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NPC Headliners Film Screening & Discussion: Netflix's "SAVING CAPITALISM"
In the new Netflix Original Documentary "SAVING CAPITALISM," author and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and award-winning writer and director Jacob Kornbluth take a deep dive into America's staggering socio-economic divide and search for solutions. On Thursday, December 7, Kornbluth will bring "SAVING CAPITALISM" to the National Press Club's main ballroom for a screening of the film and director's chair discussion. Special guest Senator Bernie Sanders will kick-off the screening at 6:30 p.m. It will be followed by question-and-answer session with Kornbluth and a reception featuring a…
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2017 Silver Owls Holiday Hoot
The National Press Club's Silver Owls will kick off the holiday season this Thursday, Nov. 30 with a special edition of its Fall Hoot, featuring a world class entertainer, a sumptuous smorgasbord, specialty cocktails, and a unique gift exchange. The special Holiday Hoot, open to all members of the Press Club and their guests, begins at 6 p.m. Reservations can be made below, by email to [email protected], or by telephone - 202-662-7501. The traditional cost remains $35 per person. There will be a cash bar at which you can purchase, among other things, a Pomegranate Moscow Mule, designed…
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Burning to Tell You: Critical Conversations with Risk-Taking Artists
Join the NPC Events Team, The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics (The Lab) at Georgetown University and The Artist Partner Program at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland for Burning to Tell You: Critical Conversations with Risk-Taking Artists at the National Press Club on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m in the Ballroom. Burning to Tell You brings together artists, activists, journalists, and thinkers from around the world whose work embodies the urgency of free expression in contexts of censorship, repression, and violence.…
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Lightening the money
Part 3 of the series "It's Never Too Early to Follow the Money"Nov. 3 - Lightening the moneyU.S. companies are facing heightened pressure to play the political money game – and heightened risk if they do. The Center for Political Accountability, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization started by former reporter Bruce Freed, has been working for years to urge the corporations — some of the biggest spenders in congressional and legislative races — to reduce that risk by disclosing their political spending even when they are not legally required to do so. And he’s had some success. Join Freed and…
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NPC Headliners Luncheon with NEA President Lily Eskelsen García
As more than 50 million public school students head back to classrooms across the country, National Education Association (NEA) President Lily Eskelsen García will assess the Trump education agenda and its potential impact on students and public schools at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon September 8. Eskelsen García’s address to the club comes at a time when the U.S. Department of Education, under the leadership of Secretary Betsy DeVos, is seeking to expand efforts to privatize public education and roll back student protections. Eskelsen García will offer not only a critique of…
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Headliners Newsmaker with Alaska Gov. Walker and Iowa and Maine Officeholders to Discuss Movement to Elect More Independents to Public Office in 2018 and Beyond
WASHINGTON – On July 12, at 10 a.m., the National Press Club will feature a Newsmaker news conference with Alaska’s Governor Bill Walker and elected officials from Alaska, Iowa and Maine, who, like Walker, were elected as independent candidates without the support of a political party. Across the nation, 40 percent of the electorate identify as independent voters. Will a movement to elect more independent candidates break partisan gridlock or only add to the problems of dysfunction in statehouses and in the federal government? Joining Gov. Walker will be State Senator David Johnson (I-Iowa),…
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NPC Headliners Luncheon with Amtrak CEO Charles Moorman
The President and CEO of Amtrak, Charles W. "Wick" Moorman IV, will discuss the challenges facing America’s passenger rail system and the changes to come at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Wednesday, July 12. Moorman’s speech will focus on the renovation of New York’s Penn Station and other needed infrastructure projects, as Congress considers President Trump’s pledge to invest $1 trillion in infrastructure. Moorman became Amtrak’s president and chief executive officer effective Sept. 1, 2016. He is the tenth executive to lead America's Railroad since the company began…
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On-Camera Media Training Class for Journalists
NPC member Andrea McCarren, a veteran multimedia journalist and Emmy Award-winner, will offer an on-camera media training class for journalists on Friday, June 16 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Bloomberg room. The hands-on workshop is for journalists who want to improve his or her presentation skills on-camera or online.Through practice interviews, you’ll learn: How to craft and deliver meaningful soundbites How to be more comfortable and confident on camera What to wear and what not to wear Tricks of the trade from McCarren's 30 years of experience in television news A crew from our…
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NPC Luncheon with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will discuss "Moving Forward in Chicago" including new initiatives for education and other programs at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Tuesday, June 20th at 12:30 p.m. Mayor Emanuel says he wants to guarantee the future success of students by requiring public high-school seniors to provide a college or trade school acceptance letter, proof of military enlistment or a job offer in order to graduate. Emanuel is serving his second term as the mayor of the nation’s third-largest city with an estimated population of more than 2.7 million. Before assuming…
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Conversations with Women who Lead: Women in Media
Join National Press Club members Eleanor Clift, Marilyn Geewax, and Michele Salcedo as they participate in a panel “Conversations with women who lead: Women in Media” coordinated with the Mayor’s Office on Women’s Policy and Initiatives at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 28 in the ballroom. Salcedo, the Club’s membership secretary and a desk editor at the Associated Press, will moderate the panel with Geewax, a former member of the Club’s board of governors and a business editor at NPR, and Clift, now a writer at the Daily Beast. Helena Andrews, co-editor of The Reliable Source at the Washington…
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