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NPC Luncheon with Mariska Hargitay, actress and founder of Joyful Heart Foundation
VIP guests: Click here to preview and download receiving line photos. Emmy Award-winner Mariska Hargitay, who stars as Olivia Benson on television's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," will speak at a National Press Club Speakers Luncheon on March 13 in the Holeman Lounge. Hargitay is also the founder of Joyful Heart Foundation, whose mission is of healing, educating and empowering survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m., with remarks beginning at 1 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session ending at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $21…
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NPC Board of Governors Dinner
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Vivian Awards
The time for the Vivian Awards is here! Monday, January 8, 2018 in the historic and beautiful Holeman Lounge. We are excited to honor the team members who exemplify the spirit of former president Vivian Vahlberg – whose record of outstanding service to the National Press Club inspired these awards. So, please join us as we celebrate and thank these fine volunteers for their service and magnificent leadership in 2017. See you there!
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NPC Headliners Breakfast with Walter Isaacson & "Leonardo da Vinci"
Livestream will begin 12/18 at 8:30am ET. Walter Isaacson, former editor of Time and former CNN chairman, will appear at a National Press Club Headliners Breakfast at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, to discuss his new book, Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo da Vinci is the latest in a series about intellectual giants by Isaacson, a former chief executive of the Aspen Institute who is now a history professor at Tulane University. He has previously written best-sellers about Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. “This book is the capstone to Isaacson’s biographies on genius, creativity,…
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Free Speech Week: Know Your Reporting Rights - Learn when to not back down
Livestream will begin 10/20 at 1:30pm ET. Know Your Reporting Rights: Learn when to not back down Please join us during Free Speech Week on Friday, October 20, 1:30pm to 3:00pm EDT, for an important discussion on the First Amendment and reporters’ rights that will be streamed on Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/RTDNA.RTDNF. RTDNA, the National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and Reel Media Group are co-sponsoring the event, at which student and professional journalists will have the opportunity to learn from media law…
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"El Paso" Screening and Panel on Journalists Fleeing Mexico's Violence
"El Paso" Screening and Panel on Journalists Fleeing Mexico's Violence The National Press Club's Journalism Institute will host a screening of Everardo González' film, "El Paso," which tells the story of journalists fleeing their home country of Mexico to seek safe haven in the United States. The screening will be followed by a short panel discussion on the dangers Mexico's journalists still face, and their difficulties in receiving asylum in the U.S. González, anaward-winning documentarian, sheds light on the journalists who risk their lives covering the Mexican drug trade. The film tells…
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NPC Headliners Luncheon with House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC-11)
As the House and Senate negotiate the final version of legislation to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC-11) will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Luncheon on Monday, July 24 in the Club’s Holeman Lounge. The Freedom Caucus was a major player during the House of Representative’s original consideration of healthcare legislation. Chairman Meadows will provide an inside look at the House Freedom Caucus discussing the inner-workings of the Caucus, its deliberations, philosophical approach to issues…
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NPC Luncheon with U.S. Army Chief of Staff General Mark A. Milley
The Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley will speak at a National Press Club Luncheon on July 27. General Milley assumed duty as the 39th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army in August 2015 after most recently serving as the 21st Commander of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He has held multiple command and staff positions in eight divisions and Special Forces throughout the last 35 years. General Milley graduated and received his commission from Princeton University and holds Master’s Degrees from Columbia University in international relations, and the U.…
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Principal Ballet Dancer Misty Copeland at the National Press Club
Livestream will begin April 17 at 8:00am EDT. Misty Copeland, the first African-American Female Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, will discuss her first health and fitness book, Ballerina Body: Dancing and Eating Your Way to a Leaner, Stronger, and More Graceful You, as well as her roles as ballerina and activist in a discussion at the National Press Club on Monday, Apr. 17, at 8 a.m., in the club’s Holeman Lounge. Copeland recently made headlines when she spoke out against statements made by Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank that were supportive of President Donald Trump.…
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"A Woman's Job" with Noor Tagouri
A premiere event and panel discussion hosted by Newsy and The National Press Club on International Women's Day. “A Woman's Job” is a six-episode Newsy Original Series that profiles the women redefining what it means to build a career in jobs that are traditionally male-dominated. A showing of the series' first two episodes will be followed by a panel discussion with two women featured in the series: Dr. Jen Welter, a football player and coach who, in 2015, became the first woman to coach in the NFL and Patrice Banks, a speaker and the founder of Girls Auto Clinic, an automotive repair shop by…
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