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NPC Luncheon with Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chávez
Girl Scouts of the USA CEO Anna Maria Chávez will discuss the changes she is bringing to the venerable organization at a National Press Club Luncheon on Monday, June 13th. Chávez is visiting the Nation’s Capital to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the highest honor in Girl Scouts, the Gold Award. Since taking the helm of the Girl Scouts, Chávez has formed partnerships with leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg, launching the “Ban Bossy” campaign; engaged First Lady Michele Obama to record a recruitment video and host a White House sleepover for girls; and Chris Rock to sell Girl Scouts…
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NPC Spring Hoot Featuring Mark Russell
Forget everything you've learned or thought you knew about the 2016 campaign for the presidency. The candidates are woefully uninformed—when they're not outright fabricating. At the 2016 Spring Hoot of the National Press Club's Silver Owls we will all finally learn the inside scoop on the presidential campaign—along with other egos ripe to be punctured and shredded—from none other than our own recipient of the Order of the Owl, Mark Russell. Mark obviously needs no introduction. He has been delivering his unique brand of political commentary and comedy for five decades, skewering politicians…
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Welcome Home, Jason Rezaian
Photo: Martin Baron/The Washington Post Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian spent 545 days isolated in an Iranian prison, a political hostage unjustly tried and convicted for doing what journalists do across the globe. Now he's free, and the National Press Club will throw a welcome home event on March 14 to celebrate his return. The gathering will double as a way to cheer on our colleague as well as call attention to the challenges faced by journalists everywhere. When: March 14, 7 p.m. -10 p.m.Where: The National Press Club Ballroom, 529 14th St NW, 13th FloorWho: NPC members,…
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'Lost' Speech at The National Press Club
Excerpts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s National Press Club speech will be aired for the first time since they were delivered 53 years ago at a special 7:30 pm event on Tuesday, Jan. 12, in the Club's ballroom. In July 1962 Dr. King became the first African American to speak at the Club. An audio recording was made of the speech and filed away in the Club’s Archives and later transferred to the Library of Congress. No television footage of the speech in its entirety exists. The Club's History and Heritage Committee recently retrieved the recording and found it is of significant historical…
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39th Annual Book Fair & Authors' Night, in partnership with Politics & Prose
The Capitol region’s premiere holiday book event is back for the 39th year! The National Press Club Journalism Institute is once again partnering with landmark local book seller Politics & Prose for a night of pols, pundits and prose. Authors will be on hand to talk to their fans and sign books at this most exciting literary event. Patrons can browse for books at the Club's headquarters from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for NPC and Politics & Prose members; $10 public. Tickets can be purchased at the door. The Book Fair is a fundraiser for The National Press Club Journalism…
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NPC Luncheon with Robert A. McDonald, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert A. McDonald will address the state of the VA and the continuing efforts to improve services to millions of America’s veterans and their families at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, Nov. 6. McDonald took office on July 29, 2014 amid controversy over reports that dozens of veterans had died while waiting for care from the VA’s hospital system. Internal investigations at the VA identified 35 veterans who died while waiting for care in the Phoenix VHA system.The Press Club luncheon begins promptly at 12:30 p.m. Remarks will begin at 1p.m., followed by a…
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The Kalb Report - Inside Baseball: A Conversation with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred
On January 25, 2015, Rob Manfred became just the tenth person in history to hold the office of Commissioner of Baseball. In the 22nd season opener of The Kalb Report, legendary journalist and lifetime baseball fan Marvin Kalb will explore the beauty, simplicity, complexity, humor and historical significance of Our National Pastime with the man now charged with overseeing the sport and maintaining its integrity. The Kalb Report series is produced jointly by The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, Harvard University's…
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NPC Luncheon with Airline CEOs
The leaders of the nation's three largest airlines will explore what they call unfair international competition at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday, May 15. Richard Anderson, Delta Air Lines chief executive, W. Douglas Parker, chairman and chief executive of American Airlines Group, and Jeff Smisek, chairman, president and chief executive of United Airlines, will make a joint appearance at the Club entitled “Restoring Fair Competition to the Skies.” They will argue that billions of dollars of subsidies from the governments of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to their domestic…
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Embracing Algorithms and Predictive Analytics to Advance the Law
How the Legal Profession is Embracing Algorithms and Predictive Analytics to Advance the Law Washington, DC – We are increasingly living in an algorithmic world, where advanced analytical techniques are being used to predict human behavior across a spectrum of disciplines. The legal profession is hardly immune, and has started to embrace predictive analytics in litigation and in solving client problems associated with Big Data. Experts on how the law is advancing in our algorithmic era will discuss the topic at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on March 24. The panel will be…
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District Country
Media Partner Tickets> Directions & Parking> National country music hit makers Love and Theft and The Cadillac Three are coming to downtown Washington, DC February 21, 2015 for the first-ever "District Country" concert to be held at the legendary National Press Club. "The National Press Club has hosted live performances from the likes of Billy Joel, James Taylor, Dolly Parton and Louis Armstrong over the past one-hundred years," said National Press Club Executive Director William McCarren. "We are excited to welcome these three modern country acts to our unique and intimate…
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