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Rick Jacobs
California’s Millionaire’s Tax – Is it a Model for the Nation?Featuring Rick Jacobs,Courage Campaign founder and chairman10 a.m. June 12, Zenger Room In November, California voters will decide whether taxes should be raised on individuals who earn more than $250,000 per year, in an effort to boost funding for schools and social programs, as well as to retire the state’s $16 billion deficit. Will California’s vote serve as a model for those in state and federal government who want to increase revenue? Will the California vote influence the debate over eliminating the Bush-era tax cuts on high-…
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Get PR Smart: Facebook Advertising 101 for Advocacy and Grassroots Campaigns
Facebook advertising can help get generate buzz for your organization by reaching your target audience by interest and demographic. This session teach you how to use Facebook’s advertising products to align with your issue advocacy and public affairs objectives. The fee is $35 for NPC members and $45 for non-NPC members. NPC members should login to view the discount code. The "Get PR Smart" series is sponsored by the National Press Club Journalism Institute and Adfero Group.
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Jozsef Szajer
National Press Club "AFTERNOON NEWSMAKER" News ConferenceThursday, April 5, 2012, 4 p.m.National Press Club (Zenger Room) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Author of the new Hungarian Constitution,JOZSEF SZAJER, will discuss "WHAT IS IN AND WHAT IS NOT IN THE MUCH-DISPUTED NEWEST CONSTITUTION IN EUROPE: THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF HUNGARY" Contacts: National Press Club: PETER HICKMAN, 301/530-1210 (H&O/T&F), 301/367-7711 (C), 202/662-7540 (NPC, [email protected]. Szajer: Andras Szorenyi (Embassy of Hungary), 202/415-3653 (t), [email protected]
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Status and Impact of New State Voter ID Laws
Status and Impact of New State Voter ID Laws Laura Murphy, director of the Washington legislative office of the American Civil Liberties Union, and Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow and manager of the Civil Justice Reform Initiative in the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Zenger Room of the club in the National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, DC. They will discuss the actual and potential impact…
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Election Coverage Boot Camp: Prepping for the Polls
Election Coverage Boot Camp: Prepping for Polls The National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Regional Reporters Association are kicking off a yearlong series of programs for reporters covering the 2012 campaign with a panel discussion on covering polls. The program will be held in the Lisagor Room at the National Press Club on Feb. 2 at 9:30 a.m. Topics will include: How campaigns and the media use polls for different purposes How to read the numbers and find stories that might not be in the press release How to avoid being played, and to tell good…
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Robert L. Johnson
Business Leader Robert L. Johnson to Discuss Minority Unemployment Rates; Wealth Gap Announces new online company to increase opportunities for minority job seekers, businesses (Washington, DC) – Business leader Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, will discuss minority unemployment rates, limited access to capital and an accelerating wealth gap between white and black American during a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference, 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 1, 2012, National Press Building, 529 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C.Johnson will discuss ways corporations…
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Merle Hoffman
Conversation with Merle Hoffman, founder and owner of one of the first and largest abortion clinics in the United States On the eve of the 39th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, the founder and owner of one of the nation’s oldest and largest abortion clinics will lead a conversation on “ABORTIONOMICS: When Choice is a Necessity: the Impact of Recession on Abortion Rates.” This report analyzes the impact of the economic downturn on family planning choices. Hoffman will discuss report data that show birth rates falling, demand for contraceptive services rising, and abortions increasing, especially…
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Kostyantyn Gryshcenko
Kostyantyn Gryshcenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, will discuss Ukraine's domestic and foreign policy, U.S.-Ukraine relations and Ukraine's European integration prospects.
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NPC Board of Governors Meeting
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Peter Van Buren, Writer, Foreign Service Officer
Writer, Foreign Service Officer Peter Van Buren to Discuss State Department Actions Against His Expose on Waste and Fraud in Iraq Foreign Service Officer Peter Van Buren will talk about and take questions on his new book about the State Department’s failed reconstruction efforts in Iraq, "We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.” For daring to write about the waste and corruption he experienced in Iraq, Van Buren has become the target of State Department actions to silence him, including the suspension of his security clearance, attempts to…
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