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Sundays, 9:00
- 10:00 PM
AFRICA MEETS AFRICA
(AMA). WPFW 89.3 FM - Pacifica
Radio, Washington, DC. A new progressive
weekly radio magazine showcasing the continent of Africa and the
Diaspora.
Thursdays,
8:00 - 9:00pm
"On Africa" - WHUT-TV -
TV32
- SCHEDULES
August Event
Listings
Africa Action - Events
Calendar
Center for Global Development -
Events
IFIwatchnet
-
Calendar
InterAction - Events
Calendar
Public
Sector Governance Brown Bag Lunch Seminars - World
Bank
Society for International
Development - Washington, DC Chapter -
Events
TransAfrica
Forum - Main Events Calendar
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars -
Events
July 31 -
August 6
2005
Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) -
This Week's
Events
August 1-30
DARFUR - Several
Events: Films, Art Exhibit, Vigils, Fasting.
Click on this link for more information (Africa Action Event
Calendar
page)
Tuesday,
August 2, 2005. 2 P.M.
Crimes
against Humanity in the Democratic Republic of Congo. What can
be done to help people at risk from the deadly conflict in the
Democratic Republic of Congo? Take part in a conversation with:
Mvemba Dizolele, Policy Analyst, Center for Global Development;
Karana Olivier, Program Officer for Africa, National Endowment for
Democracy; Sarah Martin, Advocate for Refugees International. United
States Holocaust Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington,
DC 20024. Contact: cocrsvp@ushmm.org
Wednesday, August 3, 2005.10:00
a.m.
Regular
press briefing by Thomas C. Dawson, IMF Director of External
Relations. Room R-710, IMF Headquarters. Journalists should
enter through the IMF Center entrance, 720 19th St. NW, Washington,
DC. Doors will open at 9:15 a.m. Please bring a valid photo ID and
allow a few minutes to clear through
security.
Friday, August 5,
2005. 7 - 9
PM
afrikafé International First Friday.
Featuring: IKWUNGA: Afrobeat Poet (Nigeria). Bossa
Bistro & Lounge (Adams Morgan), 2463 18th St. NW, Washington,
DC. FREE; Complimentary Hors D'Oeuvres - Cash Bar. Dress: Casual.
Contact: events@afrikafe.com; No need
to RSVP.
Our
featured artist will perform with a percussionist, keyboard backing
vocalists and upright bass accompaniment. Signed copies of the CD,
"Calabash Vol. 1," will be available for purchase with partial
proceeds benefiting the African Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
a grassroots campaign to increase
public awareness of mental disorders, and provide support
for African families that struggle with caring for family members
with mental illness in a society where mental illness is highly
stigmatized, poorly researched, and its treatment financially
constrained.
August 7 - 13, 2005
Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) -
This Week's
Events
Wednesday, August 10, 2005.
Noon - 1:30
p.m.
Film: "Forgive Us Our Debts:
Globalization and Debt Relief". Speaker: Neil Watkins of Jubilee
USA. The Foreign Policy In Focus
Summer Film Series. Institute for Policy
Studies, 733 15th Street, NW,
Washington, DC. Contact: Erik Leaver fpif@ips-dc.org (202)
234-9382
Friday, August 12, 2005. 10:00 a.m. - 11:00
a.m.
Fighting
to Survive: A Report on Female Former Child Soldiers Living in
Rwanda. A presentation and discussion with Heather
Baldwin, Africanist Doctoral Candidate Fellow at the Wilson
Center and PhD Candidate at Boston College. Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars, 6th Floor Board Room, Ronald
Reagan Building, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Washington, DC.
Saturday, August 13,
2005. 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Kenyan International Community's (KIC) Summer Festival. Wheaton Forest Local Park, 1700 University Boulevard, Wheaton, MD 20906. For more info call Mike Karoki 301.792.4191, Ian Muriithi 443.910.4546, or Alex Kotut 240.461.8428. Visit KIC website for more details:
www.kenyanic.com. Kenyan International Community (KIC), P.O.
Box 10053, Washington, DC 20018. Tel: 301.731.0424 Fax: 301.731.4977.
August 13 – 16, 2005
Annual International Affairs and Development Conference, Washington, DC. Division of International Affairs and Development (DIAD) United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation (UNCFSP). J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004.
Contact: Ama Giddens, Conference Coordinator, UNCFSP-DIAD 2750 Prosperity Avenue, Suite 600, Fairfax, VA 22031. Telephone: 703.205.8134; Fax: 703.205.7645; E-mail:
idp@uncfsp.org. For more information visit
http://www.transafricaforum.org/communityevents.html
August 14 - 20, 2005
Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) -
This Week's
Events
Wednesday, August 17, 2005. 6:30 -
8:30 PM
TransAfrica Forum's Writers' Corner
presents Mid-Summer Poetry with Omékongo Dibinga and Otema Yirenkyi.
TransAfrica Forum, 1426 21st Street, NW, Second Floor, Washington,
DC 20036. Part of the Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign Policy
Library’s Writers’ Corner series of TransAfrica Forum. Books will be
available for sale. Suggested donation $5.00. For more
information and to register contact 202.223.1960 ext. 132 or email info@transafricaforum.org.
Thursday, August 18, 2005.
11am - 5pm
Rally to Honor Dr. John Garang. The southern Sudanese
community in the U.S. invites you to honor the life of Dr. John
Garang de Mabior and to protest the targeted killings of southern
Sudanese in Khartoum. This event is sponsored by the Southern Region
Chapter Council of the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM).
National Mall, Washington, D.C. Contact: Isaac Gang, isaac@isaacgang.com
August 21 - 27, 2005
Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) -
This Week's
Events
Tuesday, August 23,
2005, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Trends in U.S. Funding for Conservation and
Development: The History of USAID's Environmental Programs.
An informal discussion with
Catherine Corson, 2005 Africanist Doctoral Candidate Fellow. She
will be discussing her research on the history of and key influences
on the development of USAID’s environmental programs. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 6th Floor
Board Room, Ronald Reagan Building, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC.
Thursday, August 25, 2005. 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Killing Neighbors: Social Dimensions of Genocide in
Rwanda. A
presentation and discussion with Lee Ann Fujii, 2005
Africanist Doctoral Candidate Fellow. She will be discussing the
social dimensions of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, focusing on the
experiences of two rural villages. Michael O'Hanlon, Senior
Fellow at the Brookings Institution will moderate the discussion.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 6th Floor
Board Room, Ronald Reagan Building, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC.
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