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Equipping The Persecuted: Genocide in Nigeria
“Equipping The Persecuted” to hold press conference, documentary premiere at National Press Club to expose Nigerian government complicity in killing of Christians Washington, D.C. — On Thursday July 24, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. EST, Equipping The Persecuted will hold an in-person press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. to present critical findings surrounding the Father’s Day Yelewata Massacre, where terrorists murdered over 270 Christians while Nigerian security forces stood by and failed to intervene. The press conference will feature the exclusive screening of a short…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "Say It Well," Terry Szuplat
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Terry Szuplat, a former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, will discuss his new book on public speaking at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. Although Szuplat wrote hundreds of speeches for Obama, he was gripped with anxiety when it came to speaking on his own. "Say It Well: Find Your Voice, Speak Your Mind, Inspire Any Audience" details Szuplat’s effort to become a better speaker and the lessons he learned from Obama. It includes riveting, behind-the-scenes stories from inside the Oval Office and aboard Air Force One, and practical tips to help…
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DSCC Chair Sen. Gary Peters Update
SENATE DEM CAMPAIGN CHAIR GARY PETERS AT NATIONAL PRESS CLUB 8:30 AM SEPT 26--CONVERSATION WITH MEDIA TO UPDATE ELECTION 2024 SENATE NATIONAL AND STATE ISSUES AND PROSPECTS, TARGET RACES, IMPACT OF HARRIS-WALZ Contact: Bob Weiner 202-306-1200 [email protected] and Bankole Thompson [email protected] (Washington, DC)-- Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), will address media and members of the National Press Club and have a conversation to update the press and public on election 2024 issues and opportunities, as well as…
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Documentary Screening of "Shaking It Up: The Life & Times of Liz Carpenter" & Panel Discussion
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Join us for a screening of the highly acclaimed documentary, Shaking it Up: The Life & Times of Liz Carpenter, on October 15th at 5:30 PM in the Fourth Estate Room. This film tells the story of an extraordinary woman -- Liz Carpenter -- who experienced and helped shape some of the most vivid moments and movements of the 20th century. Journalist, vice-presidential advisor, White House official, author, humorist, political activist, and feminist leader: Over her 89 years, Liz was often front and center where history was unfolding leaving her own indelible mark on events and people. Hers is…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: “Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation,” Sune Engel Rasmussen
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Wall Street Journal correspondent Sune Engel Rasmussen, who spent a decade reporting from Afghanistan, will discuss his new book “Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation” at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. Rasmussen, who began reporting from Afghanistan in 2014, tells the story of post 9-11 Afghanistan through the eyes of the people who lived it, among them: Zahra, a woman who returns to Afghanistan after living with her family in Iran with hope for a new future for her country; Omari, a Taliban fighter from a Pashtun…
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Global Conservation
Global Conservation and ABC’s Bob Woodruff, in conversation about the ABC documentary series ‘Last Lands’, spotlighting the global fight to protect our planet's most threatened ecosystems. Topics of discussion include how to protect Earth’s last truly wild spaces and the endangered animals, such as tigers and forest elephants, that live within them. National Press Club, Fourth Estate Room from 6pm, Wednesday 16 October. Other speakers include: — Oliver Fankem, a conservation biologist from Cameroon and preeminent expert on forest elephants. — Jessica Graham, President of JG Global Advisory,…
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NPC Headliners: Election Fraud Panel
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Three election experts will analyze emerging allegations of voting fraud at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28, at a National Press Club Headliners Cocktails & Conversation. The event, to be held in the Fourth Estate room, features William Kresse, a commissioner on the Chicago Board of Elections; Dick Riley, an authority on forensic accounting and fraud; and Jennifer Morrell, CEO and co-founder of the Elections Group. In addition to exploring potential election fraud, the group will discuss risk-limiting audits, evidence-based decision making, and the triangle of fraud evidence. They will explain…
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Legends of Broadcast: Nina Totenberg
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NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg, will be the National Press Club Broadcast & Podcast Team's newest guest at is series of "Legends of Broadcast." Nina Totenberg is recognized for her extensive coverage of the Supreme Court and legal matters. Her reports air regularly on NPR's "All Things Considered," "Morning Edition," and "Weekend Edition." Totenberg's groundbreaking coverage of Anita Hill's allegations against Clarence Thomas led to a re-opening of Thomas's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, earning NPR a George Foster Peabody Award and numerous other…
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NPC Headliners: "A Protest History of the United States," Gloria Browne-Marshall
Emmy-award winner and author Gloria Browne-Marshall will discuss her new book, A Protest History of the United States at a Headliners Book Event on Thursday, May 29 at 6 p.m. A Protest History of the United States reviews more than 400 years of how Americans have expressed their displeasure with government policies and is being released at a time when many Americans are taking to the streets – both literally and virtually – to disagree with the current societal and governmental state of affairs. A key lesson found over those centuries: Lasting change is often the result of sustained,…
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NPC Headliners: "The Milk Tea Alliance," Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Historian Jeff Wasserstrom will discuss his new book,The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing at a Headliners Book Event on Thursday, June 12 at 6 p.m. Many activists and exiles from across Asia feel that their struggles are connected. Young activists from Thailand, Hong Kong, and Burma are willing to court danger to help one another. Why? The political situations in Burma, Thailand, and Hong Kong are radically different. Only Burma is in a state of civil war. Only Hong Kong has changed in just a few years from a place with virtually no political prisoners…
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