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AP WASHINGTON DAYBOOK, Saturday, March 29
GENERAL
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March 20 - April 13. NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL — National Cherry Blossom Festival. http://www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org
Highlights:
Blossom Kite Festival. Grounds of the Washington Monument.
UPDATED
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
Highlights:
7 p.m. Attorney General Eric Holder will deliver brief remarks at the National Bar Association Awards Dinner and Gala, where he will be awarded the Gertrude E. Rush Award for a career devoted to civil and human rights. Cherry Blossom Ballroom. Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Christine.Bennett@nationalbar.org.
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 POETRY 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/
"GIVE AMERICA A RAISE" BUS — Final day of a ten city tour with a stop in Washington, DC. http://www.americansunitedforchange.org/press/releases/announcing\_give\_america\_a\_raise\_bus\_tour/
Contacts: Lauren Weiner 202-470-5870
Jeremy Funk 202-470-5878
On the Net: www.RaiseTo1010.com
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MORNING
9 a.m. THIRD ANNUAL COLOR OF LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE — Third Annual Color of Leadership Conference: A Male Perspective with remarks by Deputy Director Marco Davis, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Background: On Oct. 19, 2010, President Obama signed Executive Order 13555, renewing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics .
Location: Wakefield High School, 1325 S. Dinwiddie Street, Arlington, Va.
Contacts: press@ed.gov ((202) 401-1576)
10:30 a.m. WASHINGTON NATIONALS - YOUTH BASEBALL - RIBBON CUTTING — The Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy hosts official ribbon cutting ceremony with guests including Nationals players and executives, local and federal government leaders, and the Academys inaugural class of scholar-athletes at the brand new facility in Fort Dupont Park. Invited guests include Washington Nationals players and coaches; Academy scholar-athletes; D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray; Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor, Department of the Interior; Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton; D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson; D.C. Councilmember Yvette Alexander; Events DC President and CEO Greg ODell; Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Chair Rodney Slater; Nationals President of Baseball Operations & General Manager Mike Rizzo; and Nationals Managing Principal Owner Theodore N. Lerner.. Media interested in covering the ceremony should contact Liz Wright at liz@sandersonstrategies.com or 202-682-3700 to RSVP. For more information about the Academy, please visit www.nationalsacademy.org.
Location: Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, Fort Dupont Park: 3675 Ely Place SE (Parking available in lot between Academy and Ice Rink).
Notes: There will be a media open house on the 27th at 3:30 p.m.
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. SUMMIT ON RACE — .In wake of the recent controversial verdicts delivered in the Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis cases, the AGAPE ministry of the historic Alfred St. Baptist Church, located in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, and its nationally recognized pastor, Dr. Howard-John Wesley, Jr., will host a workshop on race titled, "Handling the Difficult Conversations: Modern Racism-Trayvon Martin/Jordan Davis Realities for Youth and their Parents". Participants: Dr. Vanessa J. Weaver and Gilbert Thompson, MA, Co-Leads; Dr. Joseph Williams, Guest Expert/Facilitator, Director Counseling Department, George Mason University, AGAPE Facilitators: Dr. Anita Reed; Andrea Bordeaux, MA ABD; Dr. Kyristy Arnold; Salandra Fleming, MA; Krystie Wilson, MA; Mr. William Spencer, MDiv;; Yvonne Hawkins, MA.
Location: Alfred Street Baptist Church, 201 Alfred Street, Old Town Alexandria, VA.
Contacts: Raymone Bain (202) 733-1833; (202) 386-3042
Yvonne Hawkins vondhawk@hotmail.com ((703) 895-9975)
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