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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2002
TIME: All day
EVENT: DC EMANCIPATION COMMEMORATION program reflecting the 140th anniversary of the emancipation of enslaved persons in the District of Columbia.
AGENDA: Highlighted events:
10 a.m. - DC Emancipation Day Parade, Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, between 4th & 14th Streets
2 p.m. - Events at Freedom Plaza, 13th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
3 p.m. - Performances by Choirs, Bands, and Dramatizations by Local Public Schools:
6:30 p.m. - Concert by Chuck Brown
DATE: April 16, 2002
CONTACT: Loretta Hanes, 202-638-6053 or Mychalene Giampaoli, 202-765-2068 x105.
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG LAW INSTITUTE holds its 45th Annual Educational Conference themed BIOTERRORISM: Issues Impacting Food, Drug, & Healthcare Law.
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - Jerome A. Halperin, President & CEO, FDLI
Keynote Addresses:
Introductions and Moderator:
Mark Novitch, M.D., Chairman, FDLI Board of Directors
The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch, (R-UT) United States Senate
Lester M. Crawford, Jr., Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
"Dan Troy... Speaking Freely"
Daniel E. Troy, Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Administration
Moderator:
Bruce N. Kuhlik, Partner, Covington & Burling
Panelists:
John W. Bode, Principal, Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C.
Michael A. Hacker, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Merck & Co., Inc.
Marlene K. Tandy, M.D., J.D., General Attorney, Johnson & Johnson
11 a.m. - Is the Current Enforcement Climate a Sign of Things to Come?
Arthur N. Levine, Partner, Arnold & Porter
Robert J. Klepinski, Senior Legal Counsel, Medtronic, Inc.
Patrick M. McLain, Vice President, Federal Government Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline Inc.
Larry R. Pilot, Partner, Mckenna & Cuneo, L.L.P
John M. Taylor, Director, Office of Enforcement, Office of the Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Administration
12 noon - Presentation of 2002 FDLI Distinguished Service and Leadership Awards
Announcement of New Emeriti Members
Introduction of Author/Editor Contributors
Mark Novitch, M.D., Chairman, FDLI Board of Directors
Jerome A. Halperin, President & CEO, FDLI
"Combating Deception in Dietary Supplements - The FTC Approach"
Sheila F. Anthony, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-371-1420
WEB ADDRESS: fldi.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: U.S.- RUSSIA BUSINESS COUNCIL holds its 9th annual U.S.- Russian Trade & Investment Forecast Conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
12:15 p.m. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans
1:15 p.m. - Russian Minister of Economic Development and Trade German Gref
4 p.m. - Sen. Chuck Hagel, R- NE
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: Ritz Carlton Hotel, 1150 22nd Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jeff Jones, 202-739-9190
WEB ADDRESS: usrbc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE holds its 2002 conference themed "Shopping for Values: Taking Action Toward Social Responsibility."
AGENDA: Highlights:
8:30 a.m. - A Brief Overview of Social Responsibility Investing in the Future
Harvey Berger, American Express Financial Services
Bob Pleasure, AFL-CIO
Tim Smith, Walden Asset Management
10:45 a.m. - LifeSmarts National Competition Finals
12:30 p.m. - LifeSmarts National Competition Awards Luncheon
2:30 p.m. - Shopping for Values
Kernaghan Webb, Canadian Office of Consumer Affairs
Anna Cabral, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
Patrick Gaston, Verizon Communications
Chris O'Brien, Coop America
Dan Porter, IdealsWork
4 p.m. - Campaigning for Action
Dorothy Garrick, Columbia Consumer Education Council
Bjorn Claeson, Clean Clothing Campaign
Jim Sessions, Union Community Fund
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: Hilton - Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
CONTACT: 202-835-3323
WEB ADDRESS: nclnet.org
TIME: 8:20 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS presents Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-NE, discussing U.S. foreign policy post 9/11.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: The Washington Club, 15 Dupont Circle, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212-434-9677
WEB ADDRESS:cfr.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE policy briefing on "Renewed Crisis in Haiti? Preparing for the next refugee outflow".
WHO: The speakers are:
Jocelyn McCalla, National Coalition For Haitian Rights
Cheryl Little, Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center
Mark Schlakman, former assistant to Gov. Chiles
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: RFF, 1400 16ht Street NW, Washington, Dc
CONTACT: 202-266-1910
WEB ADDRESS: migrationpolicy.org
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES US Andean Policy and the Lima Summit panel discussion on the implications of President Bush's trip to South America
WHO: The speakers are:
Thomas Shannon, director for Andean Affairs, State Department
Peruvian Ambassador to the U.S. Allen Wagner
Meredith Broadbent, US Committee on Ways and Means
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-775-3225
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FEDERALISM PROJECT presents "What Now, Old Continent? Europe on the Way Toward a Constitution." With the recent establishment of a Constitutional Convention, the European Union (EU) has embarked on an ambitious course toward political union and a larger, more centralized and "federalist" Europe. Some observers have welcomed this development as a necessary move towards further economic liberalization and the democratization of bureaucratic, unaccountable European institutions.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Panel I: Constitutional Prospects
Jeffrey Anderson, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
William Cash, Member of Parliament (UK)
Andrew Moravcsik, EU Center, Harvard University
Amity Shlaes, Financial Times
10:40 a.m.- Panel II: Transatlantic Implications
David Calleo, Johns Hopkins-SAIS
Rod Hunter, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
William Kristol, Weekly Standard
Jonathan Davidson, Delegation of the E.C. to the U.S.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: COMMONWEALTH FUND AND JACOBS INSTITUTE OF WOMEN'S HEALTH hold a symposium on new data from a Commonwealth Fund survey and results from a Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation survey examining access and utilization of the health care system by women of color will be released at "Health Disparities Among Women of Color."
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - New information from The Commonwealth Fund 2001 Health Care Quality Survey with Karen Scott Collins, M.D., The Commonwealth Fund
9:20 a.m. - Health Disparities Among Women of Color: Finding from the Kaiser Foundation's Women's Health Survey with Alina Salganicoff, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
1 p.m. - Race, Ethnicity and Breast Cancer: Disparities and Victories with Nina Bickell, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
2:15 p.m. - Presentation of the prestigious Margaret E. Mahoney Award to David Satcher, MD, Former Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor, in Washington, DC
CONTACT: Gretchen Wright, 202-371-1999
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER presents a program on Globalization and North American Federalism: The Expanding Role of Canadian Provinces and U.S. States in the International Economy with Earl H. Fry, Professor of Political Science and Endowed Professor of Canadian Studies, Brigham Young University.
DATE: April 16, 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: MOBILIZATION FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE PUBLIC CITIZEN, NUCLEAR INFORMATION & RESOURCE SERVICE, ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY hold a joint news conference to discuss Organizing April 19-22 Demonstrations To Define Their Common Themes.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: FDR Memorial, Tidal Basin, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-454-5130
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: MOBILIZATION FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE PUBLIC CITIZEN, NUCLEAR INFORMATION & RESOURCE SERVICE, ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY hold a Rally & press conference opposing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: West Side, US Capitol Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-454-5130
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER presents a program on Greece Views the Modern World with Andreas Andrianopoulos, noted Greek politician, author, and former Wilson Center fellow.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN LEAGUE OF LOBBYISTS holds a luncheon program featuring Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: Capitol Hill Club, 300 First Street SE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-960-3011
WEB ADDRESS: alldc.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program on Marriage and the Black Community: Real Life Stories of Welfare Reform Success.
WHO: The speakers are:
Robert L. Woodson National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
Michael Franc, The Heritage Foundation
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Terry McAuliffe, leader of the Democratic National Committee.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR POLICY ANALYSIS ON PALESTINE luncheon briefing with Maxim Ghilan, a longtime peace activist, discussing "Geostrategy Behind Ariel Sharon's Tactics."
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: 2425 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-338-1290
WEB ADDRESS: palestinecenter.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: REP. ROSA DELAURO, ASSISTANT TO THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER, SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY, D-MA, SEN. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, D-NY, REP. NANCY PELOSI, HOUSE DEMOCRATIC WHIP, LINDA CHAVEZ-THOMPSON, AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, DONNA DE VARONA, OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST AND SPORTS COMMENTATOR, AND ANN COOK, WASHINGTON FREEDOM hold a rally to discuss Equal Pay Day, the day that symbolically marks how far into 2002 women have to work to earn the equivalent to what their male counterparts earned in 2001. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women who work full-time are paid only 73 cents for every dollar men earn in the same job.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: East Front Grassy Area, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-225-3661
WEB ADDRESS:senate.gov
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER presents book launch for In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Pursuit of Economic Citizenship in 20th-Century America
WHO: The speakers are:
Alice Kessler-Harris, author and Professor of History, Rutgers University.
Joan Williams, Professor of Law and Director, Program on Gender, Work & Family, Washington College of Law, American University
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a director's forum entitled Investing in Health for Economic Development with Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Center for International Development and Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade, Harvard University.
DATE: April 16, 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: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY School of Media and Public Affairs' presents Shapiro Fellow and author, Peter D. Hannaford, addressing questions about communications arising from the war on terrorism and violence in the Middle East.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: Marvin Center, 800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-994-3087
WEB ADDRESS:gwu.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Middle East Studies presents Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafic Hariri.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: Westin Embassy Row, 2100 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-775-3225
WEB ADDRESS:csis.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Fito Páez, an Argentine rock star, who won two Latin American Grammy Awards in 2000.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY holds an awards reception honoring individuals who have been leaders in the movement to clean up radioactive wastes, address the needs of workers and neighbors who have been contaminated by U.S. nuclear weapons facilities, and stop unnecessary weapons research and production.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: Senate Caucus Room, Room 325 Russell Senate Office Building,
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-547-4374
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Laura Blumenfeld discussing and signing copies of REVENGE: A Story of Hope which reveals a story about her travels to Israel as she seeks out the terrorist who shot her father in 1986.
DATE: April 16, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
