World Water Day Press Conference

Water Advocates
Washington, DC, United States, 22 Mar 07

Water Advocates, World Water Day Press Conference

Thursday, March 22, 2007, World Water Day
National Press Club
First Amendment Lounge
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20045
Directions: http://press.org/directions.cfm

8:30 – 9:00am Coffee and continental breakfast

9:00 – 10:30am Moderated panel with Q&A

10:30 – 11:00am Individual media availabilities

The world’s largest public health challenge is unsafe drinking water and inadequate sanitation. On World Water Day panelists at the event will discuss how civic groups, foundations, environmental organizations, businesses, universities and faith-based groups are expanding efforts to address this challenge, and will announce several new initiatives.

The panel will begin at 9:00 am sharp.

Confirmed Panelists include:

- Melanie Nakagawa (Natural Resources Defense Council) will announce NRDC’s Global Safe Water Project focusing on international safe drinking water and sanitation.

- Gil Garcetti, photographer, will introduce Water is Key, a book of photographs (underwritten by the Hilton Foundation) documenting water, sanitation and women in West Africa.

- Ron Denham (Rotary International) will announce the launch of the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group.

- Tanvi Nagpal (Global Water Challenge) will discuss this newly-launched initiative of the United Nations Foundation.

- Jim Hughes (Emory University’s Center for Global Safe Water) will address the scale and scope of the global safe drinking water and sanitation challenge.

- Reverend Al Bailey (New Psalmist Baptist Church) will address the role of his church in tackling this issue on the ground in the developing world.

- Marty Shupack (Church World Service) will discuss the faith community’s advocacy efforts on behalf of safe drinking water.

- Mark Winter (Millennium Water Alliance) will discuss this unprecedented collaboration of nonprofit organizations coordinating on-the-ground programs on behalf of water and sanitation.

This panel will be moderated by John Oldfield, Director of Partnership Development, Water Advocates.

Contact: John Oldfield <joldfield@wateradvocates.org>