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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Friday, March 28
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March 20 - April 13. NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL — National Cherry Blossom Festival. http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
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 25 - 28. GET YOUR BUSINESS ONLINE — the Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD) will be joining other cities around the nation to help Googles "Get Your Business Online Week. A series of free, live streamed workshops will be offered in partnership with Google. DSLBD will be streaming live feed for the workshops on DLSBDs website at www.dslbd.dc.gov March 25-28th and offering two free in person screenings Tuesday, March 25 and Wednesday, March 26.
Contacts: Dian Herrman dian.herrman2@dc.gov (202-727-0860)
March 26 - 28. ABA - ANTITRUST SPRING MEETING — The American Bar Association holds its 62nd Antitrust Law Spring Meeting. http://www.americanbar.org/calendar/2014/03/antitrust\_law\_2014springmeeting62.html
Highlights:
10 a.m. Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Bill Baer will participate in the Enforcers' Roundtable.
Location: J.W. Marriott Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Contacts: Alisha Cybulski, alisha.cybulski@americanbar.or, 202-662-1097
March 26 - 28. U.S.- CHINA SISTER CITIES CONFERENCE — The 2014 US-China Sister Cities Conference will connect business leaders, government officials, and citizen diplomats from the U.S. and China on strengthening exchanges and business engagement. http://www.sister-cities.org/news/announcing-2014-us-china-sister-cities-conference
Highlights:
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Bonus Session: The Sino-African Initiative Panel. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
March 26 - 29. NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE — Mid-Year Conference & Gertrude E. Rush Awards Dinner. http://services.nationalbar.org/eBusiness/Meetings/Details.aspx?mid=41
Location: Gaylord National Hotel & Conference Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD.
March 27 - 29. BLACK WOMEN'S ROUNDTABLE PUBLIC POLICY NETWORK — Black Women's Roundtable Public Policy Network (BWR), the women's initiative of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP), will release a report reviewing the overall status of Black women during the third annual BWR Women of Power Summit. The report will be released the first day of the summit
Contacts: Edrea Davis edmedia@dogonvillage.com (770.961.6200/818.613.9521)
March 27 - 29. CYBERPATRIOT COMPETITION — 28 teams of middle and high school students to compete in the national finals of CyberPatriot, the National Youth Cyber Education Program organized by the Air Force Association. Opening Ceremony: 8 - 8:45 AM, Thursday, March 27th; Finals Competition: 7:30 AM - 8:00 PM, Friday, March 28th; Awards Banquet: 6:30 PM, Saturday, March 29th. CONTACT: Merri Shaffer, Manager, Media Activities, Air Force Association, MShaffer@afa.org For more information: http://www.uscyberpatriot.org/
Location: Gaylord National Hotel & Conference Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD.
Contacts: Charlotte Fox 202.683.3132 office (202.465.6407 cell)
March 27 - 30. SPLIT THIS ROCK PEOTRY FESTIVAL — Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness. Locations: Various locations in the Farragut Square area, including the National Geographic Museum, Beacon Hotel, Human Rights Campaign, Charles Sumner School Museum & Archives, The Wilderness Society, Institute for Policy Studies, and Busboys and Poets. Contact: Sarah Browning, Executive Director of Split This Rock 202-787-5254; browning@splitthisrock.org For more information: http://www.splitthisrock.org/programs/festival/2014-poetry-festival/program-schedule/thursday-march-27-2014/
Location: http://www.splitthisrock.org/programs/festival/2014-poetry-festival/venues/
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY - CORPORATE COUNTERTERRORISM — Washington College of Law symposium, "Corporate Counterterrorism: The Role of Private Companies in National Security." This symposium will address the recent issues surrounding the Patriot Act Section 215 and FISA Section702, and how it has vastly expanded the government's ability to monitor business practices. This symposium will address the recent issues surrounding the Patriot Act Section 215 and FISA Section702, and how it has vastly expanded the government's ability to monitor business practices. http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/founders/2014/20140328.cfm
Highlights:
12 p.m. Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin will deliver remarks.
Location: 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 603.
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MORNING
8 a.m. - 12 p.m. SHALE GAS — Event, "Shale Gas: A Game Changer for American Manufacturing," a meeting where key decision-makers from industry and the public sector will develop policy recommendations "that aim to leverage the nation's natural gas boom to boost domestic manufacturing and create jobs." http://iml.umich.edu/?page=agenda
Location: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW.
Contacts: Nicole Casal Moore, 734-647-7087
8:30 a.m. EU/U.S. COOPERATION — Vice President Almunia will brief reporters on EU/U.S. cooperation on competition issues at a press breakfast at the European Union Delegation to the United States. RSVP to Anna Prisco at anna.prisco@eeas.europa.eu or 202 429 6387. For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/commission\_2010-2014/almunia/index\_en.htm
Location: 2175 K Street, Washington DC; entrance from 22nd Street.
9 a.m. - 12 p.m. WILSON CENTER - BRAZIL - CITIZEN SECURITY — Speakers: Eduarda La Rocque, Instituto Pereira Pasos Prefeitura Rio; Erica Machado, United Nations Development Program; Mauricio Moura, George Washington University and Harvard University; Jose Luiz Ratton, Federal University of Pernambuco; Robson Rodrigues, Igarape Institute; Dino Caprirolo, Inter-American Development Bank, Brazil. http://pages.wilsoncenter.org/CitSecBrazil3.28.14\_Event-SingleSpeaker\_registration.html
Location: Fifth Floor Conference Room, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.
9:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION - MARIJUANA — The Corporate Takeover of Marijuana . In a critique in the Washington Monthly, drug policy expert Mark Kleiman warns that the current approach being taken by Colorado, Washington and other states will lead to a public health disaster. Participants: Mark Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy, University of California Los Angeles, Co-author, Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know; Alison Holcomb, Criminal Justice Director, ACLU of Washington State; Jonathan Rauch, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Sue Rusche, President and CEO, National Families in Action. Moderator: Paul Glastris, Editor in chief, the Washington Monthly, 2009-2010 Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow, New America Foundation. Introduction: Phillip Longman, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation, Senior editor, the Washington Monthly. CONTACT: Liana Simonds at New America at (202) 735-2829 or simonds@newamerica.org http://www.newamerica.net/events/2014/the\_corporate\_takeover\_of\_marijuana
Location: New America Foundation, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400.
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. DISTRACTED DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAM — In recognition that April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month Fairfax Country hosts their first distracted driver training session for FCPD officers. The class focus includes: legal challenges, psychology, enforcement and current trends of distracted driving. Officers will also hear, firsthand, from Patty Kruszewski, who recently lost her daughter to a texting driver. RSVP: Lucy Caldwell, FCPD Public Information Office, 703-246-2253. www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/news-releases/
Location: Driver Training Track, 3725 Stonecroft Blvd., Chantilly, 20151.
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10 a.m. PENTAGON - SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS — Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh, Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III deliver remarks at the Sexual Assault Awareness Month Kick-off, hosted by the U.S. Army Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program Directorate.
Location: Pentagon Center Courtyard.
Notes: Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the Pentagon River Pedestrian Bridge only. Plan to arrive no later than 45 minutes prior to the event; have proof of affiliation and photo identification. Please call 703-697-2444 for escort into the building.
10 a.m. - 11 a.m. NATIONAL FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN — NFRW's annual spring board of directors meeting, with 175 Republican women leaders from across the nation in attendance. Speakers: Cathy Gillespie, advisory board member of Right Women, Right Now and co-chair of Constituting America; Jill Bader, communications director, Republican State Leadership Committee; Neri Martinez, director of the Future Majority Project, Republican State Leadership Committee; Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, New Jersey state assemblywoman. www.nfrw.org/programs/events/board_meeting.htm.
Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginia.
Contacts: 405-596-3873 (lziriax@nfrw.org)
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. AEI - MENTAL HEATH - REP. MURPHY — Fixing the mental health care system: What Congress can do with Representative Tim Murphy (R-PA) and AEIs Sally Satel for a panel discussion of his Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, which seeks to direct resources at the patients and families most in need of psychiatric services. http://www.aei.org/events/2014/03/28/fixing-the-mental-health-care-system-what-congress-can-do/
Location: AEI, Twelfth Floor, 1150 Seventeenth Street, NW.
10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE — Millennium Challenge Corporation Quarterly Town Hall Meeting: overview of the March MCC Board of Directors meeting. Additional topics of discussion will include Power Africa, MCC collaboration with PEPFAR, and an update on water and sanitation investments in Zambia.
Location: Millennium Challenge Corporation, Second Floor Conference Rooms; 875 Fifteenth Street NW
Contacts: n/a (events@mcc.gov)
Notes: Due to security requirements and limited seating, please register online at http://1.usa.gov/1kGlxr7 by 5:00 p.m. Thursday, March 27.
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10:30 a.m. ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES — The Permanent Council will hold a regular meeting.
Location: Simon Bolivar Hall, 17th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW.
Contacts: n/a, 202-370-5437
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. CSIS - CHINA REALITY CHECK — Discussion on China's Human Rights Diplomacy: Past, Present and Future. Speakers: John Kamm, Executive Director, The Dui Hua Foundation. Moderator: Christopher K. Johnson, CSIS Senior Advisor and Freeman Chair, Freeman Chair in China Studies. http://my.csis.org/csis/CSIS1700/CSISEventRegistration.aspx?eventcode=2014\_103
Location: Second Floor Conference Room, CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Avenue NW.
Contacts: 202-887-0200
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. USO FAMILY CENTER OPENING — Grand Opening Media Tour of USO Warrior and Family Center at Bethesda.
Location: 4565 Taylor Rd, Bethesda, MD
Contacts: Michelle Shortencarrier (michelle@usometro.org)
Notes: RSVP at http://www.navdistwash.org/go/survey/6085/17134 by noon on March 27, 2014 for arrival/parking instructions, clearance and base access
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AFTERNOON
12 p.m. - 1 p.m. AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS EVENT — "I Call With All My Voices" with Marilyn Nelson,, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Connecticut and Lavonda Kay Broadnax,, Works of Civil War Era African American Women.
Location: National Press Club McLendon Room, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor.
12 p.m. - 1 p.m. RAND - JOINT FIGHTER PROGRAMS — Congressional briefing, "Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money?" With Mark Lorell, a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation.
Location: B-340 Rayburn.
Notes: Register online or contact the RAND Office of Media Relations at media@rand.org or at (703) 414-4795.
12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION - SYRIA — The War in Syria. Participants: Will McCants, Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution, Director of the Project on U.S.-Islamic Relations, Brookings Institution; Nathaniel Rosenblatt, Senior Analyst, Middle East and North Africa, Caerus Associates, Co-Author, Zooming in on Syria: Adapting U.S. Policy to Local Realities; Oubai Shahbandar, Senior Adviser, Syrian National Coalition; Leila Hilal, Director, Middle East Task Force, New America Foundation. Moderator: Peter Bergen, Director, International Security Program, New America Foundation. http://www.newamerica.net/events/2014/the\_war\_in\_syria Contact: contact Liana Simonds at New America at (202) 735-2829 or simonds@newamerica.org.
Location: New America Foundation, 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400.
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1:30 p.m. WOMEN IN NATIONAL SECURITY — Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James delivers remarks on women in national security at a Stockholm International Peace Research Institute seminar.
Location: Stimson Center, 1111 19th St. NW.
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. WILSON CENTER - IRAQI CRISIS - HISOTRY — A History of the Iraqi Crisis: France, the United States, and Iraq, 1991-2003. Contact Evan Pikulski at 202-691-4166, or by email at Evan.Pikulski@wilsoncenter.org For more information: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/history-the-iraqi-crisis
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
2 p.m. - 5 p.m. BROOKINGS - U.S. AND CHINA — "35 Years of U.S.-China Relations: Diplomacy, Culture and Soft Power." Brookings' John L. Thornton China Center will host former NBA star and philanthropist Yao Ming and NBA Commissioner Emeritus David Stern for an event marking 35 years of U.S.-Chinese diplomacy, cultural exchanges, and soft power relations. The event will feature a panel discussion on sports and cultural diplomacy, as well as U.S.-China cooperation on issues such as climate change and energy security.
Location: Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Contacts: Gail Chalef, gchalef@brookings.edu, 202-797-4396
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3 p.m. GEN. ALEXANDER RETIREMENT — Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey deliver remarks at the retirement ceremony of Gen. Keith Alexander, commander, U.S. Cyber Command, and director, National Security Agency. Event is pooled press and airs live on The Pentagon Channel and at www.pentagonchannel.mil.
Location: Fort George Meade, MD.
3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY - BUDGET IMPACTS — The 2015 Budget: Impacts on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Jason Walsh, Senior Advisor, Dept. of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; Fred Sissine, Energy Policy Specialist, Congressional Research Service (CRS) ; Scott Sklar, Chair, Steering Committee, Sustainable Energy Coalition; President, Stella Group, Ltd. RSVP at: contact Amaury Laporte at alaporte@eesi.org or (202) 662-1884http://www.eesi.org/032814budgetRSVP CONTACT: Amaury Laporte at alaporte@eesi.org or (202) 662-1884
Location: 215 Capitol Visitor Center (House side).
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. LATINO COMMUNITY - HEALTH CARE ACCESS — Luis Vasquez-Ajmac, president of MAYA, will be among the whos who of the US Latino medical community speaking at NHMAs 18th Annual Conference, "Affordable Care Act & Best Practices for Hispanics.
Contacts: 202 337 0566 Rikki@MAYAadvertising.com
On the Net: http://NHMAMD.org
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. GW - POLAR PEOPLES — Polar Peoples: Migration and Population Change in the Arctic, Timothy Heleniak, GW Department of Geography. RSVP: http://go.gwu.edu/arcticpeople
Location: Old Main Building, Conference Room 219, 1922 F Street, NW.
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. WILSON CENTER - GORBACHEV'S FOREIGN POLICY — An Unwanted Visionary: Gorbachev's Unrealized Ambitions and the Soviets' Retreat from Asia. http://wilsoncenter.org/event/unwanted-visionary-gorbachevs-unrealized-ambitions-and-the-soviets-retreat-asia
Location: Woodrow Wilson Center, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
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EVENING
6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. IWP - AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE — The Changing Face of American Intelligence: From OSS Special Operations, to Analysis and High Tech Reconnaissance, back to Special Operations with S. Eugene Poteat, President, Association of Former Intelligence Officers. http://www.iwp.edu/events/detail/the-changing-face-of-american-intelligence
Location: The Institute of World Politics, 1521 16th Street NW.
6 p.m. - 9 p.m. FAMILY MATTERS — Family Matters of Greater Washington hosts 3rd Annual Dresses for Dreams Networking Reception to help collect funding and gently-used/new prom dresses for low-income teens.
Location: Dirty Martini 1223 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Contacts: Jennifer Devlin (jennifer.devlin@cox.net.), 703-876-1714
7:30 p.m. BILL JENKINS - MOUNTAIN MUSIC — Fifty years ago Bill Jenkins played his unique brand of mountain music at the historic National Press Club. Then just a young teenager, Jenkins played with a band that included the Cottingham Brothers (Robert and Russell) who were also teens. Now on Friday, March 28 Jenkins is returning to play a 50th Anniversary Concert at the Press Club. His band the Virginia Mountain Boys will be joined by special guest Robert Cottingham. http://www.press.org
Location: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW.
Contacts: Bill McCarren 202-662-7534
7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. EMBASSY SERIES - RUSSIAN EMBASSY — The Embassy Series event with Adrian Daurov, Cello and Pianist, Di Wu at the Embassy of the Russian Federation. Opening remarks by Mr. Myron Belkind, President of The National Press Club.
Contacts: concerts@embassyseries.org 202.625.2361
Jbarry@embassyseries.org billnoutlaw@yahoo.com (Bill Outlaw: 703-831-6302)
On the Net: www.embassyseries.org:
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