DC PROTEST TODAY: Nat'l. Endowment for Dem. Awards for Anti-Cuba "democracy" Advocates

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TODAY, WEDNESDAY, 5-6 PM in front of the Cannon House Office Bldg., Independence and First Streets, SE, Wash., DC 20003
Take orange line to Capitol South (355 First St, SE) and walk west a few blocks until you get to Independence.

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FNS DAYBOOK

June 24, 2009 Wednesday

THE WEEK AHEAD

EVENT: DISCUSSION - THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (NED);

LOCATION: 345 Cannon House Office Building -- June 24, 2009 3:30 pm

SUBJECT: The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) holds a discussion, annual Democracy Award ceremony and reception to honor five Cuban democracy activists.

AGENDA: Highlights: -- 3:30 pm: Jose Azel, senior research associate at Institute for Cuban and Cu-ban-American Studies at the University of Miami; Jose Miguel Vivanco, executive director of the Americas Division at Human Rights Watch; Janisset Rivero Gutierrez, directorio of Democratico Cubano; Marifeli Perz-Stable, vice president of democratic governance at the Inter-American Dialogue; and Miriam Kornbluth, NED director of Latin America and the Caribbean, participate in a discussion examining the prospects for democracy in Cuba -- 5:30 pm: Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla.; House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman, D-Calif.; House Foreign Affairs ranking Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla.; Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., board member at NED; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.; Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla.; and former Majority Leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., chairman of NED, participate in the annual Democracy Award ceremony and reception