Capital Pride Kick Off/Out on Assignment

Save the Date: Capital Pride Kicks Off at National Press Club

Capital Pride 2011 will kick off with a panel discussion and celebration at The National Press Club on Wednesday, June 1.

The event will commence at 7 p.m. with “Out on Assignment: How LGBT Journalists Influence the Media Landscape,” a panel discussion hosted by the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association. LGBT journalists from a variety of media outlets will make remarks and answer questions from the audience. Following the panel discussion, members of the community will be invited to celebrate the kick-off of Capital Pride at a networking reception hosted by The National Press Club. A cash bar will be available. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the event is expected to conclude at 9 p.m.

LGBT journalists and communicators, members of the Press Club and NLGJA, Capital Pride partners and community supporters are all welcome to join this engaging discussion and to celebrate Capital Pride. Registration is free of charge and available online.

The National Press Club, a private club for journalists and communications professionals, has been a Washington institution for more than a century. It is also a world-class conference and meeting facility that hosts thousands of events each year for sophisticated clients from around the globe. And while these are the Club’s functions, its mission is to be The World’s Leading Professional Organization for Journalists. It is a social and business organization dedicated to supporting the ongoing improvement of the profession of journalism.

Capital Pride is the annual celebration of the LGBT community in the Nation’s capital. Traditionally held the over the first full week of June each year, the Capital Pride program serves residents and visitors to the Washington DC metropolitan area. Capital Pride works to produce a diverse programming line-up each year to celebrate the heritage and lives of the LGBT community and its allies. It is produced by the Capital Pride Alliance, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) is an organization of journalists, media professionals, educators and students working from within the news industry to foster fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues. NLGJA opposes all forms of workplace bias and provides professional development to its members.

For more information or questions, please contact Events Committee Chairman Anthony Shop ([email protected]).