Mideast Upheaval: What It Means for the U.S. and Israel

AMBASSADORS MICHAEL OREN, DENNIS ROSS TO ADDRESS ADL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

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WHO: Anti-Defamation League (ADL) WHAT: ADL National Leadership Conference The Mayflower Hotel, Washington, WHERE: D.C. Sunday, April 3 - Tuesday, April 5, WHEN: 2011

ADL leaders from across the country will gather for briefings from key government leaders, policymakers, ambassadors and opinion-makers during the ADL Shana Amy Glass National Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS WILL BE OPEN TO THE MEDIA: ----------------------------------------------- SUNDAY, APRIL 3 --------------- 7:30 P.M. The Meaning of the U.S.-Israel Friendship Today Ambassador Michael Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the United GRAND BALLROOM States MONDAY, APRIL 4 --------------- 8:00 A.M. GRAND BALLROOM Advancing U.S. Policy in a Changing Middle East Ambassador Dennis Ross, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Central Region, National Security Council 8:30 A.M. Despots & Democracy: Taking Stock of the Mideast Upheaval Martin Indyk, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for Middle East Peace; Vice President & Director of Foreign Policy, GRAND BALLROOM Brookings Institution Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Jackson Diehl, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post Moderator: Ron Kampeas, Washington Bureau Chief, Jewish Telegraphic Agency 10:30 A.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS: -------------------- CHINESE Strategic Threats from Iran & Its Proxies Patrick Clawson, Research Director & Director of the Iran Security Initiative, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Barbara Slavin, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council and Author of "Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation" Andrew Srulevitch, ADL Director of European Affairs SENATE Confronting Discrimination in America Chai R. Feldblum, Commissioner, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Julie Fernandes, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice Hilary O. Shelton, Washington Bureau Chief, NAACP Michael Lieberman, Director, ADL Civil Rights Policy Planning Center PENNSYLVANIA Tweeting Toward Democracy: Confronting Hate & Spurring Change Timothy Sparapani, Director of Public Policy, Facebook Sarah Labowitz, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State Steve Sheinberg, ADL Associate Director, Civil Rights Maintaining Church-State Separation: Old Flashpoints, New RHODE ISLAND Battles Mazen Basrawi, Counsel, Office of the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Department of Justice Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, President, Interfaith Alliance Jill Morrison, Senior Counsel with Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center Deborah Lauter, ADL Civil Rights Director A Global Approach to Combating Anti-Semitism, Hate Crime & GEORGIA ROOM Discrimination Hannah Rosenthal, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti- Semitism, U.S. Department of State Elisa Massimino, President and Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights First Michael Salberg, ADL Director of International Affairs 1:00 P.M. Presentation of the ADL Klinghoffer Award to Stuart A. Levey, Former Under Secretary for Terrorism and GRAND BALLROOM Financial Intelligence; and to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Accepted by: David S. Cohen, Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of the Treasury When Free Speech Turns Foul: Incivility & Political Gridlock 2:30 P.M. in America Donna Brazile, Founder and Managing Director of Brazile & EAST AND STATE Associates LLC, On-air Contributor to CNN and ABC News David Frum, Editor, Frum Forum; Former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush Advancing Civil Rights and Equality: How Far We've Come - and 6:30 P.M. How Far We Need to Go GRAND BALLROOM Representative John Lewis (D-GA) Responding: Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice Professor Akbar S. Ahmed, Professor and Chair of Islamic Studies, American University Winnie Stachelberg, Senior Vice President, Center for American Progress TUESDAY, APRIL 5 ---------------- 8 A.M. Views from Capitol Hill Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (R-FL), Chair, House GRAND BALLROOM Committee on Foreign Affairs Representative Steny Hoyer, (D-MD), House Minority Whip 12:30 P.M. Partnering to Stand Up Against Bullying Kevin Jennings, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education, GRAND BALLROOM Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools Alice Cahn, Vice President, Social Responsibility, Cartoon Network Noopur Agarwal, Director of Public Affairs, MTV David Waren, ADL Director of Education

EDITORS NOTE: Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, will be available for interviews by appointment. Contact ADL's Media Relations Department at [phone] or e-mail [e-mail] for more information.

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