DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM BURNS AND D.C. POLICE CHIEF CATHY LANIER TO BE HONORED FOR THEIR SERVICE
WHO:Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
WHAT:ADL National Leadership Summit
WHERE: Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.
WHEN:Monday, April 28 - Tuesday, April 29, 2013
Hundreds of ADL leaders and activists from across the country will gather for the ADL Shana Amy Glass National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. to hear from administration officials, policy experts, Members of Congress, social media executives, government leaders and others.
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS WILL BE OPEN TO THE MEDIA:
MONDAY, APRIL 28
8:00 AM
Grand Ballroom
Keynote: Ambassador Ron Dermer, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S.
8:45 AM
Grand Ballroom
Presentation of the ADL Distinguished Statesman Award to
The Honorable William J. Burns, Deputy Secretary of State
9:00 AM
Grand Ballroom
Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Leadership in the Middle East
Elliott Abrams, Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Tamara Cofman Wittes, Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
Jeffrey Goldberg, Columnist, Bloomberg News, National Correspondent, The Atlantic
Rob Satloff, Executive Director, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Moderator: Ron Kampeas, Washington Bureau Chief, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
11:00 AM
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Rhode Island Room - Turning Up the Heat on Immigration Reform: Bibles, Badges, and Business
Tom Manger, Montgomery County Chief of Police
Jenny Yang, Vice President for Advocacy and Policy, World Relief
Alida Garcia, Coalitions and Policy Director, Fwd.us
Mindy Reinstein, ADL Assistant Director, Government and National Affairs
Senate Room - Today's Church-State Issues: Balancing Religious Liberty With Fighting Discrimination
Barry Lynn, Executive Director, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Sarah Lipton-Lubet, Director of Reproductive Health Programs, National Partnership for Women & Families
K. Hollyn Hollman, General Counsel, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty
David Barkey, ADL Religious Freedom Counsel
Georgia Room - Fighting Global Anti-Semitism: New Tactics
Stacy Bernard Davis, Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, U.S. Department of State
Erika Schlager, Counsel for International Law, U.S. Helsinki Commission
Andrew Srulevitch, ADL Director of European Affairs
East Room - What's Next: Challenges in the Fight for Civil Rights and Equality
Julie Fernandes, Senior Policy Analyst, Open Society Foundations
Marlene Sallo, Staff Director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor and Legal Correspondent, Slate Magazine
Michael Lieberman, ADL Washington Counsel
12:45 PM
Grand Ballroom
Countering Terrorism, Domestic Extremism and Hate Crimes
The Honorable James B. Comey, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
1:45 PM
Grand Ballroom
Political Pundits: Examining the Latest Trends and the 2014 Elections
Julianna Goldman, White House Correspondent, Bloomberg News
Laura Meckler, Political Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
6:30 PM
Grand Ballroom
Unfinished Business from the Civil Rights Movement: The Fierce Urgency of Now
Keynote: The Honorable Thomas E. Perez, U.S. Secretary of Labor
7:30 PM
Grand Ballroom
Experts' Roundtable on Civil Rights
Hilary Shelton, Washington Bureau Director and Senior Vice President for Advocacy, NAACP
Rea Carey, Executive Director, National Gay and LesbianTask Force
Vanessa Cardenas, Vice President, Progress 2050, Center for American Progress
Deborah M. Lauter, ADL Director of Civil Rights
TUESDAY, APRIL 29
8:00 AM
Grand Ballroom
A View From the Hill With Members of Congress
Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO)
12:00 PM
Grand Ballroom
When Hate Speech Goes Viral: Dealing with Bigotry Online
Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management, Facebook
Jeffrey Rosen, President and CEO, National Constitution Center
Jennifer Hanley, Director, Legal & Policy, Family Online Safety Institute
Steven Freeman, ADL Associate Director of Civil Rights, Director of Legal Affairs
1:30 PM
Grand Ballroom
Presentation of ADL William & Naomi Gorowitz Institute Service Award to
Cathy L. Lanier, Chief, Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department
EDITORS NOTE: Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and other ADL leaders and experts will be available for interviews upon request. For more information or to schedule an interview, contact ADL Media Relations at (212) 885-7749 or adlmedia@adl.org.
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RSVP & PRESS CREDENTIALS REQUIRED
Contact:
Todd Gutnick (212) 885-7755
David Robbins (212) 885-7715
adlmedia@adl.org
April 27 -29:
Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Press Office: New Jersey Room
(202) 912-9489
(917) 544-2342; (917) 355-6340
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SOURCE Anti-Defamation League
