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Sundays, 9:00
- 10:00 PM
Africa
Meets Africa. WPFW 89.3
FM - Pacifica Radio, Washington, DC. Weekly
radio magazine showcasing Africa and the
Diaspora.
Thursdays,
8:00 - 9:00pm
"On Africa" - WHUT-TV - TV32
(Howard
University) -
Schedules
The following
organizations' Events Pages provide listings of other events that are not
listed here:
Africa Action - Events Calendar
Center
for Global Development - Events
IFIwatchnet
- Calendar
InterAction - Events Calendar
Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) - Events
Public
Sector Governance Brown Bag Lunch Seminars - World Bank
Society for International Development -
Washington, DC Chapter - Events
TransAfrica Forum - Events Calendar
Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars - Events
World
Bank - Events Calendar
World
Bank InfoShop - Book Launch Events
Young
African Professionals Network
Tuesday, August 2, 2006
Signing Ceremony - Ghana and the
Millennium Challenge Corporation Sign $547 Million Compact. At the
State Department's Benjamin Franklin room.
Tuesday, August 2, 2006
Ghana's
Millennium Challenge Account Compact. Center for Strategic & International
Studies (CSIS), B-1 Conference Level, 1800 K Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C.
Wednesday, August 2, 2006. 5pm
Pills, Profits, Protest:
Chronicle of the Global AIDS Movement. FPIF Summer Film Series by Foreign Policy In Focus, the Institute
for Policy Studies, and International
Relations Center.
Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th
St. NW (3 blocks from the U Street metro stop on the Green Line.).
Questions? Please contact Alisa at
202.234.9382 or email fpiffilms@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 9,
2006. 5 - 7 pm
The Take. FPIF Summer
Film Series by Foreign Policy In Focus, the Institute for Policy Studies,
and International
Relations Center.
Post-Film Discussion with Aldo Calieri, Center of Concernm.
Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th
St. NW (3 blocks from the U Street metro stop on the Green
Line.). Questions? Please contact
Alisa at 202.234.9382 or email fpiffilms@gmail.com
Thursday, August 10,
2006. 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
"A Closer Walk" Screening: Africa Action Summer
Film Series on HIV/AIDS. Africa Action and the Student Global AIDS
Campaign. TransAfrica Forum, 1629 K Street, NW, Suite 1100, Washington,
DC. Contact: Evelyn Sallah esallah@africaaction.org 202-546-7961. http://www.africaaction.org/campaign_new/docs/filmseriesflier9-2.pdf
Friday, August 11,
2006. 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Lunch provided)
Transatlantic
Approaches to Global Development Conference. Atlantic Council,
1101 15th Street, NW,
11th Floor, Washington,
D.C.
Saturday, August 12,
2006. 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Maryland Black Librarians present Dieudonne
Mayi, Author of The Selling of Joseph: A Healing Message from History - African apologizes for Black Slavery - http://authors.aalbc.com/excerpt_joseph.htm.
Johns Hopkins
Applied Physics Lab., 11101
Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723.
Details: http://www.transafricaforum.org/communityevents.html#joseph
Wednesday,
August 16, 2006. 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Darwin's Nightmare.
Post-film discussion with Akwe Amosu, Open
Society Policy
Center. FPIF Summer
Film Series by Foreign Policy In Focus, the Institute for Policy Studies,
and International
Relations Center.
Busboys & Poets, 2021 14th
St. NW. Questions? Please contact Alisa at 202.234.9382 or email fpiffilms@gmail.com
Thursday, August 24,
2006. 6:30pm-9pm
"Hope to Fight For" Screening: Africa Action Summer
Film Series on HIV/AIDS. Africa Action and the
Student Global AIDS Campaign. Religious Action Center for Reform
Judaism, 2027 Massachusetts
Ave NW, Washington, DC. Contact: Evelyn Sallah
esallah@africaaction.org 202-546-7961. http://www.africaaction.org/campaign_new/docs/filmseriesflier9-2.pdf
Coming in
September
Wednesday, September 13,
2006.
Merck
Breakfast Series. Washington, DC. Corporate Council on Africa. Contact: Cynthia Phillips
-cphillips@africacncl.org
Wednesday, September 27,
2006
U.S.-
Africa Infrastructure Conference. Bethesda,
Maryland. Corporate Council
on Africa. Contact: Tim Bergstrom -
tbergstrom@africacncl.org 202-835-1117 (fax)
Thursday,
September 28 2006. 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Book Discussion: Strategies of Dominance: The Misdirection of US Foreign Policy. Woodrow Wilson
Center
Coming in October
Wednesday, October
11, 2006
Merck Breakfast Series. Washington, DC. Corporate Council on Africa. Contact: Cynthia Phillips
-cphillips@africacncl.org
Wednesday, October
18, 2006
The 2006 Africare Dinner will present a
salute to: The Honorable William J. Clinton, Recipient, 2006
Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award. Hilton
Washington Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Africa
Policy Journal (Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government)
African
Vibes Magazine
- A general-interest magazine that defines, reflects and celebrates Africa and Africans in the diaspora.
In addition, it allows its readers to discover Africa and Africans, to
experience Africa's rich culture,
diversity, art, fashion, sports, wildlife, heritage, artists, tourism and
more.
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