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CANCELLED: NPC Headliners Luncheon: CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, MD
NOTE: This event has been cancelled. Ticket holders should check their email for refund information. Robert R. Redfield, MD, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will make remarks at an October 16 National Press Club Headliners Luncheon about the importance of immunization as the winter flu season is set to begin. In his first appearance at the National Press Club, Dr. Redfield will characterize immunization as the most powerful tool in public health to combat disease. With an extensive background in clinical research and infectious diseases, especially HIV,…
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2019 Silver Owls Fall Hoot
Seymour Hersh, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who first wrote about the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam and the 2004 physical and sexual abuse of prisoners at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, plans to discuss the current state of American journalism at the Silver Owls Fall Hoot on Friday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. in the National Press Club ballroom. The Fall Hoot is open to all Press Club members and their guests. The cost of the three-course sit-down dinner is $35, preceded by a cash bar. Reservations for can be made online at www.press.org. A four-member musical…
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Aging Smart Aging Well
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Delivering Value for People with Cancer
Delivering Value for People with Cancer The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) hosts a Patient Advocacy Summit on incorporating the patient voice, identifying patient-centered value, engaging in patient-focused research, improving financial toxicity issues, and overcoming hurdles. Join the conversation online with the hashtag #NCCNPolicy. NCCN Patient Advocacy Summit: Delivering Value for Patients Across the Oncology Ecosystem The summit will untangle perspectives from survivors, advocates, caregivers, policy-makers, and health care providers, to ensure high-value cancer care…
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NPC Headliners Luncheon: Jane Fonda
***EVENT SOLD OUT*** Actor and activist Jane Fonda will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon Dec. 17 on her movement to push for political action on climate change. Inspired by young climate activist Greta Thunberg, Fonda has held a “Fire Drill Friday” climate change protest on Capitol Hill every Friday since Oct. 11, 2019. On Thursday nights, before each protest, Fonda hosts a “teach-in” with a panel of experts. The “Grace & Frankie” star has pledged to continue the strikes every Friday through January to demand action by political leaders to address what she called a “…
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The Kalb Report: “We the People…”
Is America headed for—or perhaps already in—a constitutional crisis fueled by highly partisan politics? Is this endangering our democracy? If so, where do we go from here? The first forum in the 26th season of The Kalb Report (and the 100th program in the series) will tackle these questions as well as examine who we are as a country today, how we are influencing the world and whether the current administration is an anomaly or represents a dramatic shift in our ideology. Joining moderator Marvin Kalb will be NPR Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg, NBC News Justice Correspondent Pete…
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Reporter's Roundtable on Pell Grants
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Effectively Underemployed
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