author of numerous books on media and politics
Marvin Kalb, Executive Director, Washington Office, The Shorenstein Center, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government; former Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for CBS News and NBC News; Former moderator of NBC's Meet the Press
Jean Jacques Mevel, Le Figaro (France)
Rudy Lentz, Deutsche Welle TV (Germany)
Maurizio Molinari, Stampa (Italy)
Toby Harnden, Daily Telegraph (UK)
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: Foreign Press Center, 800 National Press Building, 429 14th Street, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-797-6105
WEB ADDRESS: brookings.edu
TIME: 2:15 p.m.
EVENT: REP. LOUISE SLAUGHTER, D-NY, AND SEN. PATTY MURRAY, D-WA, hold an emergency contraception news conference.
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 708 Hart Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-224-2834
WEB ADDRESS: house.gov
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: SEN. PETE DOMINICI, R-NM, holds a news conference introducing the Aviation Security Manufacturing Coalition.
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 608 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-216-2227
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 3:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on China's "Credibility Gap": Public Opinion and Instability in China.
WHO: The speakers are:
Edward Friedman, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin at Madison; Jie Chen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Old Dominion University and Wilson Center
Yongming Zhou, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin at Madison and Wilson Center Fellow
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents classical pianists Kirk Whipple and Marilyn Morales.
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB Author Event with New York Times reporter, Frank Bruni. Bruni illuminates how the President rose to command the national spotlight on Sept. 11th- without letting himself get consumed or overwhelmed by the formidable responsibilities of the job.
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY Washington College of Law's Program on Law & Government will host a discussion titled Who's Activist Now? The Rehnquist Court and the Debate Over Judicial Activism.
WHO: The speakers are:
Joan Biskupic, Supreme Court correspondent, USA Today (Moderator)
Erwin Chemerinsky, Sydney M. Irmas professor of public interest law, legal ethcis and political science, University of Southern California
Neal Devins, Goodrich professor of law and lecturer in government, William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Robert A. Destro, professor of law, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America
Jamin Raskin, professor of law, American University Washington College of Law
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: Room 603, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-885-5950
WEB ADDRESS:au.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Ralph Nader discussing and signing copies of his campaign memoir Crashing The Party, which documents the campaign to connect grass-roots activism with an independent political party.
DATE: March 6, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com