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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Crisis in the College Vote 2020
Washington attorney Thurgood Marshall, Jr. and Paul Loeb, the founder of the non-partisan Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP), will speak at a virtual National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on August 31 at 1 p.m. They will discuss mounting problems that could affect college voters and their impact on the 2020 election with NPC President Michael Freedman. The pandemic is scattering college-based voter groups, leaving them, and the states and districts they impact, dependent on unsystematic absentee ballot practices and the embattled US Postal Service. Mr. Marshall recently co-…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker - Back to School 2020: Feeding Young Minds in Uncertain Times
Schools have traditionally been a critical source of nutrition for vulnerable children through free and low-cost school meals. This fall, however, in order to keep students and staff safer, many schools will not operate as usual, meaning these meals will be disrupted. On Monday, August 17, former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join a live NPC Virtual Newsmaker panel with Lisa Davis, Senior Vice President of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, and Larry Wade, Sr., Director of School Nutrition Services for Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia to discuss why no matter…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Dan Rather
On Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 3 pm ET, legendary newsman Dan Rather will join National Press Club President and former CBS News colleague Michael Freedman for a live-streamed Headliner conversation about the press and the presidency, the role of journalism in protecting our democracy, and the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. Rather’s CBS career is truly ‘the stuff of legends.' He broke the news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, covered the civil rights movement in the south, served as a war correspondent in Vietnam, was physically removed on live television…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Karen Gray Houston, "Daughter of the Boycott"
In “Daughter of the Boycott: Carrying on a Montgomery Family’s Civil Rights Legacy,” journalist and author Karen Gray Houston examines her family’s own remarkable role in the Civil Rights Movement to breathe new life into the lesser-known history of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Karen will share the stories that didn’t make it into the history books at a National Press Club Virtual Book Event on Thursday, August 13. This 1-hour program will stream live at 2:00 p.m. ET and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. The event will include a discussion with…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker with AMA President Patrice Harris, M.D.
American Medical Association President Patrice A. Harris, M.D., M.A., will deliver a live national address on Tuesday, April 7, about the essential need for relying on science and data to protect public health, particularly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The speech, delivered via livestream as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Newsmaker series, will center on the need for evidence-based solutions and policies to build societal trust and a common understanding. This 1-hour program will stream live at 11:00 a.m. ET, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Census Day with Stacey Abrams
Former Georgia House Democratic Leader and Founder of Fair Fight and Fair Count Stacey Abrams will join National Press Club President Michael Freedman on Census Day, this Wednesday, April 1 at 10AM ET, for a virtual discussion on the historical significance of the Census, and her quest to ensure that every American is counted in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Abrams will join us remotely from her offices in Georgia via Zoom. This 1-hour program will stream live at 10AM ET at www.press.org and on the NPC's YouTube Channel, and is free and accessible to both the media and members of the…
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NPC Newsmaker: Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov, the former World Chess Champion turned writer and political activist, will deliver a live address on the state of human rights and press freedom in his native Russia, as well as the related crackdown ongoing in Belarus, at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker on Friday, October 9 at 12:00 p.m. ET. "The free world, including its media, has a role to play both in how it engages with and covers the un-free world and in how its leaders and citizens can push back against the rising authoritarian trend,” said Kasparov. “With media now global and instantaneous, hostile…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: NIH Director Dr. Francis S. Collins
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the 16th Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will deliver brief remarks and engage in a virtual Q&A on the latest COVID-19 therapeutic and vaccine developments at a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker presentation on Friday, October 23 at 2:00 p.m. This one-hour program will stream live on the Club’s website and YouTube Channel, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers can send their questions for Dr. Collins in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected].…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary C. Daly
The COVID-19 pandemic wiped out a decade of economic progress in a matter of months, placing some of the heaviest burdens on the nation’s most vulnerable populations. As businesses across the country reopen their doors and Americans start to return to work and school, how can we ensure a sustainable and inclusive recovery? On Monday, June 15, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary C. Daly will deliver a live national address on the lessons to be learned from the Great Depression and the Great Recession as the nation and the world chart a path forward from COVID-19. This 1-hour…
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NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Educating Through The COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic presents educators – as well as parents and students – with some of the most critical decisions in history. Schools around the country remain closed; remote learning varies widely by school; and when and how schools will open in the fall is uncertain. Our panel of school leaders will help us understand how schools and universities are responding to the coronavirus crisis and how they are preparing for the fall. Can they open schools in a way that protects the health and safety of students and school staff? What lessons have they learned about communicating with their…
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