>>/140717/ >>/140718/ >>/140719/ >>/140720/ >>/140721/ 10:30 AM EDT Africa Day 2024 | Bridging the Education Skills Gap: An Inter-generational Perspective - Africa Day is a significant opportunity to celebrate the unity, diversity, many achievements, and challenges of the continent. This year, the theme "Educating an Africa Fit for the 21st Century: Building resilient education systems for increased access to inclusive, lifelong, quality and relevant learning in Africa" highlights the crucial importance of education in shaping the continent's future. United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k10/k105hslspt 10:30 AM EDT Sanctions on Russia: What’s Working? What’s Not? Brookings Institution https://www.brookings.edu/events/sanctions-on-russia-whats-working-whats-not/ - Deputy National Security Adviser and Others Discuss Russian Sanctions Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics Daleep Singh, former National Security Director for Russia Fiona Hill (2017-19), and others discuss Russian sanctions during an event hosted by the Brookings Institution. https://www.c-span.org/video/?535947-1/deputy-national-security-adviser-discuss-russian-sanctions 10:30 AM EDT U.S. Senate: Senate Pro Forma Session The Senate will hold a brief pro forma session. No votes will take place until after their recess over the Memorial Day holiday on Monday June 3. https://www.c-span.org/video/?535944-1/senate-pro-forma-session 10:50 AM EDT CAPT Shannon Marie Pitts Smith Retirement Ceremony Department of Defense https://www.dvidshub.net/webcast/34495 11:00 AM EDT Interactive Dialogue on Revitalizing small island developing States economies for accelerated and sustainable growth - SIDS4 (27-30 May 2024 - Antigua and Barbuda) - The fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) is held from 27 to 30 May 2024 in St John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Under the overarching theme of "Charting the course toward resilient prosperity", the Conference aims at assessing the ability of SIDS to achieve sustainable development, including the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals. United Nations https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k11/k11ud08f3r 11:00 AM EDT Brown Capital Management Africa Forum Relaunch: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Infrastructure Development in Africa Woodrow Wilson Center https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/brown-capital-management-africa-forum-relaunch-sovereign-wealth-funds-and-infrastructure - TBD Discussion on Infrastructure Investments in Africa Former government officials and other stakeholders discuss infrastructure investments in Africa. https://www.c-span.org/video/?535948-1/discussion-infrastructure-investments-africa 11:00 AM EDT Election Series | Gender-based Violence in Mexican Politics Woodrow Wilson Center https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/election-series-gender-based-violence-mexican-politics 11:00 AM EDT NIH Food Truck Program National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services https://calendar.nih.gov/event/view/44971 11:00 AM EDT Office Hours - 36th Ward Chicago, Illinois Veterans Administration https://www.va.gov/chicago-health-care/events/66350/ 11:00 AM EDT Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts an enhanced honor cordon and meeting welcoming Angolan Minister of National Defense João Ernesto dos Santos to the Pentagon at 11 a.m. EDT on the steps of the River Entrance. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-05-28/ 11:00 AM EDT Army Brig. Gen. Robert Paoletti, director of the Joint Staff, California National Guard; Army Col. Larry Doane, J3 Current Operations Division chief, National Guard Bureau; and Army Col. Blake Heidelberg, J3 director of Military Support, Florida National Guard, hold an off-camera, on-the-record media roundtable at 11 a.m. EDT to discuss National Guard domestic operations and support to natural disasters, including wildfires and hurricanes. Department of Defense https://www.defense.gov/News/Today-in-DOD/Date/2024-05-28/ 6