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Memorial Service for Former President Mike Freedman
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A Memorial Service for former Club President Mike Freedman will be held by the National Press Club on January 8 at 6pm in the Holeman Lounge. All Club members and their guests are welcome, but registration is required. Freedman was the Club’s 114th President and led the organization through the challenging year of 2020 when the pandemic was at its height. He performed remarkably in that role and was able to bring many important initiatives to the Club despite the challenging environment. Freedman passed away in late 2023 from pancreatic cancer. The Memorial will have several speakers and…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Deesha Dyer "Undiplomatic"
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Hear how Deesha Dyer, a hip-hop journalist without political connections, conquered her imposter syndrome and landed one of the most coveted jobs at The White House at a Headliners book event on Thursday, April 25 at 1 p.m. Though Dyer had been repeatedly told she had, “an attitude problem that would lead to nowhere,” she rose to become White House social secretary, one of the senior protocol faces in the Obama administration. In a memoir titled, “Undiplomatic: How My Attitude Created the Best Kind of Trouble,” Dyer candidly details her journey of her life before, during and after her time…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: “American Mother” featuring Diane Foley
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Join Diane Foley, mother of Jim Foley, a freelance journalist captured and beheaded by ISIS in 2014, for a discussion on "American Mother," written with National Book Award-winner Colum McCann. Foley will share her journey from the time of her son’s captivity to the years after his death. Nearly seven years after her son’s death, Foley spent three days in a Virginia courthouse in the presence of her son’s killer. Her passion to keep her son’s memory alive let to the creation of the James Foley Legacy Foundation—a nonprofit that “advocates for the freedom of all Americans held hostage abroad…
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Standards Save: A Water Conservation Summit
In response to water scarcity crises in multiple regions across the U.S. and globally, the International Code Council (The Code Council) will host a high-level meeting of water experts from across government, academia, and the water utility sector to examine water conservation solutions achievable through newly updated building standards and codes. As the focal event of its World Water Awareness 2024 campaign, The Code Council will bring together leading water experts from DC Water, U.S. EPA, and U.S. DOI, Bureau of Reclamation for, “Standards Save: A Water Conservation Summit,” on Thurs.,…
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NPC Headliners: Baltic Delegation
Foreign ministers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will address the National Press Club at a Headliners Newsmaker event at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, March 25. The foreign ministers will discuss the role of Baltic and US leadership in supporting Ukraine, containing Russia and strengthening NATO defense and deterrence. Opening remarks will be followed by a moderated question-and-answer period. Speakers will include: Margus Tsahkna, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia Krišjānis Kariņš, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Latvia Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania Russia…
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The Peak 65 Economic Impact Forum
On April 18 at the National Press Club, ALI will release The Peak 65 Economic Impact Study top findings to the national, business, and industry/trade media. In this definitive study commissioned by the ALI Retirement Income Institute, Robert J. Shapiro, the former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, examines the economic impact of the greatest surge of retirement age Americans in U.S. history, with more than 4.1M baby boomers turning 65 each year between 2024 and 2027, and finds that a majority of Americans who will turn age 65 between 2024 and 2030 are not financially prepared…
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The Way Forward for Preserving Journalistic Independence at USAGM News Outlets
The American taxpayer-funded U.S. Agency for Global Media employs thousands of journalists in the U.S. and around the world, broadcasting in some 63 different languages to a global audience of over 400 million. While Congress has moved in recent years to protect the journalistic independence of the news outlets that comprise USAGM, including Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Radio Free Asia, concerns remain about what might happen to the editorial integrity of the agency if President Donald Trump returns to office next year. To examine this pressing question, the National…
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Updates on of Cases of Journalists Austin Tice, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kermasheva
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On Friday, May 3 at 9 a.m. the National Press Club will hold a news briefing to provide updates and status of cases of journalists: Austin Tice, Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva. National Press Club President Emily Wilkins will sit down with Debra Tice, mother of Austin Tice, Paul Beckett of the Wall Street Journal, and Steve Capus of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to discuss the status of their respective cases. This event is open to all credentialed press and members of the National Press Club. Registration required. A livestream of the press briefing can be accessed here. Speakers…
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Celebration of Life for Will Lester
The National Press Club and The Associated Press invite you to join in celebrating the life of our beloved friend and colleague Will Lester at a memorial event being held at 6 p.m., Wednesday May 15 in the Conference Rooms. The event is open to members and friends of Lester, a longtime Press Club member who served as chair of the Awards Team for many years. Lester died unexpectedly in February. He joined the Club 1998 and won the Club’s highest volunteer honor, the Berny Krug Award, in 2013 for his work as chair of the Awards Team. Lester spent nearly 40 years at The Associated Press, where…
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Imagining Combat Without Military Medicine: What Would That Look Like?
Imagining Combat Without Military Medicine: What Would That Look Like? The Friends of the Uniformed Services University (Friends of USU) will host a lunch and panel discussion on Wednesday, May 22, 12:00-2:30 p.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, DC., to discuss the history, present state, and future of military medicine, focusing on the importance of USU as the integral center of learning for those who are educated and trained to care for those who go into harm’s way. The Defense Health Agency’s recent stabilization efforts—its pivot from a previous strategy to gut the capacity of…
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