Hey guys! Please keep this info for this weekend. If you would like to
meet to go to the Holocaust Museum on Saturday morning or to
Georgetown on Sunday please let me know. We will be meeting at the
metro at 8:30 am on Saturday and 8:00 on Sunday. I will be at
Georgetown for registration from about 4:30/5 until people leave to go
home in the evening. If you are not able to go to registration and
need me to register you, please let me know.
Thanks!
Julia


A Call to Action for Darfur, Sudan: National Leadership Conference for
University Students

GUIDE TO LOGISTICS

1) What to Prepare
2) Arrival
3) Contact Information for Help
4) What Not to Forget to Bring
5) Costs
6) Housing
7) Hotels: Other Housing Options
8) Brief Conference Schedule
9) Directions

Note: If you are canceling the registration for the conference, please
contact Lisa Rogoff at lrogoff@.... If you are being housed,
please Cc the e-mail to STANDHousing@.... Please disregard this
e-mail if you have already let us know that you are unable to attend.
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What to Prepare

We ask that each university group prepare a brief statement of your
group's goals (both political goals and goals as student groups) for
organizing after the conference. We hope to facilitate regional
networking and discussion in an open forum, leading towards an overall
action plan for nationwide university student organizing.

Plan your travel plans to stay for some extra time to attend a special
cultural and musical fundraising event at a nearby restaurant!
Networking Art Exhibit and Fundraiser for Darfur - check out the
details on the schedule below.

Please dress warmly for possibly biting cold and windy weather!

There is wireless available in many of the buildings on campus,
including Sunday's workshop portion of the conference.

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Arrival

Everyone should be arriving between 4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
If you must arrive at a different time (earlier or later) and will
need help, please email STANDconference@.... If you end up
arriving at an earlier or later time accidentally, please call us and
be in touch with your hosts.

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General Questions or Issues:

STANDconference@...

During the Conference:

Lost Getting Here?
202-294-2049 Martha Heinemann

Lost Contact with your Hosts?
202-294-2049 Martha Heinemann
925-719-1876 Julia Stein

General Questions
202-329-2910 Chiaki Ota

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What Not to Forget to Bring

1) A copy of this email
2) A photo ID, both to get into campus residence halls and for
Holocaust Museum security.
3) Bedding if you are being housed on campus.
4) Recommended: snacks, a water bottle, cell phone charger.

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Costs

Please bring about $30 cash in small bills, some for public
transportation and the rest for optional activities. Also, while we
are doing our best to cover the conference costs, we will be asking
for any donations that you may be able to give, particularly to help
us provide Sunday's lunch.

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Housing

We have sent an email to your hosts requesting that they contact you
(their guest) to coordinate your schedules. If you requested housing
on our campus, you should have received a carbon copy of the email,
with personal contact information for your volunteer hosts. If you do
not hear back from them, please contact them and work out meeting time
and place, building directions, and ways to reach each other.

Please discuss your evening plans and return times with your hosts so
that you reach an understanding. We strongly urge you to return
before midnight each night, out of courtesy to your hosts, who may
even need to swipe and sign you into their buildings. Please be sure
to bring bedding and toiletries, as you will probably be sleeping on
the floor. Please email STANDhousing@... regarding special
health concerns.

Note: Please remember that coordinating housing for conference
participants is complicated and time-consuming. We ask for your
patience and understanding with regard to your housing situation.
Also, please note that Georgetown students have volunteered to house
conference participants. Please be responsible with your hosts.

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Hostels and Hotels: Other Housing Options

Georgetown University Conference Center (on campus in Leavey Center)
3800 Reservoir Road, NW
Washington, D.C. 20057
(202) 687-3232
Room rate $179.00

Marriott Wardman Park Hotel (one mile north of the university)
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
(202) 328-2000
Room rate $189.00 single/double occupancy plus tax

Key Bridge Marriott (across the river from the university, with a bus
to campus on Friday/Saturday)
1401 Lee Highway (at Ft. Myer Dr.)
Rosslyn, VA 22209
(703) 524-6400
$129.00 for single/double occupancy plus tax
$139.00 for a view of the Potomac and Georgetown University : )

William Penn House – a neat Quaker Hostel
http://wmpennhouse.org/
$35/night, groups rates also available

Washington International Student Center
http://www.hostels.com/en/availability.php/HostelNumber.1861
$24/night

Hilltop Hostel
http://www.hostels.com/en/availability.php/HostelNumber.6867
$20/night

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Brief Conference Schedule

Please make every effort to stay though the second half of the
conference on Sunday, including the closing session. We are having a
special screening of a documentary trailer and discussion with the
filmmakers, and we hope to have Sudanese students speak personally
about the crisis in Darfur. Please show them your respect!

Friday, February 4, 2005, at Georgetown University

4:00 p.m. Arrival and registration starts in ICC Galleria. Sign in
and pick up information packets for the weekend.
6:30 p.m. Interfaith service in ICC Galleria, including a light
kosher dinner.
7:30 p.m. Registration ends.

Saturday, February 5, 2005, at Holocaust Memorial Museum

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.: Leave for a day at the Holocaust Museum:
Meet GU vans to take you to the metro.
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Morning program.
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.: Lunch at Ronald Reagan.
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Afternoon Program.
5:00 p.m.: Optional book signing event.

Optional Activities for the Rest of the Night
Dinner on your own in Washington DC, bowling at GW starting at 8:00
p.m., movies (possibly a showing of Hotel Rwanda)

Sunday, February 6, 2005, at Georgetown University

8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Light breakfast and a series of skills and
training workshops.
12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.: Working pizza lunch and regional networking.
1:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Documentary trailer and discussion,
announcements and project coordination, open forum (purpose and
plans). 2:30 p.m.: Closing speaker sessions.
3:00 p.m.: Finish.

Optional Activity from 3:00 – 5:30 p.m.
*Networking Art Exhibit and Fundraiser for Darfur*
(Hosted by the Africa Working Group of the Institute for Conflict
Analysis and Resolution, GMU)
At MiMi's American Bistro in Dupont Circle (one short bus ride away!)
Artists and musicians from Sudan will share their culture and art on
Darfur. Salih Booker will speak.
Cost is $10. Please email us for more information.

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Directions to Georgetown University's Intercultural Center
Public Transportation, Driving Options, and Parking Information

A campus map is available at http://explore.georgetown.edu/maps/

Public Transportation:
When taking the Metro, exit at Dupont Circle (Red Line) or Rosslyn
(Blue and Orange Lines).
1. GUTS (Georgetown University Transit Service) busses are
available from Dupont Circle and Rosslyn Metro Stations. Schedule and
location information for GUTS is available at
http://otm.georgetown.edu/guts.cfm. The GUTS bus will drop you off
near the Leavey Center, #22 on this map:
http://explore.georgetown.edu/maps/index.cfm?Action=View&MapID=2. The
ICC, your final destination, is #27.
2. The G2 Metro Bus is also available from Dupont Circle and
arrives at the front entrance to the university. G2 schedule
available from WMATA website. The G2 will drop you off at the Front
Gates of Georgetown, at 37th and O Sts. The entrance is marked by an
"i" and #59 and #60 on this map:
http://explore.georgetown.edu/maps/index.cfm?Action=View&MapID=2. The
ICC, your final destination, is #27.
3. All information about public transportation in the Washington DC
area is at http://www.wmata.com.

Parking Information
Parking on Georgetown's campus is free and unrestricted on the
weekends. The easiest place to park will be the underground parking
garage under the Southwest Quad, which is a tall, new, bright red
brick building. Directions to the campus are below.

Driving Directions

From Maryland:
1. From I-270: take I-270 south toward Washington. Exit Rte. 355
Wisconsin Ave. South to Washington. Take Wisconsin Ave. south to M
Street. Turn right. Follow M Street, pass Key Bridge on left, and
continue on Canal Road until it enters the Georgetown Campus, entrance
on right.
2. From I-95 option #1: take I-95 south to I-495 west to Silver
Spring. Exit Rte. 355 Wisconsin Ave. South to Washington. Take
Wisconsin Ave. south to M Street. Turn right. Follow M Street, pass
Key Bridge on left, and continue on Canal Road until it enters the
Georgetown Campus, entrance on right (says HOYAS in big letters!).
2. From I-95 option #2: take I-95 south to I-495 west towards
Silver Spring. Exit at George Washington Parkway, and proceed south
for 6-8 miles. Watch for a small sign on the right for Key Bridge,
exit there, and cross the bridge. Turn left onto Canal Road (at light
where you will see "Dixie Liquors" in front of you), stay in the right
lane, and bear right until the hill onto the campus (where it says
HOYAS!). Follow sins to the Parking Garage.
3. From Baltimore-Washington Parkway or Rte. 50 Westbound: take B-W
Parkway or Rte. 50 west to New York Ave. Take New York Ave. to L St.
Bear right. Turn left on 10th St. and then right on K St. Follow K St.
to Whitehurst Freeway. At stop light (with "Dixie Liquor" in front of
you) turn left onto Canal Rd. Stay in right lane. Bear right into
campus (at HOYAS sign) and follow the signs to the (Southwest Quad)
Parking Garage.

From Northern Virginia:
1. From I-66 (after 9:00 a.m.): take I-66 east to the Rosslyn - Key
Bridge exit. Stay in left lane and follow signs to Key Bridge. Cross
Key Bridge, staying in second lane from left. At light with "Dixie
Liquors" in front of you, turn left onto Canal Rd. Stay in right lane.
Bear right into campus (at the HOYAS sign) and follow the signs to the
Parking Garage.
2. From I-395: take I-395 north. Exit Washington Blvd. and follow
signs to Rosslyn and Key Bridge. Cross Key Bridge, staying in second
lane from left. At light with "Dixie Liquors" in front of you, turn
left onto Canal Rd. Stay in right lane. Bear right into campus at
HOYAS sign and follow the signs to the Parking Garage.
3. From Rte. 50 Eastbound: Follow Rte. 50 east and take Rosslyn -
Key Bridge exit. Follow signs to Key Bridge. Cross Key Bridge, staying
in second lane from left. At light with "Dixie Liquors" in front of
you turn left onto Canal Rd. Stay in right lane. Bear right into
campus at the HOYAS sign and follow the signs to the Parking Garage.
4. From George Washington Parkway (after 9 a.m.): Take the G-W
Parkway south. Exit Key Bridge. Cross Key Bridge, staying in second
lane from left. At light with "Dixie Liquors" in front of you turn
left onto Canal Rd. Stay in right lane. Bear right into campus at the
HOYAS sign. Follow signs to the (Southwest Quad) Parking Garage.

From Southwest Quad Parking Garage to the ICC:
1. Once parked in the garage, look for elevators to take you up to
the ground level campus. Follow signs.
**There are two different locations on campus to which you will be
led, depending on the elevator you take. If when you emerge from the
elevator you see the Leo O'Donovan Dining Hall, a fairly new and low
brick building, follow directions A. If when you emerge from the
elevator you find yourself in a short passageway with one end opening
into a courtyard and the other to a street, follow directions B.
A. Next to the Leo O' Donovan Dining Hall is the Southwest Quad
dormitory building, also new and of brick but a taller and larger
structure. In between the two is a path and in front of the two is a
three way intersection. Cross the street and walk in a direction away
from the O'Donovan dining hall and parallel to the Southwest Quad
dormitory. Continue walking the path of this sidewalk passing by a
small gas station and rounding the bend.
B. To exit the passageway, walk in the direction towards the
street. On your right, you will pass a small convenience store called
Hoya Snaxa. Across the street will be a fenced football field. Once
reaching the sidewalk, follow it to your right. You will come to a
three-way intersection with a small gas station almost directly across
from you, but slightly to your left. Cross the street and walk to the
left, towards the gas station. Continue along this sidewalk path,
rounding the bend.
2. After you have rounded the bend, you will see in front of you a
Jesuit cemetery and a modern brick building adjacent to it. This is
the Intercultural Center, or ICC building. Follow the sidewalk until
you reach the path that is in between the cemetery and the ICC
building.
3. Follow the path, pass the first floor entrance to the ICC, and
proceed up the stairs at its end. To your left you will see a large
open area of brick steps, most of them large but with a smaller set of
stairs on the far right. Take these stairs up.
4. You have now reached a large open area known as Red Square. The
main entrance to the ICC building next to which you have been walking
is to your left. Follow the outer rim of the large stairs (there will
be benches and plants) and you will see the large doors of the
entrance. They will lead into the ICC Galleria area. We will have
registration to the left as you enter the galleria. If you come
between 6:30 and 7:30, please enter quietly, as there will be a prayer
service in session.

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--
Julia Kramer
The George Washington University
Vice President of External Affairs, Books for Africa
President, GW STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur)
jhkramer@...