Search
Displaying results 61 - 70 of 543
NPC Headliners Newsmaker: Venezuelan Ambassador Carlos Vecchio
Carlos Vecchio, Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States, will deliver an address at a National Press Club Newsmaker on Tuesday, July 30 at 11:00 a.m. on the current situation in Venezuela and the role he says the United States and the international community must play to aid the Venezuelan people as they struggle to recover their freedom. Vecchio was appointed ambassador to the United States in January 2019 by Juan Guaidó, who declared himself Interim President after a widely boycotted election last year that many foreign governments refused to recognize. This…
Type: Event
NPC Newsmaker: Andy Parker & the case for revisiting Section 230
Andy Parker, activist, author, and father of slain journalist Alison Parker, will make the case for revisiting the immunity and protections enjoyed by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other online publishers of third-party content under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) at a National Press Club Headliners newsmaker event Tuesday, August 6 at 2:00 p.m. Parker’s daughter Alison was 24-years-old and working as a journalist with CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, VA when she was assassinated on live TV by a disgruntled former co-worker. The murderer filmed the killing and then…
Type: Event
NPC Newsmaker: Xiyue Wang's Wife Marks Third Anniversary of His Imprisonment in Iran
Marking the third anniversary of Princeton University graduate student Xiyue Wang’s false imprisonment in Iran, his wife Hua Qu will deliver remarks about the status of his case in a National Press Club Newsmaker event Thursday, Aug. 8 at 10 a.m. in the Club’s Bloomberg Room. In August 2016, Xiyue had been conducting research for his doctoral thesis in Tehran when he was wrongfully arrested, charged and convicted of espionage and sentenced 10 years in prison by Iranian authorities. A naturalized American citizen, Wang has not seen his wife or six-year-old son in three years. He is being…
Type: Event
Publishers from Venezuela and Ecuador to Discuss Threats to Press Freedom in Latin America
Publishers from Venezuela and Ecuador to Discuss Threats to Press Freedom in Latin America at National Press Club Newsmakers News Conference Washington, DC – Newspaper publishers from Latin America will discuss threats to press freedom in Latin America at a National Press Club Newsmakers News Conference on Tuesday, December 2 – Miguel Henrique Otero, owner/publisher of El Nacional, the most influential newspaper in Venezuela and one of the most prestigious newspapers in Latin America, and Carlos Perez Barriga, owner/publisher of El Universo, an Ecuadorian newspaper. Otero and Barriga will…
Type: Event
Ethicist, Pastor and Activist Jim Wallis to Address Ferguson Shooting
Ethicist, Pastor and Activist Jim Wallis to Address Ferguson Shooting Washington, DC – The shooting of Michael Brown on August 9th in Ferguson, Missouri sparked massive protests and once again focused national attention on the issue of how police treat minorities. Jim Wallis, the president and founder of Sojourners—a Christian organization that promotes “faith in action for social justice” – went to Ferguson and was arrested on Oct. 13th in an act of civil disobedience along with other faith leaders. Wallis will provide his unique perspective as a pastor, father, activist and respected…
Type: Event
The Ukraine Crisis: Is Nuclear Conflict Likely?
The Ukraine Crisis: Is Nuclear Conflict Likely? Washington, DC – Australia’s Dr. Helen Caldicott – a longtime advocate of citizen action to address nuclear and environmental crisis, founding President of Physicians for Social Responsibility and a 1985 Nobel Peace Prize nominee – believes the current crisis in Ukraine is evidence that the Cold War has not only returned and could well morph into a nuclear exchange between Russia and the U.S. For the first time in recent history, Russia and the U.S. are in a state of confrontation. Both nations have recently conducted nuclear war games, and…
Type: Event
A Strategic Plan for Employee Benefits
A Strategic Plan for Employee Benefits American Benefits Council to Unveil Long-Term Strategic Plan and Legislative Agenda Washington, DC – As corporations and employees navigate the changing business environment, both worry about benefits. Businesses worry about cost. Employees are concerned about the cost and whether they will be able to retire comfortably. The Affordable Care Act has added more uncertainty as the changes to benefits are still being determined, especially the effect on “Cadillac” health plans. Corporate representatives and representatives from the American Benefits Council…
Type: Event
Campaign Nonviolence
Campaign Nonviolence To Launch at National Press Club Newsmaker Featuring Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Rev. Lennox Yearwood and More Washington, DC – Campaign Nonviolence, a newly formed movement to build a culture of peace through the practice of active nonviolence, will formally launch at the National Press Club on Thursday, September 18 in the club’s Broadcast Operations Center at 10:00 AM. The launch event and press conference will feature former Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich, Ken Butigan (Pace e Bene), Nobel Peace Prize nominee John Dear (Pace e Bene), Rev. Lennox Yearwood (Hip Hop…
Type: Event
Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times Reporter Expelled from Kabul
New York Times Reporter Expelled from Kabul to Speak at Newsmaker 2 p.m. Wednesday New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg, who was expelled from Kabul last week but whom the two presidential candidates said they would allow back into Afghanistan, will speak at a Newsmaker News Conference on Wednesday, August 27. Rosenberg will discuss both his own situation and the outlook for Afghanistan. He has been covering Afghanistan since 2008, first as the South Asia correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, and then for the Times, which he joined in November 2011. He also did a stint in…
Type: Event
Lilian Tintori, wife of celebrated Venezuelan Opposition Leader Leopoldo Lopez
Wife of Celebrated Venezuelan Opposition Leader Leopoldo LópezSpeaks at National Press Club on Eve of His Trial Washington, DC – Lilian Tintori, wife of imprisoned Venezuelan political activist Leopoldo López, former mayor of the Chacao district of Caracas and the leader of the Popular Will opposition party, will speak at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Monday, July 21 – two days before Lopez is scheduled to go on trial in Caracas – and release a major report examining the charges against her husband and placing them in the context of the domestic political situation in…
Type: Event