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Campaign for NATO Enlargement Continues in Western States July 8-16

July 6, 2001
JBANC Press Release: For Immediate Release

Enlarge NATOThe Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc. (JBANC) is continuing a campaign to organize support for NATO enlargement to include Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. After holding a series of 18 meetings through the Midwest and East Coast centers in 2000, new meetings are scheduled in six Western cities from July 8-16. The meetings will be held in Denver (July 8), Phoenix (July 9), Los Angeles (July 11), San Francisco (July 13), Portland (July 15) and Seattle (July 16). The joint effort involves national, state and local Baltic committees and organizations.

Presenters during the meetings will be Jânis Kukainis, President of the American Latvian Association and member of the JBANC Board of Directors; Karl Altau, Managing Director of JBANC, and Jânis Eichmanis, Counselor of the Embassy of Latvia.

All are welcome to attend and participate! For more information on the meetings, please contact the JBANC office.

Meetings will be held in the following locations:
 

Denver:  Sunday, July 8, 2001, 2:00 p.m.

Colorado Latvian Cultural Center

10705 West Virginia Ave.

Lakewood, CO 80226

Contact: Peteris D’Carlo dcarlo@us.ibm.com

tel. 303-321-9035

 

Phoenix:  Monday, July 9, 2001, 7:00 p.m.

Holiday Inn, 3401 E. University

Phoenix, AZ

Contact: Ivars Reimanis  ireimanis@aol.com

tel. 602-840-0107

 

Los Angeles: Wednesday, July 11, 2001, 7:30 p.m.

Latvian Cultural Center

1955 Riverside Dr.

Los Angeles, CA 90039

Contact: Ivars Miculis   ivars11@aol.com

tel. 310-416-9615

 

San Francisco:  Friday, July 13, 2001, 7:30 p.m.

Latvian Lutheran Church

425 Hoffman Ave.

San Franciso, CA 94114

Contact:  Aldis Simsons  Simsons_a@bls.gov

tel. 510-655-1419

 

Portland:  Sunday, July 15, 2001, 2:00 p.m.

Oregon Latvian Center

5500 SW Dosch Rd.

Portland, OR 97229

Contact:  Biruta Zommers  JZBZ@seasurf.net

tel. 503-436-1708

 

Seattle:  Monday, July 16, 2001, 7:30 p.m.

Latvian Cultural Center

11710 Third Ave. NE

Seattle, WA 98125

Contact:  Janis Kramens  kramensjk@halcyon.com



Handbooks on activities in support of the Baltic countries entry into NATO have been updated and are available from JBANC at: 400 Hurley Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850 (tel. 301-340-1954; fax 301-309-1406; e-mail: jbanc@jbanc.org). The NATO e-book is also available for download on JBANC’s webpage at: http://jbanc.org.




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The Joint Baltic American National Committee, Inc.
400 Hurley Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850-3121
tel. 301-340-1954
fax: 301-309-1406
e-mail:jbanc@jbanc.org