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NPC Headliners Book Event: Deborah Lee James - "Aim High"
As Secretary of the U.S. Air Force under President Obama, Deborah Lee James likes to say she essentially "served as “CEO” of a 660,000-person, $139 billion enterprise." In her new book, “Aim High: Chart Your Course and Find Your Success,” Deborah Lee James draws on her experiences at the highest levels of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as supporting research and stats from management consulting firm Bain and Company, to prove that her five-step approach to problem-solving can yield successful results in any setting. Deborah Lee James will share her insights and explain how others can "Aim…
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Washington Launch of "Media and Mass Atrocity"
INGAA Foundation
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Crimes against Americans abroad: Who's being held accountable?
NPC New Member Reception
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "Fight Like a Girl: The Truth Behind How Female Marines Are Trained"
When Lieutenant Colonel Kate Germano arrived at the Fourth Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island, S.C., the Marine Corps’ all-women boot camp, she decided that if she was really going to improve the lagging performance of the female Marines under her command, she was going to have to try something new: raise expectations and push for tougher standards for female recruits. After just one year under her leadership, female recruits made significant gains in strength tests and retention rates, and achieved a passing rate for initial rifle qualification equal to that of their male…
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"Truthers" Hosted by the NPC Events Team & Newsy
Online conspiracy movements have relentlessly targeted survivors and family of victims in the wake of almost every recent American mass shooting, from Sandy Hook to Parkland. Newsy's documentary report "Truthers" explores that issue and spotlights a pattern of online harassment that has real-world consequences. Join the National Press Club and Newsy for a screening of "Truthers," followed by a panel discussion among survivors and family who have been targeted by conspiracy movements and a conversation about solutions in both tech and policy. Panelists: Suzanna Barna is a senior at Marjory…
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Christopher Scalia on the legacy of his father, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Christopher J. Scalia, one of the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s nine children, will appear at a National Press Club Headliners book event on Tuesday, March 20 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss his father’s life and legacy, and what we can learn from the dozens of speeches and writings he left behind. Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived, edited by Justice Scalia’s son Christopher and one of the Justice’s former law clerks Edward Whelan, is a compilation of dozens of Justice Scalia’s speeches, some published for the first time, that range in topic and tone from…
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Sheila Tate shares new biography of Former First Lady Nancy Reagan
Sheila Tate, who served as press secretary to First Lady Nancy Reagan from 1981 to 1985, will offer a glimpse into the personal life of Mrs. Reagan in a discussion about her first book “Lady in Red: An Intimate Portrait of Nancy Reagan” at a National Press Club Headliners Event at 6:30 p.m. on April 4. As the First Lady’s press secretary, Tate was at Mrs. Reagan’s side during some of the most tumultuous and controversial moments of President Reagan’s first term in office, including his attempted assassination. Tate, who considered herself a close confidant of Mrs. Reagan up until her passing…
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Sherrilyn Ifill & Anthony Thompson Talk "Race, Inequality, and the Law" at NPC Headliners Book Event
Sherrilyn Ifill, President of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and Anthony Thompson, Director of the Center on Race, Inequality and the Law at NYU, will appear together at a National Press Club Headliners Event at 6:30 p.m. on March 6th, the publication date of the book they co-authored with former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and author and death penalty lawyer Bryan Stenson entitled “A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law.” With decades of experience defending civil rights between them, Ifill and Thompson will have a candid and honest discussion about the state of race…
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Media Strategist Ryan Holiday Talks Peter Thiel, Gawker and the First Amendment at NPC Headliners Book Event
Writer and media strategist Ryan Holiday’s latest book, Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue, tells the inside (and bizarre) true story of Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel’s secret - and ultimately successful - plot to destroy Gawker Media. Holiday will share his findings and discuss what he believes the impact of this sordid saga will be on the First Amendment at a National Press Club Headliners Book Event on Thursday, March 15 at 6:30 p.m. This event will feature a discussion with the author, an audience question-and-answer session, and a book…
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Journalist & Author Joanne Lipman Talks Workplace Parity with "That's What She Said"
In October 2017 The New York Times and The New Yorker published the first major reports that dozens of women, over a period of more than three decades, had accused media mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct and abuse. As more of his alleged victims came forward, women around the world took to social media and used the hashtag “#MeToo” to demonstrate the wide-spread nature and prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, particularly in the workplace. It was this very issue that propelled then-Wall Street Journal reporter Joanne Lipman to write the article “Women at Work: A Guide for…
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