TWO IMPORTANT EVENTS – ONE DATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE ANNUAL FREEDOM LECTURE AND THE FIFTH ANNUAL SLOVAK-AMERICAN AWARDS DINNER.
NOON at the Wilson Center, Reagan Building: Pavol Demeš, former Minister of International Relations and foreign policy advisor to the first Slovak President will focus on the Velvet Revolution and Slovakia’s progress since independence including its entry into the EU and NATO. Free.
6:30 PM at the Slovak Embassy, 5th Slovak-American Awards Dinner. Black Tie. Anticipated keynote speaker: Robert Kaliňák, Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. This not-to-be-missed event raises funds for FOS’s Slovak Scholars Summer Program and the Slovak Honorary Consuls’ Roma scholarship and recognizes those who have contributed positively to US-Slovak relations. Space is limited; the invitations will be sent out in September.
For more information on the gala dinner contact Julie Slavik (jljslavik@aol.com); on the Freedom Lecture contact Ted Russell (russellte@erols.com)