CMEP Conference 2009 Schedule

 

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Sunday, June 7

Location: Kellogg Hotel at Gallaudet University

800 Florida Ave, NE

 3:00pm

Registration opens (dinner is on your own)

7:00-8:30 pm

Gathering and Opening Plenary (open to the public)

Speaker: The Right Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton, Episcopal Bishop of Maryland
Catherine Gordon, CMEP Board Vice-Chair, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Warren Clark,CMEP Executive Director

8:30 pm

Reception

Monday, June 8

Location: Kellogg Hotel at Gallaudet University

800 Florida Ave, NE

8:45-9:00 am

Morning Prayer and Session Opening

9:00-10:15 am

Plenary: Regional Conflicts, Challenges, and Solutions

 

Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council

Shibley Telhami, University of Maryland and Brookings Institution

 

Moderator:  Jim Fine, CMEP Board Chair, Friends Committee on National Legislation

10:30-11:45 am

Workshops – Session I

12:00- 12:30

Luncheon

12:30-2:15 pm

Plenary: Israeli and Palestinian Perspectives on Peace Prospects

 

Daniel Levy, The New America Foundation

Amjad Attalah, The New America Foundation

Philip Wilcox, Foundation for Middle East Peace, CMEP Leadership Council

2:45- 4:00 pm

Workshops – Session II

4:10-5:40 pm

Preparation for Lobby Day

  6:00 pm

Dinner

7:30 pm

Special Event

Stopping Settlements:  Building Palestinian Society:  Seizing the Moment for Peace

Hagit Ofran, Director, Peace Now Settlement Watch Team
Mustafa Barghouti, Palestinian Democracy Activist

Moderator:  Stephen Colecchi, US Conference of Catholic Bishops

Tuesday, June 9 - Lobby Day

Location: Lutheran Church of the Reformation and Capitol Hill Offices

212 East Capitol Street, NE

8:30-9:30am

Congressional Prayer Breakfast with Congressional and Christian Leaders including:

 

Rep. Lois Capps (CA)

Rep. William Delahunt (MA)

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE)

Rep. Betty McCollum (ND)
Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, Chaplain of the House of Representatives
Bishop Richard Graham, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Washington Diocese

Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Armenian Orthodox Church

10:30am

House Appointment

12:00pm & 1:30pm

Senate Appointments

 

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