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EVENTS ON TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2002
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HEALTH INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA holds a media briefing to release new data on the cost of health insurance in the individual market.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Donald Young, President, Health Insurance Association of America
Tom Wildsmith, Policy Research Actuary, HIAA
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: 1201 F Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Randy Clerihue, 202-824-1787
WEB ADDRESS: hiaa.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program Rulings: The Supreme Court's 2001-2002 term.
AGENDA: Highlights:
Akhil Amar, Southmayd Professor of Law, Yale University Law School
Ken Starr, Former Federal Judge and Former U.S. Solicitor General
Paul Rosenzweig, Senior Legal Research Fellow, The Heritage Foundation
Jeffrey Rosen, The New Republic
Frank Murray, The Washington Times
Charles Lane, The Washington Post
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: SUSTAINABLE ENERGY COALITION holds its Clean Energy Expo 2002.
AGENDA: Highlight:
10 a.m. -- News conference
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: 345 Cannon Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-293-2998
WEB ADDRESS:eesi.org
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: OCEAN CONSERVANCY holds a news conference to release a report to Congress and the American people about The Health of the Oceans revealing that the greatest threat is over fishing, which has a more profoundly negative impact on ocean ecosystems than all other human impacts, even pollution.
WHO: The speakers are:
Vice Admiral Roger T. Rufe, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (Retired) President, The Ocean Conservancy
Mark Powell, Ph.D. Director of Fish Conservation, The Ocean Conservancy
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, Murrow Room, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Greg Schmidt, 202-857-1685
WEB ADDRESS: oceanconservancy.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION, CLEAN AIR TRUST, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, STATE AND TERRITORIAL AIR POLLUTION PROGRAM, ADMINISTRATORS/ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICIALS AND U.S. PIRG hold a news conference to discuss federal effort to clean up diesel trucks.
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, Murrow Room, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Frank O'Donnell, 202-785-9625 or 202-262-6026
WEB ADDRESS: uspirg.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring PAT COX, the European Parliament president.
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN RIVERS holds a briefing on Energy Impacts Of Missouri River Dam Reforms.
AGENDA: The Army Corps of Engineers will soon decide whether to reform Missouri River dam operations to prevent the extinction of three species and boost recreation. According to analysis by the Corps, dam operation reforms that incorporate restoring more natural flows will not substantively impact traditional uses of the Missouri, such as navigation and flood control.
WHO: The speakers are:
David Marcus, Economist, Berkeley, CA
Scott Faber, Water Resources Specialist, Environmental Defense
Chad Smith, Nebraska Field Office Director, American Rivers
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: Environmental Defense, 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-387-3500
WEB ADDRESS: amrivers.org
TIME: 5 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY will present its Annual Democracy Award to four outstanding women activists from the Muslim World featuring First Lady Laura Bush. "By selecting women from different parts of the Muslim world, the Endowment hopes to provide international recognition that will reinforce the efforts of these women and their colleagues
WHO: This years winners are: Nadjet Bouda (Algeria), Mehrangiz Kar (Iran), Mariam Hussein Mohamed (Somalia), and Muborak Tashpoulatova (Uzbekistan).
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: 106 Dirksen Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jane Riley Jacobsen, 202-293-9072
WEB ADDRESS: ned.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Deaf Way Ii: An International Festival Celebrating Deaf Culture featuring a combination of mime and humor, in which three artists -- Max Fomitchev, Toys Theater and Theatre Piano -- present experiences of being on the outside of mainstream society looking in.
DATE: July 9, 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 Book Rap featuring Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins discussing the 10th book in their Left Behind series, "The Remnant."
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE features William Galston blending Isaiah Berlin's "value pluralism" with practical politics in "Liberal Pluralism."
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL Summer Festival Organ Recital featuring Step-granddaughter of the legendary Maria von Trapp, Elisabeth Von Trapp counts among her influences Mozart and Beethoven, the Rolling Stones and the Kinks. Her music reflects a blend of her classical training and love of folk music.
DATE: July 9, 2002
LOCATION: Washington National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-537-6248
WEB ADDRESS: cathedral.org
