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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
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SCHEDULES
June Event Listings
Africa
Action - June Events Calendar
IFIwatchnet - June Calendar
InterAction - June Events Calendar
Public Sector Governance Brown Bag Lunch Seminars - World Bank -
June
2005
Society
for International Development - Washington, DC Chapter -
June
2005 Events
TransAfrica Forum - Main Events Calendar
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- June Events
May 30 - June 4, 2005
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
- This Week's Events
Through June 15
Art Exhibit: "The Business of Sustainable Development-An African
Forest Tale".
Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC. A special exhibition
of art by Senegalese Glass Painter Mor Gueye, illustrating a
children's story written by Woodrow Wilson Fellow Jesse Ribot on the
disjuncture between European and local discourses in colonial and
post-colonial forestry. The exhibit is open to the public now, and
runs through June 15.
June 1-3, 2005
InterAction Forum: C harting
a Course for Relief & Development: Advancing the Millennium
Development Goals and Other Global Commitments. InterAction
Wednesday, 1 June 2005. 9.30 am to 10.30 am.
Delivery
of a letter, signed by over 210 organizations in 54 countries,
to Paul Wolfowitz
on his first day. Letter
addresses the concerns of social movements and NGOs regarding
Wolfowitz's appointment; past failures in "consultative" processes;
future politicization of the bank; and debt cancellation. The full
text of the sign-on letter is available here:
http://50years.org/cms/action/may2005/signup.
World Bank
Headquarters, 1818 H St, NW (AT PENNSYLVANIA AVE.),
Washington DC.
Wednesday, June
1,
2005.
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Senate Briefing
on the Continued Crisis and Conflict in Northern Uganda. Room
325, Russell Senate Office Building.
Wednesday, June
1,
2005.
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Development, Security, and Dignity: The Secretary-General’s
Proposals for UN Reform. Center for Global Development. Westin
Embassy Row 2100 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC.
Wednesday, June 1,
2005.
12:00 p.m. -
1:00 p.m.
Release of Policy Brief on Egypt by the U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom.
Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
Wednesday, June 1, 2005. 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Congressional Briefing: Debt Cancellation for
Impoverished Countries. 2220 Rayburn House Office Building.
Co-sponsored by Representatives Maxine Waters,
James A. Leach, Barney Frank, Spencer Bachus, and Carolyn B.
Maloney. RSVP: contact Kathleen Sengstock (kathleen.sengstock@mail.house.gov,
2/225-2201) or Debi Kar (debi@jubileeusa.org, 2/783-0215).
Thursday, June 2,
2005.
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m
Live Webcast--Uganda: An African "Success" Past
its Prime?, A roundtable
co-sponsored by the Africa Program and Conflict Prevention Project
at the Wilson Center, and by the Center for Strategic and
International Studies. The discussion will focus on recent political
and economic developments in Uganda, with Joel Barkan,
Professor of Political Science University of Iowa and Ambassador
Johnnie Carson, Senior Vice-President, National Defense
University. 6th floor auditorium, Woodrow Wilson Center,
Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
Thursday, June 2, 2005. 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Environmental Degradation and Global Development: Findings of the
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Center for Global Development
Friday, June 3, 2005.
2:00PM to 4:00PM
Lecture:
Smallest Witnesses: The Crisis in Darfur Through Children's Eyes.
Helena
Rubinstein Auditorium, Concourse, US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
June 3, 10, 15, 23, 28
Summer Series on Darfur -
US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee
on Conscience
Friday, June 3, 2005. 7-9pm.
afrikafé
International First Friday. Featuring:
WARIKO KABUGA-WAITA - Designer (KENYA). 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.
Saturday,
June 4, 2005.
7:00PM - 12 Midnight
African People's Intercontinental Awards.
Celebrating Africans' Achievements.
Presented by ChatAfriK.
Washington Convention Center, 801
Mount Vernon Place, NW. Washington D.C. 20001.
Monday, June 6, 2005.
12:00 noon
Of
Principles and Prudence: The Past and Future of American Foreign
Policy. Heritage Foundation
Tuesday, June 7, 2005.
12:00-1:00pm
Book
Launch Featuring Marvine Howe on Morocco: Morocco:
The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges.
Middle East Institute.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005. 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Citizenship and
Justice. Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) &
Freedom House Inc.
Tuesday, June 7, 2005. 2:00 p.m. – 3:30
p.m.
Engaging
Africa: Washington and the Fall of Portugal’s Colonial Empire.
Center for Global Development
Tuesday, June 7, 2005.
3:30-5:00pm
The World Bank under Wolfowitz. American Enterprise
Institute.
Thursday, June 9, 2005. 2:30 p.m. –
4:00 p.m.
The Hardest Job in the World: Five Crucial Tasks for
the New President of the World Bank.
Center for Global Development
Thursday, June 09, 2005, 12:00 p.m. -
2:00 p.m.
Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in
Developing Countries.
A new report from the National Academies with editor Cynthia B.
Lloyd, Population Council. Woodrow Wilson Center.
Friday, June 10, 2005.
10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Global
economic imbalances: causes, potential dangers, and possible
solutions. Presentation by IMF Economic Counselor
and Director of Research, Raghuram Rajan. CSIS B-1 Conference
Center, 1800 K Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20006
June 12-18, 2005
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
- This Week's Events
June 13-15, 2005
The
Ethiopian Community Development Council's
National Conference on African Refugees.
Marriott Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005. 9:00-11:00am
Survey of Women's Rights in the Middle East
and North Africa: Key Findings and Recommendations. A
discussion with Sameena Nazir, Director of the Survey of Women's
Rights in the Middle East and North Africa, Amal Rassam, Iraq
Specialist and author of the Survey of Women's Rights' Iraq Report
and Catherine D. Bellafronto, Master of Science in Foreign Service
Candidate at Georgetown University. For more information, or to
RSVP, please contact:
ecsp@wwic.si.edu
Tuesday, June 14, 3:00-4:30pm
Live Webcast: Mapping a Peace Strategy for Northern
Uganda. A Panel discussion on the ongoing
war in northern Uganda with John Prendergast, Special Advisor to the
President of the International Crisis Group, and Gilbert Khadiagala,
Associate Professor of African Studies and Comparative Politics at
the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns
Hopkins University.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005. 9:30 am -12:00 pm
E-Government Experience in the US and Canada: Is it Relevant to
Developing Countries?. World Bank, Room I1-200, 1850 I Street
N.W., Washington DC, USA Event Type: Video Seminar
Wednesday, June 15, 2005. 10:00 a.m.
– 11:30 a.m.
Access to Medicines: The Puzzling Case of
Praziquantel. Center for Global Development
Wednesday, June 15 2005, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
One Planet, Many People: Atlas of Our Changing Environment.
Woodrow Wilson Center.
Wednesday, June 15, 2:00-4:00pm
Ethiopia's Elections and Their Aftermath. A
discussion sponsored by the Africa Program and the Center for
Strategic and International Studies on Ethiopia's May 15 elections,
and the crisis that has followed, with Terrence Lyons, of the
Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution at George Mason
University, Jane Gaffney, director for East Africa at the U.S.
Department of State and Chris Albin-Lackey, Human Rights Watch. This
meeting will be held at CSIS, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005. 4:00-6:00 p.m.
“Robert Mugabe, the Press, and the Future of
Zimbabwe”. Center for Global Development
June 15, 23, 28
Summer Series on Darfur -
US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee
on Conscience
June 15-18
World Refugee Day Events. National
Geographic Society Headquarters, 1600 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
20036.
Thursday,
June 16, 2005
Day of the African
Child
Thursday,
June 16, 2005.
Cape Verde and Nicaragua Public Outreach Meeting -
Millennium Challenge Corporation. Transcript.
Video (Windows Media)
Thursday, June 16, 2005.
12:00 PM: Registration and Lunch. 12:30-2:00 PM: Presentation and
Discussion
OECD
Breakfast Series: African Economic Outlook 2005.
Presentation by OECD economist at the OECD Development Centre,
Washington, DC
Thursday, June 16, 2005.
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
New Scholarship in Race and Ethnicity: Black
Ethnic Options: Afro-Caribbean Immigrants and the Politics of
Incorporation, With speaker
Reuel Rogers, Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Northwestern University; commentators Andrea Simpson,
Associate Professor of Education, University of Richmond; Rogers
Smith, Professor of Political Science, University of
Pennsylvania.
Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
Friday, June 17, 2005. Part 1: Special
Seminar: 9:30 – 12:30pm; Part 2: Advocacy Strategy Session: 1:30 –
4:30pm
Old
Wine in New Skins?...Trade capacity building assistance (TCBA) may
be a "new trend" but NGO advocates are wondering whether it is
really "old wine in new skins". Center for Development &
Population Activities (CEDPA), 1400 16th Street, NW Suite 100 --
main training room, Washington, DC 20036, 202-667-1142
June 19-21, 2005
2005
International
Women’s Policy Research Conference
June 19-25, 2005
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
- This Week's Events
Monday, June 20, 2005, 9:30 AM
Breaking the
Oil Syndrome: Responsible Hydrocarbon Development in West Africa.
The Library of Congress - Jefferson Building, 10 1st Street, SE,
Washington, DC (in the Members Room, LJ 162). Congressional Black
Caucus Foundation, Inc.
Monday, June 20, 2005.
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
The Muslim World after 9/11.
With Angel Rabasa, Senior Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation.
Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
Monday, June 20, 2005, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
America's Mission: Debating Strategies for the Promotion of
Democracy and Human Rights.
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Office.
June 21-24, 2005
2005 U.S.-Africa Business Summit. Corporate Council
on Africa. Baltimore Marriott
Waterfront Hotel, 700 Aliceanna
Street, Baltimore MD
Wednesday,
June 22, 2005. 10:30 a.m.
Hearing: Sudan: Consolidating Peace While Confronting
Genocide.
The Honorable Henry J. Hyde,
The Honorable Robert B. Zoellick.
U.S. House of Representatives
- Committee on International Relations.
2172 Rayburn House
Office Building.
View Webcast Video
Wednesday, June 22, 2005. 6:45-8:45pm
FILM: Voices
in Wartime. Institute for Policy Studies'
Social Action and Leadership
School for Activists
Wednesday, June 22,
2005. 6:00 PM: Cocktail Reception; 6:30 PM: Screening; 8:00 PM:
Dinner.
Premiere
screening of THE GIRL IN THE CAFÉ. The Center for Global
Development, the Council on Foreign Relations and HBO Films. From
the screenwriter Richard Curtis (“Love Actually,” “Four Weddings and
a Funeral”), the film faces perhaps the most important issue of
2005: Will this be the year when world powers seriously address the
issue of world poverty once and for all? Discussion with Jeff
Greenfield, Senior Analyst and Contributor, CNN; Fareed Zakaria,
Editor of Newsweek International. La Maison Francaise, Embassy of
France, 4101 Reservoir Rd. NW, Washington, DC.
Thursday, June 23, 2005.
10:00 A.M.
Hearing: Hope For The Future: Developing An HIV/Aids
Vaccine. U.S. Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, June 23, 2005.
10:00 a.m.
Regular
press briefing by Thomas C. Dawson, Director of External Relations.
Room R-710, IMF Headquarters.
Thursday, June 23, 10:00-11:00am
Why Fighting Crime Can Assist Development in Africa.
A Director's Forum with Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in honor of the launch
of a new report on Crime in Africa, published by the UNODC, and
which will be made available to the Public and the Press for the
first time. Woodrow Wilson Center.
Thursday, June 23, 2005 12:30-2:00 p.m.
IMF Book Forum - Beating the Business Cycle: Can Turning Points in
the Economy be Predicted?. IMF Meeting Hall B (Visitors enter
via the IMF Center), 720 19th St. NW, Washington, DC .
June 23, 28
Summer Series on Darfur -
US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee
on Conscience
June 23-25, 2005
"Gender and the Politics of Inequality". American Friends Service
Committee invites you to attend the Second Annual Bill Sutherland
Training Institute for Africa Advocates. Kellogg Conference
Hotel, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue, N.E. Washington, DC
Friday, June 24, 2005.
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Environment,
Poverty, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Leveraging U.S.
Aid to Improve Natural Resource Management. Falk Auditorium, The
Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC
20036. The Brookings Institution is conducting a full day conference
that will examine policy relevant questions concerning U.S. foreign
aid and the sustainable management of natural resources. The event
will feature Paul Applegarth, MCC Chief Executive Officer, and
Christine Whitman, former New Jersey Governor, Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator and MCC board member.
Webcast live:
Primary Access
(Windows Media Player);
Backup Access
June 26-July 2, 2005
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
- This Week's Events
Tuesday, June 28, 2005.
Summer Series on Darfur -
US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee
on Conscience
Tuesday, June 28, 2005.
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Egyptian Family Law and Women's Rights. Speaker: Dr. Mona Zulficar.
Middle East Institute
Tuesday,
June 28, 2005. 2:00 p.m.
(POSTPONED
until September
13, 2005)
Hearing: AGOA: A Five Year Assessment.
The Honorable Christopher H. Smith, Ms.
Florizelle Liser, Mr. Steve Hayes. Subcommittee on Africa, Global
Human Rights and International Operations. 2172 Rayburn House Office
Building
Tuesday, June 28, 2005.
2:00 – 4:00
African Foreign Policies in Transition.
United States Institute of Peace. 2nd Floor Conference Room, 1200
17th St., NW, Washington DC.
RSVP by contacting Andy Kish
akish@usip.org
or 202-429-3809.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005.
10:30 a.m.
Briefing and Hearing: The Global Water Crisis: Evaluating
U.S. Strategies to Enhance Access to Safe Water and Sanitation.
U.S. House of
Representatives - Committee on International Relations. The
Honorable Henry J. Hyde, The Honorable Vanessa Tobin, Mr. Olav
Kjørven, The Honorable John F. Turner, Ms. Jackee Schafer, Mr. Peter
Lochery, Mr. Erik R. Peterson. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005.
12:30 -
2:00 p.m.
Launch: African Development Indicators 2005. The World Bank, J
Building, Room J1-050, 701 18th Street, NW Washington, DC
Thursday, June 30, 2005. 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Somalia Briefing: Jihadi Groups and their Links to Al-Qaeda.
With: Matt Bryden, Horn of Africa Project Director, International
Crisis Group. 6th floor Conference Room, Woodrow Wilson Center,
Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington,
DC
Thursday, June 30,
2005. 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Rhetoric and Reality: AEI Briefing on the G-8 Summit at Gleneagles.
American Enterprise Institute,
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, 1150 Seventeenth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. On July 6, the leaders of the
G-8 nations will converge at Gleneagles, Scotland for their annual
summit, with British prime minister Tony Blair driving two issues to
the top of the agenda: climate change and the plight of Africa. What
are the merits of Blair's plan to combat poverty in Africa, and what
will be the practical implications of this month’s landmark
agreement to forgive $40 billion in debt for the world's poorest
nations? What position should the Bush administration, which has
rejected the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, adopt on climate
change at Gleneagles? Besides soaring rhetoric and predictable pomp,
is the summit likely to produce, for better or worse, any meaningful
policy commitments? Is it time to consider expanding or contracting
the G-8 to better reflect the global economy? Should human rights
and democratic practices play a role in determining G-8 membership?
These and other questions will be the subject of an AEI pre-summit
luncheon briefing.
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