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Ongoing Events

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. Visit: www.angeliqueshofar.com and www.wpfw.org or call 202-588-0999 ext 360 or 202-270-1688 for more info. Listen by web stream at http://www.wpfw.org or short-wave radio.

Tuesday, March 1, 2005. 12:30 p.m.

Governance, Polity, and Civil Society in Islam and Christianity. Luncheon panel discussion. Cosponsored by the International Fellowship of Evangelical Mission Theologians (INFEMIT). Ethics and Public Policy Center

Tuesday, March 01, 2005. 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Live Webcast: A Critical Arab Analysis of the U.S. Policy of Promoting Freedom. Rami G. Khouri, Editor-at-large, The Daily Star, Beirut, Lebanon. Woodrow Wilson Center.

Wednesday, March 2, 2005. 9:00 A.M.
Foreign Assistance Oversight. US Senate Foreign Relations Committee. 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Wednesday, 2 March 2005. 8:30a.m. – 1:30p.m.
Missing the Mark: Girls' Education and the Way Forward. Center for Global Development; United Nations Millennium Project; International Center for Research on Women

Wednesday, 2 March 2005.  5:00pm - 6:30pm

Microcredit: The Role of Private Financial Institutions in Promoting Development. Swiss Foundation for World Affairs. Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW, (Rome 806), Washington, DC  20036

Wednesday, 2 March 2005. 4:30 p.m.

“Film Screening of State of Denial”. African Studies Program, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, Rome Auditorium - 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. This 2003 documentary, directed by Elaine Epstein, depicts how a grassroots movement, the Treatment Action Campaign, was able to force pharmaceutical companies to lower their prices and to pressure the South African government to commit itself to making anti-retroviral drugs available to all people with HIV/AIDS. The film is in Zulu and English with English subtitles. For more information, contact Shawnetta Jackson at 202.663.5676.

Thursday, March 3, 2005. 9 to 11 a.m.

“Democratic Republic of Congo: The Road to Elections". For Details: Events Calendar: School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Thursday, March 3, 2005. 9:30 AM

Regular press briefing by Thomas C. Dawson, Director of External Relations, IMF.  R-710, IMF Headquarters.

Thursday, March 3, 2005. 12:30 to 2 p.m.

“International Financial Architecture and the Evolving Nature of International Law”. For Details: Events Calendar: School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Thursday, March 3, 2005. 2:00-3:00 p.m.

Sudan: The Big Picture. Special Briefing by Charles Snyder, Director of The Office of Sudan Programs Group, US State Department. Contact: Tsehai Dirar, Tdirar@churchworldservice.org; http://adna.africafocus.org/

Thursday, March 3, 2005. 5:30 to 7 p.m.

“Managing Risk in Microfinance Investment”. For Details: Events Calendar: School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Friday, March 4, 2005. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

“Crisis in Darfur: What Hope Remains”. For Details: Events Calendar: School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.

Friday, March 4, 2005. 7 - 9pm

afrikafé - Networking Event. afrikafé International First Friday. Feature: OMEKONGO DIBINGA: Spoken Word Artist (Congo - Kinshasa). 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

Monday, March 7, 2005
Putting it Together: The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Development. One-day Conference sponsored by U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy, the Kauffman Foundation, the Council on State Governments, and the National Lieutenant Governors Association

Monday, March 7, 2005. 12:00-1:00p.m.

Beijing + 10: Arab Women At A Glance. Fatima Sbaity-Kassem, Director, Center for Women, ESCWA (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia), Beirut, Lebanon

Wednesday, March 9, 2005. 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

A Leading Social and Political Activist Reflects on the New South Africa. Africa Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wednesday, March 9, 2005. 11:00 a.m.

Combating Human Trafficking: Achieving Zero Tolerance. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

Thursday, March 10, 2005. 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Local Governance and the Creation of Spaces for Civic Action. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

March 11-14, 2005

Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Peace with Justice. Africa Action & Advocacy Days

Monday, 14 March 2005. 9.00 am –11.30 am

Report back from "Civil Society Global Strategy Meeting on the IFIs". Bank Information Center, Development GAP

March 14-16, 2005

World Bank Energy Week. Energy Week 2005 features presentations and discussions with leading energy development practitioners and offers networking activities to participants from Governments, NGOs, consultants and World Bank Group staff.

Tuesday, March 15, 2005

2005 Earthwatch Institute Film Award: Earthling. National Geographic Society

Wednesday, March 16, 2005. 12:00 – 2:00 PM

Regional Public Goods and Regional Development Assistance. Society for International Development - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Workgroup

Tuesday, March 15, 2005. 8 a.m.

Foreign Policy: A View From Congress. Center for Transatlantic Relations / Transatlantic Magazine

Tuesday, March 15, 2005. 2:30 p.m.
Hearing: United Nations Reform: Challenges and Prospects. Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing: Libya: Progress on the Path Toward Cautious Reengagement. Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives. 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

Wednesday, March 16, 2005. 12:00 - 2:30p.m.

Islam and Education in the 21st Century. Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Office

Wednesday, March 16, 2005. 4:30p.m.

Religion and Democracy: Rethinking the Relationship. SAIS and the National Endowment for Democracy.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005. 5:30 - 6:30pm

Weekly Vigil & Speak-out on Darfur. At the White House. Africa Action

Thursday, March 17, 2005. 1:30 p.m.

Hearing: A Global Review of Human Rights: Examining the State Department's 2004 Annual Report. Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations. U.S. House of Representatives. 2200 Rayburn House Office Building

Thursday, March 17, 2005. 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Poverty Reduction As If Rural People Mattered. Center for Global Development

Friday, March 18, 2005. 2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Darfur Eyewitness: Brian Steidle. Brian Steidle, a former U.S. Marine, was a member of the African Union team monitoring the conflict in Darfur, where he took hundreds of photographs documenting atrocities. Join us to learn what he witnessed in Darfur and to see the evidence he gathered. U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024. R.S.V.P. at 202-314-7868

Opening the Floodgates on a Finite Resource: The Implications of a Human Right to Water. The Sustainable Development Law & Policy Publication & The Center For Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, American University.

Monday, March 21, 2005. 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Working Diasporas: Migration in the Age of Globalization. Conference. Swiss Foundation for World Affairs. Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, 1740 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC  20036. Kenney Auditorium

Monday, March 21, 2005. 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Examples of Reconciliation: Africa's Contributions to the Global Community. All-day seminar. Library of Congress. Mumford Room, sixth floor of the Madison Building of the Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.

Monday, March 21, 2005. 12:30pm-2:00pm
Natural Resources, Aid, and Democratization: A Best-Case Scenario. Center for Global Development

Tuesday, March 22, 2005. 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM

The Future of the World Trade Organization - A Report by the Consultative Board to the WTO Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi. American Enterprise Institute 

Tuesday, March 22, 2005. 4:30pm to 6pm

HIV/AIDS Picture Exhibition, Awareness and Information Opening. A Global Healthcare Public Foundation. Gallery of more than 260 photographs (taken during the Foundation’s recent humanitarian and medical charity mission) to over 40 sites depict the plight of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC), women and girls; poverty and HIV/AIDS, in the Republics of Benin, Cameroon, Nigeria and Togo. Strayer University, RM 322 1133 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005. Contact: Kilian Songwe: ksongwe@aglobalhf.org

Wednesday, March 23, 2005. 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Legitimacy and the Use of Force: Discussion on the United Nations High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wednesday, March 23, 2005. 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Containing Arab Nationalism. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Thursday, March 24, 2005. 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Beyond “Conflict Diamonds:" a New Report on Human Rights and Angolan Diamonds. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Thursday, March 24, 2005, 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Meeting the Challenge of Islamist Militancy: A Counter-Epidemic Approach. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Thursday, March 24, 2005. 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Networking Happy Hour. Young Professionals Workgroup - Society for International Development. Co-sponsored with American University’s International Development Program Student Association (IDPSA)

Friday, March 25, 2005. 12:30 p.m.
The ABCs of NGOs. International Development Program, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Rome Building 200, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Friday, March 25, 2005. 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Effectively Bridging the Digital and Scientific Divide in Africa: the Role of the Diaspora. Young African Professionals Networking Event

Friday, March 25, 2005. 12:30 – 2:00 pm [Postponed from March 14]

Community Participation for Education: Perspectives from Ethiopia. Society for International Development - Education for Development Workgroup

Monday, March 28, 2005. 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Foreign Policy Divisions on the Right: Are We All Neoconservatives Now? Hudson Institute.

Monday, March 28, 2005. 12:00 pm
The Collapse of Zimbabwe in the Wake of the 2000–2003 Land Reforms. Cato Institute Book Forum

Wednesday, March 30, 2005. 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

The Impact of Gender Mainstreaming in Africa. Interaction

Wednesday, March 30, 2005. 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Monitoring and Evaluation in International Development: Balancing Ideals with Project Realities. Young Professionals in International Development - Society for International Development