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2022 Silver Owls Fall Hoot
Join us for the Silver Owls Fall Hoot at 6 p.m., Friday, Sept. 16 at The National Press Club. The Hoot is open to all Press Club members and their guests. Tickets include the club's superb three-course dinner. The meal is preceded by a cash bar. Silver Owls are those who have been members of the Press Club for 25 years or longer. Golden Owls are those who have been members 50 years or more. And Platinum Owls have roosted at the Club for 60 years or longer. If you are a new Silver, Gold or Platinum Owl and you attend the Hoot, you will be introduced and presented with a certificate attesting…
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Press Conference with the Gov. of Okinawa, Japan
Register here for the Press Conference with the Governor of Okinawa, Japan on Thursday, March 9th
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Conversation with Debra Tice
The National Press Club Press Freedom Team is hosting a news conference with Debra Tice, mother of award-winning journalist Austin Tice who has been held in Syria since 2012. She will give an update on her son’s case. Mrs. Tice is here for meetings with the Administration and her intergovernmental team. She also attended the Annual White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night where the President spoke with passion about Austin and Evan Gershkovich and the need to bring them home. She will talk about that experience as well. May 2 is a day of action for Austin at the Press Club where we…
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2010 Silver Owls Fall Hoot
Silver Owls Fall Hoot Oct. 21 Salutes C-SPAN’s Thirty Years of Press Club Luncheon Telecasts In keeping with its new theme, “Celebrating the Legacy” of the National Press Club, the Silver Owls on Oct. 21 will take a look back at three decades of C-SPAN telecasts of the Club’s Speaker Luncheons. Club members and participants in the first of the cable network programs on October 7, 1980 will be in the spotlight at the Fall Hoot and traditional roast beef dinner. The initial telecast featured Federal Communications Commission Chairman Charles Ferris and was followed immediately by a “call-in” to…
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Free Nnamdi Kanu
Ambassadors for Self-Determination present: Free Nnamdi Kanu - An International Press Conference on Nigeria's Human Rights Violations in Defiance of the United Nations and the Nigerian Courts Through the Continued Incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu. Contact Information: Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Website: http://freemazikanu.com; https://forselfdetermination.org
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Tackling News Deserts
How philanthropies and nonprofit newsrooms are making a difference Registration is essential in order to ensure attendees can gain access to the National Press Club.
Join us for an interesting discussion about the role philanthropies and nonprofit newsrooms are playing in trying to solve the huge problem of news deserts, both in regional areas and in underserved communities in the United States. We'll talk with leaders from the Pivot Fund, the Institute for Nonprofit News, the GroundTruth Project, and the Tiny News Collective, as well as a media expert from Axios, to talk about what's been happening and how it is (or isn't) making a difference. This is the third panel the National Press Club has held focused on the topic of tackling news deserts. The…
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Pras Michel honored by LA Naval Academy
The Los Angeles Naval Academy will be honoring Grammy Award-winning Rapper and Fugees founding member, Prakazrel “Pras” Michel for dedicating his time to mentor at-risk youth who are charting a course from the inner cities to the world’s oceans and seas as part of the maritime industry and the seagoing military services. Pras’ involvement with the Academy, his contributions and time creates a conduit for his fans and youth that the ocean and the life of a mariner has no restrictions or boundaries. The event is being held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, Feb. 21st in the Zenger Room of the National…
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Bruce Piasecki Book Release on Wealth and the Climate Crisis
Contact Information: Arthur Klebanoff, [email protected] [email protected] More Information: at www.brucepiasecki.com and Wikipedia pages on the Author’s work and life Three Experts Involve Press and VIPS in Briefing on Wealth and Climate Competitiveness Bruce Piasecki’s new book, Wealth and Climate Competitiveness: The New Narrative on Business and Society is the centerpiece of this two-hour discussion at the National Press Club. This session asks: What is wealth in this time of capital and carbon constraints? What is enough in the search for personal and corporate…
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