Upcoming Events
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Thursday, February 23, 2012 (every Thursday)
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Join young professionals and college students from universities across the city!
Come hang out every Thursday at our historic mansion and discuss ways of getting involved in
Election 2012. Meet young professionals and students from universities across the city every
Thursday night over a drink to socialize, network, arrange speaker programs, and discuss
"get-out-the-vote" strategies with the upcoming Election.
Time: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost: Free
RSVP Requested.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Evening Women for Obama Event
Women for Obama DC Operation Vote Kickoff House Party
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Co-hosted by: Virginia E. Hayes Williams, Eppie Kyles, Barbara Lett Simmons,
Shari Turner, and the Woman's National Democratic Club.
On February 22nd, women across the country will meet in their communities to
plan the year ahead and discuss the President's accomplishments for women in
his first term. In living rooms and coffee shops, Women for Obama are kicking
off their fight to get the President and other Democrats up and down the
ticket re-elected, and it's starting in their homes and neighborhoods. Step
up to meet with other women and hear from First Lady Michelle Obama as she
gets us fired up! We're excited to hear from the First Lady, but we can't
wait to meet you and your mothers, sisters, daughters, and friends. Bring
along other women that should be sure to hear the First Lady's message, and
we'll bring our excitement for the year ahead. We'll dial in to a live
conference call with the First Lady. The Women for Obama event is co-hosted by
Women for Obama DC. Host contact: 202-642-6151 or email host at AAndersonOFADC@gmail.com
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost: Free
Online registeration.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor
A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons
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Author Taylor recounts the story of Paul Jennings, a slave who was born on James Madison's Virginia plantation
and served his family in the White House during Madison's presidency. After Madison's death, Jennings was
freed by Senator Daniel Webster of New Hampshire, a staunch abolitionist. Jennings went on to write a
memoir--the first memoir to be written by a White House resident and to purchase the freedom of his wife and
children.
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor has spent over two decades working in historical research and museum
education. She has served as the Director of Interpretation at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, as Director of
Education at James Madison's Montpelier and as a Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. The
book will be available for purchase and signing.
Time: Bar opens at 11:30 am Lunch 12:15 pm; Lecture only: Presentation and Q & A: 1-2 pm
Cost: Members $25, Nonmembers $30; $10 Lecture only
Register
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Robert M. Brandon
Voter Suppression Legislation And the 2012 Election
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Robert Brandon is the Co-Founder and President for the Fair Elections Legal Network., a public
affairs firm that works to advance public interest and grass roots goals. He is an attorney
with over 25 years of public policy, legislative, media and campaign experience at the
federal, state and local levels. Recognized as one of the nation's leading consumer advocates,
he works closely with a variety of public interest groups around the country.
His organization has been actively engaged in several states in the battle against voter
suppression laws, including voter ID requirements and changes to laws that make it hard for
organizations to conduct voter registration drives to help people register to vote.
Don't miss this opportunity to get the current information on what is happening to destroy
the opportunity for citizens to exercise their right to vote.
Time: Bar opens at 11:30 am Lunch 12:15 pm; Lecture only: Presentation and Q & A: 1-2 pm
Cost: Members $25, Nonmembers $30; $10 Lecture only
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Sarah Blake
Read and Write - The Birth of a World War II Novel
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Writers of historical novels can't just write about what they know. They have to read books,
conduct interviews, find letters and diaries, and then create characters and settings,
reshaping dry research into living people and places. Then those novels, of course,
interact with history, so books like "War and Peace," "Les Miserables," and "Gone With the
Wind" become some kind of record of their times and conflicts.
Novelist Sarah Blake, who was born many years after World War II, wrote a bestseller about
that war – "The Postmistress" -- taking place in 1940 in London during the Blitz, in
Europe during the Holocaust, and on Cape Cod when American opinion was split between staying
out of the European mess and helping the besieged British. The main characters are a
female radio reporter working with Edward R. Murrow and the female postmaster of a town on
the Cape. Ms. Blake's research included listening to recordings of Murrow's broadcasts.
She will tell of the development of her novel and also discuss the importance of novels and
storytelling to people's understanding of the world – past and present.
Sarah Blake is the author of two novels-- "The Postmistress", and "Grange House." She holds
a Ph.D. in Victorian Literature from NYU and has taught workshops at The George Washington
University, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass., at The Writer's Center in
Bethesda and at The University of Maryland, where she is this year's Petrou Reader in
Residence. She lives in Washington DC with her husband, the poet Joshua Weiner, and their
two sons.
"The Postmistress" will be available for purchase and signing.
Time: Bar opens at 11:30 am Lunch 12:15 pm; Lecture only: Presentation and Q & A: 1-2 pm
Cost: Members $25, Nonmembers $30; $10 Lecture only
Register
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Honorable Benjamin L Cardin United States Senator for Maryland
The 2012 Congressional Elections
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Senator Cardin has served in Congress since 1987 and was elected to the Senate in 2006.
His priorities are those so many of us appreciate and admire him for. He has been a
national leader on initiatives to help small businesses and create jobs, expand health
care, restore the Chesapeake Bay, defend civil rights and individual liberties, and
protect the environment and much more.
Senator Cardin currently serves on the following committees: Environment & Public
Works; Finance; Foreign Relations; Small Business & Entrepreneurship; and Budget.
He also serves as ch-chair of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Some of his recent achievements include securing a guaranteed dental benefit in the
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), providing first-time homebuyers with an
$8,000 tax credit, and elevating the new National Institute for Minority Health and
Health Disparities and a host of other legislative initiatives and measures.
The Washington Post describes Senator Cardin as one who has a strong command of
issues, proven integrity, a formidable intellect and a ceaseless, unstinting work ethic.
He believes it is possible to work across the aisle to get things done without
sacrificing Democratic values. Senator Carlin has indicated that he will be immensely
pleased to meet with so many of his constituents at the WNDC on March 7th.
PLEASE NOTE: Senator Cardin will speak at 12 and lunch will be served afterward.
Time: 11:30 am - Bar opens 12:00 noon - Presentation and Q & A: 1:00 pm (approx) Luncheon (after Senator's speech)
Cost: Members $25, Nonmembers $30; $10 Lecture only
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Presenters: Peter Tatian of the Urban Institute & Ed Lazere of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute
How the District of Columbia has changed and how candidates will address these demographic changes
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 Ed Lazere |
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Dr. Sandra Cheldelin
Women Waging War and Peace: International Perspectives of Women's Roles in Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
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Sandra Cheldelin is the Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Professor of Conflict Resolution and
director of the doctoral program at George Mason University's School for Conflict Analysis
and Resolution. She has worked with more than 150 organizations on conflict resolution
and lectures on workplace violence, race, gender, and conflict. She has conducted
conflict resolution sessions and conducted research in Bosnia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Israel,
Italy, Turkey, Liberia and China.
During the course of her academic career, Dr. Cheldelin has held numerous administrative
posts, including those of provost at Antioch University academic dean at the California
School of Professional Psychology. She is an active scholar-practitioner, psychologist,
and expert in organizational conflict.
Dr. Cheldelin has written extensively on conflict and crisis intervention and written or
co-authored several books, including Deconstructing Women, Peace and Security, scheduled
for release this September. Dr. Cheldelin will share her firsthand accounts of women's
movements across the globe and describe the richness of women's experiences during
wartime and reconstruction.
Time: 11:30 am - Bar opens; 12:15 pm - Luncheon; 1 - 2 pm - Lecture & Presentation
Cost: Members $25, Nonmembers $30; $10 Lecture only
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