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EVENTS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: EDUCATION FOR PEACE IN IRAQ CENTER AND PUBLIC CITIZEN events.
AGENDA: Highlighted events:
8 a.m. - Emergency Congressional Education Day. Press Congress to vote against war on Iraq. Lobby preparation and training Methodist Building, 100 Maryland Ave. For more information, contact the, 202-543-6176 or
7 p.m. - An Evening to Share Struggle from around the World featuring Bolivian folk singers and Ghanaian music and dancing! Hotel Lombardy, 2019 Pennsylvania Ave NW. Sara Grusky, 202-454-5133
DATE: September 30, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BUSINESS ECONOMICS holds its annual meeting themed "Understanding Cycles and Shocks."
AGENDA: Highlights:
7:30 a.m. - Harvey Rosenblum, NABE President and Senior Vice President/Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
R. Glenn Hubbard, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
Presentation of the NABE Outlook Award.
9:15 a.m. - Opening General Session
Business Cycles and the Macroeconomy-Setting the Stage and Where We Go from Here
Harvey Rosenblum, NABE President and Senior Vice President/Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Monetary Policy in the Business Cycle
Robert D. McTeer, Jr., President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
NABE Outlook
The release of the NABE Outlook Survey of professional macroeconomic forecasters who are NABE members.
Tim O'Neill, NABE Vice President and Executive Vice President/Chief Economist, Bank
12:15 p.m. - Harvey Rosenblum, NABE President and Senior Vice President/Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Adam Smith Award Address
George Kaufman, Professor, Loyola University of Chicago
Edward J. Kane, Professor, Boston College
George Benston, Professor, Emory University
7 p.m. - At our annual banquet, we will present awards for service to NABE and to the profession. These include the Adolph Abramson Award, the Abramson Scrolls, the Shiskin Award for Statistics, and the Mennis and the NABE Contributed Papers Awards. Treasury Under Secretary John Taylor will speak on the nature of global business cycles.
Harvey Rosenblum, SVP & Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, presiding Global Business Cycles
John B. Taylor, Under Secretary for International Affairs, United States Department of the Treasury
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: Capital Hilton, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-6223
WEB ADDRESS: nabe.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: THE SENTENCING PROJECT holds a symposium on Felony Disenfranchisement.
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Welcome/Overview: An Historic Moment on Felony Disenfranchisement
Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project, D.C.
Presenter: Rev. Thomas Johnson, House of Hope, Florida
Location: Ballroom - Lower Level
9:45 a.m. - Plenary
Challenges and Successes
Marvin "Doc" Cheatham, Maryland Voting Rights Restoration Coalition
Todd Cox, NAACP LDF, D.C.
Garry Mendez, National Trust for the Development of African American Men,
Maryland
Nancy Northup, Brennan Center, New York
Patricia Allard, The Sentencing Project, D.C.
12 noon - Luncheon program
Malcolm C. Young, The Sentencing Project, D.C.
Hilary Shelton, NAACP, D.C.
Roger Wilkins, George Mason University, Virginia
5 p.m. - Reception, cash bar
Rep. John Conyers, D-MI
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: Hotel Washington, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Gil Kline, 202-966-4994.
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK holds Procurement Workshop: Financing Private Sector Projects.
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: Andres Bello Auditorium, 9th Floor, 1300 New York Avenue, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202- 623- 1397
WEB ADDRESS: iadb.org
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE holds a news conference to launch the U.S -- Pakistan Business Council to promote trade between the two countries and to foster a greater awareness of business opportunities in Pakistan and to generate increased foreign direct investment.
WHO: The speakers are:
The Honorable Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan Minister of Finance
Willard A. Workman, Senior Vice President International Affairs, U.S. Chamber
E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
William H. Lash III, Asst. Sec. of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: 1615 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-463-5682
WEB ADDRESS:uschamber.com
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
EVENT: EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND THE CORPORACIÓN ANDINA DE FOMENTO hold a news conference to discuss the latest El Niño forecast and talk about regions at risk
AGENDA: Highlights:
9:30 a.m. - Welcoming Remarks
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth
Institute and Dr. L. Enrique Garcia, Director and CEO,
Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF)
9:40 a.m. - A Historical Perspective of El Niño
Dr. Steve Zebiak, Director of Modeling/Prediction,
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI)
10 a.m. - Current El Niño Forecast and Discussion
Dr. Tony Barnston, Head of Forecast Operations, IRI
10:20 a.m. - Discussion of El Niño Impacts using Case Studies
Dr. Antonio Divino Moura, Director General, IRI, Dr.
Madeleine Thomson, Applications Research Scientist, IRI, and Dr. Maxx
Dilley, Research Scientist, Disaster and Risk Management, IRI
10:50 a.m. - Perspectives on El Niño and the Andean Region
Antonio Juan Sosa, Vice President for Infrastructure, CAF
11:10 a.m. - Extreme Vulnerabilities and Likely Economic Impacts
from the Current El Niño (including southern Africa, Indonesia, western
South America, India, and northeast Brazil)
Dr. Shiv Someshwar, Applications Research Scientist, IRI
Professor Jeffrey Sachs
11:30 a.m. - Discussion led by Professor Sachs and Dr. Garcia
12 noon - Press Briefing
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Ji Mi Choi, 212-854-1434
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN VALUES holds a program on "Does U.S. Behavior Toward Iraq Reflect -- Or Contradict -- Just War Principles?"
WHO: The speakers are:
Gerard V. Bradley is Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School
William A. Galston is Professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy
John Kelsay is the Richard L. Rubenstein Professor of Religion at Florida State University.
Michael Walzer is Professor at the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: CEIP, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 212.246.3942
WEB ADDRESS:ceip.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS holds a news conference to announce the publication of a guide to the North American Muslim community.
AGENDA: The book called "The North American Muslim Resource Guide: Muslim
Community Life in the United States and Canada [Routledge]," is the analysis of the structural make-up of Muslim communities in both countries. It provides an in-depth look at the history of Islam on this continent, an introduction to Islamic institutions and an assessment of North American Muslims' perception of themselves.
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: 453 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-488-8787
WEB ADDRESS: cair-net.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE holds a news conference to discuss its report "Inequality at the Starting Gate," a
nationwide portrait of 16,000 children as they begin kindergarten and the enormous learning gaps between them based on their families' socioeconomic status.
WHO: The speakers are:
Valerie E. Lee, report co-author and professor of education, University of Michigan, whose research has focused on educational equity.
David T. Burkam, report co-author and lecturer and assistant research scientist, University of Michigan, whose most recent work involves equity in early schooling, math and science.
Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute
Christopher Edley, Jr., professor, Harvard Law School and founding co-director, The Civil Rights Project.
Bella Rosenberg, assistant to the president, American Federation of Teachers
Richard J. Coley, director of the Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service and author of An Uneven Start: Indicators of Inequality in School
Mark R. Ginsberg, executive director of the National Association for the Education of Young Children
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Nancy Coleman or Stephaan Harris at 202-775-8810
WEB ADDRESS:epinet.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: CENTER FOR VOTING AND DEMOCRACY holds a news conference to review Open Seats, 2002 Election Predictions, "Untouchable" Incumbents, Redistricting Winners and Losers.
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: HC-9, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Rob Richie or Caleb Kleppner, 301-270-4616
WEB ADDRESS: fairvote.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum entitled "Schoolyard Bullies: How the NEA and AFT Maintain a Stranglehold on Teachers and Politics."
WHO: The speakers are:
Myron Lieberman, Social Policy and Philosophy Center
Stefan Gleason, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Mark Levin, Landmark Legal Foundation.
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS:cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on Central Asia after 9/11: Challenges and Prospects for the Future featuring Ambassador Baktybek Abdrisaev, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the U.S. and Canada.
DATE: September 30, 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: MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE holds a program on Islamic Finance And Banking: Implications For Economic Development And The War On Terrorism featuring Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, president, Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah Saudi Arabia.
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: MEI, 1761 N Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-785-1141
WEB ADDRESS: mideasti.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES holds program on "The Continuing Challenge of Internal Displacement in Colombia: Afro-Colombians and Others."
WHO: The speakers are:
Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli, research analyst at the Brookings
Institution-SAIS Project on Internal Displacement
Larry Thompson, an advocate for Refugees International
Marino Cordoba, president of AFRODES
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: 1740 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-663-5626
WEB ADDRESS: sais-jhu.org
TIME: 1 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program on the Effects of the 9/11 Terror Attacks on Refugees and the U.S. Refugee Program Institute for Social and Economic Development Study -- authors Gerald Brown and Peggy Gilbert.
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 1:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION holds a rally To Urge Congress To Preserve Seniors' Access to Quality Skilled Nursing Care. They will deliver to congressional leaders a 120 foot petition with more than 80,000 signatures collected in opposition to deep Medicare cuts scheduled for October 1, 2002.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Tom Allen, D-ME
Charles Roadman, CEO, AHCA
Deshaun Claytor, RN, Woodbine Health & Rahabilitation Center
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: Senate Park- at the corner of Delaware and Constitution Avenues Capitol Hill Washington, DC
CONTACT: Bree Flammini, 202-898-9356
WEB ADDRESS: drivingforqualitycare.com
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE presents Is Central America Next for a Free Trade Agreement? With Alberto Trejos, Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, will comment on the upcoming negotiations of the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement.
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS:aei.org
TIME: 5: p.m.
EVENT: ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH REFORM AND THE KAISER COMMISSION ON MEDICAID AND THE UNINSURE hold a reception in honor of those whose hard work brought about Medicaid Coverage for All Children Living in Poverty.
AGENDA: Twelve years ago, Congress passed the law mandating that by the end of 2002, states must extend Medicaid coverage to children ages 6 through 18 residing in families with incomes at or below the federal poverty line. The day has arrived. As of September 30, all children below poverty will be Medicaid eligible.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Henry Waxman, a lead sponsor of the bill in the House
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a key backer of the bill and chairman of the Alliance
Sheila Burke, former chief of staff for then-Sen. Bob Dole
Christine Ferguson, legislative director for the late Sen. John Chafee
Reed Family from Ohio
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202/789-2300
WEB ADDRESS: allhealth.org.
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PAUL H. NITZE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Faculty Book Series" will feature a discussion of Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution, a book written by Francis Fukuyama, the Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of International Political Economy at SAIS.
DATE: September 30, 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 Clandestine who is a high-energy band that combines highland pipes, acoustic guitar, fiddle, percussion and vocal harmonies, with a diverse repertoire that's firmly rooted in the Celtic tradition.
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY presents Deputy Prime Minister Misa Telefoni Retzlaff of Samoa discussing "Good Governance: Pathway to Small State Prosperity - A Role for America and the West?"
WHO: The speakers are:
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: World Bank Main Complex, Preston Auditorium, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4327
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY BMW Center for German and European Studies of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service panel discussion on the rightward political shift to power in Europe.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Jeffrey Anderson, Graf Goltz Director and Professor, BMW Center for German and European Studies
Dr. Marc Howard, Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland
Dr. John Hulsman, Research Fellow in European Affairs, Heritage Foundation's Davis Institute
Patrick Jarreau, Washington Bureau Chief, Le Monde
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: ICC, Suite 501, 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS:Georgetown.edu
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS presents its 2002 W. Averell Harriman Democracy Awards to Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas of the Varela Project in Cuba and the Organization of American States. The leadership role of César Gaviria, the Secretary-General of the OAS, who will accept the Award on behalf of the OAS, will also be recognized.
AGENDA: A new documentary on Oswaldo Paya will be premiered at the ceremony. Filmed very recently in Cuba, the documentary features rare footage of Oswaldo Payá describing the challenges of living in Cuba today and collecting the signatures for the Varela Project, a Cuba-based initiative calling for a referendum on op
WHO: The speakers are:
César Gaviria, Secretary-General of the OAS
Madeleine Albright, NDI Chairman and former U.S. Secretary of State.
Genaro Arriagada, coordinator of the "NO" campaign for the 1988 presidential plebiscite in Chile, which served as an inspiration for the Varela Project.
Kenneth Wollack, NDI President
DATE: September 30, 2002
LOCATION: Omni Shoreham, 2500 Calvert Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jean Freedberg, 202-728-5527 /cell: (202) 903-7494
WEB ADDRESS:ndi.org