Monday, July 31, 2000
Tonight's convention schedule
Schedule of floor events and speakers Monday night at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Information provided by Republican National Committee.
7:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.:
• House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., to open the convention via satellite from Carpenters Hall, a site where the Continental Congress met.
• Virginia state legislator Paul C. Harris to speak on principles of freedom.
• Historic Pennsylvania Colonial Fife and Drum Corps to present colors.
• 10-year-old Mari Griego of Rio Rancho, N.M. to sing the national anthem.
• Invocation by Rabbi Victor Weisberg of Northbrook, Ill.
8 p.m. - 9 p.m.:
• Rolling roll call. Alphabetical by state starting with Alabama and ending with Iowa. This remains tentative.
• Game show host Ben Stein with a political version of his Comedy Central show Win Ben Stein's Money.
• Fourth-grade teacher Claudia Kirkley of Durham, N.C., to discuss math and science initiatives.
• Video on an elementary school education program in El Paso, Texas.
• Pilar Gomez of Milwaukee, Wisc., to discuss involvement and empowerment.
• Conna Craig of Boston, director and president of the Institute for Children, to discuss adoption and foster care.
• Video on the Cornerstone Schools of Detroit, Mich.
• Elaine Chao of the Heritage Foundation to address immigration and civil society.
• Sharon Darling, president of the National Center for Family Literacy of Louisville, Ky., to discuss literacy programs.
• Video on an after-school program in East Palo Alto, Calif.
10 p.m. - 11 p.m.:
• Michael Feinberg, a teacher at a Houston charter school, to discuss education.
• Texas first lady Laura Bush to discuss literacy.
• Retired. Gen. Colin Powell to discuss community and volunteer service.
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