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General Membership Meeting
The National Press Club will hold a general membership meeting for all Club members at noon Friday, May 20, in the Fourth Estate. Members will receive membership updates and Club leadership will speak on other matters. Please review the minutes from our January 14 meeting and send your approval or edits to Secretary Mike Balsamo at [email protected]. A lunch buffet will be provided. If you can't attend the meeting in person, a live webcast will be available below with login. You must be a NPC member to attend and registration is required.
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, "This Will Not Pass"
New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns will discuss their best-selling book, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future” at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book Event on Tuesday, June 14 at 6 p.m.. The book delivers a deeply reported account of the 2020 presidential election and the first year of the Biden presidency. The book explores how both parties confronted unprecedented events, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and gives an insider look at political decision-making and deal making in…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Daniela Pierre-Bravo, "The Other"
Bestselling author and MSNBC reporter Daniela Pierre-Bravo will discuss her new book, “The Other” at a National Press Club in-person Headliners Book Event on Thursday, September 15 at 6 PM. In “The Other,” Pierre-Bravo shares her journey as an undocumented immigrant from Chile, working odd jobs to pay her way through school. Pierre-Bravo, always conscious of her status as an outsider, writes that she became a “chameleon” to fit into professional environments. Her book aims to help women of color and children of immigrants to reshape how they see themselves in the workplace by providing a…
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Climate Emergency and Energy Security
Over 850 elected officials and veterans commend IRA passage to combat the climate crisis and increase international security. Elected veterans call for a Climate Emergency Declaration.
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News Conference with Family of Shireen Abu Akleh
Lina Abu Akleh is in Washington to receive the President’s Award from the National Press Club in honor of her aunt, Shireen, a veteran correspondent from Al Jazeera who was killed while covering an Israeli military action in the West Bank in May. In addition to being a well-known, and highly regarded journalist, Shireen was also an American citizen. Her protective vest was clearly marked PRESS at the time she was killed. There have been no charges filed or notices of discipline or suspension for this killing. Several investigations have concluded that the shot that killed Shireen was fired…
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Persecuted Chinese Petitioners in USA
Petitioners will discuss recent attacks against them at the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC and their appeal to the DoS to cancel diplomatic immunity of their persecutors.
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AACR Policy Briefing for Cancer Progress Report
AACR to Host a Policy Briefing at the National Press Club to Unveil 12th Annual Cancer Progress Report The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)—the world’s first and largest professional organization dedicated to advancing cancer research and its mission to prevent and cure cancer—will host a policy briefing to unveil the AACR Cancer Progress Report 2022 at the National Press Club on Wednesday, September 21, 2022 from 12-1:30 p.m. There will also be a virtual livestream of the event. Now in its 12th edition, the AACR Cancer Progress Report showcases progress against cancer from the…
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Ballot Measure Battlegrounds in 2022
About this event The Fairness Project invites you to join Ballot Measure Battlegrounds in 2022, an exploration of key issues headed before voters this November. You'll hear from experts and advocates about the fight to enshrine pro-choice protections in state constitutions, protect direct democracy efforts across the country with the Ballot Measure Rescue Campaign, empower citizen-led ballot measures in order to expand Medicaid and raise the minimum wage, and more. Featuring: Kelly Hall, Executive Director of the Fairness Project Kelley Robinson, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood…
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Nearshoring Trailblazers: The case for the Dominican Republic
Speaker: Víctor Bisonó, Minister of industry, commerce and micro, Small and medium enterprises Please join us in the following Conferences of Dominican Week 2022 RSVP HERE
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Rumi Forum Book Event: Vincent N. Parrillo, "Hearts & Minds"
Bestselling Dr. Vincent N. Parrillo will discuss his new book, “Hearts & Minds” at a Rumi Forum in-person Book Event on Thursday, September 29 at 6:30 PM. RSVp: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/412375585477 Dr. Parrillo and Dr. Ansari present a comparative and qualitative cross-cultural study of an educational phenomenon, Hizmet schools, in seven countries of varying histories and ethnic compositions. Some are fairly homogeneous, while others are longstanding multicultural, multiracial societies. Some have Muslim-majority populations, others a small Muslim minority. Through hundreds of…
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