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2023 World Leaders Summit of Love and Peace
FOWPAL will host a luncheon "2023 World Leaders Summit of Love and Peace" on March 28, 2023. The event centers around world leaders who ring the Bell of World Peace, followed by saying their own wish or prayer for the world. At this event, several Ambassadors and Congressional members are expected to attend. To date, 464 influential leaders from 128 nations have rung the Bell and made wishes for peace. During the ancient solemn bell ringing ceremony, the bell ringers' reverence for nature and their wishes for peace will be spread with the sound of the bell, soothing all living beings,…
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American Legion Post 20 hosts a tour of National Museum of the U.S. Army, Monday
The National Press Club American Legion Post 20 is arranging a visit to the National Museum of the U.S. Army, located in Northern Virginia, on Monday, March 20, at 9:30 a.m. All Club members are invited to participate. Meet outside the museum's main entrance at the flag pole at 9:30 a.m. Group tickets have been requested. These tickets are free. You can bring along friends and family, too. This is a self-guided tour with trained docents stationed throughout the galleries to answer visitors' questions. The museum features a cafe on site, which will be available for a post-tour lunch. The…
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Don your green for Club's St. Patrick's Day buffet, tonight
Sure and begorrah! Friday is St. Patrick’s Day. The Club will celebrate it by returning to an old tradition – its St. Patrick’s dinner buffer in the Reliable Source restaurant. Club members and their guests are invited to join the gala event, held in conjunction with TGIF, between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. It likely will sell out, so reservations are strongly encouraged. Make a reservation online or by calling 202-662-7443. Price of the buffet is $35 for Club members, $40 for nonmember guests. Besides traditional Irish dishes, the event will feature Irish music on CD. And draft Guiness will be…
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Late business icon, ex-Navy aviator, lauded at Legion Post 20 meeting
"Serving in the Navy was the foundation of his life," Jennifer London, widow of J. Phillip "Jack" London, said of her husband at a March 15 meeting of National Press Club American Legion Post 20. Her husband, who died in 2021, built the 35-person consulting firm CACI into a Fortune 500 company with some 23,000 employees providing vital services to U.S. national defense. The Naval Academy graduate and naval aviator did so stressing principles of ethics and integrity that have become models for the business community. American Legion Post 20 Commander Tom Young presents a National Press Club…
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Members invited to breakfast symposium on reporting threats to democracy, Thursday
This morning's edition of the Wire listed an incorrect date for this event. Club member Alison Young, director of the University Missouri School of Journalism's Washington Program, invites National Press Club members to a breakfast symposium the school is sponsoring with Investigative Reporters and Editors on reporting on threats to democracy. The event will be held at the Club Thursday, March 23, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. For a $5 registration fee, participants will come away with a deeper understanding of emerging threats — plus story ideas and the tools to pursue them on almost any beat.…
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Young Members Kick-Off Meeting
Join us for this open group meeting of the Press Club's young members. Any and all are welcome. Order your drinks and grab your tacos! Come and meet us in the Cosgrove Lounge.
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Northern Ireland 'can't be in limbo forever,' its first minister-elect tells Club
President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Northern Ireland should boost prospects of a power-sharing agreement among the region’s leaders after last May’s election, First Minister-elect Michelle O’Neill said Thursday during a Headliners Newsmaker event at the National Press Club. “We can’t be in limbo forever,” said O’Neill, whose political party, Sinn Fein, won a plurality of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly. “The democratic outcome of the election must be respected.” Biden’s planned visit “sends, once again, the strongest of messages of support from the USA that we continue to enjoy…
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Kashmir: From Turmoil to Transformation
The International Center for Peace Studies is hosting a panel discussion: Kashmir - From Turmoil to Transformation: perspectives from the ground, on March 23 from 1-3 pm at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The panelists include Mr. Mir Junaid, President of the Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party, and Mr. Touseef Raina, President of the Municipal Council of Baramulla in J&K. Mr. Se Hoon Kim, a columnist with the Sunday Guardian, will moderate the discussion. A Q&A session will follow the discussion. The event will also be live-streamed. Registration is required for in…
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