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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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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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Campaign Nonviolence
Campaign Nonviolence To Launch at National Press Club Newsmaker Featuring Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rev. Lennox Yearwood and More Washington, DC – Campaign Nonviolence, a newly formed movement to build a culture of peace through the practice of active nonviolence, will formally launch at the National Press Club on Thursday, September 18 in the club’s Broadcast Operations Center at 10:00 AM. The launch event and press conference will feature former Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich, Ken Butigan (Pace e Bene), Nobel Peace Prize nominee John Dear (Pace e Bene), Rev. Lennox Yearwood (Hip Hop…
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NIGHT OUT FOR AUSTIN TICE Press Conference
Updates and other news about the upcoming NIGHT OUT FOR AUSTIN TICE - May 2, 2019. Learn more at www.nightoutforaustin.com.
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Toastmasters
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Webinar: Managing the Promise and Risk of Infrastructure Development
Join experts from the World Bank, IFC, WWF, International Rivers and the Arcus Foundation for this book launch event on February 20, 9am EST. Interviews possible after the event, as of 10:30am EST. Register and submit questions here. To request a press release or interview, contact Bryan Simmons ([email protected], 1 646 837-8875).
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Data Reporting with SQL
SQL allows users to deal with much larger data sets than a simple spreadsheet does, and it allows more complex operations like matching items from two lists (“joining”). Learn the fundamentals of finding and importing data, and learn to write queries on your own. Instructor JoElla Straley will show you how to find connections in data that tell a story. The class will run from 9:00-11:00 a.m. in the Library Conference Room. Registration is $20 for NPC members; $40 public. All sales are final.
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Jackie Jones Career Coaching Sessions
A four-week career coaching session for up to eight participants starts Jan. 13 with career counselor Jackie Jones at the cost of $80 for members, $200 for non-members. A former Washington Post editor and Penn State University lecturer, Jones will focus on retooling one's career amid New Year's Resolutions. She will cover planning career goals for the coming year, how to make reasonable resolutions and how to stick with them to completion. No matter your current employment status, these sessions will help you plan and prepare for the next level of your career with Jones' attention on getting…
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Kennedy-Nixon Debate Makeup Artist
Presidential makeup artist, author and media coach Lillian Brown will be interviewed in a one-hour broadcast at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, in the Broadcast Operations Center on the fourth floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reserve at (202) 662-7501 or [email protected]’s interview is in conjunction with the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy-Nixon debates and is co-sponsored by the Broadcast and History and Heritage committees. Brown applied makeup to both Kennedy and Nixon before three of the four televised debates in 1960. She will also discuss…
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