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2000
MILLENNIUM
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
PHOTOCOPY
PRESERVATION
THE WHITE HOUSE MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, Director
708 Jackson Place, NW
Washington, D.C. 20530
Phone: (202) 456-2000 Fax: (202) 456-2008
[email protected]
PHOTOCOPY
www.whitehouse.gov/Initiative/Millennium
PRESERVATION
THE WHITE HOUSE
March 15, 1999
Welcome to a Millennium Evening at the White House. Our
program tonight, Women As Citizens: Vital Voices Through the
Century, continues a series of gatherings with artists, scholars, scientists,
and creative individuals from many fields whose ideas will help us honor
our past and imagine our future as we approach the new millennium and
mark this historic milestone in human history.
As the nation celebrates National Women's History Month, the
President and I want to reflect with you on the history of American
women in civic life in the 20th century. Profound questions arise at this
momentous time: How did women as volunteers and reformers mobilize
their communities? What basic rights did they win and reaffirm in this
century? How have women come into their own as public citizens?
We are privileged to have Professors Nancy Cott and Alice
Kessler-Harris and Dr. Ruth Simmons participating in this evening's
program as we explore questions about the history of women's roles in
public life. Through tonight's discussion, we hope to better understand
how women have shaped American society and how they have
progressed in this society, and to imagine the opportunities and
challenges that lie ahead.
Tonight's program continues our commitment to cybercast the
Millennium Evenings from the East Room of the White House. Internet
users worldwide will be joining us by logging on to the White House or
Sun Microsystems websites, and we will take questions from some of
them during the program. Our discussion is also being broadcast on
C-SPAN and via satellite.
It is a pleasure to have you join us here in the "people's house"
at this milestone in human history.
HillaryRochem Clinton
2000
WHITE HOUSE
MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
Honor the Past-Imagine the Future
WOMEN AS CITIZENS:
VITAL VOICES THROUGH THE CENTURY
Co-sponsored by:
THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency created by
Congress in 1965. Through funding support in the areas of preservation, education, research
and public programs, NEH promotes knowledge of human history, thought and culture.
With major support from:
SUN MICROSYSTEMS
Sun Microsystems is one of America's fastest-growing companies. It was founded in 1982
by four computer pioneers who shared a vision of open system, network computing. This
network approach has also been influential in developing the Internet. Their company is now
a global Fortune 500 leader with operations in 150 countries.
and further support from
THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION
Established in 1981 by the late Howard Gilman, Chairman of the Board of Gilman Paper
Company, The Howard Gilman Foundation seeks to nurture and to conserve a vibrant cultural
and natural environment. Its grant making program focuses on conservation, especially
wildlife conservation; medicine and health; and the preservation and advancement of artistic
and cultural endeavors.
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The U.S. Department of Education was established on May 4, 1980 by Congress. Its mission
is to ensure equal access to education and to promote academic excellence throughout the
country. The Department provides national leadership in educating America's fifty-three
million K-12 students.
2000
WHITE HOUSE
MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
Honor the Past-Imagine the Future
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The White House Millennium Council wishes to thank the Library of Congress, the
Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and the National
Woman's Party for the exhibition on display in the grand foyer. Thanks are also
extended to Ishtar Films, WGBH/People's Century, Inc., and the many individuals
and organizations who have provided the visual images seen throughout the evening.
The Library of Congress's mission is to make its resources available and useful to
the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal
collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The Library continues
to be a generous and creative collaborator on Millennium Evenings at the White
House, bringing its mission to life as it draws on its collections and creativity to
design exhibits that enrich the programs presented.
Ishtar Films was established by Martha Wheelock in 1979 to produce films by and
about women. From a base in Sherman Oaks, California, Ishtar Films uses the
medium of film to offer positive role models for women. The films are used as
educational tools in non-profit centers which provide services to women.
The Smithsonian Institution's 16 museums and galleries, the National Zoo and its
four research institutes are dedicated to the increase and diffusion of knowledge. The
National Museum of American History dedicates its collections and its scholarship
to inspiring a broader understanding of our nation and its peoples.
WGBH produces a significant portion of the PBS prime-time lineup. People's
Century, PBS's 26-part documentary returns to the screen this June to explore the
fight against gender discrimination in the United States and around the world.
Additional visual images have been provided by:
ABC News Video Source, Associated Press/ Wide World, Archive Films/Archive
Photos, Brown Brothers, Corbis Images, Culver Pictures, Inc., Charlesette Prather,
National Archives and Records Administration, The Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe
College, Sherman-Grinberg Archive, The Continuum Publishing Company, United
Press International, Women of Achievement in Maryland History, Inc.
2000
WHITE HOUSE
MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
Honor the Past-Imagine the Future
Professor Alice Kessler-Harris
Alice Kessler-Harris is Visiting Professor at Columbia University, where she holds a joint
appointment in the History Department and the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
She was born in England and educated in Cardiff, Wales, Trenton, New Jersey, and at
Goucher College in Baltimore, where she earned her B.A. in 1961. She received her Ph.D. in
History from Rutgers University in 1968. Currently, she is a professor of History at Rutgers
University where she directed the Women's Studies program from 1990 to 1995. Previously,
she taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Temple University, and Hofstra University; and has
held visiting professorships at SUNY, Binghamton, and at the University of Warwick in
England.
Professor Kessler-Harris is one of the foremost labor historians in the country and has played
an important role in the establishment of women's studies. She is the author of several books,
including: Out to Work: A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States, A
Women's Wage: Historical Meanings and Social Consequences and Women Have Always
Worked: A Historical Overview. In collaboration with others, she recently edited Protecting
Women: Labor Legislation in Europe, Australia and the United States 1880-1920; and U.S.
History as Women's History. Her scholarly articles focus on the history of American labor,
particularly that of wage-earning women. Currently, she is completing a book on how gender
has shaped twentieth century U.S. social policies, such as old age and unemployment
insurance, and equal employment opportunity.
An activist throughout her career, Kessler-Harris effectively combines trade union work with
academic work. While at Hofstra in the 1970s, she co-founded an education program with
Bertram Silverman for the members of District 65, United Auto Workers. From 1974 to
1982, she co-directed and taught in the program, which offered working people the
opportunity to earn a bachelors' degree. She was also a member of the ACLU's Academic
Freedom Committee throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Kessler-Harris has won many honors, including fellowships from the Guggenheim and
Rockefeller Foundations, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. She held research
fellowships at the Bunting Institute, the Institute for Social Research in Oslo, and the Swedish
Collegium for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. Professor Kessler-Harris also holds
honorary degrees from Goucher College and the University of Uppsala in Sweden. She
continues to lecture worldwide on the subject of women, work and immigration.
Kessler-Harris is active in several professional associations, including the American
Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and most notably, she
served as President of the American Studies Association.
2000
WHITE HOUSE
MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
Honor the Past-Imagine the Future
Professor Nancy F. Cott
Nancy F. Cott is the Stanley Woodward Professor of History and American Studies at Yale
University, where she has taught since 1975. She was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA,
and earned her B.A. at Cornell University. She received her Ph.D. in History of American
Civilization from Brandeis University in 1974. Her books include Root of Bitterness:
Documents of the Social History of American Women; The Bonds of
Womanhood: 'Woman's Sphere' in New England, 1780-1835; The Grounding of Modern
Feminism; and A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard through Her Letters. She
has also published many articles and has edited the twenty-volume History of Women in
the United States and the eleven-volume Young Oxford History of Women in the U.S.,
intended for middle-school and high-school readers.
Professor Cott's writing and teaching concentrates on women, feminism, family and gender
issues through U.S. history. She was the first person to teach a course on U.S. women's
history at Wheaton College, Clark University, and Wellesley College, and was one of the
principal founders of the Women's Studies Program at Yale University. Among her honors
are fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations and from the National
Endowment for the Humanities. Cott has been a Liberal Arts Fellow in Law at the Harvard
Law School, a Visiting Scholar at the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women, and
a fellow at the Charles Warren Center at Harvard University. She continues to lecture
widely on college campuses and at academic conferences here and abroad, including a
recent keynote address to the annual conference of the Australian Historical Association in
Sydney.
Professor Cott serves on the editorial boards of numerous historical journals, including the
Journal of American History, and reference works such as the American National
Biography, and is an elected member of the executive boards of both the American Studies
Association and the Organization of American Historians. She has also contributed to
historical documentaries, most importantly as a member of the advisory board of the public
television series "The American Experience" and as a consultant on the film "One Woman,
One Vote," which tells the history of women's campaign for the ballot.
This academic year Professor Cott is a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the
Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California. She is completing a book on how the
institution of marriage has figured historically in national public policy.
2000
WHITE HOUSE
MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
Honor the Past-Imagine the Future
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons
Ruth J. Simmons is President of Smith College, an appointment she has held since 1995.
The granddaughter of sharecroppers, she and her eleven siblings were born and raised in
east Texas. Simmons graduated from Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana, in
1967 and received her Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literature from Harvard
University in 1973. She has served on the faculties of the University of New Orleans and
California State University Northridge. While a faculty member, her teaching and research
interests centered on the literature of Francophone Africa and the Caribbean. She also has
written on the works of David Diop and Aime Cesaire and authored a book on education
in Haiti.
Throughout her career, Dr. Simmons has been recognized as a leading practical feminist
and educational administrator. In 1983, after serving as Associate Dean of the Graduate
School at the University of Southern California, she joined the administration at Princeton
University. She remained at Princeton for seven years, leaving in 1990 for two years to
serve as Provost at Spelman College. Returning to Princeton in 1992, she served as Vice
Provost until 1995, when she accepted the presidency at Smith. During more than ten
years at Princeton, Dr. Simmons held a number of positions in academic administration:
Director of Studies, Acting Director of African-American Studies, and Associate Dean of
the Faculty. As Vice Provost, she was Deputy to the Provost and Executive Secretary of
the Priorities Committee, the university's budget committee. In 1993, Simmons was invited
by the president of the university to review the state of race relations on the Princeton
campus; her report resulted in a number of initiatives that received widespread attention.
Dr. Simmons is the recipient of a number of prizes and fellowships, including the German
DAAD and a Fulbright Fellowship to France. She is active in a wide range of educational,
charitable, and civic endeavors and holds honorary degrees from a number of colleges and
universities, including Amherst, Dillard, University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
Dartmouth and Princeton. She also serves on numerous boards, including Clarke School
for the Deaf, Pfizer, Inc., and Metropolitan Life Insurance. She is a member of the
National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Council on Foreign Relations. In 1996,
Dr. Simmons was named a CBS Woman of the Year, NBC Nightly News' Most Inspiring
Woman, and Glamour Magazine's Woman of the Year. In 1997, she was awarded the
Centennial Medal from Harvard University.
2000
WHITE HOUSE
MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
Honor the Past-Imagine the Future
"America has prospered from its spirit of discovery, innovation and optimism. This
turning point is an opportunity to pursue the most important exploration of
all--rediscovering and reaffirming our common identity in a new and different time.
We, as Americans, must ask ourselves, what it will take to meet that challenge and
to prepare ourselves for a new century and a new millennium? What shall we bring
to the future SO that our children will know that we were thinking of them at this
memorable time?"
President William Jefferson Clinton
"There's a growing excitement about the idea that we will be living in a rare,
historical moment--the conclusion of a century and the birth of a millennium. No
matter where we are in the country, the celebrations of the millennium will reflect the
creativity, diversity, and raw energies of Americans. The coming of this new century
and millennium presents us with a wonderful opportunity to reflect on the past, on
where we've been, on who we are, and what we hope to become."
Hillary Rodham Clinton
2000
WHITE HOUSE
MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
Honor the Past-Imagine the Future
WHITE HOUSE MILLENNIUM COUNCIL
The President and Mrs. Clinton created the White House Millennium Council in 1997 to give every
American an opportunity to mark the millennium in meaningful activities that celebrate our
democracy, strengthen communities and leave lasting gifts to the future. Guided by the national theme
--"Honor the Past--Imagine the Future" --the White House Millennium Council works with federal
agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and other private sector partners to
develop collaborative projects and partnerships.
The White House Millennium Council, in cooperation with local elected officials, will award
Millennium Community designation to those cities, towns, counties and Native American tribes that
take a leadership role in marking the new millennium. Save America's Treasures is a public-private
partnership to preserve the nation's historic sites, documents and artifacts most in danger of
deterioration. President Clinton requested and Congress approved $30 million to Save America's
Treasures across the land, including the Star-Spangled Banner. The private millennium committee
to Save America's Treasures, organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and with First
Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as its Honorary Chair, has raised over $30 million to preserve our
national treasures.
The Millennium Council also produces Millennium Evenings at the White House, a series of
lectures and cultural showcases that highlight American creativity and inventiveness through our
ideas, art and scientific discoveries. These programs feature prominent scholars, scientists, artists and
other visionary thinkers and are accessible to the public by satellite broadcast and cybercast over the
Internet. Millennium Trails, a national initiative that will create, extend or improve over 2,000
recreational, scenic and historic trails, is a cooperative project with the Department of Transportation,
other federal agencies, the Rails to Trails Conservancy and many local organizations.
The White House Millennium Council is also developing innovative programs that will prepare
American students to imagine the future. The Mars Millennium Project draws upon the resources
of the American space program and the disciplines of the arts, humanities and sciences, by challenging
students to design an ideal community on the planet Mars in the year 2030. This project is a
partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, NASA, the National Endowment for the Arts. My
History is America's History, a collaboration with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will
encourage students and their families to research their own stories as integral parts of American
history and to preserve documents, photographs and other artifacts. Mrs. Clinton has issued a call to
action to provide arts education in every school in America. To ensure the creativity and connection
to its heritage that America will need in the 21st century, she and the White House Millennium
Council are encouraging schools, communities and arts education partnerships to teach the history and
practice of the arts as a basic part of every young person's education.
While celebrating American achievements, the White House Millennium Council will also mark the
international significance of the millennium and is cooperating with other national commissions to
develop projects that emphasize preservation of cultural and natural resources, encourage tourism and
the imaginative use of technology, and engage all the world's children in creating a positive vision for
the future.
Benjamin J. Kirby
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Millennium Evening press release
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SUN JOINS WITH THE WHITE HOUSE AND NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
HUMANITIES IN SPONSORING "WOMEN AS CITIZENS: VITAL VOICES THROUGH THE
CENTURY" MILLENNIUM EVENING AT THE WHITE HOUSE
-- First Lady and President Clinton to be joined by three feminist
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scholars for Sixth Lecture in series --
Palo Alto, CA - March 15, 1999 - Sun Microsystems, Inc., the
technology sponsor of the March 15 Millennium Evening at the White
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House, is uplinking the event via satellite and cybercasting the
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lecture on the Internet. The evening is co-sponsored by the White
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House and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and hosted
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by the First Lady and President Clinton. The lecture, which will be
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broadcast live on C-Span at 7:30 pm EST, will focus on ""Women as
Citizens: Vital Voices through the Century.
Timed to coincide with March's National Women's History Month
celebration, this millennium lecture will focus on the history of
American women in civic life in the 20th century. The evening
discussion will focus on three themes: women as volunteers and
reformers, women's struggle for rights and women in public/civic life.
The evening's presenters are three distinguished academians: Alice
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Kessler-Harris, Nancy Cott and Ruth Simmons. Professor Kessler-Harris
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recently joined the faculty of Columbia University where she holds a
joint appointment in the History Department and the Institute for
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Research on Women and Gender. She will focus on women in their civic
roles as volunteers and reformers. Professor Cott is the Stanley
Woodward Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University,
where she has taught since 1975. She will address the struggle for
women's rights. Simmons has been the President of Smith College since
1995, and she previously served as the Associate Dean of Faculty and
Acting Director of African-American Studies at Princeton University.
Simmons will discuss the practice of citizenship and how women's
access to education and employment affected their roles in
civic/public life.
"Each of the Millennium Evenings at the White House has educated and
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engaged the country about where we've been and where we are going and
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Monday's lecture is no exception," said John Marselle, president of
Sun Microsystems, Federal, Inc. "This lecture focusing on the dynamic
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history of the women's movement is another reason why Sun is proud to
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lend its technological support to this White House program. Its
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important for the American people to have access to such discussions."
As a technology sponsor, Sun is providing the video and audio
streaming technology to globally cybercast this and all of the White
House Millennium evening lectures via the Internet. The lectures will
be downlinked via satellites to universities and junior colleges in
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all 50 states and accompanied by an e-mail question and answer session
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on the Internet. On-line participants will be able to e-mail
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questions to the speakers and have their inquiries displayed in the
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East Room, so that anyone with an Internet connection and a modem will
have access to this historic lecture.
The Millennium Evenings at the White House lecture series is part of
the White House Millennium Council, which is a multi-year initiative
to mark the end of the 20th Century and the beginning of the new
millennium. The program celebrates the accomplishments of this
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American century, recognizes and initiates projects and engages every
sector of society in conveying America's rich heritage to future
generations. The first four Millennium Evenings were held in 1998 and
the series continues with a number of lectures in 1999.
On-line access to "The Meaning of the Millennium" can be found by
logging on at http://sun.com or at www.whitehouse.gov.
SUN BOILERPLATE
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Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems and "The Network is the Computer"
are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc., in
the United States and other countries.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the First Lady
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: White House
March 12, 1999
Millennium Council
202/456-2000
Live Cybercast and Satellite Feed
The Sixth Millennium Evening at the White House
Women as Citizens: Vital Voices Through the Century
Washington, D.C. -- The President and Mrs. Clinton have announced the sixth Millennium
Evening at the White House will be Women as Citizens: Vital Voices Through the Century.
The evening will feature Professor Nancy Cott, an eminent scholar of history; Professor Alice
Kessler-Harris, a leader in the establishment of women's studies; and Dr. Ruth Simmons,
President of Smith College and a leading practical feminist. The event will take place in the
East Room of the White House on Monday, March 15, 1999, at 7:30 PM (EST).
Millennium Evenings at the White House are a series of lectures and cultural showcases hosted
by the President and First Lady that highlight the creativity and inventiveness of the American
people through our ideas, art and scientific discoveries. The lectures feature prominent
scholars, creators, and visionaries and are accessible to the public via broadcast and cybercast.
These evenings are part of the national effort of the White House Millennium Council to
commemorate the turn of the millennium by "Honoring the Past-Imagining the Future," by
inviting all Americans to participate in activities that celebrate our democracy, strengthen
communities and give lasting gifts to the future.
As the nation celebrates National Women's History Month, the President and Mrs. Clinton
will host this next Millennium Evening on the history of American women in civic life in the
20th century. Professor Cott, Professor Kessler-Harris and Dr. Simmons will focus the
evening's discussion on three main themes: women as volunteers and reformers, women's
struggle for rights, and women in public/civic life.
The President and the First Lady encourage the public to participate in the evening's
discussion by e-mailing questions for the three scholars or comments on the discussion itself,
either during or after the cybercast, which is provided by Sun MicroSystems. These may be
sent via the White House Web Site (http://www.whitehouse.gov). The web site will serve as a
link to the cybercast.
The satellite coordinates are as follows:
KU Band: Satellite: SBS6; Transponder: 15; Orbital location 74° West;
Downlink Frequency 12068 MHz; Horizontal Polarity; Audio 6.2 and 6.8
C Band: Satellite: Galaxy 6; Transponder: 9; Orbital location: 99° West;
Downlink Frequency 3880 MHz; Horizontal Polarity; Audio 6.2 and 6.8
Millennium Evenings at the White House are hosted by the President and the First Lady at the
White House and co-sponsored by the White House Millennium Council and the National
Endowment for the Humanities with support from Sun MicroSystems and the Howard Gilman
Foundation.
Biographies of Professor Cott, Professor Kessler-Harris, and Dr. Simmons are attached. If
you are interested in an interview with one of the presenters, please contact Sue Vogelsinger at
202-456-2000.
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Biographies of Presenters in the 6th Millennium Evening at the White House
Nancy Cott is the Stanley Woodward Professor of History and American Studies at Yale
University, where she has taught since 1975. She received her Ph.D. in History of American
Civilization from Brandeis University in 1974. Presently, she is spending the year in Palo
Alto, California, at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences. Her
publications include: A Heritage of Her Own: Towards a New Social History of American
Women, co-editor; The Grounding of Modern Feminism; A Woman Making History: Mary
Ritter Beard Through Her Letters; and numerous articles. Dr. Cott is also the series editor of
the eleven-volume Young Oxford History of Women in the United States. She has received
Guggenheim, Rockefeller Foundation and NEH fellowships, and lectures widely at academic
conferences and on college campuses. Recently, Dr. Cott appeared as a featured scholar on
the PBS special "One Woman, one Vote." Her current research focuses on the history of
marriage and public policy in the United States.
Alice Kessler-Harris is a Visiting Professor at Columbia University where she holds a joint
appointment in both the History Department and the Institute for Research on Women and
Gender. She received her Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University in 1968. Currently, she
also holds her appointment as Professor of History at Rutgers, where she directed the
Women's Studies Program from 1990 to 1995. She is described as one of the foremost labor
historians in the country and has played an important role in the establishment of women's
studies. Dr. Kessler-Harris has authored and edited over ten books, including: A Women's
Wage: Historical Meanings and Social Consequences, and Women in Culture and Politics: A
Century of Change. One of her main subjects is how working women have understood their
world. She has received fellowships from both the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations
and NEH.
Ruth Simmons is President of Smith College, an appointment she has held since 1995. Prior
to Smith, Dr. Simmons served as Provost of Spelman College, and Vice Provost, Associate
Dean of the Faculty and Acting Director of African-American Studies at Princeton University.
She received her Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University in
1973; her teaching and writing has centered on the literature of Franco-phone Africa and the
Caribbean. Throughout her career she has been recognized as a leading practical feminist and
educational administrator. She is active in a wide range of educational, charitable, and civic
endeavors and holds honorary degrees from a number of colleges and universities, including
Amherst, Dillard, UMass Amherst, Dartmouth and Princeton. She also serves on numerous
boards, including Clarke School for the Deaf, Pfizer, Inc., and Metropolitan Life Insurance.
In 1996, she was named a CBS' Woman of the Year, NBC Nightly News' Most Inspiring
Woman, and Glamour Magazine's Woman of the Year. In 1997, she was awarded the
Centennial Medal from Harvard University.
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REPORT DATE: March 12, 1999
REPORT TIME: 6:06 PM
Accepts and No Responses
Honorable Catherine Abate
Senator, Office of Honorable Catherine Abate
Albany, NY
A
Hon. Neil Abercrombie
D-Hawaii, House of Representatives
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Patricia Itamoto
A
Ms. Arlene Ackerman and Mr. David Ackerman
Superintendent, Washington, D.C. Public Schools
Washington, DC
A
Mr. Stephen J. Acquista
A
Ms. Mahnaz Afkhami
Executive Director, Sisterhood is Global Institute
Bethesda, MD
Guest: Ms. Farah Ebrahimi Ladjevardi
A
Ms. Brenda Allen
Associate Professor of Psychology, Smith College
A
Hon. Virginia M. Apuzzo
Assistant to the President for Management and Administration, The White House, Office of Management &
Administration
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Barbara Fried
A
Ms. Susan McGee Bailey
Executive Director, Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
A
Hon. and Mrs. David J. Barram
Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration
Washington, DC
A
Hon. and Mrs. Birch Evans Bayh
Bayh, Connaughton & Malone
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Carol Beach
Column Assistant, The Office of the First Lady
Washington, DC
A
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Franklin Bebee
Dean of Perdue School of Business, Salisbury State University
Salisbury, MD
A
Ms. Carolyn Becraft
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel Support, Families and Education, Department of Defense
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Eve Belfance
Member, Board of Directors, National Organization Women
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REPORT DATE: March 12, 1999
REPORT TIME: 6:06 PM
Accepts and No Responses
A
Mrs. Sandy Bernard
Executive Office, American Association of University Women
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Nancy M. Zirkin
A
Mrs. Jacqueline Jordan Blumenthal and Hon. Sidney Blumenthal
A
Ms. Myrna Blyth
Editor in Chief, Ladies' Home Journal
New York, NY
Ms. Cathy Bonner
Texas Department of Commerce
Austin, TX
A
Hon. (Sen.) Barbara Boxer
D-California, United States Senate
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Nicole Boxer-Rodham
Ms. Margaret Anne Breya
Vice President, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA
A
Hon. Mary Beth Cahill
Assistant to the President and Director of OPL, White House
Washington, DC
Ms. Alice Cardona
Flushing, NY
A
Ms. Cherilyn Cepriano
Student Body President, Smith College
Northampton, MA
Hon. Una Clarke
Councilwoman
Brooklyn, NY
A
Ms. Eleanor Clift
Contributing Editor, Newsweek Magazine
Washington, DC
A
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole
President, Spelman College
Atlanta, GA
A
Dr. Rita R. Colwell and Dr. Jack C. Colwell
Director, National Science Foundation
Arlington, VA
A
Mr. William Kevin Cook
Vice President, Central Area, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
South Lyon, MI
Guest: Ms. Tracy C. Lloyd
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REPORT DATE: March 12, 1999
REPORT TIME: 6:06 PM
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A
Ms. Esther Coopersmith
Washington, DC
Honorable Harriet D. Cornell
West Nyack, NY
A
Mr. Joshua Cott
Charlottesville, VA
Ms. Nancy F. Cott
Yale University
A
Ms. Elizabeth Crow
Editor-in-Chief, Mademoiselle
New York, NY
A
Ms. Judsen Culbreth
Editor in Chief, Working Mother Magazine
New York, NY
A
Mr. Carl Degler
Stanford, CA
Guest: Ms. Barbara Vorhees
Ms. Ann Douglas
Department of History, Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ
A
Ms. Ellen Dubois
Los Angeles, CA
Guest: Ms. Mildred Dubois
A
Ms. Evelyn Dubrow
Special Assistant to the President, UNITE
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Doreen Duke
A
Ms. Katrina Duke
A
Hon. Maria Echaveste
Assistant to the President & Deputy Chief of Staff, The White House
A
Ms. Josie Fernandez
Superintendent, Women's Rights National Historical Park
Seneca Falls, NY
A
Mrs. Marcie Cohen Ferris (Spouse of: William Ferris)
A
Ms. Barbara J. Fife
New York, NY
A
Ms. Ellen Fitzpatrick
Newtonville, MA
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REPORT DATE: March 12, 1999
REPORT TIME: 6:06 PM
Accepts and No Responses
A
Mr. William P. Flanagan
Hogan and Hartson, L.L.P.
Washington, DC
Guest: Mr. Thomas F. Sheridan
Mr. Eric Foner
Columbia University
New York, NY
A
Hon. Diane B. Frankel and Dr. Charles L. Frankel
The James Irvine Foundation
San Francisco, CA
A
Ms. Betty Friedan
President, Women, Men, and the New Millennium
Washington DC
Guest: Mr. David Carliner
A
Ms. Bonnie Fuller
Editor, Glamour Magazine
New York, NY
A
Ms. Carol Gilligan
Author & Founder of the Harvard Project on Psychology, Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Guest: Mr. Joel Revzen
A
Ms. Barbara Goldsmith
New York, NY
Guest: Mrs. Gale Hayman-Haseltine
Hon. and Mrs. Albert M. Gore
Vice President of the United States
Washington, DC
A
Hon. Jamie S. Gorelick and Dr. Richard E. Waldhorn
Vice Chair, Fannie Mae
Chevy Chase, MD
Ms. Allison Green
Canton, OH
A
Mr. David Greene
Assistant to the President of Smith College, Smith College
Ms. Monique Greenwood
Executive Editor, Essence Magazine
New York, NY
Ms. Bernadette Grey
Editor in Chief, Working Woman Magazine
New York, NY
Ms. Sandra Guzman
Editor in Chief, Latina Magazine
New York, NY
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REPORT DATE: March 12, 1999
REPORT TIME:
6:06 PM
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Ms. llona Harris and Dr. Gary Zuckerman
Highland Park, NJ
A
Ms. LaDonna Harris
President, Americans for Indians Opportunities
Bernalillo, NM
Guest: Ms. Barbara Davis Blum
Hon. Audrey Tayse Haynes
Chief of Staff to Mrs. Gore, The White House
Washington, DC
Dr. Dorothy I. Height
Chair, National Council of Negro Women
Washington, DC
A
Hon. Alexis M. Herman
Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor
Washington, DC
Guest: Mr. James Bernard Broadus
Hon. and Mrs. I. Michael Heyman
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC
A
Mrs. Wilhelmina Holladay and Mr. Wallace F. Holladay
Chairman of the Board, National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Keyburn P. Hollister and Mr. John R. Gobel
Partner, Gobel & Hollister
Pittsfield, MA
Ms. Dolores Huerta
Co-Founder; Secretary/Treasurer, United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
Keene, CA
A
Ms. Barbara Haney Irvine and Mr. Geoffrey Irvine
Cinnaminson, NJ
A
Hon. Shirley Ann Jackson
Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Carolyn Jefferson Jenkins
President, League of Women Voters of the U.S.A.
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Gloria Johnson
IUE
Washington, DC
Ms. Nancy Kassebaum-Baker
Washington, DC
Honorable Melinda Katz
Forest Hills, NY
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REPORT DATE: March 12, 1999
REPORT TIME: 6:06 PM
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A
Lt. General Claudia Kennedy
United States Army
Washington, DC
Guest: Dr. David W. Sink
Mr. Robert F. Kennedy
Director, Pace University School of Law
White Plains, NY
A
Ms. Alice Kessler-Harris
A
Dr. Elaine Kim
Professor, Asian American Study Department, University of California, Berkeley
Oakland, CA
A
Ms. Sally Koslow
Editor-in-Chief, McCall's
New York, NY
Ms. Yanick Rice Lamb
Editorial Director, Heart and Soul
Washington, DC
A
Hon. (Sen.) Mary L. Landrieu
D-Louisiana, United States Senate
Washington, DC
Ms. Geraldine B. Laybourne and Mr. Lawrence Laybourne
President, Disney/ABC Cable Networks
New York, NY
A
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Leahy
Sun Microsystems
A
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Leesfield
Leesfield, Leighton, Rubio
Miami, FL
A
Hon. Ann F. Lewis and Mr. Michael Sponder
Assistant to the President & Director of Communications, The White House
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Judith L. Lichtman and Mr. Elliott Charles Lichtman
President, National Partnership for Women and Families
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Theresa Loar
Director, Department of State
Bethesda, MD
A
Ms. Jennifer Luray
White House Womens Office, Director
Washington, DC
Guest: Mr. Steven Goodman
A
Ms. Molly Murphy MacGregor
Executive Director, National Women's History Project
Windsor, CA
Guest: Ms. Lissa McLean
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REPORT TIME: 6:06 PM
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A
Ms. Maureen Mahoney
Amherst, MA
Ms. Ellen R. Malcolm
President, Emily's List
Washington, DC
Hon. Carolyn B. Maloney
D/New York, House of Representatives
Washington, DC
A
Mr. John Edward Marselle
President, Sun Fed Program Managment, Sun Microsystems
McLean, VA
Guest: Ms. Elaine Rogers
Mr. Brian Michael Martin
Legal Counsel, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Newark, CA
Guest: Ms. Terri Lynn Wagoner
A
Dr. Prema Mathai-Davis
National Executive Director, Young Women's Christian Association
New York, NY
A
Hon. Sylvia M. Mathews
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Edith P. Mayo
Smithsonian Curator Emeritus
Alexandria, VA
Guest: Ms. Melanie Mayo
Hon. Carolyn McCarthy
(D/New York), House of Representatives
Washington, DC
A
Mr. Scott McCoy
A
Hon. Ellen McCulloch-Lovell and Dr. Christopher Lovell
Deputy Assistant to the President, White House
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Kathryn B. Medina
Executive Editor, Random House, Inc.
New York, NY
Guest: Dr. Joel O. Conarroe
A
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Charles Merical
Navy Operations, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Great Falls, VA
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Mr. Juan E. Mestas
Deputy Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
Washington, DC
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REPORT DATE: March 12, 1999
REPORT TIME: 6:06 PM
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Ms. Page Putnam Miller and Mr. Charles Davis
American Historical Association
Washington, DC
A
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald B. Mincy
Senior Project Officer, Ford Foundation
New York, NY
A
Hon. Minyon Moore
Assistant to the President and Director for Political Affairs, The White House
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Betsy Myers
Associate Deputy for Entrepreneurial Development and Director of Small Business Welfare to Work, Small
Business Administration
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Roberta Anne Myers
Editor-in-Chief, Mirabella
New York, NY
A
Ms. Barbara Nelson
Dean and Professor of Policy Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Guest: Ms. Katherine A Carver
A
Ms. Beth W. Newburger and Mr. Richard Schwartz
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs, General Services Administration
Washington, DC
Supervisor May W. Newburger
Manhasset, NY
A
Ms. Karen Nussbaum
Director, Working Women's Department, AFL-CIO
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Judy Scott
Ms. Susan R. Oppenheimer
San Antonio, TX
Mrs. Susan Patricof
Chairman
New York, New
Honorable Mary Pinkett
Brooklyn, NY
Hon. John D. Podesta
Chief of Staff, The White House
Washington, DC
Mrs. Loretta Cottin Pogrebin
New York, NY
A
Ms. Ruth Pollak
Educational Film Center
Annandale, VA
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Mr. Paul Regensburg
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Hon. Ann Richards
Former Governor of Texas; Senior Advisor, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand
Austin, TX
Guest: Mrs. Lynn Cecile Richards
A
Ms. Delia Rios
Newhouse News Service
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Wilmette, IL
A
Ms. Hilary B. Rosen
President, Recording Industry Association of America
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Elizabeth Birth
A
Mr. Jack Rosenthal and Mrs. Holly Russell
Editor, The New York Times Magazine
New York, NY
Ms. Deborah Sale
Executive, Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
A
Ms. Maxine S. Scarbro
President, General Federation of Women's Clubs
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Barbara Henry
A
Hon. Janice Schakowsky
D/Illinois, House of Representatives
Washington, DC
A
Hon. (Rep.) Patricia Schroeder and Mr. James Schroeder
Association of American Publishers
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Marsha Semmel
Executive Director, Women of the West Museum
Boulder, CO
Guest: Mr. David Semmel
Ms. Lesley Jane Seymour
Managing Editor, Redbook
New York, NY
A
Mrs. Julie Shannon and Mr. John Brian Shannon
Washington, DC
A
Ms. Lynn Sherr
ABC
New York, NY
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REPORT DATE: March 12, 1999
REPORT TIME: 6:06 PM
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Prof. Bertram Silverman
New York, NY
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Ms. Devorah Silverman
Clinical Social Worker, Lower East Site Service Center
New York, NY
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Dr. Ruth Simmons
President, Smith College
Northampton, MA
Guest: Mr. David Greene
A
Ms. Marva Smalls
Vice President, Network Relations, Nickelodeon
New York, NY
Ms. Eleanor Smeal
Feminist Majority Foundation
Arlington, VA
A
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Smith
Executive Director, The Howard Gilman Foundation
New York, NY
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Dr. Jane E. Smith
President & CEO, National Council of Negro Women
Washington, DC
Guest: Ms. Michele Arrington
Ms. Karen Staser
Alexandria, VA
Ms. Gloria Steinem
Ms. Magazine
New York, NY
Mrs. Isabel Carter Stewart
President, Girls, Inc.
New York, NY
A
Ms. Catharine Stimpson
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, New York University
New York, NY
A
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Tabb
Associate Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress
Washington, DC
A
Dr. Deborah F. Tannen and Dr. Michael Macovski
Author "You Just Don't Understand"
Mc Lean, VA
Ms. Helen Thomas
United Press International
Washington, DC
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REPORT DATE: March 12, 1999
REPORT TIME: 6:06 PM
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Ms. Cynthia Tucker
Editorial Page Columnist, Atlanta Journal
Atlanta, GA
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Ms. Susan Turnbull and Mr. Bruce Turnbull
Chair, Women's Caucus, Democratic National Committee
Bethesda, MD
Ms. Mary Dixon (Substitute for: Rochelle Udell)
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Ms. Nancy Clark (Substitute for: Susan Ungaro)
Deputy Editor, Family Circle Magazine
New York, NY
Ms. Susan Van Dyne
Northampton, MA
Hon. (Rep.) Nydia M. Velazquez
D/New York, House of Representatives
Wadhington, DC
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Hon. Melanne Verveer and Mr. Philip Louis Verveer
Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff to the First Lady, The White House
Washington, DC
Ms. Beverly Wetenstein
Columnist, Dallas Morning News
Mr. Louis Jean White
National Parent Teacher Assosciation
Chicago, IL
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Mrs. Irene Wurtzel and Mr. Alan L. Wurtzel
Washington, DC
Hon. (Dr.) Janet Yellen
Director, Council of Economic Advisors
Washington, DC
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TO: Marsha, Ellen
From: Sue
Suggested press list: 3/15 millennium evening/women to be considered a work in progress.
Ellen Goodman
Eleanor Cliff
The Boston Globe
Newsweek
135 Morrissey Blvd.
1750 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Boston, MA. 02107
Washington, D.C. 20006
617/929-3228
202/626-2030
fax: 202/626-2011
Judy Mann
The Washington Post
Cynthia Tucker, Editorial Page Editor
1150 15th Street, N.W.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Washington, D.C. 20071
72 Marietta Street, N.W.
202/334-6109
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
404/526-5084
Delia Rios (actually has the "gender" beat -- one of the few I know of)
Newhouse News Service
1101 Connecticut Ave., N.W., #300
Sue Shellenbarger
Washington, D.C. 20036
Wall Street Journal (Work & Family Column)
202/383-7849
6426 SW Edgewood Street
fax: 202/296-9537
Lake Oswego, Oregon 97039
503/624-5996
Carole Simpson
ABC World News
Lynn Sweet
1717 DeSales Street, N.W.
Chicago Sun Times
Washington, D.C. 20036
1206 National Press Bldg.
202/222-783
Washington, D.C. 20045
fax: 202/222-7222
202/662-8808
fax: 202/662-8833
Lyle Dennison
Baltimore Sun
AP (bureau here says that Darlene Superville
1627 K Street, N.W., #1100
covers women's issues. need to check)
Washington, D.C. 20006
202/452-8250
NYT (Steven Holmes at DC bureau is pretty
fax: 202/872-9327
good on women's issues. Want to check)
Helen Thomas
LAT (?)
UPI
1510 H Street, N.W., #600
Eleanor Mallet (women's issues columnist)
Washington, DC. 20005
Cleveland Plain Dealer
202/898-8100
1801 Superior Avenue, N.E.
fax: 202/898-8057
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
216/999-4446
Marianne Means
fax: 216/999-6354
Hearst News Service, 1701 Pa. Ave., N.W., DC 20006 202/298-6020
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Subject: President and Mrs. Clinton walcome Stephen Hawking for Millennium Evening
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
March 3, 1998
Contact: 202-395-7200
PRESIDENT AND MRS. CLINTON TO WELCOME
STEPHEN HAWKING FOR MILLENNIUM EVENING AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The President and Mrs. Clinton have announced that Cambridge University Physicist
Stephen Hawking will be the guest lecturer at the second Millennium Evening at the White
House, Friday. March 6, at 7:30 pm. Milleunium Evenings at the White House are a series of
gatherings with scholars, scientists, and creative individuals from many fields whose ideas will
help us honor our past and imagine our future as we approach this milestone in human history.
The Millennium Evening will be held in the East Room of the White House.
Professor Hawking will discuss, "Imagination and Change: Science in the Next Millennium."
His best-selling book about the evolution of the universe, A Brief History of Time, has been
translated into 33 languages and has sold 9 million copies. Professor Hawking is the Lucasian
Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a position once held by Sir Isaac Newton
He is also the head of the General Relativity and Graviry Group in the Department of Applied
Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
The National Endowment for the Humanities is co-sponsoring the Millennium Evening
with support from Sun Microsystems, Inc.
The Millennium Evening will be broadcast via sarellite and cybercast over the internet,
allowing for live video and audio formats. The President and First Lady encourage Americans
to participate in the evening's discussion by sending questions to Professor Hawking via email
either before or during the cybercast. Questions may be sent via the White House web site (
http://www.whitehouse.gov). That web site will also post the satellite coordinates (on C and
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The President and Mrs. Clinton have announced that the 4th Millennium Evening at the
White House will be Jazz: An Expression of Democracy. featuring the Grammy Award-
winning artist Wynton Marsalis and celebrated Jazz musician Marian McPartland. and
It
my will take place in the State Dining Room of the White House on Friday. September 18 as
East Room
7:30 p.m.
The President and Mrs. Clinton will take part in a discussion of jazz as a unique
American an form The history of jazz in the United States, as well as its impact around
the world, will be told in words and music assisted by a 17 piece band made up of
renown nz musicians.
that by reflected and transformed charged america screty
Millennium Evenings at the White House are a series of lectures and cultural
157.
showcases that highlight creativity and inventiveness through our ideas, art and scientific
ed by
discoverios. The lectures present prominent scholars, creators and visionaries and are
accessible to the public via broadcast and cybercast. The President and Mrs. Clinton
encourage the public to participate by c-mailing questions or comments either before or
during the cybercast. These may be sent via the White House Web Site
(http://www.whitehouse.gov). The web site will post satellite coordinates (on C and KU
bands) and serve as a link to the cybercast. It will also be available via the web page of
nit
Sun Microsystems (http://www.sun.com).
coordinats.
Wynton Marsalis is among the most popular and accomplished musiciens of his
generation. He was the first musician to win Grammy Awards for both jazz and classical
recordings in the same year. Marsalis is also a dedicated jazz educator, serving as
Artistic Director for "Jazz at Lincoln Center," a repettory performance series he ca
founded in 1987. He conducts master classes for young musicians throughout America
and hosts numerous concert series. radio shows and television programs. He is also
serving 53 Senior Creative Consultant for the production of "Jaz," a nine-part
documentary television series by film maker Ken Burns.
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Marian McPartland is bast known as the hostess of the long running National
Public Radio program, Piano Jazz Since 1979 McPartland has interviewed and
performed with over 400 guest artists from the world of jazz. Bom in Windsor, England
Margaret Marian Turner began her musician career at the age of three by attempting to
emulate her mother who loved to play Chopin waltzes on the piano. By her teens Marian
was practicing eight hours a day and enrolled at London's prestigious Guildhall School of
Music. In the 1940s she met the charlsmatic Chicago Cornetist, Jimmy McPartland. The
two were married in Germany in 1945 and returned to Jimmy's home town following the
end of the war.
Other participating musicians and Dianne commentators include: Dr. David Boker, Dr.
Billy Taylor
Loren Scheonberg and Diane Reeves.
Previous Millentium Evenings featured Harvard historian Bemard Bailyn
lecturing on care American ideas which must be preserved into the next millennium,
Cambridge University physicist Stephen Hawking who discussed "Imagination and
Change: Science in the Next Millennium and a celebration of creativity aveream through poetry
with Pacts Laureate Robert Pinsky, Robert Hass and Rita Dove.
The Millennium Evening on jazz is co-sponsored by the White House Millennium
Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities with support from Sun
Microsysterss and VH 1 The Harred Girman Fondation and the natural
anybody clas? do we need to mention the Gilman Foundation?
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The President and Mrs. Clinton have announced that the 4th Millennium Evening at the
White House will be Jazz An Expression of Democracy, featuring the Grammy Award-
winning artist Wynton Marsalis and celebrated Jazz musician Marian McPartland and
will take place in the State Dining Ruom of the White House on Friday, September 18 at
East Room
7:30 p.m.
The President and Mrs. Clinton will take part in a discussion of jazz as a uníque
American an form The history of jazz in the United States, as well as its impact around
the world, will be told in words and music assisted by a 17 piece band made up of
renown jazz musicians.
that by reflected and charged tes america society
Millennium Evenings at the White House are a series of lectures and cultural
showcases that highlight creativity and inventiveness through our ideas, art and scientific
discoveries. The lectures present prominent scholars, creators and visionaries and are
accessible to the public via broadcast and cybercast. The President and Mrs. Clinton
encourage the public to participate by e-mailing questions or comments either before or
during the cybercast. These may be sent via the White House Web Site
(http://www.whitehouse.gov). The web site will post satellite coordinates (on C and KU
bands) and serve as a link to the cybercast. It will also be available via the web page of
Sun Microsystems (http://www.sun.com).
Wynton Marsalis is among the most popular and accomplished musicians of his
generation. He was the first musician to win Grammy Awards for both jazz and classical
recordings in the same year. Marsalis is also a dedicated jazz educator, serving as
Artistic Director for "Jazz at Lincoln Center," a repettory performance series he CB
founded in 1987. He conducts master classes for young musicians throughout America
and hosts numerous concert series, radio shows and television programs, He is also
serving as Serior Creative Consultant for the production of "Jazz," a nine-part
documentary television series by film maker Ken Burns.
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Marian McPartland is best known as the hostess of the long running National
Public Radio program, Piano Jazz Since 1979 McPartland has interviewed and
performed with over 400 guest artists from the world of jazz. Bom in Windsor, England,
Margaret Marian Turner began her musician career at the age of three by attempting to
emulate her mother who loved to play Chopin waltzes on the piano, By her teens Marian
was practicing eight hours a day and enrolled at London's prestigious Guildhall School of
Music. In the 1940s she met the charismatic Chicago Cornetist, Jimmy McPartland. The
TWO were married in Germany in 1945 and returned to Jimmy's home town following the
end of the war.
Other participating musicians and commentators include: Dr. David Baker, Dr.
Dianne
Billy Taylor,
Loren Scheonberg and Diane Reeves.
Previous Millennium Evenings featured Harvard historian Bernard Bailyn
lecturing on care American ideas which must be preserved into the next millennium,
Cambridge University physicist Stephen Hawking who discussed "Imagination and
american
Change: Science in the Next Millennium and a celebration of creativity through poetry
with Poets Laureate Robert Pinsky. Robert Hass and Rita Dove.
The Millennium Evening on jazz is co-sponsored by the White House Millennium
Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities with support from Sun
Microsystems and VH 19d The Howard Giman Fondation and the natronal Endoment
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TO CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF JAZZ WITH
"JAZZ: AN EXPRESSION OF DEMOCRACY,
NEW YORK, NY, September XX, 1998 "Jazz" An Expression of Democracy," a live 90-
minute program hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton, will be telecast without
commercial interruptons on VH1 from the East Room of the White House on
September, 18, from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM.
Celebrating a century of this truly American musical art form. "Jazz: An Expression of
Democracy will feature the Grammy Award-winning artist Wynton Marsalis and an all-
star jazz orchestra, and celebrated jazz musician Marian McPartland. There will be a
discussion with President and Mrs. Clinton and several participating musicians and
scholars of the impact jazz has had on the American culture.
Wynton Marsalis is among the most popular and accomplished musicians of his
generation. He was the first musician to win Grammy Awards for both jazz and classical
recordings In the same year. His 1997 epic, "Blood on the Fields." was the first jazz
composition to win the Pulitzer Prize. Marsalis is also a dedicated jazz educator. serving
as Artistic Director for "Jazz at Lincoln Center." a repertory performance series he
co-founded in 1987. He conducts master classes for young musicians throughout
America and hosts numerous concert series. radio shows, and television programs.
Marian McPartland is best known as the hostess of the long running NPR program.
Piano Jazz Since 1979, Marian has interviewed and performed with over 400 guest
artists from the world of jazz. Born in Windsor, England, Margaret Marian Turner began
her musical career at the age of three by attempting to emulate her mother who loved
to play Chopin waltzes on the piano. By her teens Marian was practicing eight hours a
day and was enrolled at London's prestigious Guildhall School of Music. In the
1940s, she met the charismatic Chicago cornetist, Jimmy McPartland. The two were
married in Germany in 1945 and returned to Jimmy's hometown following the end of the
war.
Millennium Evenings at the White House are a series of lectures and cultural showcases
that highlight creativity and inventiveness through our ideas, art and scientific
discoveries The lectures present prominent scholars, creators and visionaries and are
accessible to the public via broadcast and cybercast.
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MILLENNIUM LECTURE #4
Friday, September 18, 1998
Briefing:
Red Room
Meet:
Blue Room
Event:
East Room
Reception:
State Dining Room
Gate opens: 6:00 p.m.
Invite time: 6:30 p.m.
Principal time: 7:00 p.m.
Approx 140 Guests/Pool Press/Business Attire
15 Social Aides
4 Volunteers
Thursday
SEE SEPARATE SHEET FOR SET UP ACTIVITIES
6:00 p.m.
EV Gate opens for guest arrival, guests proceed to the State Floor.
Contact: Bronson Frick
ARRIVAL NOTES: Harp and Flute at entrance; Coat check in Family Theater; sculpture
garden lights on; piano with strings in the Grand Foyer; cocktails before program begins in
Grand Foyer.
EAST ROOM NOTES: small water table next to each person on stage for water and notes;
Millennium programs/folders on each chair for guests; rope and stanchion around press
risers; FOUR risers for cameras - see Laura for placement; FLAGS at CROSS HALL DOOR
to East Room; Honors group in Foyer for announce; announce from Blue Room; refer to
separate layout for exact placement of staging and requirements.
7:00 p.m.
THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive the Red Room for
briefing.
Contact: Ellen Lovell
7:15 p.m.
THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY proceed to the Blue Room
for meet and greet.
Blue Room Participants
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John Marselle
William Ferris
Joeseph Robuck
John Croll
Timothy Dwyer
Robert MacRitchie
Douglas Morris
John Leahy III
7:25 p.m.
Ellen Lovell is announced into the East Room and briefs audience.
7:30 p.m.
PROGRAM BEGINS
See attached script for program
Approx. 9:00 p.m.
THE PRESIDENT wraps the discussion and invites guests into the State
Dining Room for a reception.
Note: Group photo following lecture with performers on stage not in the
meet and greet prior to the lecture.
THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY have the option to
mingle with guests in the State Dining Room or depart the State
Floor.
RECEPTION NOTES: Piano with strings in Grand Foyer; buffet reception in State Dining
Room.
Guests exit East Gate following reception.
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FIRST LADY TO FIRST LADY
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Cora Masters Barry
To Unveil Sign For Southeast Tennis Learning Center
The District's First Lady, Cora Masters Barry, will welcome the First Lady of the Nation Hillary
Rodham Clinton, at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 18, 1998, for the official, public launching of the
capital campaign for the construction of the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center project
The two First Ladies will unveil a sign at the site of the future Center, in the 700 block of
Mississippi Avenue, S E., adjacent to the Hart Tennis Courts. The first facility of its kind in the
District of Columbia, the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center will be a state-of-the art
recreational/cducational complex that will provide training in the sport of tennis while offering
academic enrichment programs. The project is the vision of Mrs. Barry and the Recreation Wish
List Committee of Washington, D. C.
Both First Ladies will speak during a brief ceremony which also will include the participation of
children and teens who frequently use the Hart Tennis Courts which adjoin the parcel of land
designated for the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center. The event also kicks off the fourth annual
Heart-to-Hart Tennis Experience, which will be held at the site the following day, Saturday,
September 19, 1998, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Members of the media who would like to play a young
person during the matches should contact Larry Brown at (202) 673-7600.
The Hart Tennis Courts are located on Mississippi Avenue, S.E., in Ward 8, at Sixth Street and
Wheeler Road. They are in view of the Hart Junior High School From the Southeast/Southwest
Freeway I-295 --, the site is accessible from South Capitol Street (facing Bolling Air Force Base).
From South Capitol Street, make a left turn onto Malcolm X Boulevard (formerly Portland Street)
Follow Malcolm X Boulevard about three blocks, to the first traffic light at Martin Luther King, Jr.
Avenue, making a right turn onto Martin Luther King, Jr Avenue Use the middle lane and proceed
through the first blinking light, and make a left turn at Fourth Street. Follow Fourth Street (past
Ballon High School) to Mississippi Avenue. Turn left at Mississippi Avenue and proceed two
blocks to the Hart Tennis Courts on the right.
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The Recreation Wish List Committee of Washington, D.C.
"WE SEE CHILDREN PICKING UP A TENNIS RACKET INSTEAD OF A GUN."
CORA MASTERS BARRY
Executive Committee
Cora Masters Barry
July 14, 1998
Founder and CEO
George Hudnet
Chairman
Mrs. Hillary Clinton
William McSweeny
First Lady
Treasurer
The White House
Brenda H. Jones
Secretary
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
Dr. Sheila Harmon-Martin
Recording Secretary
Monica West-Carter
This is a letter to formally invite you to participate in the official unveiling of the Southeast Tennis and Learning Center
Assistant Treasurer
project, and the opening ceremony for the fourth annual Heart to Hart Tennis Experience. This year's event will
take place at the newly renovated (by the Recreation Wish List Committee) Hart Tennis Courts at Sixth Street and
Directors
Mississippi Avenues SE on Saturday, September 19, 1998. We would very much like you to join us for the event.
Geoffrey Allard
Michael Brown, Esq.
The Heart to Hart Tennis Experience is based in Southeast, Washington, D.C. one of the most poverty stricken areas
Julie Cheng
of the city. A fun-filled day of tennis, music, and food, the Heart to Hart Tennis Experience facilitates adult/child
Nathaniel Clevenger
interactions and provides inner city children with the opportunity to excel in a safe, competitive environment. There is
no other event in the country like this. We pair participants who are tennis enthusiasts including confirmed tennis
Marilyn Funderburk
professionals Zina Garrison, and Chanda Rubin -with community kids in order to support them and showcase their
Dr. Betty Jo Gaines
talents. In the heart of the inner city, we use our event to give back to at-risk youths aspiring to be great tennis players.
Chief Judge
Eugene N. Hamilton Proceeds from the Heart to Hart Tennis Experience go directly to the continued development of inner city tennis
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courts and programs, in addition to the construction of the proposed Southeast Tennis and Learning Center, a state-
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of-the-art recreational/educational complex that will be the only tennis and learning facility of its kind in the nation.
Marianne Coleman Niles
The center will be uniquely tennis-focused, family-friendly, self-sustaining, and aimed at integrating top-flight tennis
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training with family development in a closely supervised, carefully structured academic environment.
Kelly Swanson
It would mean so much for these kids to meet someone like yourself. We would be honored by your attendance during
the opening ceremonies of our event. Other invited guests include tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, MalVai
Washington, Pam Shreiber, Billie Jean King, local tennis sensation and recent Stanford graduate Paul Goldstein, as
well as Frank Reines, Abe Pollin, former congressman William Gray and former New York City mayor David Dinkins.
The Heart to Hart Tennis Experience has grown every year. With your presence, we will reach a larger audience
who share in the belief that the children of inner city Washington, D.C. deserve the opportunity to maximize their
potential to be players on the court, as well as players in life. We thank you for your support and look forward to your
participation. Should you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call me at 202-727-6263.
Cordially,
First Cora Lady, Master District Barry of Columbia llar
9/18
Sheila martin
Founder/CEO, DC Recreation Wish List of Washington, DC
727.6306
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THE RECREATION WISH LIST COMMITTEE OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
4104 Martin L. King, Jr. Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20032
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Congressman Donald Payne
U.S. HOUSE OF
Tenth District - New Jersey
REPRESENTATIVE
For Immediate Release
Contact: Kerry McKenney
September 4, 1998
(202)225-3436
X66655
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Cabinet Secretaries, To Be Featured At
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Payne Black Caucus Conference Forums
Tipper Gore
Tenth District Congressman Donald M. Payne, who is the immediate past
Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, will host two forums during the 28th
qlat
Annual Legislative Conference sponsored by the Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a
Foreign Affairs Braintrust, which will also feature Secretary of Transportation
Pacy
Rodney Slater. Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman will be a leading panelist at an
issues forum on retirement savings.
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"Tools for 2000: Honoring Our Past, Preparing Our Future," is the theme of this
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year's Conference, which will be held from September 16th through the 19th at the
Washington Convention Center.
On Thursday, September 17, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., in Room 20 of the on
Convention Center, Payne will lead a forum entitled "Planning for the Future: Why
Retirement Savings are Important for African Americans."
As Ranking Member of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee
on Employer-Employee Relations, Congressman Payne was the primary Democratic
cosponsor of the SAVER (Savings Are Vital to Everyone's Retirement) Act which
promoted retirement savings and called for a White House Summit on Pension Security.
The White House Conference was held in June, successfully raising public awareness
about the need for Americans to save for the future.
"Through this forum, we can continue to build on the success of the SAVER
conference as we emphasize the importance of savings and discuss ideas for improving
retirement planning among African Americans," Payne said. "We will focus on trends in
retirement savings, outreach to the African American community on how best to
maximize resources for retirement, and policy measures to accomplish the goal of
promoting a more secure retirement for African American individuals and families."
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Panelists for the forum include Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman; Dr. Dallas
Salisbury, CEO of the benefit Research Institute, which provides objective information
regarding the employment benefit system; Dr. Regina Jefferson of Catholic University;
Mr. Louis Preazeau, President and CEO, City National Bank of New Jersey, the only
African American commercial bank in the State of New Jersey; and Ms. Debbi Lockhart
of NBC News, the panel moderator who is a former stockbroker.
On Friday, September 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m in Room 27 of the Washington
Convention Center, Payne will host a Foreign Affairs Braintrust entitled "Opening
Doors to Africa."
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton has accepted Payne's invitation to serve
as Keynote Speaker. Payne, who serves on the International Relations Subcommittee
on Africa, accompanied President and Mrs. Clinton on their historic visit to Africa earlier
this year. Last year, Mrs. Clinton visited Africa with her daughter Chelsea to promote
economic development, with an emphasis on the role of women in education and
economic transition.
The popular and highly acclaimed actor Danny Glover, who serves as a United
Nations Goodwill Ambassador, will deliver greetings.
Serving on the first panel, entitled "Crisis in Sudan," will be Frances Deng of the
Brookings Institute; Alek Wek, IMG Model; John Garang of the SPLA; Bob Arnot,
Dateline NBC; and Steven Wondu of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement. The
second panel, "Support for Trade and Micro-credit Programs in Africa," will feature
Rameline Kamga, President, COFINA; Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin; and Sam
Daley Harris, President of Results. Appearing on the third panel, Low-Intensity Conflict
Areas, will be Mora McLean, President, Africa-America Institute; I. William Zartman,
Organizations and Conflict Resolution at Johns Hopkins School of International Service;
and Dr. William Thom, Defense Intelligence Officer, the Pentagon. Presentations will
also be made by Dikebe Mutombu of the Atlanta Hawks; Secretary of Transportation
Rodney Slater; C. Payne Lucas, President of Africare; and Melvin Foote, Executive
Director for the Constituency for Africa.
The forums are free and open to the public.
"I encourage conference participants to attend these two forums, which I believe will
be very stimulating and informative" Payne said. "We are fortunate to have many
distinguished and talented panelists to share their ideas with us as we consider key issues of
concern to African Americans."
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DONALD M. PAYNE
WASHINGTON OFFICE
10TH DISTRICT, NEW JERSEY
2244 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20515-3010
COMMITTEES:
(202) 225-3436
EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE
Congress of the United States
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
DISTRICT OFFICES
house of Representatives
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
FEDERAL BUILDING
AND Courtmouse
Mashington, DC 20515-3010
50 WALNUT STREET
Room 1018
NEWARK, NJ 07102
(973) 645-3213
333 NORTH BROAD STREET
ELIZABETH, NJ 07208
12 August 1998
(908) 629-0222
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mrs. Clinton:
Thank you for agreeing to be the keynote speaker at this year's Braintrust!
T am pleased to announce that the Congressional Black Caucus will host the 28th Annual
Legislative Conference from September 15-19, 1998, One component, The Congressional Black
Caucus Foreign Affairs Braintrust, will focus on OPENING DOORS IN AFRICA with various
panel discussions concerning famine in Sudan, trade and micro-credit and low-intensity conflict
areas. This year it will be held on Friday, September 18th, 1998 from 9:00 a.m.--1:00 p.m. at the
Washington Convention Center in Room 27. The Convention Center is located across the street
from the Grand Hyatt Hotel on 1001 H. Street, N.W.
Your support is needed to make this year's annual conference a success and we look
forward to your succinct views. We welcome your insights and observations especially after
your visit to the region with your daughter, Chelsea and your husband, President Clinton. 1
have included an agenda and background information that will help with your prepared remarks.
Since the tragedy in Nairobi and Dar es Salam, it would be helpful to know what the U.S. is
doing to seek justice to these terrorist attacks.
Some past participants include: Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan,
Clifton R. Wharton, Deputy Secretary of State and Thomas Pickering. I will be sending you
additional information in the mail. If you have any questions or concerns, please call me or
Charisse Glassman of my staff on (202)225-3436.
Sincerely,
Don
Donald M. Payne
Member of Congress
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS LEGISLATIVE WEEKEND
FOREIGN AFFAIRS BRAINTRUST
"OPENING DOORS IN AFRICA"
September 18, 1998
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Registration 8:00-9:00-am.
Washington Convention Center - Room 27
Agenda
and
Greetings
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Chair
Introduction of the Keynote Speaker
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
QUESTION PERIOD
Opening Statements
Congressman Alcee L. Hastings
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
Congressman Earl F. Hilliard
Congresswoman Corrine Brown
Congresswoman Carolyn Kilpatrick
Special Remarks
Rodney Slader
Secretary of Transportation
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Panel 1: Famine in Sudan
Frances Deng
Brookings Institute
Alek Wek
IMG Model
John Garang*
SPLA
Bob Arnot
Dateline NBC
Panel II: Support for Trade and Micro-credit Programs in Africa
Ramelina Kamga
President, COFINA
Secretary Robert Rubin
Treasury Department
Sam Daley Harrison
President, RESULTS
Panel III: Low-Intensity Conflict Areas
Mora McLean
President
Africa-America Institute
I. William Zartman
Organizations and Conflict Resolution
Johns Hopkins School of International Service
Jim Scher
Assistant Secretary of Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Assistance
Pentagon
Closing with Special Remarks
Kikebe Mutombu
Administration Response
Dr. Susan E. Rice
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
*invited
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Questions and Answers
Closing Statement
C. Payne Lucas
President of Africare
Melvin Foote
Executive Director for the Constituency for Africa
ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE
ALC In Review
All events are at the Wasbington Convention Center unless otherwise noted.
EXHIBIT HALL
Wednesday, September 16, 1998
12:00 noon - 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, September 17, 1998
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Friday, September 18, 1998
10:00 a.m. . 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 19, 1998
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Conference participants pass through the Exhibit Hall and interact with over 400 exhibitors
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representing the nation's corporate, government, business and non-profit sector. The
Exhibit Hall offers the public an invaluable opportunity to gain product knowledge and
be exposed to groundbreaking products within the various industries.
CELEBRATION OF LEADERSHIP: A SALUTE TO THE DEPARTING CBC SPOUSES
Wednesday, September 16, 1998 8:00p.m. National Museum of Women in the Arts
The CBC Spouses will hold a special recognition celebration honoring the
cornerstones of our organization, Mrs. Roscoe Dellums, Mrs. Jay Stokes, and Mrs. Elaine
Flake. Our featured artist for the evening is the legendary Ms. Gloria
Lynne, and we will dance with the sensational Julia & Company. All proceeds will
benefit the CBC Spouses Education Scholarship Fund.
NATIONAL TOWN HALL MEETING
Thursday, September 17, 1998
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
The stage is set for a two-hour discussion among the Members of the Congressional
Black Caucus to discuss the state of Black America.
CBC BRAINTRUSTS AND ISSUE FORUMS
Thursday, September 17, 1998
12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m.
Friday, September 18, 1998
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Congressional Black Caucus Braintrust System was developed in 1977 to
manage more effectively the wide range of issues before the Congress, and the actions
of concern to African Americans. The braintrust areas relate to the Congressional Black
Caucus (CBC) Members' congressional committee assignments. Through this structure
individual members take leadership on issues on behalf of the CBC in communications
with the Administration and with legislative and organizational representatives, as well
as in public statements or announcements. The issue forums were established to stimulate
the widest possible dialogue on current issues facing Black America.
JAZZ CONCERT
Thursday, September 17, 1998
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
This event continues to educate the novice jazz buff and stimulate the jazz
aficionado. Leading jazz musicians conspire 10 make this popular evening one
to remember.
DONALD M. PAYNE
WASHINGTON OFFICE
2244 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
10TH DISTRICT, NEW JERSEY
WASHINGTON, DC 20615-3010
(202) 225-3436
COMMITTEES:
EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE
Congress of the United States
DISTRICT OFFICES
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
house of Representatibes
FEDERAL BUILDING
AND COURTHOUSE
Washington, DC 20515-3010
50 WALNUT STREET
ROOM 1016
NEWARK. NJ 07102
(973) 645-3213
333 NORTH BROAD STREET
ELIZABETH, NJ 07208
(908) 629-0222
July 20, 1998
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Office of the First Lady
Old Executive Office Building
Room 100
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mrs. Clinton: Hillary
Thank you for accepting my invitation to be the keynote speaker at this year's
Congressional Black Caucus Foreign Affairs Braintrust. I know of your concern and interest in
issues concerning Africa as we discussed during our recent visit to the continent. I want to thank
you for your commitment to Africa, your interest has raised awareness on many important
African issues.
This year's Braintrust will focus on three panels concerning slavery in the Sudan, micro-
credit and trade in Africa and low-intensity areas of conflict. You are the keynote speaker and
the length and time is really up to you, although we would appreciate it if you could keep your
remarks under thirty minutes.
Please fax your biography to Charisse Glassman on (202) 225-4160. If you have any
questions or concerns please do not hesitate to call.
Sincerely,
fee you toon!
DonddWayne
Donald M. Payne
Member of Congress