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NPC Luncheon with President Sebastián Piñera of Chile
President Sebastián Piñera will be the guest speaker at a National Press Club Luncheon on Tuesday June 4. Mr. Piñera was elected President of Chile in January, 2010. Prior to his service as President, Mr. Piñera had a distinguished career in government, business and education. He has a PhD in Economics from Harvard. PLEASE NOTE: Lunch will be served at 1:00 p.m. Remarks begin at 1:30 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2:30 p.m. The cost is $21 for Press Club members (NPC Members may purchase two tickets at this price) and $35 for all other non-member tickets. Tickets…
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Advance screening of "The Central Park Five," a film by Ken Burns
The National Press Club presents an advance screening of the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’ latest project, The Central Park Five, on April 11 at 6:45 pm. The film, which premieres April 16 at 9:00 p.m. on PBS, tells the story of five Black and Hispanic Harlem teenagers wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park in 1989. Co-Directors/Producers Burns, David McMahon and Sarah Burns and two of the Central Park 5 will be in attendance for A questions and answers session after the film. The brutal sexual assault of a white jogger in the late 1980s…
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NPC Luncheon with Thomas Drake, NSA Whistleblower
Thomas Drake, a former Senior Executive at NSA who was charged under the espionage act after he blew the whistle on waste and fraud and illegal activity at the intelligence agency, will speak at a March 15 National Press Club luncheon. Drake's event is part of the club's effort to recognize Sunshine Week, a national initiative to underscore the importance of open government and freedom of information. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with Drake's remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $21 for Press Club members ( NPC Members…
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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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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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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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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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