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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Sunday, March 23
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March 19 - 23. NACHC ISSUES FORUM — The National Association of Community Health Centers hosts their 2014 Policy and Issues Forum) http://meetings.nachc.com/policy-and-issues/
Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Park Rd. Washington.
March 20 - April 13. NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL — National Cherry Blossom Festival. http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
Highlights:
Saturday & Sunday, March 22-23. Family Days. National Building Museum.
March 21 - 23. RADICAL WOMENS CONFERENCE — Women's business conference. Keynote speakers include: Founder Doreen Rainey; Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali; Lori Greiner, QVC show host; Jean Chatzky, Financial editor, NBC's Today Show; Teneshia Jackson Warner, Egami Consulting Group. http://getradicalconference.com/meet-the-speakers
Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Reston, VA .
March 22 - 25. GIFTED CHILDREN SYMPOSIUM — The Wallace Research and Policy Symposium, a "premiere scholarly conference at which the latest research findings and policy implications for gifted education and talent development are addressed." http://www2.education.uiowa.edu/belinblank/Researchers/wallace/
Location: Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel, 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA.
March 22 - 28. VETERAN SUICIDE — On the 11th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) announced it will converge on Washington March 22-28 to introduce IAVAs 2014 Policy Agenda and demand action on its top issue: combating veteran suicide. Background: The VA estimates that 22 veterans die by suicide each day. In IAVAs 2014 Member Policy Survey, over 47 percent of our respondents said they knew a veteran who had served in Iraq or Afghanistan who had attempted suicide. http://stormthehill.org/?org=403&lvl=100&ite=8839&lea=2843906&ctr=0&par=1
Contacts: Gretchen Andersen press@iava.org (212-982-9699)
March 23 - 24. OBESITY CONFERENCE — The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and the American College of Endocrinology (ACE) will conveneThe AACE/ACE Consensus Conference on Obesity: Building an Evidence Base for Comprehensive Action. http://aes.aace.com/meetings/37
Location: JW Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave, NW.
Contacts: Glenn Sebold, gsebold@aace.com, 904-404-4122
Notes: At the conclusion of this conference, a consensus statement will be drafted and presented during a press conference at the National Press Club, Tuesday, March 25, 9:00 a.m.
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March 23 - 24. URBAN SCHOOLS LEGISLATIVE/POLICY CONFERENCE — Council of the Great City Schools Annual Legislative/Policy Conference, a gathering of the nations urban school leaders - superintendents, board members and senior administrators -- focusing on education legislation, funding and policies. Conference agenda: http://www.cgcs.org/cms/lib/DC00001581/Centricity/Domain/22/CGCS%20Leg%20Conf%202014.pdf
Highlights:
1 p.m. Luncheon remarks by Education Secretary Arne Duncan.
Location: Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW.
March 23 - 26. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY — Holds its 2014 Washington DC Conference. https://www.alaforveterans.org/Meetings/Washington-DC-Conference/
Location: Hilton Washington, 1919 Connecticut Ave., NW.
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