FEDERAL POLICY BRIEFING 2011

Co-sponsored with the Peace and Security Funders Group
March 29-31, 2011
Washington, D.C., USA

The Briefing began with a networking dinner on Tuesday, March 29. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) made a guest appearance.

Our full-day of meetings on Wednesday, March 30 opened with a keynote address by Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg. Mr. Steinberg provided valuable insight at the dawn of the Obama presidency at our 2009 Federal Policy Briefing. Two years and one election later, much has changed; Mr. Steinberg reflected on the administration's current circumstances.

Our traditional, and enjoyable, NGO-funder evening reception at the Mott House rounded out the day on Wednesday with guest speaker Susan Eisenhower, President of the Eisenhower Group (and granddaughter of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower).

Throughout the day-and-a-half conference on Wednesday and Thursday, we were briefed from and dialogued with senior-level policy-makers, preeminent analysts, and leading activists, including

• Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA)
• Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
• Jameel Jaffer, Director, Center for Democracy, ACLU
• Elisa Massimino, President and CEO, Human Rights First
  
• Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women for Women International
  

on timely and relevant issues affecting human rights, peace and security, including

• guarding human rights while confronting "violent extremism"
• protecting the human rights of terrorism suspects in detention
• promoting peace-building and military withdrawal
• unpacking budget reform and national security
• examining U.S. responses to popular uprisings in the Middle East
• ensuring government accountability in national security and human rights policy-making

Read our conference agenda.

Participation Fee
The fee for participation was US$100.

Registration
Registration is now closed.

Conference Venues

• Dinner, Tuesday, March 29: Acadiana Restaurant, 901 New York Ave., NW
  
• Sessions, Wednesday, March 30: Center for American Progress, 1333 H Street, NW
• NGO-Funder Reception, Wednesday, March 30: Mott House, 122 Maryland Ave., NE
  
• Sessions, Thursday, March 31: Capitol Visitor's Center

These venues are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Attendance Eligibility
IHRFG events are open to grantmakers and invited speakers only. Current IHRFG members and individuals who are eligible for membership attended the biannual Federal Policy Briefing.

IHRFG membership is open to staff, consultants and trustees of private foundations, corporate foundations, community giving programs, governmental giving programs, faith-based giving programs, philanthropic advocacy and support organizations, individual philanthropists with significant giving programs, and public charities (public foundations and community foundations) whose primary activity is grantmaking and who do not relate to other IHRFG members primarily as grant-seekers.

Please note: Staff of grantmaking institutions (that are also grant-seeking organizations) whose functions are solely fundraising are not eligible for participation.

Questions? Contact:
Azeen Salimi, IHRFG Program Manager
Phone: +1 212 378 4428
Email: asalimi [at] ihrfg [dot] org

Katherine Magraw, PSFG Executive Director
Phone: +1 434 989 1514
Email: kmagraw [at] peaceandsecurity [dot] org