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Speak up! Polish your speaking skills at Toastmasters Club 7 pm, tonight
Is your otherwise articulate speaking riddled with "um, um" or 'you know"? Can you deliver a stellar speech but find yourself wobbling when speaking on the fly? If you answered "yes" but would like the answer to be "no," attend the next meeting of the National Press Club’s Toastmasters group at 7 p.m. Monday, June 26, in the McClendon Room. The Club group is a part of Toastmasters International, an organization that has been helping people hone their speaking skills for more than 199 years. The National Press Club Toastmasters meet the second and fourth Mondays of each month. Guests are…
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Sign time: Make a poster for Club members playing in Wednesday Congressional women's softball game
Stop by the Reliable Source Friday evening during Taco Night to make a poster (or two) to support four National Press Club members -- Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, Shawna Thomas of Vice News and Sarah Wire of the Los Angeles Times -- who will be part of the journalists' team when it takes on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women's Softball Game on Wednesday, June 21. Proceeds from the game benefit Young Survival Coalition, the premier global organization dedicated to the critical issues unique to young women who are…
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Celebrate first day of summer with barbecue and jazz at Reliable Source, June 22
Next Thursday, June 22, will mark the first full day of summer. And the Club's Reliable Source restaurant will celebrate it appropriately -- with its festive annual Summer Barbecue accompanied by cool jazz provided by the Greater U Street Jazz Collective. Dinner, featuring barbecued chicken and beef barbecue will be served starting at 5:30 p.m., with the Jazz Collective performance beginning at 6 p.m. in the Truman Lounge. Cost of the buffet for is $24 for Club members and $28 for nonmembers, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are recommended. To reserve space, please contact the Reliable…
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Club member travels to Antarctica to tell climate change story from penguin’s perspective
A new National Press Club member who recently traveled to Antarctica to make a video about climate change doesn’t mince words in her reaction to President Donald J. Trump’s move to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement. “I think it’s a shameful and pathetic decision,” said Maggie Dewane, a communications and press officer at the Environmental Investigation Agency and a member of the Club’s Communicator Team. “While the Paris Agreement is not binding nor lays out country-specific plans for reaching climate goals, the United States was the leader in bringing the world…
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Toastmasters to meet tonight, 7 p.m.
With three speeches on the agenda it's bound to be a lively night at tonight's monthly meeting of the National Press Club's Toastmasters group at 7 p.m. in the McClendon Room. Titles of the speeches by members of the group are "Bad News Bucs," "Believe in Yourself," and "Elevate to Motivate." Come join the fun and support these members as they perfect their speaking skills. And maybe you'll want to test your own mettle in the Table Topics session. All are welcome. There's advance registration required or cost to visit.
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Club's annual Civil War battlefield trip heads to Brandy Station, Va., July 15
Brandy Station, near Culpeper, Va., site of the largest cavalry battle of the Civil War, will be the destination for the National Press Club’s 13th annual Civil War battlefield trip on Saturday, July 15. Club members and guests will depart by bus from the National Press Building at 8:30 a.m., returning at approximately 4:30 p.m. There is no charge for attendees, but Club members are asked to bring only one guest each. Reservations are required and can be made with Suzanne Struglinski at 202-662-7516 or [email protected]. The fierce all-day fighting in the fields and hills around…
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Books & Brunch to discuss ‘Germs, Guns and Steel” this Saturday, June 17
The National Press Club's Books & Brunch group will meet at noon this Saturday, June 17, in the Fourth Estate restaurant to discuss "Germs, Guns and Steel" by Jared Diamond. Diamond won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction for the book. The National Geographic Society produced and broadcast a PBS documentary based on the book in July 2005. In the book, Diamond argues that geography and environment determined which societies came to rely on farming and animal herding as their primary food source instead of hunting and gathering. This freed more people to specialize in such…
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Former Club President Gil Klein tells tales from the NPC history vault on June 15
Hear 30 years of National Press Club history as former President Gil Klein talks about what he's learned in three decades. The event takes place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15, in the Cosgrove Lounge. The event is free for members and their guests. Drink specials and complimentary appetizers will be available. To make sure we have enough room, everyone coming should please reserve by clicking here. In the Club's 109 years, historic events and whacky hijinks have happened all the time. Every president and presidential wannabe has a story here. Champions for every social and political…
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Club members to participate in Congressional softball game June 21
Four Club members, Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune, Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times, Shawna Thomas of Vice News and Sarah Wire of the Los Angeles Times, will be part of the journalists' team when they take on female members of Congress in the annual Congressional Women's Softball Game on Wednesday, June 21. If you are interested in attending the game, the Club will cover your ticket. We also can organize sign making parties at the Club. Please email [email protected] for more information.
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Summer BBQ with a side of jazz comes to Club June 22
The Reliable Source is hosting a summer BBQ with a performance by the Greater U Street Jazz Collective on Thursday, June 22. Special summer food and drink will be served starting at 5:30 p.m., with the Jazz Collective performing beginning at 6 p.m. in the Truman Lounge. Food and drink menu to be announced. Reservations are recommended. To reserve space, please contact us at 202-662-7443 or e-mail at [email protected]
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