This year's Youth
Leadership Conference was held in Washington, DC on June 19 - 25, 2005.
There were 19 participants. For information about the YLC,
click here.
Here are reports prepared by
participants and organizers:
by Jessica (html)
by Monica (html)
ACPC Press release
(PDF)
The schedule for the Conference was as
follows:
Sunday, June 19
Check-in at George Washington University dormitory.
6:00 PM - Orientation session, pizza dinner
Monday, June 20
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9:30 AM:
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Opening session at American
Center of Polish Culture |
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Welcome by Co-Chairs on behalf of
ACPC |
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Welcome by Dr. Estelle von
Wachtel-Torres on behalf of PAAA |
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Keynote: The essence of leadership,
Stanley Glod, V.P. of Boeing Corp. |
12:00 PM: |
Bus tour of Washington - Gordon Kray,
sculptor |
Tuesday, June 21
10:00 AM: |
Institute of World Politics
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Address by Dr. John Lenczowski,
Institute Founder and Director |
12:00 PM: |
Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Buffet Lunch
Presentation by Embassy staff on Embassy & Consular operations. |
3:00 PM: |
American Enterprise Institute
(conservative think tank)
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Meeting with Radek Sikorski, Executive Director of AEI's New
Atlantic Initiative, former Deputy Minister of Defense and Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs in Poland. |
5:30 PM: |
Presentation on aspects of Poland's
image in the press:
"Polish" concentration camps?
by Paulina Migalska, YLC alumna (2001) |
Wednesday, June 22
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10:00 AM:
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Meeting with Attorney Mark
Brzezinski, McGuireWoods |
1:00 PM: |
International Trade Agency, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Reagan Office Building
Presentation by Dr. Susanne Lotarski, Director of the Office of
Eastern Europe, Russia and the Independent States, and Roza Pace,
Senior Project Manager, International Trade Administration |
3:30 PM: |
Meeting with Mark Thiessen, Deputy
Director of Presidential Speechwriting, Eisenhower Executive Office
Building (formerly known as Old Executive Office Building), White
House Annex. |
6:30 PM: |
Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Book presentation: Author Francis Kajencki spoke about his new book
The Pulaski Legion and other books on Poles in America.
Buffet reception followed |
Thursday, June 23
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10:00 AM: |
Meeting with Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio
Rayburn House Office Building |
11:30 AM: |
International Spy Museum
Meeting with Peter Earnest, Executive Director;
Museum visit |
6:30 PM: |
Dinner at Front Page Grill, Arlington, Virginia
Dinner Speaker: Jane Cowley, Foreign Affairs Officer in the Bureau
for International Organization, Office of Technical Specialized
Agencies, U.S. Department of State. |
Friday, June 24
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9:30 PM: |
Tour of U.S. Capitol, arranged by
Congr. Marcy Kaptur |
1:30 PM: |
Chemonics International, a firm that
implements and executes foreign assistance programs for the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID).
Presentation by Agnieszka Gnoinska, YLC alumna (2001). |
3:30 PM: |
Ashoka, a non-profit organization
that funds individuals organizing social and community programs
around the world.
Presentation by Paulina Migalska, YLC alumna (2001). |
6:30 PM:
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Gala closing dinner:
Sequoia Restaurant overlooking the Potomac River.
Guests included Deborah Majka, ACPC President and several members of
PAAA. |
Saturday, June 25
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11:00 AM:
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Author Benjamin Weiser presented his
book A Secret Life about Col. Ryszard Kuklinski.
He autographed copies of the book, which were provided to each
participant by the Conference. |
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