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EVENTS ON MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSIT ASSOCIATION holds its legislative conference.
AGENDA: Highlights:
11 a.m. - General Session
TEA 21 Reauthorization: We're All In It Together!
3:15 p.m. - Public Transportation Policy Forum
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: J W Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-898-4038 or 202-898-4039
WEB ADDRESS:apta.com
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES holds its Congressional City Conference.
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-626-3000
WEB ADDRESS: nlc.org
TIME: All Day
EVENT: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE HUMAN SERVICE ADMINISTRATORS AND NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LOCAL HUMAN SERVICE ADMINISTRATORS hold spring meeting and forum.
AGENDA: Highlight:
8 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions:
Jerry W. Friedman, APHSA Executive Director
Robin Arnold-Williams, Chair, NCSHSA and
Executive Director, Utah Department of Human Services
Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary
Administration for Children and Families, HHS
Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Labor
Dennis Smith, Director, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, CMS
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: The Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street, NW Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-682-2328
WEB ADDRESS: aphsa.org
TIME: 8 a.m.
EVENT: PROJECT VOTE SMART holds a news conference and Political Campaigns & Issues Forum.
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Adelaide Elm, 406-859-8683
WEB ADDRESS: vote-smart.org
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on The Middle East in 2003: Towards a New Strategic Environment."
WHO: The speakers are:
Danielle Pletka, AEI
Daniel Ayalon, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: WOODROW WILSON CENTER holds a lecture on Jumpstarting Democracy: Novgorod as a Model of Rapid Social Change in Russia with Nikolai Petro, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rhode Island
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-287-3400
WEB ADDRESS: wwics.edu
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: CATO INSTITUTE holds a policy forum on Public and Private Regulation in Securities Markets: What Role for the Exchanges?
WHO: The speakers are:
Paul S. Atkins, Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission
Paul G. Mahoney, Brokaw Professor of Corporate Law, University of Virginia School of Law
William A. Niskanen, Chairman, Cato Institute
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-789-5229
WEB ADDRESS: cato.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a program entitled Causes and Effects of the Judicial Confirmation Crisis.
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R--UT
Phillip N. Truluck, Executive Vice-President, The Heritage Foundation
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: COALITION OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS returning from a "prayer pilgrimage for peace" to Iraq holds a news conference. The coalition's aim is to issue a moral appeal that both parties do whatever is necessary to achieve a peaceful resolution to the conflict, including full compliance with U.N. resolutions.
WHO: The speakers are:
Shaker El Sayed, Secretary General, Muslim American Society (MAS)
Imam Mahdi Bray, Executive Director, MAS Freedom Foundation
Rev. Walter Fauntroy, President, National Black Leadership Conference, and Pastor, New Bethel Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.
Rev. Dr. James E. Fitzgerald, The Riverside Church, New York, NY
Ron Daniels, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 703-998-652
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER holds a program on "Islam and the West: Living Dangerously In a Post Honor World."
WHO: The speakers are:
Dr. Akbar Ahmed, professor American University
James Bowen, scholar, Ethics and Public Policy Center
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 1015 15th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-682-1200
WEB ADDRESS: eppc.org
TIME: 12:15 p.m.
EVENT: NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION program on International Trade & Security China Tomorrow: Are Americans Worried About The Wrong Threat? With Alan Tonelson, fellow, United States Business and Industry Council.
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Jud Mathews, 202-986-4901
WEB ADDRESS: newamerica.net
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA holds a news conference on re-introducing the "Product Safety Notification and Recall Effectiveness Act"
WHO: The speakers are:
Sen. Mary Landrieu (LA) (invited)
Rachel Weintraub, Assistant General Counsel Consumer Federation of America
Jen Thompson, Consumer Advocate, U.S. Public Interest Research Group
Barbara Rosenfeld, SAFE
Sally Greenberg, Senior Product Safety Counsel Consumers Union
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: HC-9 in the Capitol, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-737-0766
TIME: 4 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Elliott School of International Affairs launches the "Ambassadors Forum to do discuss The War On Terrorism And The Implications Of A War In Iraq.
WHO: The speakers are:
Ambassador Ishaq Shahryar of Afghanistan to the U.S.
Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi of Pakistan to the U.S.
Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, Elliott School professor of the practice of international affairs, will moderate.
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 2013 G Street, NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-994-3087
WEB ADDRESS: gwu.edu
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE presents Bradley Lecture featuring David Gelernter is a professor of computer science at Yale University. He has researched information management, parallel programming, software ensembles, and artificial intelligence discussing What Is Israel For?
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Alliance for Arts Education Network - "National School of Distinction" Winner: Palos Verdes Peninsula High School presents I Love American Music, showcasing trends in American twentieth century pop music through dance, music and theater. While Linwood A + Elementary School performs student created work featuring elements of dance, drama, music and visual art.
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY School of Business and Public Management holds a forum on Transparency, Accountability and Legitimacy: Are Non-Governmental Organizations Up to the Task of Global Governance?
WHO: The speakers are:
Elizabeth Howard, program chair, Human Rights Lecture Series
Mike Jendrzejczky, Washington director, Human Rights Watch Asia
Keith Darcy, director emeritus, The Ethics Officers Association
Steven Billet, director of career and external programs, GW Graduate School of Political Management
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: Marvin Center, Third Floor Amphitheater, 800 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-994-9597
WEB ADDRESS: gwu.edu
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL PRESS CLUB holds a program on Military 101. The seminar will expand or update your knowledge of the U.S. military and how it accomplishes its missions.
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-662-7500
WEB ADDRESS: npc.press.org
TIME: 6:30 p.m.
EVENT: TRANSAFRICA FORUM presents Regina Green & Julianne Malveaux, discussing and signing copies of The Paradox of Loyalty: An African-American Response to the War on Terrorism.
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 1426 21st St. NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202- 223-1960.
WEB ADDRESS: trsansafricaforum.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Malachy McCourt discussing and signing copies of a 1200-page primer of modern literary Ireland through the works of 12 writers in Voices Of Ireland: Classic Writings of a Rich and Rare Land.
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION holds a poetry reading
WHO: featured poets:
Lucille Clifton
Kimiko Hahn
Reuben Jackson
Yusef Komunyakaa
Linda Pastan
Marie Ponsot
DATE: March 10, 2003
LOCATION: 222 East Capitol St. NE, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-544-7077
