CADCA

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
901 North Pitt Street, Suite 300 * Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 703-706-0560 * Fax: 703-706-0565
www.cadca.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Betsy Glick (703) 706-0560 x246
February 4, 2003	CONTACT: Cliff Kai (703) 706-0560 x224

CADCA Announces Schedule of Events
for Anti-Drug National Leadership Forum

Drug Czar Walters, Under Secretary Hutchinson, Senator Dorgan, and other federal experts among scheduled speakers

ALEXANDRIA, VA—Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) today announced the schedule of events during its National Leadership Forum XIII at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2003
8:30 – 9:45 a.m.
“Community Coalitions: The Heart & Soul of America”

John P. Walters, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
John B. Brown III, Acting Administrator, DEA
General Arthur T. Dean, Chairman and CEO, CADCA

1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
“Science at the Heart of Prevention in Communities”

Mr. Charles G. Curie, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Dr. Ting-Kai Li, Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Dr. Glen R. Hanson, Acting Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2003
8:30 am – 12:45 pm
Capitol Hill Day

Senator Byron Dorgan, (D-ND)
Mary Ann Solberg, Deputy Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Panel of Congressional Staffers

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2003
8:30 am – 9:45 am
“Federal and Local Collaboration at Work in Communities”

J. Robert Flores, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D., Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Robert M. Samuels, Acting Director, Executive Office of Weed and Seed (EOWS)
Elaine Parry, Acting Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
George Gilbert, Director, Office of Program Analysis, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, (CSAT)

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Award Presentation Event

Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary of Transportation and Border Security, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Hodding Carter III, President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Award Recipients will be announced, including Outstanding Coalition, Outstanding State Association and Outstanding Volunteer.

For more information on each particular event, visit www.cadca.org. Credentialed media are welcome to attend, but pre-registration is strongly recommended. Please contact Cliff Kai at (703) 706-0560, ext. 224, or (202) 423-9630 (mobile).

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Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), home of the Drug-Free Kids Campaign, is the premier national membership organization representing more than 5000 community anti-drug coalitions nationwide, providing training, information and support. These coalitions are local partnerships between parents, teachers, young people, law enforcement, health providers, the faith community, business and civic leaders, elected officials and concerned citizens who unite and mobilize to make their communities safe, healthy and drug-free -- one community at a time. For more information about CADCA, visit www.cadca.org. For more information about the Drug-Free Kids Campaign, visit www.drug-freekids.org