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The Digital Learning Gap
Mark your calendar! Cox is making an announcement with special guests and you don’t want to miss it. We cannot allow this pandemic to create an irreversible homework gap for students without Internet. Join Pat Esser, president and CEO of Cox Communications, and Michael Powell, president and CEO, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, for an exclusive event to highlight the new challenges the pandemic has presented in today’s learning environment and what schools and families can do to connect and thrive in this new phase of the digital divide. This virtual event will take place…
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Ben & Jerry To Unveil Newest Mission-Driven Flavor in D.C.
Ice cream highlights need to reform nation’s criminal justice system Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Co-Founders of Ben & Jerry’s, will unveil the company’s newest flavor, developed to support Advancement Project National Office and its work to reimagine the criminal legal system. What: Press conference, new Ben & Jerry’s flavor unveiling, ice cream sampling Who: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, Co-Founders, Ben & Jerry’s Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director, Advancement Project National Office When: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at 1:30 pm Where: National Press Club, 529 14th…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, who is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. Booker was elected to the Senate from New Jersey in 2013 after serving as mayor of Newark, and was re-elected in 2014. He is up for re-election again in 2020 and a state law allows him to simultaneously run for president and the Senate. This news conference will take place in the Club’s 4th Floor Broadcast Operations Center, and is open to credentialed media and members of the National Press Club; however, registration is…
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Locked Down or Liberated? The Story of Kashmir
Locked Down or Liberated? The Story of Kashmir 9:30am: Press Conference Bloomberg Room National Press Club The former Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir is now a union territory. Ladakh is too. Pakistan has threatened nuclear war. Some headlines warn of a clamp down on civil rights and communications. Others speak to a slow return to normalcy. Hear from award-winning, veteran journalist Aarti Tikoo, Assistant Senior Editor for the Times of India (New Delhi). Tikoo has reported on and from the region for nearly two decades, most recently from inside the Kashmir Valley since August…
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ICAS Fall Symposium
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Tennessee Valley Authority President & CEO Jeff Lyash
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s new president and CEO, Jeff Lyash, will discuss the future of energy and his vision for the nation’s largest public utility at a National Press Club Headliners event on September 18 at 10 a.m. Coming off of his first 100 days as the new leader of the $11 billion federal corporation, Lyash will discuss TVA’s plans for generating power over the next 20 years while highlighting its leadership in the move to more carbon-free resources. According to Lyash, 60 percent of TVA’s energy will come from carbon-free resources next year, a statistic that is expected to…
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Sikhs To Hold Referendum To Secede From India
Contact: Michelle Fisher, 516-458-2090 Available for Interview: Gurpatwant Pannun, Legal Advisor, Sikhs for Justice Sikhs Announce Plans for Referendum to Secede State of Punjab from India Press Conference: Wed., Dec. 11th, 2:00 p.m. @ National Press Club, Washington, D.C. – Reception to Follow WHO: “Sikhs for Justice” (SFJ) – An international advocacy group / www.sikhsforjustice.org WHAT/WHEN/WHERE: Press conference from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Bloomberg Room followed by a reception from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Truman Lounge at the…
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LULAC Freedom Walks
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Andy Parker, father of slain journalist Alison Parker, to announce FTC complaint against Google
Andy Parker, activist, author, and father of slain journalist Alison Parker, will announce a new FTC filing in his case against Google, at a National Press Club Headliners newsmaker event Thursday, February 20 at 10:00 a.m. Parker’s daughter Alison was 24 years old and working as a journalist with CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, VA when she was assassinated on live TV by a disgruntled former co-worker. The murderer filmed the killing and then posted that video to YouTube before taking his own life. That video has been viewed and shared tens of thousands of times, with some consumers reposting…
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