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The IRF Global Campaign for Women Presents: 2022 IRF Forum
IRF FORUM 2022 In partnership with Empower Women Media, American Muslim Women’s Empowerment Council, Lantos Foundation, ICRD, Institute for Religious Freedom, Peacemakers Network, Oversight Board, Hardwired, and others. Registration: http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=xaubhggab&oeidk=a07ejbaq4kzd47eec54 Date: October 27 and 28, 2022 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Location: The National Press Club 529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC Context: While there is great work underway for religious freedom worldwide, the MENA region has high rates of persecution. Women…
Type: Event
Entry period starts TODAY for annual NPC members photo exhibit opening Sept. 1
Photo grid, A. Kotok It's decision time -- time to make your final selections of print photos and electronic images that you want to enter in the 23rd annual members photography exhibit, which will be appearing for the month of September in the National Press Club's main lobby. The Club's Photography Team begins accepting entries for the exhibit on Monday, Aug. 1. The entry period closes Friday, Aug. 12, for print photos and Saturday, Aug. 13, for electronic images. The show displays NPC members' print photos on fabric panels and electronic images on four monitors all month. You can…
Type: News
Tenth Annual Aerospace Media Awards Recognizes Excellence In Journalism
During the week of July 18, the world’s aviation industry reconvened in Europe for the first time since before the pandemic. The biennial Farnborough International Airshow, aviation’s largest event for 2022, attracted tens of thousands of exhibitors and visitors, not to mention more than a thousand accredited journalists. On the eve of that event, the 10th annual Aerospace Media Awards held in London recognized excellence in journalism across nearly 20 categories. In this edition of Update-1, NPC Broadcast Podcast Team Co-vice Chair Adam Konowe speaks with AMA principal Peter Bradfield about…
Type: Media
Ambassador Ahmed Boutache, hosting with his wife, Fatima Boutache, spoke of the growing commercial and diplomatic ties between his North African country and America. Boutache noted that Algeria has a well-educated, young work force, and effectively battled the coronavirus, including the creation of a vaccine factory that helped supply surrounding countries. He also addressed Algeria's daunting challenges, including Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s efforts to push global stability, as “…without peace and security, development is simply not possible."
Both the current U.S. Ambassador to Algeria Elizabeth Moore Aubin and former US Ambassador to Algeria Cameron Hume attended the event. Both expressed their long-held fondness for Algeria and their hope that more Americans will have the opportunity to visit. Brahim Chennouf, Algeria’s Consul General of New York, also attended the event. Historian John Kiser gifted copies of his book, "Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader (1808-1883)", a fascinating 19th century figure who battled French colonialism while advocating human rights.
Master musician Rafael Javadov's electric violin buoyed the atmospherics for club attendees and for embassy staff escaping their two-year lockdown. Club member Jan Du Plain emceed the evening ICC Chair Elizabeth Hagedorn said the evening met the ICC team's goal of helping Club members network with important international contacts and connecting embassy officials with valuable media contacts. The Elms, the setting for the event, has a long history of high profile residents and intrigue. The Spring Valley mansion housed Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson after he took office. Outside walking in…
ICC revives Embassy Nights with gala evening at Algerian ambassador's residence
The International Correspondents Committee's Embassy Nights returned from its COVID-19 hiatus with gala evening last month at the residence of the Algerian ambassador.
Type: News
The ICC is looking to hold more events with embassy officials, at embassies around town, in the coming months. Contact Hagedorn ([email protected]) to learn more.
Midsummer mixer blends embassy press attachés with Club Journalists
The National Press Club's International Correspondents Committee invited all Club members to meet with Embassy press attachés at a happy hour event July 21, 2022. Attachés are seen here on the marble staircase in the Club's lobby. Photo: Patricia McDougall Defying the usual midsummer exodus of professionals fleeing Washington’s heat waves and slowdowns, the National Press Club’s International Correspondents Committee gathered 50 press attachés from the Washington embassies of 35 nations on July 21. They participated in a mixer held in the First Amendment Lounge, joined by journalists from…
Type: News
Update-1 podcast discusses Aerospace Media Awards
Peter Bradfield Aerospace Media Awards principal Peter Bradfield speaks with Adam Knowe of the National Press Club's Broadcast Podcast Team in the latest edition of Update-1, the Club's podcast. He discusses the 10th annual Aerospace Media Awards, held in London in July, which recognized excellence in journalism across nearly 20 categories. Bradfield also addresses the Defense Media Awards, scheduled to be held at the Club on Oct. 9. The awards in London were held on the eve of the biennial Farnborough International Airshow, aviation’s largest event, which attracted tens of thousands of…
Type: News