Sunday March 30, 2008
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

2:00pm - 4:30pm Registration
5:00pm - Welcome Ceremony
6:30pm – 7:30pm Reception and Continued Registration

Monday March 31, 2008
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

8:30am - 9:30am Registration and Breakfast
9:30am - Welcome
9:45am – 11:00am DRC 101 Panel
11:15am – 12:15pm Lunch Session I

Panel B:
“Exploring Gender Based Violence in the Congo”

Panel C:
“What Children Here? Children as victims of war and economic realities in the DRC”

12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch Session II

Panel D:
“National resource exploitation and conflict”

Panel E:
“Post conflict nation stabilization and governance concerns”

1:45pm – 2:45pm Lunch Session III

Panel B:
“Exploring Gender Based Violence in the Congo”

Panel C:
“What Children Here: Children as victims of war and economic realities in the DRC”

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Panel D:
“National resource exploitation and conflict”

Panel E:
“Post conflict nation stabilization and governance concerns”

4:15pm –5:15pm Essential Tools for Congo Advocates
Panel F.1: Media Training and Blogging
Panel F.2: Constituency Building: Grassroots to Grasstops

5:15pm Closing Program

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Legislative Advocacy Day Training
Center for American Progress
1333 H Street NW
10th Floor Conference Room

Tuesday April 1, 2008
Capitol Hill

8:00am - 10:00am Breakfast/Legislative Advocacy Training

10:30am -12:30pm U.S. Senate Meetings

12:30pm -1:30pm Break

1:30pm - 5:00pm U.S. House of Representatives Meetings

6:00-8:00 pm Closing Program: Rayburn B-339

Check back soon for details on the Legislative Advocacy Day!

Monday, March 31: Learning Day
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Tuesday, April 1: Legislative Advocacy Day
Capitol Hill