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Biographer tells Club of Vice President Harris's little-known trait: empathy
One trait of Vice President Kamala Harris that is not well known is that she is empathetic and reaches out to people who are feeling some type of pain, veteran California journalist Dan Morain said Jan. 25. Discussing his new biography, "Kamala’s Way: An American Life,” Morain told a virtual National Press Club Headliners Book Event that Harris has many unscripted moments off camera that people are not aware of. For example, Morain said, when Harris was the San Francisco district attorney, a law school classmate asked her to write a note to a woman who had supported her campaign and was near…
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NAACP president says trial over George Floyd death represents ‘inflection point’ for criminal justice
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson makes a point about the criminal justice system. Photo: Alan Kotok NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said the trial in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd represents an “inflection point” in the country’s criminal justice system. He spoke during a virtual Newsmaker event at the National Press Club on Wednesday. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is charged with killing Floyd last summer, an incident caught on camera that inspired nationwide protests for racial and social justice. Johnson said those protests came because of…
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Former White House press secretary Perino gives career tips for pandemic conditions
National Press Club President Lisa Matthews interviews former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino regarding her newly released book “Everything Will be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (from a Former Young Woman)." Photo: Christy Bowe The global coronavirus pandemic has created difficulties for women who want to stand out in the workplace, according to Dana Perino, former White House press secretary for President George W. Bush and current Fox television host. Perino discussed her book, "Everything Will Be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (from a Former Young Woman)," at a National…
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114th NPC President Lisa Matthews talks Club operations, diversity
National Press Club President Lisa Matthews In January, Lisa Matthews, an Associated Press assignment manager for video, was inaugurated as the 114th president of the National Press Club. In the latest edition of Update-1 Matthews talks with Broadcast/Podcast co-vice chair Adam Konowe about the Club’s pandemic-driven challenges and opportunities during the past year, as well as what’s to come. She also addresses the topic of diversity, equity and inclusion as the Club’s third black president and one of only 14 women to hold the position in more than a century. Mike Hempen produces Update-1…
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Mercy Corps CEO says pandemic intensified global humanitarian crisis
NPC President Lisa Matthews interviews Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna on Thursday, March 25. Photo by Alan Kotok. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated poverty and intensified humanitarian crises around the world, Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna told a National Press Club virtual audience on Thursday. “Never before have we faced a humanitarian crisis of this magnitude,” said McKenna in a Club Headliners interview with NPC President Lisa Nicole Matthews, reflecting on the year’s events. “Extreme poverty is on the rise for the first time in two decades because of the pandemic.”…
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Vilsack evaluates array of programs in reprise as Ag Secretary
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, back at his old job, said Friday, March 26, his department is reviewing its vast array of programs such as food stamps, the pittance of aid that goes to Black farmers and nutrition for adults, as well as exploring how to help “our kids to eat better.” “What is working?” he asked at one point, or another time, “It bears asking the question.” Repeatedly naming programs, including the whole food production-processing system – and government’s role -- to be examined, Vilsack occasionally blamed the coronavirus pandemic for shortcomings but not once did he…
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COVID-19 reveals ‘hypocrisy’ of college athletics, says broadcaster Bob Costas
Legendary television sportscaster Bob Costas said the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the “hypocrisy” of college athletics and football during a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker on Friday, Nov. 6. With some campuses struggling to stop the spread of the COVID-19 infection and laying out extensive protocols to do so, college football has continued, with student-athletes expected to keep practicing and playing with no salary or union protections, unlike the professional game. Costas said the inequity is stark, and with football ongoing but most other activities shut down, it shows where…
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Brockovich: It takes upset mothers to upgrade water quality
Superheroes don’t solve community water pollution problems, mothers do, activist Erin Brockovich told a National Press Club Virtual Book Rap on Friday, Oct. 30, while promoting her new book, "Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It." “Upset mothers are real good at turning their anger into action,” Brockovich said. “When they get organized, listen I’m just there to cheerlead because they are going to come right through until they get accomplished the thing they need to do.” It takes a lot of organization, work and time to improve water quality…
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James Beard Award-winning chefs to cook for a cause: Freedom for Austin Tice
James Beard Award-winning Chef Chris Shepherd will kick-off a new remote cooking demonstration series designed to bring awareness to the case of Austin Tice, the Marine veteran and award-winning journalist who was detained at a checkpoint in Syria while covering the civil war there back in 2012. Sponsored by the National Press Club, each episode in the Cook for a Cause series will pair a James Beard Award-winning Chef with either a member of the Tice family, or a press freedom advocate well-versed in Austin’s case. Shepherd, the owner and executive chef behind several award-winning…
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National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives reps call for police reforms, resist defunding
The brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers on May 25 invoked a global outcry for change in policing behaviors and procedures, with some advocating for the defunding of police departments altogether. National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) President Lynda R. Williams, and former President Cerelyn J. Davis, discussed necessary police agency reforms in a National Press Club Virtual Newsmaker on July 30 moderated by Club President Michael Freedman. National Press Club President Michael Freedman (right) asks Lynda Williams, professor…
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