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NPC Newsmaker: Gretchen Carlson & Julie Roginsky discuss the new landmark “Me Too” Bill
Gretchen Carlson, former Fox News journalist, and now a special contributor for PEOPLE TV, joins Julie Roginsky, co-founder of the non-profit, “Lift Our Voices" to discuss the recent landmark “#MeToo” bill that forbids companies from forcing sexual harassment and assault claims into arbitration. Carlson and Roginsky will discuss the recent bill, how it garnered support from both parties on the Hill, and how this legislation will now be a “model” for addressing forced arbitration for other claims. They will also discuss their nonprofit that is dedicated “to creating positive and systemic…
Type: Event
"Bring Them Home" Film Screening & Directors Discussion
The National Press Club will host an evening film screening of “Bring them Home,” a powerful, timely short documentary from Washington Post Opinions about the growing crisis of Americans being held hostage by foreign governments. The 32-minute film will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A with directors Kate Woodsome and Ray Whitehouse and Executive Producer Jason Rezaian. “Bring Them Home” follows a Washington, D.C. family caught in the middle of longstanding U.S.-Iran tensions when American Emad Shargi is wrongfully imprisoned during a visit to Tehran. Shargi’s wife and…
Type: Event
China in Africa
You are invited to attend a press conference and discussion hosted by Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C, on behalf of the Ogaden Community of the USA, an Ogaden-American organization in Minnesota. The event will take place on 3/31/2022 from 10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. EDT. in the Zenger Room at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. Title of Press Conference and Discussion: China in Africa: Debt, Death, and the Projection of Chinese Military Power Outside Asia. Background The Chinese (via GCL-Poly - a Chinese government-backed firm) are drilling for gas and oil in the Somali (Ogaden) region of…
Type: Event
NPC Luncheon: Fran Drescher, SAG-AFTRA President
Fran Drescher – actress, writer, director, and labor leader -- will speak at a National Press Club Headliners luncheon on Monday, April 25 at 12:30 p.m. Drescher will deliver a speech on the intersection of labor, sustainability, and health. Drescher was elected president of SAG-AFTRA in September 2021. A two-time Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated actor for her portrayal as Fran Fine on CBS’s hit series, The Nanny, Drescher also wore many hats as creator, executive producer, writer and director. A 21-year cancer survivor, Drescher founded the Cancer Schmancer Movement, which is dedicated to…
Type: Event
Sri Lanka to be subject of virtual April 6 Member Author event
Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, a new member of the National Press Club, plans to discuss his latest book, Conundrum of an Island: Sri Lanka’s Geopolitical Challenges, at a virtual Member Author event at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 6. Asanga is a Sri Lankan native, journalist and activist. “Having first-hand witnessed the almost three-decade civil war, a youth insurrection and narrowly escaping a terror attack on Easter Sunday, I wanted to capture and share the internal and external challenges Sri Lanka was facing,” he said in explaining his motivation for writing this book. Mmembers and the general…
Type: News
Former Fox News personalities discuss sexual harassment legislation on Tuesday, March 29
Former Fox News personalities Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky will discuss landmark sexual harassment legislation at an in-person Headliner Newsmaker at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, in the Holeman Lounge. Gretchen Carlson (l) and Julie Roginsky Carlson and Roginsky plan to discuss the recent law forbidding companies from forcing sexual harassment and assault claims into arbitration. The Headliners event is open to Club members and credentialed press. RSVP here. Both Carlson and Roginsky filed sexual harassment and retaliation suits against Fox News and its founder and CEO, Roger Ailes…
Type: News
New NPC Press Freedom Chair Highlights Threats Globally
Syria, Mexico, China and Russia are just a few of the countries where press freedom is already severely curtailed or under increasing threat, according to new National Press Club press freedom chair Rachel Oswald, who is also a reporter at CQ Roll Call in Washington, D.C. In this edition of Update-1, Oswald discusses the myriad challenges to a free press and related democratic institutions. In her conversation with Broadcast Podcast Committee co-vice chair Adam Konowe, Oswald also highlights potential legal challenges to the landmark case New York Times vs. Sullivan, especially in light of a…
Type: Media
U.S.-Jamaica cooperation is subject of prime minister's talk April 1
Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica plans to address opportunities for U.S.-Jamaica cooperation at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 1. This event will be held at the Club. To submit a question via email, put JAMAICA in the subject line and email to [email protected]. Download a calendar reminder here. This year marks the 60th anniversary of Jamaican independence and 60 years of diplomatic relations with the United States. Holness plans to discuss the development of a socio-economic model of cooperation …
Type: News