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NPC Luncheon with Rev. John Richard Bryant, Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Right Rev. John Richard Bryant, senior bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, will discuss the Charleston, S.C., church shootings at a National Press Club luncheon on Aug. 12.At a prayer vigil after the shootings, Bryant invoked the African-American legacy of resilience, saying the shooting suspect, Dylann Roof, had ‘picked the wrong place and the wrong crowd.’ He then railed against gun violence in American society.In addition to serving as senior bishop, Bryant is the presiding prelate of the AME church’s Fourth Episcopal District.Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with…
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NPC Luncheon with Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and nearly wiped out New Orleans, Mayor Mitch Landrieu will report on New Orleans’ emergence as a model of urban renewal and economic recovery at a National Press Club luncheon on August 18. Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall on August 29, 2005, is the costliest disaster in United States history. When the levees failed, 80 percent of the city was flooded and hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes and more than 1,800 persons died. Today, New Orleans is one of the fastest growing major cities in the nation. “We are…
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NPC House Committee
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NPC Professional Development Committee
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NPC Luncheon with Rick Perry, Former Governor of Texas and 2016 Presidential Candidate
Rick Perry, the former three-term governor of Texas and a 2016 presidential candidate, will lay out an economic plan at a National Press Club luncheon on Thursday, July 2. The former U.S. Air Force pilot, who left office in January, will discuss how to fight "the cycle of hopelessness and lost opportunity that so many Americans feel trapped in." The son of tenant farmers in Paint Creek, Texas, Perry is one of several governors and former governors in the large Republican presidential field. His state has the 12th largest economy in the world by GDP and since 2000 has created almost one-third…
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NPC Freedom of the Press Committee
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Toastmasters
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NPC House Committee
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NPC House Committee
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The Kalb Report - The Press and the Presidency: It's Complicated!
Livestream will begin June 1 at 8pm ET. From Thomas Jefferson, who maintained that "advertisements" were the "most truthful part of a newspaper," to Jimmy Carter, who lamented that his ancestors included "thieves...and journalists," the relationship between our presidents and the press has been a long and tumultuous affair. On this edition of The Kalb Report, experts from both sides of the White House gates join moderator Marvin Kalb to discuss the sometimes nasty but always necessary relationship between the President of the United States and the press corps. Guests include former ABC News…
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