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NPC Board of Governors
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ICAS Winter Symposium
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Washington Nationals World Series Trophy at the National Press Club
The hard-won 2019 World Series Championship Trophy, the symbol of one of the greatest come-from-behind victories in the history of sports, will visit the National Press Club on Wednesday evening February 12, so members, their families and guests can get a close look and take photos for social media. The Trophy is traveling to Spring Training later this week so Wednesday might be the last chance for fans to see it before it leaves town to help the Nats prepare to defend their Championship. "The World Series Trophy is a symbol of skill, perseverance, teamwork and success," said Mike Freedman,…
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NPC Newsmaker: Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Honorable Dr. Timothy Harris
The Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Honorable Dr. Timothy Harris, will be visiting the National Press Club this Friday, May 24th, at 3 p.m. In addition to his duties as head of state, Dr. Harris is also currently serving at the Chair of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), an organization of fourteen Caribbean nations established to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members as well as a shared foreign policy. In these toles, Dr. Harris will be making himself available to press to discuss several key topical issues…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: progress report on child and forced labor in the cotton supply chain
NPC Headliners Newsmaker: The human cost of blue jeans: A progress report on child and forced labor in the cotton supply chain Human rights and labor experts will join the Uzbek ambassador to the U.S. and the head of the Uzbekistan’s textile industry to discuss the status of child and forced labor in the country at a Headliners panel at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 29 in the Bloomberg Room. Human rights groups, activists and media for years raised the alarm about child and forced labor in the cotton fields of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, prompting many clothing manufacturers to take a hard look…
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Battleground Poll
Politics and Civility: Join Us for a Conversation About the First Poll from the New Battleground Poll What: An in depth conversation about the results from the first poll of the newly relaunched Battleground Poll, a national bipartisan survey of registered voters in the United States measuring voter sentiment and opinion. This reliable bellwether of national opinion will ask traditional polling questions related to U.S. electoral politics and oter attitudes, as well as gauge voter opinion on the state of civility in our national political conversation. Who: Republican pollster Ed Goeas of…
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Exclusive Briefing: New Report on Progress for Children since 2000 Worldwide, and the Innovative Aid that Helped Achieve it
Exclusive Briefing: New Report on Progress for Children since 2000 Worldwide, and the Innovative Aid that Helped Achieve itEmbargoed report preview, discussion with Save the Children CEO and Devex Editor-in-Chief Later this month, Save the Children will release its annual Global Childhood Report, which ranks the best and worst countries for children by examining factors that rob children of their childhoods around the world such as child labor, adolescent pregnancy, exclusion from education, and children living in and fleeing from conflict zones. The report includes an analysis of progress…
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Nigerian Judiciary and the Imo State Election Crisis
Organization: U.S. Council on Nigeria Title: The Nigerian Judiciary and the Imo State Election Crisis - Symposium on the Collapse of Democracy”. Media Contact: Mr. Zoobee Chukwurah, (240) 308-5097; Bar. Lloyd Ukwu, +234-802-0317-4444 Speakers: Bruce Fein, Esquire, Constitutional Lawyer and Former Assoc. Deputy U.S. Attorney General; W. Bruce DelValle, Esquire, Constitutional Litigator and Nigerian Legal Expert; var. Nigerian Legal Experts to be announced; and others
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Response to the Deal of the Century
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NPC Press Briefing: Debra Tice, mother of detained journalist Austin Tice
Debra Tice, the mother of detained journalist Austin Tice, will hold a news conference on Monday, Jan. 27 at 10:00 a.m. at the National Press Club to provide an update and to be part of the announcement of the second annual Night Out For Austin Tice, a national awareness campaign. Unjustly detained in Syria since August 2012, Austin Tice is a freelance journalist who worked for both McClatchy and The Washington Post. Debra Tice, who spent 83 days in Syria looking for her son, has been advocating for his release for more than 7 years. Austin is the only American journalist currently being held…
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