This calendar provides a listing of major national events that FCNL is organizing or co-sponsoring and a listing of the tentative congressional schedule.
Aug. 6 |
63rd anniversary of the U.S.'s atomic bombing of Hiroshima |
Aug. 9 |
63rd anniversary of the U.S.'s atomic bombing of Nagasaki |
Aug. 14 |
2nd anniversary of Israel using cluster bombs in Lebanon |
Aug. 11-
Sept. 6 |
Congressional August recess |
Aug. 25-28 |
Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO |
Sept. 1-4 |
Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, MN |
Sept. 7 |
Congress reconvenes |
Sept. 11-12 |
National Religous Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) Summit, Atlanta , GA |
Sept. 26 |
110th Congress plans to adjourn |
Nov. 4 |
Election Day |
Nov. 13-16 |
FCNL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC |
Dec. 3 |
Signing ceremony for global cluster bomb ban treaty |
Dec. 10 |
60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
January 2009 |
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Peace Testimony Conference |