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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.


 

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