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Feast on crabs Sept. 13
Members and their guests are invited to the annual Crab Fest Buffet on Thursday, Sept. 13 at 5:30 p.m. Roll up your sleeves and be prepared for a challenging dining experience. Reserve soon at [email protected] or 202-662-7443 because this a sold-out event every year. Menu details will be announced soon. The buffet is $17 per person, plus tax and tip.
Type: News
Club needs your survey feedback
We've got a great response so far to the National Press Club member survey, but if you haven't filled it out, we still need your opinions. Please click on the unique link sent to you in an e-mail to access the survey. If you've misplaced the survey e-mail or would like it sent to a different address than the Club has on file, please e-mail [email protected]. Your opinion is important and will be kept confidential. This is your once-every-five-years chance be part of the Club's opinion-gathering work as we write our next strategic plan and make decisions about Club priorities and spending.…
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Flu shot clinic Oct. 10
The National Press Club Fitness Center is sponsoring the annual flu shot clinic Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The shots will be administered by INOVA Health Services and the cost is $25 per person. They will also honor members with Medicare Part B. Don’t miss out! All participants MUST sign-up at the Front Desk. If you have questions, please call Terry Davis at 202-662-7520.
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Club to offer dues assistance to members facing financial challenges
The Fellowship Committee and Board of Governors have established a program to assist members who are out of work or having financial challenges pay their membership dues. President Theresa Werner said “a big thanks to new Fellowship Chair Arthur Wiese and his team for coming up with a smart and innovative program that will provide six months and in some cases a year of dues assistance to members while they get back on sound financial footing. The Board and the Fellowship Committee agree that when a member is out of work they need the club more than ever so that they can network and retrain…
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Club extends McCarren contract
The Board of Governors of the National Press Club announced an agreement with Executive Director William C. McCarren to continue directing the business side of the 104-year-old institution through 2015. McCarren was hired as General Manager of the Club in July 2007 and was promoted to Executive Director in 2009. “This is a great day for the National Press Club,” said President Theresa Werner. “The Board was unanimous in its decision that we should move now to extend the contract of an executive who has led our financial turnaround in the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression…
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Head of family research council to speak on 'biblical values' at Sept. 12 luncheon
Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council (FRC), will speak at a Sept. 12 luncheon on the role of "biblical values" in the November elections. Perkins plans to discuss what he regards as threats to religious liberties, traditional marriage and the unborn. The FRC defines itself as a "Christian organization promoting the traditional family unit and the Judeo-Christian value system." The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the FRC as a hate group, a label disputed by Perkins. He also will talk about the Aug. 15 shooting at FRC headquarters, when a gunman opened fire and…
Type: News
Newsmaker panel to address school choice, Thursday, Aug. 23, 10 a.m.
A Newsmaker panel will address school choice Thursday, Aug. 23, at 10 a.m. Members of the panel are Kevin Welner, Director of the National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado; Gary Miron, Western Michigan University; Alex Medler, vice president, policy and advocacy, for the National Association of Charter School Authorizers; Mary Filardo, executive director, District of Columbia’s 21st Century School Fund; and Adam Schaeffer, policy analyst, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute. They will address the questions: Charter schools, vouchers, online education, homeschooling,…
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Bestselling author John Perkins to speak Sept. 27
John Perkins, bestselling author of "Hoodwinked" and "Confessions of an Economic Hitman," will speak at the National Press Club at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in the ballroom. Drawing on experiences described in his two blockbuster books, Perkins describes the post-WWII era as one that created history's first truly global empire -- mostly through economics, rather than the military. Identifying corporations as "the most influential institutions on the planet," he challenges people to transform themselves and the companies that so deeply impact their lives. He presents a plan for creating a…
Type: News
Catholic nuns’ leader answers Vatican and bishops' criticism
Sister Mary Hughes, past president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), told a club luncheon audience August 16 that she felt “humiliated” when a Vatican representative told her in April that the Vatican was appointing three U.S. bishops to oversee the LCWR, revise its statutes and review its programs. The LCWR is a group of 1500 administrators of congregations of Catholic nuns, whose members include 80 percent of the 57,000 nuns in the country. The group’s leadership meets with the Vatican every year, and Sister Hughes said she was completely surprised by the news at this…
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