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EVENTS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2002
TIME: All Day
EVENT: HOWARD UNIVESITY DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN STUDIES, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA AND THE PEOPLE PROGRAM host the ³Transatlantic Conference on Race and Xenophobia.²
AGENDA: The conference will include workshops and plenary sessions on subjects such as race and U.S. society; the African-American church¹s contribution to national and global quests for justice; changing perceptions of race, ethnicity and security; and the media¹s responsibility in race and xenophobia in a borderless world.
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: Howard University, Blackburn Center, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-238-2316
WEB ADDRESS: hu.edu
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL ARBORETUM AND NATIONAL CAPITAL ORCHID SOCIETY hold its fall show and sale, First of all, the show is packed with a dazzling display of orchids that have been judged tops in four areas of competition. Their colors, shapes, sizes and sheer beauty are enough to leave you breathless. From small displays created by passionate hobbysists to the industrial-strength vignettes installed by the orchid society, there's magic everywhere you look.
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: 3501 New York Ave. NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-245-2726
TIME: All Day
EVENT: US BOATS holds the 32nd annual Sailboat show.
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: Annapolis City Dock and Harbor, Annapolis, Maryland, Annapolis, MD
CONTACT: 410-268-8828
WEB ADDRESS: usboat.com
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: SAFEKIDS WORLDWIDE holds a news conference to discuss global childhood injury childhood injury.
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Martin Eichelberger, president, Safe Kids Worldwide
Heather Paul, executive director, Safe Kids Worldwide
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: Capital Hilton, 16 and K Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-0609
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: THE NATIONAL COALITION TO SAVE OUR MALL holds a news conference to discuss and release the First Annual "State of the Mall" Report.
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: Near the Park Service Lodge at 15th St., East of the Washington Monument, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Judy Scott Feldman, 202 340-3938, or Jim Hood, 202 258-1219,
WEB ADDRESS: savethemanll.org
EVENT: COLUMBUS CELEBRATION ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONA PARK SERVICE hold the annual wreath laying ceremony.
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: Christopher Columbus Plaza, Union Station, Washington, DC
CONTACT: I-202-619-7400
WEB ADDRESS:nps.gov
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: WASHINGTON, DC CONVENTION & TOURISM HOLDS A TASTE OF DC. It is the largest international food and music festival on the East Coast. TASTE OF DC celebrates the rich international culture of the nation's capital, including more than 40 diverse restaurants featuring Jamaican, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Italian, Thai, Indian, Irish, Greek, Cuban, Spanish, French, Lebanese and American cuisine and past musical entertainment as diverse as The Temptations, Joan Jett and the Black Hearts and Los Hombres Calientes
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: 7th St. to 14th St. along Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-7042
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: VHA HEALTH FOUNDATION holds a launch of Diabetes Awareness and Education for Hispanic and Native American Youth, a public awareness initiative to educate parents and children about preventing type 2 diabetes.
AGENDA: Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, typically affecting
Americans over the age of 40. According to the Centers for Disease Control,
however, the number of children and young adults under the age of 20 being
diagnosed with type 2 diabetes has tripled in the last five years.
WHO: The speakers are:
Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Michel Lincoln, Deputy Director of Indian Health Service
Dr. Denice Cora-Bramble, Director of Pediatric Health at Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC (bi-lingual)
Daniel Bourque, President of the VHA Foundation
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: JW Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Hannah Siemers, 202.974.5011
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE presents Scott Ainsle, blues guitarist/vocalist/composer, performing his traditional and original repertoire on vintage instruments.
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE present:
Gabe Hudson's Dear Mr. President. An ex-rifleman in the Marine reserves, Mr. Hudson writes with great feeling and skill about the Gulf War: an infantryman returns from the Highway of Death with Gulf War Syndrome, a Green Beret deserter writes notes from a bunker, and in the title story, a vet appeals to the first President Bush.
Nani Power's The Good Remains. Place Dickens's A Christmas Carol in a small Southern town populated by a motley crew of eccentric characters.
DATE: October 14, 2002
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
