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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Crisis in the College Vote 2020
Washington attorney Thurgood Marshall, Jr. and Paul Loeb, the founder of the non-partisan Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP), will speak at a virtual National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on August 31 at 1 p.m. They will discuss mounting problems that could affect college voters and their impact on the 2020 election with NPC President Michael Freedman. The pandemic is scattering college-based voter groups, leaving them, and the states and districts they impact, dependent on unsystematic absentee ballot practices and the embattled US Postal Service. Mr. Marshall recently co-…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Max Brooks, "Devolution"
Bestselling author Max Brooks will deliver a talk entitled, “Zombies, Bigfoot, and COVID: How Fiction Can Prepare Us For Disasters,” at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. Brooks is perhaps best known for reinventing the modern zombie genre with his "Zombie Survival Guide" and his novel, "World War Z." More than a mere horror tale, "World War Z" builds on Brooks’ extensive research in pandemic planning – which Brooks says the Trump administration largely ignored in its response to COVID-19 – as well as describing how a pandemic threat can transform…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Jacob Soboroff, "Separated"
In June of 2018 award-winning NBC News and MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff traded his mic and camera for a small blue notebook and walked into a large detention facility where 1,500 migrant boys were being held after being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. The notes he took that day, and the conversations he would later have with affected families and inside sources, formed the basis of his harrowing New York Times bestseller “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy.” On Thursday, August 27, Soboroff will share what he has learned from the children and families he has…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker - Back to School 2020: Feeding Young Minds in Uncertain Times
Schools have traditionally been a critical source of nutrition for vulnerable children through free and low-cost school meals. This fall, however, in order to keep students and staff safer, many schools will not operate as usual, meaning these meals will be disrupted. On Monday, August 17, former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join a live NPC Virtual Newsmaker panel with Lisa Davis, Senior Vice President of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, and Larry Wade, Sr., Director of School Nutrition Services for Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia to discuss why no matter…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Karen Gray Houston, "Daughter of the Boycott"
In “Daughter of the Boycott: Carrying on a Montgomery Family’s Civil Rights Legacy,” journalist and author Karen Gray Houston examines her family’s own remarkable role in the Civil Rights Movement to breathe new life into the lesser-known history of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Karen will share the stories that didn’t make it into the history books at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event on Thursday, August 13. This 1-hour program will stream live at 2:00 p.m. ET and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. The event will include a discussion with…
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Writing Through: Grieving Together, Alone
Join us to explore writing about personal loss in a time of collective grief. Keith Woods, NPR’s chief diversity officer, and Tom Huang, The Dallas Morning News assistant managing editor for journalism initiatives, will discuss their experiences with “Grieving together, alone” and take questions from 11:30 a.m. to noon Friday, April 17, on Zoom. Registration is open. Both journalists have written about the loss of a parent at a time of collective grieving. The first part of this program will be a 15-minute conversation between them, connecting the writing process and the grieving process…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Kara Goldin, "Undaunted"
On Monday, Oct. 19, Hint founder and CEO Kara Goldin will discuss her new book, "Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters," and explain how she turned an unsweetened flavored water into one of the biggest beverage companies of the decade. The book blends stories from Goldin's own experience with observations and advice for achieving your own goals. This one-hour program will stream live at 12 noon ET on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers can send their questions for Goldin in advance or during…
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NPC Virtual Book Event: Erin Brockovich, "Superman's Not Coming"
Twenty years after the release of the movie that made her a household name, Erin Brockovich - the legal clerk turned consumer activist - is still fighting for the rights of Americans to clean, safe water. In her new book, “Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It,” Brockovich seeks to enlist everyday Americans in the fight, and empower people to be their own local heroes with practical lessons and tips for organizing and turning anger into action. On Friday, October 30, Brockovich, who also has a new podcast, will discuss the crisis of…
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NPC Newsmaker: Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion turned writer and political activist, will deliver a live address on the state of human rights and press freedom in his native Russia, as well as the related crackdown ongoing in Belarus, at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker on Friday, October 9 at 12:00 p.m. ET. "The free world, including its media, has a role to play both in how it engages with and covers the un-free world and in how its leaders and citizens can push back against the rising authoritarian trend,” said Kasparov. “With media now global and instantaneous, hostile…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will deliver brief remarks and engage in a virtual Q&A on the latest COVID-19 therapeutic and vaccine developments at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker presentation on Friday, October 23 at 2:00 p.m. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers can send their questions for Dr. Collins in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected].…
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