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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
October Event
Listings
Africa Action - Events
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Development - Events
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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
Young
African Professionals Network
September 15 – October 9,
2005
I
HAVE BEFORE ME A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT GIVEN TO ME BY A YOUNG LADY
FROM RWANDA. By Sonja Linden. African Continuum
Theatre Company. Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE,
Washington, D.C. Ticket prices for groups of 10 or more are $25 per
ticket on Wed and Thurs ($20 for seniors and students) and $30 on
Fri, Sat Mat, Sat Eve and Sun. Mat ($25 for seniors and students).
Jefferson A. Russell, Interim Group Sales Coordinator, 202.529.5763
/202.529.5782 fax
Saturday, October 1, 2005. 3:30 pm -
5:30 pm
TransAfrica Forum's Arthur R. Ashe, Jr. Foreign
Policy Library 12th Anniversary Reception &
Fundraiser. Mimi’s American
Bistro, 2120 P Street, NW, Washington, DC.
October 2 - 8, 2005
Johns
Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) -
This Week's
Events
Monday, October 3, 2005. 12:30-2:00
p.m.
Lunch Forum on Political Reform in Nigeria. National Endowment for
Democracy, 1101 15th St. NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC. With Olisa
Agbakoba, Founder and Senior Counsel for HURILAWS, an NGO focused on
constitutional reform, Chairman of the Green Party of Nigeria,
Former president of the Campaign for Democracy, Founder and former
chairman of the Civil Liberties Organization. Please RSVP
(acceptances only) to whitneyl@ned.org
October 3-6, 2005
Meeting on the Task Force on Harmonization of Public
Sector Accounting .
IMF, Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, 4 October 2005.
08.30am: Registration and
Breakfast; 09.00-10.30am: Presentation
OECD
Breakfast Series: Trade and Structural Adjustment.
Presentation by Kenneth Heydon, Deputy Director, OECD Trade
Directorate. Private Dining Room 1 at Capitol Hill Club, 300 First
Street SE, Washington
DC.
Tuesday, 4 October 2005. 9.30 a.m. – 11.30
a.m.
Advocacy
Network for Africa (ADNA) General Monthly Meeting.
Conference Room at the offices of the
National Council of Churches and Church World Service, United
Methodist Building, 110 Maryland Ave, Suite 108. For access please
use the button pad, press 108 and the red button for entrance.
Remember to use the 110 entrance a little way along on Maryland Ave,
not the 100 Maryland Ave corner door at 1st St and Maryland
Ave. Contact
Jennifer Davis, jendavis@igc.org.
Tuesday, October 4, 2005. 12
Noon
Tuesday,
October
4, 2005. 7:00pm
Lies,
Deception, and Genocide: The Real Deal about Africa. Benjamin Banneker
Room, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland College Park,
Maryland. An examination of genocide in Darfur and Rwanda. Featured
Speaker: Akenji Ndumu, Coordinator of the Africa Action Student
Network. Organized by Kappa Phi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc. Contact: Jennifer Lewis,
jlewis1059@yahoo.com
Tuesday, October 4, 2005. 11:00 PM
- 12:00 AM
"BlackAdemics" presents Organizing in the
African American Community. WPFW
89.3 FM Radio. Listen Online at www.wpfw.org
Wednesday, October 5, 2005,
3:00 - 5:00
p.m.
New Scholarship in Race and Ethnicity -- Creating
Synergy: Top-Down Policymaking and Immigrant Community
Banking. Alethia Jones, Assistant
Professor of Public Administration and Policy, State University of
New York at Albany, speaker; commentators Ann Chih Lin,
Associate Professor of Political Science and the Gerald R. Ford
School of Public Policy; Helen Ingram, Professor of Planning,
Policy, and Design and Political Science, and the Drew, Chace and
Erin Warmington Chair in the Social Ecology of Peace and
International Cooperation, University of California at Irvine.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars
Thursday, October 6,
2005. 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Congressional Perspectives
on U.S. Foreign Assistance.
Featuring Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA),
Member, House Appropriations Committee. Society for International
Development Chapter Event. Chemonics International, 2nd Floor
Auditorium, 1133 20th Street, NW, (between L & M Streets),
Washington, DC. Contact: Please RSVP to Nora Duran at nduran@chemonics.com
Thursday,
October 6,
2005.
6:30-8:00
p.m.
Growth in the
Developing World Over the Last Quarter Century -
CEPR
Economics Seminar Series: Basic Economics for Policy Analysis and
Self
Defense.
Instructor: Mark Weisbrot. Center
for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) office. CEPR is located at
1611 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 400 in Washington,
DC (one
and a half blocks north of Dupont
Circle).
Thursday, October 6, 2005.
7:30 p.m.
Darwin's Nightmare (France/Austria/Belgium, 2004, 107 minutes). Amnesty
International Film Festival (October 6-8). National Geographic Society. Grosvenor
Auditorium, 1600 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. 202 857 7700.
Hubert Sauper’s riveting documentary examines the devastating effect
of the introduction of the Nile perch to Tanzania's Lake Victoria.
It is a tale about fish, but also about starvation and
globalization. Winner of the Best Documentary Award at the 2004
European Film Awards. A reception will take
place in the National Geographic Dining Hall before the screening
from 6:00 p.m. until 7:15 p.m. A panel discussion will follow the
screening.
Friday, October 7, 2005. 7 PM
to 9 PM
afrikafé International First Friday. Featuring:
ARMAND NTEP - Musician (CAMEROON). 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.
Friday, October 7, 2005. 7:00 - 9:00
pm
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