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December 2002
Event: International Center For Research on Women Crafts Bazaar
Date: December 6, 2002, from 12 - 2pm and 4 - 6pm.
Location: Washington, DC, - ICRW, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 302. For more information contact Suzan E. Atwood (E-mail: satwood@icrw.org; Tel: (202) 797-0007 ext. 156)
Event: Transformations in Politics, Culture, and Society Conference
Date: December 06 - 08, 2002
Location: Brussels, Belgium (Dr Rob Fisher, c/o Learning Solutions, Priory House, 149B, Wroslyn Road, Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR. Email: rf@inter-disciplinary.net) Transformations in Politics, Culture, and Society website
Event: The International Children's Day of Broadcasting (ICDB)
Date: December 08, 2002
Location:
Global (For more info. contact UNICEF / J. Gonzalez, jgonzalez@unicef.org.
UNICEF website)
Event: “Future Directions for Girls’ and Women’s Education - Needs and Next Steps” a presentation/discussion, co-sponsored by the Women in Development Workgroup and the Education for Development Workgroup.
Date: December 09, 2002 between 12:30-1:45 pm
Location: Washington, DC - Shriver Hall at the Peace Corps, 1111 20th Street NW (Corner of 20th and L Streets). Please RSVP to SID/WID co-chair John Hatch at jhatch@usaid.gov or (202) 712-0147 or to co-chair Frances Molinaro francescam@iadb.org or (202) 623-2542.
Event: Education and Social Action Conference
Date: December 11-13, 2002
Location: Sydney, Australia (For more info. contact: Centre for Popular Education, UTS, PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Phone: 02-9514 3843 Fax: 02-9514 3939, email: cpe@uts.edu.au)
Event: Hong Kong Educational Research Association (HKERA) 2002 International Conference "Globalization: New Horizons for Educational Change"
Date: December 20-21, 2002
Location: Hong Kong, China (For more info. contact: Phone: 852- 2609 6205/ 2609 6963 hkera@cuhk.edu.hk; Globalization: New Horizons for Educational Change website)
November 2002
Event: 2002 Common Ground Film Festival (The annual Common Ground Film Festival presents films that promote communication about conflict as well as reveal why the adversaries think, feel, and act as they do. These films stress the commonalities among the parties, while not ignoring the differences that divide them.)
Date: November 1-7, 2002
Location: Washington, DC & Brussels, Belgium (simultaneously). For more information contact Search for Common Ground / Susan Koscis, 1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20009, Phone: (202) 265-4300 , skoscis@sfcg.org.
Event: IMAGeNation 5th Annual Aboriginal Film and Video Festival
Date: November 7-10 2002
Location: Vancouver, Canada (For more info. contact IMAGe-the Indigenous Media Arts Group Phone: 604-871-0173, imag@telus.net)
Event: The Second DC International Poetry Festival (The festival will showcase poets from Canada, Bosnia, France, Italy, Mexico, South Africa and Turkey. American poets and translators will also participate, on panels and roundtable discussions. The festival's theme is "Celebrating the World's Common Language," and it features poetry from around the world, in translation and in original languages. All readings are free and open to the public. Wordfest, a 501©3 non-profit corporation, is the festival's primary sponsor)
Date: November 9-10, 2002
Location: George Washington University - Morton Auditorium, Washington DC (RSVP Required 202-347-4867)
Event: The International Arts & Crafts Fair (The Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund - A scholarship fund for women from developing countries)
Date: November 12, 13 and 14, 2002 (10 AM to 3 PM)
Location: World Bank H auditorium, 600 19th Street, NW, DC (entrance on G Street). For all your holiday shopping, don't miss this great annual event! The fair is open to the public.
Event: 6th Symposium on Gender Research (Sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, focuses on the economic aspects of gendering with the aim of discussing the costs and benefits of the gender category)
Date: November 15-17 2002
Location: Germany. For more information contact Dr. Anja Gottburgsen, ZiF Gender-Forschung at Kiel University - Germany - Fax: ++431-579 49-50, gottburgsen@zif.uni-kiel.de
Event: Africamix Festival: Child Neglect and AIDS (The festival focuses on fostering and encouraging utilisation of music celebration to help Combat child Abuse and Neglect)
Date: November 16-17, 2002
Location: Uganda. For more info. contact Hazel Twesigye, Event Coordinator, Phone: 256-077-456-448, uganda@afrikamix.com
Event: World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse
Date: November 19, 2002
Location: Global (For more info. contact Women's World Summit Foundation, P.O. Box 2001, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Phone: 00 41 22 738 6619 Fax: 00 41 22 738 8248, dignity@vtxnet.ch)
Event: Chobi Mela: Asian Festival of Photography
Date: November 22-December 01, 2002
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh (For more info. contact Secretariat Pathshala - The South Asian Institute of Photography,16 Sukrabad, Panthapath, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh, Phone: (88 02) 9120125, 8123412, Fax: (88 02) 9115044, mayeen@drik.net)
Event: 8th UNESCO-APEID International Conference on Education Innovations in Secondary Education (Innovations in Secondary Education: Meeting the Needs of Adolescents and Youth in Asia and the Pacific)
Date: November 26-29, 2002
Location: Bangkok, Thailand (For more info. contact UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, P.O. Box 967, Prakhanong Post Office, Bangkok 10110, Thailand, Phone: +66-2-3910577 Fax: +66-2-3910866, bangkok@unesco.org)
October 2002
Event: A Free, Multi-Cultural Concert for Our "HIGHEST COMMON IDEALS!" ("Good Will, Responsibility, Communication, Cooperation & Celebration for Peace Ideals and Specific Common Goals"
Date: October12, 2002 (2—5 PM)
Location: People’s Park, Berkeley (Between Dwight & Haste; one block uphill from Telegraph) Sponsored by STAR ALLIANCE, A not-for-profit organization since 1985. www.STARALLIANCE.org. / Travel Site: www.STARALLIANCE.net. Volunteers needed! Tel: 510-540-8887.
Event: PTPI Global Youth Forum: Enhancing International Understanding, Humanitarianism, Education, & Leadership
Date: October 9-13, 2002
Location:
Kansas City, USA ( For more info. contact Jeremie Ballinger
People to People (PTP) Phone: 1.816.531.4701 Fax: 1.816.561.7502
youthconference@ptpi.org - http://www.ptpi.org/)
Event: World Leadership Forum / Foreign Policy Association brings together international policy-makers, heads of state and business leaders to address important issues that impact global policies.
Date: October 1-2, 2002
Location: New York City (For more information on WLF 2002 e-mail: info@fpa.org (www.fpa.org)
Event: 8th Annual Conference on Web-based Teaching and Learning / Aim is to encourage innovative and practical uses of the World Wide Web in teaching and learning and extending the reach of existing campuses through creating "virtual" campuses of a unique and exciting nature.
Date: October 19-22, 2002
Location: Fredericton, NB, Canada (For more information on Rick Hall - hall@unb.ca - http://naweb.unb.ca/)
Event: The Palestinian Embroidery Project will be selling embroidery and textiles at the Mosaic Foundation's Sixth Annual Arabic Bazaar.
Date: October 27, 2002 (10:00 AM - 5:00PM)
Location:
The Four Seasons Hotel 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington DC / The
Ballroom. There will be a $5.00 admission fee. The Palestinian Emboidery
Project sells the handicrafts of Palestinian women in support of the women
and children of the refugee camps of
Lebanon, Jordan, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. For further information
about The Palestinian Embroidery Project please contact: Pamela Mertz at
301-229-0973 mertzmd@aol.com Gretchen Theobald (until October 21st) at 202-244-2753
gtheobald@mindspring.com
Event: 1st International Congress on Child Migration / An International event to discuss and debate the many implications of child migration and its contemporary resonance in our local and global communities.
Date: Oct 27-31,2002
Location:
New Orleans, USA ( For more info. contact The Child Migrants Trust - Sue
Jaques
Phone: + 44 (0) 115 982 2811 Fax: + 44 (0) 115 981 7168; sue@sjaques.fsworld.co.uk)
Event: Global Forum on Peacebuilding and Conflict Management Practices in Uganda
Date: October 23-27, 2002
Location: Kampala, Uganda ( For more info. contact Daisey Muculezi , Phone: 256-41-530 Fax: 256-41-530 765, co.msuga@ms.or.ug)
September 2002
Event: Adams Morgan Community Festival
Date: Saturday, Sept. 7 and Sunday, Sept. 8. from noon until 6:00pm
Location: 18th St between Florida Ave. and Columbia Rd, Washington DC. (For further info. http://www.adamsmorganday.org)
Event: 31st Session of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
Date: September 16 - October 4
Location: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Committee on the Rights of the Child, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, CH 1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland. Phone: 00 41-22 917 9000 - Fax: 00 41-22 917 9016. (For more information please check their website - http://www.unhchr.ch)
August 2002
Event: Wendy Lane Bailey, an exceptional cabaret artist (Music Director/Piano: George Fulginiti-Shakar Bass: Mary Scott Directed By: Sally Mayes)
Date: August 14, 2002 at 8:00 PM
Location: Source Theatre (Call 202 462-1073 or visit www.sourcetheatre.org to purchase tickets online. Source Theatre is at 1835 14th St. NW (Between S & T) Washington, DC)
Other Performances by...
August 14th 10:00 PM - Michelle Jones
August 15th 8:00 PM - Sharon Ellzey
August 15th 10:00 PM - Wynn Creasy as Nadine
August 16th 8:00 PM Sherri Edelen
August 16th 10:00 PM Tim Tourbin
Location:
Source Theatre (Call 202 462-1073 or visit www.sourcetheatre.org to purchase
tickets online. Source Theatre is at 1835 14th St. NW (Between S & T)
Washington, DC)
June - July 2002
Event: Ceramic Exhibition by Meliha Coskun Tuna at the 36th Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival - The Silk Road Connecting Cultures, Creating Trust
Date: June 26 - 30 and July 3 - 7, 2002
Location: The National Mall, Washington DC at the Anatolian Artisans Tent (in front of Freer & Sackler Gallery) For more information check www.folklife.si.edu.
Meliha Coskun Tuna is one of the most celebrated ceramic artists in Turkey. She not only creates modern designs, but is an authority on early Ottoman and Seljuk pottery and tiles, a tradition that reaches back over a thousand years. She also has studied the later Iznik (Nicean) classic techniques. She uses these superb traditional designs in her own ceramic works. Honored world wide, she has exhibited in New York, Berlin, and London, among exhibitions in various European and North African countries. Her work is carried in the gift shops of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, and the Ministry of Culture Gift shops throughout Turkey.
Event: Art Exhibition by Nil S. Navaie
Date: June 30th - July 28th 2002
Location: Borders Bookstore, 5333 Wisconsin Ave. , Washington DC (Metro: Red Line @ Friendshipheights)
The "Art 4 Charity" Exhibition displays eight mixed media artwork, i.e., most of them are made of oil paint, paper, stones, mirrors, ornaments, etc. These artworks are all framed by Decor, Inc*. The sales of these paintings will benefit HasNa, Inc. and Anatolian Artisans.
Event: Summer Teen Theatre at Source Theatre "Moments of Revelation" Directed by Jane Pesci Townsend - Music Direction by Frank Pesci - Piano George Fulginiti-Shakar
Date: July 24-25-26-27 at 8pm
Location: Theatre Lab at Source Theatre (1835 14th St. NW / Between S & T, Washington, DC)
Come
on out and see some EXCITING YOUNG TALENT! To purchase tickets call (202)462-1073
or visit www.sourcetheatre.org.