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EVENTS ON, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2003
TIME: All Day
EVENT: HEARING INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION holds "Hearing on the Hill '03 event. It will include exhibits of the latest hearing aid technologies developed by hearing aid manufacturers, free and confidential hearing screenings, and availability of hearing health experts. AGENDA: Highlight:
11:30 a.m. – News conference
Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Rep. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Jerry Ruzicka, Chairman, Hearing Industries Association
Carole Rogin, Executive Director, Hearing Industries Association
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 2168 Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 703- 684-5744
TIME: 7:30 a.m.
EVENT: NORTHERN VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY COUCIL Business to Government (B2G) Committee
presents Commissioner Robert C. Bonner, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: Hilton - McLean, 7920 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA
CONTACT: 703-904-7878
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
EVENT: COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS Independent Task Force on Chinese Military Power holds a briefing on measuring the development of Chinese military power.
WHO: The speakers are:
Harold Brown, Task Force Chair; Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Admiral Joseph W. Prueher
Task Force Vice Chair; Former Ambassador to China;
Former Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command
Adam Segal, Task Force Project Director; Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow,
China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: Washington Club, 15 Dupont Circle, N.W., Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Marieke Beeuwkes, 212-434-9716
WEB ADDRESS: cfr.org
TIME: 9 a.m.
EVENT: INDEPENDENT WOMEN'S FORUM holds a program to discuss how the United States can ensure that women in these countries enjoy basic rights entitled Women's Liberation: Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran."
WHO: The speakers are:
Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Paula Dobriansky, Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs,
Rend Rahim Francke, Executive Director, Iraq Foundation
Mahnaz Afkhami, President, Women's Learning Partnership
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Donna Sneyd, 301-990-2281, or Margaret Carroll, 703-558-4991
WEB ADDRESS: iwf.org
TIME: 9:15 a.m.
EVENT: AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE holds a program on "SARS: International Indifference, Local Lies."
WHO: The speakers are:
James Lilley, AEI
Panelists:
Nicholas Eberstadt, AEI
Joan Kaufman, Harvard University
Ming Wan, Woodrow Wilson Center
Bernadine Healy, U.S. News and World Report
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 1150 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-862-5933
WEB ADDRESS: aei.org
TIME: 9:30 am.
EVENT: THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF THE UNITED STATES holds a news conference releasing its policy paper, "U.S.-Libyan Relations: Toward Cautious Reengagement."
WHO: The speakers are:
Chair, Ambassador Chester A. Crocker, Professor of Diplomacy, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; and former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Comment: Key Findings and Recommendations
Dr. Mary-Jane Deeb, Arab World Area Specialist, Library of Congress Comment: Regional Context and Impact
Dr. Allan Gerson, Professor of International Relations, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University; former Counsel to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations and Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. Comment: Pending Legal Issues, including Pan Am 103 and UN Resolutions
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Sheara Reich, 202-955-1242
WEB ADDRESS: acus.org
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: NATIONAL LAW CENTER ON HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY will hold a press conference to release its report, Punishing Poverty: The Criminalization of Homelessness, Litigation, and Recommendations for Solutions.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: Covington & Burling, 1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 12th Floor, Washington DC
CONTACT: Tara Slepkow, 202-638-2535 x200
TIME: 10:30 a.m.
EVENT: U.S. FUEL CELL COUNCIL presents the Congressional Fuel Cell Expo 2003.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 345 cannon Office Building, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-293-5500
WEB ADDRESS: usfcc.com
TIME: 11 a.m.
EVENT: HOUSE DEMOCRATIC Whip REP. STENY HOYER, D-MD, holds a news conference calling for Extension of Unemployment Assistance, which ends for 3 million Americans in 10 days.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: House Radio/TV Gallery, H-321, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Laura Nichols, 202-225-0100
WEB ADDRESS: house.gov
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
EVENT: SEN. TOM HARKIN, D-IA, holds a news conference to discuss the introduction of legislation to improve USDA enforcement of food safety standards for meat and poultry. The Meat and Poultry Pathogen Reduction and Enforcement Act of 2003, also known as "Kevin's Law" would establish the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) legal authority to enforce food safety and sanitation standards for reducing pathogens in meat and poultry products. The law is named after Kevin Kowacyk of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin died of E. coli poisoning on August 11th, 2001 at the age of 2 years after a 12-day battle with deadly pathogen.
WHO: The speakers are:
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
Rep. Phil English (R-PA)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Barbara Kowalcyk, Mother of Kevin Kowalcyk
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: New Senate Swamp / Russell Park, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-224-3254
WEB ADDRESS: senate.gov
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: DO NO HARM: COALITION OF AMERICANS FOR RESEARCH ETHICS holds a news conference to discuss the support for federal financing of adult cell research.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 385 Russell Office Building Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-756-4947
TIME: 12 noon
EVENT: HERITAGE FOUNDATION holds a book event for The Politics of Deviance featuring author and a leading sociologist, Anne Hendershott. In the book she tries to understand how this major change in the way we see our world occurred. How did we adopt such different views of human nature and personal responsibility?
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 214 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-675-1752
WEB ADDRESS: heritage.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WORLD WATCH INSTITUTE holds a news conference to release its book Vital Signs 2003.
WHO: The speakers are:
Michael Renner, Worldwatch Senior Researcher and Project Director, Vital Signs 2003
Molly O'Meara Sheehan, Worldwatch Senior Researcher and Associate Project Director, Vital Signs 2003
Brennan Van Dyke, Regional Director, UNEP Regional Office for North America
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: National Press Club, 14th and F Streets NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Susan Finkelpearl, 202.452.1992 x517
WEB ADDRESS: worldwatch.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: WOMAN'S NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB presents Sen. Jeffords (Ind. - VT), Ranking Member, Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, has strong views about President Bush's "Clear Skies" policy.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 1526 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: 202-232-7363
WEB ADDRESS: democraticwomen.org
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
EVENT: U.S. INSTITUTE OF PEACE holds a Nation Building in Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan: Lessons in Endurance and Political Will featuring a presentation by senior fellow Ray Jennings on lessons in nation building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 1200 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-429-3832
WEB ADDRESS: usip.org
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: CONGRESSIONAL STEEL CAUCUS holds a hearing on Industry Priorities for 108th Congress.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 2325 Rayburn Office Building, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-225-5406
WEB ADDRESS: house. gov
TIME: 2 p.m.
EVENT: REPS. SCHIFF, ISRAEL, AND SCOTT hold a news conference to discuss the New Democratic Study Group on National Security.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: HC-7, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-225-3335
WEB ADDRESS: house.gov
TIME: 6 p.m.
EVENT: KENNEDY CENTER MILLENIUM STAGE features Sloan Wainwright her distinctive and soulful hybrid of rock, folk, jazz and blues. "Her songs, like her voice cast a lasting spell," says the Washington Post.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 2700 F Street NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-416-8000
WEB ADDRESS: kennedy-center.org
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: POLITICS & PROSE BOOKSTORE presents Alexander Mccall Smith discussing and signing copies of
The Kalahari Typing School For Men. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency introduced the world to Precious Ramotswe, the agency's founder-Botswana's one and only-and the beginning of a hugely popular series. The third follow-up brings back Mma Ramotswe's fiancé, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, and her first-class assistant Mma Makutsi, who wants to open a much-needed typing school.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 5015 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: 202-364-1919
WEB ADDRESS: politics-prose.com
TIME: 7 p.m.
EVENT: SONS OF ITALY FOUNDATION holds its National Education and Leadership gala featuring entertainer Tony Bennett and award-winning stage and screen actor Joe Mantegna.
AGENDA: The event helps the SIF raise funds for scholarships, medical research, disaster relief and cultural programs. Since 1959, the SIF has given more than $83 million to these causes.
DATE: May 22, 2003
LOCATION: 401 F Street NW, Washington, DC
CONTACT: Diane E. Crespy, 202-547-2900
WEB ADDRESS: osia.org
