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Posted on Wednesday September 13, 2006
“Healing the Nation: An Arab American Agenda for Security, Liberty, and Peace”
Sept 10-12 | Capital Hilton, Washington, DC
 Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) |
 Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) |
 Rep. Charles Boustany (R-LA) |
 Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) |
 Sen. John E. Sununu (R-NH) |
 Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) |
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Saturday, September 9 (Capital Hilton Hotel) Pre-Conference
| 5:00 pm | Reception |
| 6:00-7:30 pm | Strategy Meeting on Ancestry in the 2010 Census (by invitation) |
Sunday, September 10 (Capital Hilton Hotel)
| 2:00-5:30 pm | Meeting of the AAI National Policy Council (NPC members only) |
| 6:30-9:00 pm | Dinner and Conference Opening Session “Summer of Crisis: Views from Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon” with diplomats including Palestinian Ambassador Afif Safieh, Iraqi Ambassador Samir Sumaida’e, and charge d’Affaires Carla Jazzar from the Lebanese Embassy |
 Palestinian Ambassador Afif Safieh |
 Iraqi Ambassador Samir Sumaida’e |
 charge d’affaires Carla Jazzar from the Lebanese Embassy |
Monday, September 11 (Capital Hilton Hotel, 1001 16th Street * Federal Room)
| 8:30-10:00 am | Breakfast Forum A Community Conversation in Remembrance of 9/11 with American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee American Civil Liberties Union Amnesty International Asian American Justice Center Center for National Security Studies Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Human Rights First Interfaith Alliance Japanese American Citizens League Liberty Coalition National Council of La Raza National Immigration Forum National Immigration Law Center Open Society Institute Rights Working Group Sikh American Legal Defence and Education Fund South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow |
| 10:15-11:45 | Concurrent Breakout Discussions |
| -Communicating effectively with your member of Congress -Tools to make a difference in a campaign -The best-kept secret in American politics – your local party committee -Working for Peace: networking with American Jewish activists |
| 12:00-2:00 pm | Luncheon Forum with interfaith messages to commemorate fifth anniversary of September 11, 2001 with Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon, Interfaith Alliance Imam Mohamed Magid, All Dulles Areas Muslim Society Rev. George Rados, Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church Rabbi David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism |
| 2:30-4:00 | Plenary Session on Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon and Palestine with Andrew Whitley, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) Peter Gubser, American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) Jack Connolly, Catholic Relief Services |
| 4:30-5:30 | Plenary Session: Looking Ahead to the 2008 Elections with George R. Salem, Chairman of AAI James Zogby, President of AAI |
| 7:00-9:30 | Reception Buffet with U.S. Representative Michael Honda |
Tuesday, September 12 (on Capitol Hill)
| 7:15-7:45 am | Shuttle service from Hotel to Capitol Hill |
| 8:00 | Breakfast Forum with Senator Russell Feingold (Capitol Building, Mansfield Room) |
| 9:30-10:30 | Tour of the Capitol Building (optional) |
| 11:00-12:00 | Eyewitness Accounts: Americans evacuated from Lebanon Speak Out (Russell 325) with U.S. Representatives Ray LaHood and Darrell Issa |
| 12:00-1:30 pm | Luncheon Tribute to Arab Americans in the Federal Government(Russell 325) with U.S. Senator John E. Sununu and U.S. Representative Charles Boustany |
| 2:00 | Shuttle service from Capitol Hill to Hotel (16th and K Streets) |
