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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts
The International President of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Cecil Roberts will discuss the future of the coal industry and what effect he believes proposed climate change legislation and initiatives will have on the jobs outlook for coal producing regions at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 4. Roberts also is expected to discuss energy and coal issues and how they will affect the 2020 election. The UMWA has reached out to the Democratic presidential candidates with advice on initiatives that they say could help decarbonize US fossil…
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Communicators & Journalists: Build Beneficial Relationships with U.S. Latino Thought Leaders
The National Press Club announces its precedent-setting series to convene journalists and communicators with top thought-leaders from our nation’s diverse communities. Join us in kicking off Hispanic Heritage Month with the inaugural event on September 16th at 8:30 a.m. Participants will have an opportunity to meet with top US Latino communications leaders who will share best practices from their wealth of experience in corporate and community platforms. Panelists include: Rosemary Ravinal, CEO, RMR Communications Consulting; former VP, corporate communications/US Hispanic Consumer/…
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NPC Headliners: Driving Economic Growth Through Assistive Tech & Workplace Inclusivity
Former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, Vinton Cerf, and other influential leaders in disability inclusion, technology, and advocacy will discuss how embracing assistive technologies and adopting an inclusive mindset will drive U.S. economic growth by employing the nearly 11 million people with disabilities at a National Press Club Headliners event on September 4 at 10:00 a.m. According to a recent Accenture report, companies leading the way with inclusive workplaces achieved, on average, “28 percent higher revenue, double the net income and 30 percent higher economic profit margins over the four-…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: "Betrayal in Berlin" by Steve Vogel
Author and veteran journalist Steve Vogel, who reported for The Washington Post for more than two decades and covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the war in Afghanistan, will share his new book "Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War’s Most Audacious Espionage Operation," at a National Press Club Headliners book event at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 10. In “Betrayal in Berlin,” Vogel tells the thrilling true-life story of the CIA’s bold and outlandish Cold War plan – code-named “Operation Gold” - to build a sophisticated tunnel into East Berlin to recover…
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NPC Headliners Luncheon: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Livestream will begin 8/7 at 1:00pm ET. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on Wednesday, Aug. 7. Cummings will address the Oversight Committee’s investigations into the Trump Administration. In a recent letter to acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Cummings complained that the White House had ignored the committee's requests for information and has not complied with the Presidential Records Act. The committee is seeking notes on President Trump's private…
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NPC Communicators Breakfast: Communicating To Change Behaviors
Public relations pioneer Edward Bernays was infamous for his manipulative campaign in the late 1920's to increase cigarette smoking among women. Today Truth Initiative is dedicated to making tobacco use a thing of the past and is a leader in using communications to affect behavioral change. The organization's Managing Director of Communications Sarah Shank will make breakfast presentation on how they do this, Wednesday, July 17, from 8-9 a.m. in the Cosgrove Lounge at the National Press Club. This professional development session for reporters and communicators, sponsored by the Club…
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NPC Headliners Book Event: Gov. Terry McAuliffe - "Beyond Charlottesville"
Nearly two years after a "Unite the Right" white supremacist rally in Charlottesville resulted in the deaths of three people, former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe will share his new book, “Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism,” at a National Press Club Headliners book event August 6. The rally on August 11 and August 12, 2017 shocked the nation as white nationalists with flaming torches descended on the college town. In "Beyond Charlottesville,” McAuliffe writes about how the tragic event forced America to reckon with the rise of Neo-Nazis, white…
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America’s Gun Problem: Seeking Solutions Through Journalism
The prevalence of gun-related violence and deaths in America – the increase in mass shootings, violent domestic disputes, officer-involved shootings, accidents and suicides – has had a profound and traumatic effect on nearly every community and every facet of society. How these incidents are covered (or ignored, or hyped) in the media can, at its worst, compound or amplify that trauma. But what can journalism at its best – the hard-nosed brand of reporting that makes you think, makes you feel, and maybe even makes you act – do for an issue like gun violence? Can good, solid journalism…
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Livestream will begin 7/16 at 10:30am ET. Democratic presidential candidate and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar will participate in a National Press Club Newsmaker event at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 16. Sen. Klobuchar will deliver a major speech on her plan outlining the more than 100 concrete steps she will take in her first 100 days as President of the United States to take on the biggest challenges we face at home and abroad.
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NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Livestream will begin 8/6 at 10:00am ET. U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) will speak at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker news conference, 10:00 a.m., July 31. Brown will unveil new legislation to curb stock buybacks and create a ‘worker dividend’ to ensure workers get a share of the profits that they help create. Large publicly traded corporations often buy back their own stock in order to boost share value for their executives and investors. This practice has accelerated as a result of recent changes in tax law that benefited major corporations and the wealthiest Americans.…
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