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EVENTS ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: Women's Day of Action Against War & Militarism
AGENDA: Highlights:
9 a.m. - Women's Peace Vigil
Help weave a web for Peace at the White House with the women of CODE PINK, Lafayette Park; Pennsylvania between 15th and 17th Sts. NW
5 p.m. - Women's Candlelight Procession: beginning in Lafayette Park (across from the White House) to Farragut Square
5:30 p.m. - Candlelight Vigil with the Women in Black, Farragut Square, at the corner of Connecticut, 17th and K streets in NW Washington, DC. This vigil will culminate in a spiral dance and short ritual.
7 p.m.- Women's Speak-Out for Peace and Justice
Evening to include prayer, music, poetry and testimonials about the impact of war and militarism on women in the US and abroad. Luther Place Memorial Church 1226 Vermont Ave NW, located on Thomas Circle, McPherson Metro Station, Blue/Orange - 2 1/2 blocks.
DATE: January 17, 2003
CONTACT: 202-393-5016
WEB ADDRESS: codepink4peace.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: FOOD AND DRUG LAW INSTITUTE hosts a conference themed Dietary Supplements . . . At A Crossroads.
AGENDA: Highlights:
Dietary Supplement Safety
Daniel A. Kracov, Attorney, Patton Boggs
Dietary Supplements in Foods
Nancy Childs, Ph.D., Professor of Food Marketing, St. Joseph University
Linda S. Kahl, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Division of Biotechnology & GRAS, Notice Review, Office of Food Additive Safety, CFSAN, FDA Dietary Supplement and Drug Combinations
R. William Soller, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Director, Science & Technology, Consumer Healthcare Products Association
I. Scott Bass, Partner, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, USP Certification Program
Roger L. Williams, M.D., Executive Vice President & CEO, USP Council of Experts, U.S. Pharmacopeia
Use of Dietary Supplements in Professional Sports
Tom Fox, M.S., Washington Capitols Nutrition Consultant Current Dietary Supplement Safety Issues
Ian Munro, M.D., Principal, CANTOX Health Sciences International, Informing Consumers about Dietary Supplements Safety
Michael McGuffin, President, American Herbal Products Association Will There Be DS Legislation in the new Congress?
Anne Marie Murphy, Ph.D., Senior Health Policy Advisor, Office of Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL)
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: Westin Grand Hotel, 2350 M Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-371-1420 or 800-956-6293
WEB ADDRESS: fdli.org
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL CFO Forum discussing Corporate Makeovers.
WHO: The speakers are:
John DePodesta, Executive Vice President & Co-Founder, Primus Telecommunications Group
Adrian Liddiard, Chief Financial Officer, Dimension Data North America
Dale Powell, Cassidy & Pinkard/Irving Group
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: The Ritz-Carlton, 1700 Tysons Boulevard, McLean, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
WEB ADDRESS: nvtc.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a program on The Kinshasa Government's Perspective on the Great Lakes Crisis with Kikaya Bin Karubi, Minister of Information and Vital Kamerhe, Chief Negotiator of the DRC Government
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: VETERANS FOR COMMON SENSE holds a news conference to discuss why Americans feel the President has failed to justify a U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq
WHO: The speakers are:
Moderator: Erik Gustafson, Board of Directors, VCS
Charles Sheehan-Miles, Board of Directors, VCS
Steve Robinson, Executive Director, National Gulf War Resource Center.
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-668-0353
WEB ADDRESS: VeteransForCommonSense.org
TIME: 10 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL holds a news conference to discuss employee benefits policy agenda for the 108th Congress.
WHO: The speakers are:
Carol Kelly, Chair, American Benefits Council Board of Directors
James Klein, President, American Benefits Council
Lynn Dudley, Vice President and Senior Counsel, American Benefits Council
Paul Dennett, Vice President, Health Policy, American Benefits Council
John Scott, Director, Retirement Policy, American Benefits Council
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: Council's offices at 1212 New York Avenue NW, Suite 1250, Washington D.C.
CONTACT: Deanna Johnson Keim or Jason Hammersla, 202-289-6700.
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a hill briefing on How to Protect Property Rights, the Environment, and the Constitution.
WHO: The speakers are:
Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs
B. Kenneth Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies.
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: B-338 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION holds a program on Industrial Policy in Aerospace: U.S. and European Union Practices featuring John E. Impert, Vice President, Government Affairs, Boeing International Corporation.
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., D-IL.
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
AGENDA: Highlight:
3 p.m. - Remarks by Roger Wilkins, Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History and American Culture, George Mason University, "The Impact of Dr. King's Legacy on the Current Civil Rights Agenda."
During the Johnson Administration, Wilkins served as Assistant Attorney General. As a journalist, he has written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Washington Star. While on the editorial staff of the Post, Mr. Wilkins earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1972, which he shared with Woodward, Bernstein and Herblock, for Watergate coverage.
ICC Auditorium, Georgetown University
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: 37TH and O Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-687-4328
WEB ADDRESS: Georgetown.edu
TIME: 3 p.m.
EVENT: CARQUEST WORLD OF WHEELS features hotrods and custom vehicles including a Jesse James custom bike, the Dodge Charger from the "Fast and the Furious" and, of course, the "General Lee" from "Dukes of Hazard."
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: 900 9th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-296-7200
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features progressive work on the cutting edge of contemporary dance from Renaissance Dance Workshop.
WHO: The performers are:
Arch Dance Company
Baltimore/Chicago Contemporary Dance Theater
Tania Isaac Hyman
Renaissance Dance Workshop
DATE: January 17, 2003
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 holds its "Luncheon Newsmaker" news program featuring Book Rap with Bob Schieffer discussing his new book, This Just In.
DATE: January 17, 2003
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 presents Catholic University professor of landscape architecture Iris Miller has who assembled an important and beautiful volume of more than 100 maps that depict the evolution of the capital city. WASHINGTON IN MAPS: 1606-2000.
DATE: January 17, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com