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Panel: Activists will look to civil disobedience to challenge Trump
Civil disobedience will be a key tactic for protestors challenging the incoming Trump administration, according to a panel of activists speaking at a National Press Club Newsmaker event Friday. The speakers, all of whom have supported or engaged in civil disobedience, spoke to the importance of strategic resistance. Attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, discussed the value of civil disobedience from a historical perspective. From Rosa Parks to Cesar Chavez, she said, activists have used civil disobedience to inform the public about…
Type: News
Leadership in the 1990s
Representative Schroeder, chair of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Aging, explained the current "Leadership debt" in Washington, D.C. She began by describing the changes in Washington since the arrival of President Richard Nixon in the 1970s. She blamed much of the lack of leadership and accountability on the voters. "Without a vision, people perish," she stated. She explained her fear that people would switch from utilizing public facilities such as public schools and urban services and instead favor private education and protection. Much of her criticism was directed at the…
Type: Media
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to make exit address at National Press Club, Jan. 11
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will speak at a National Press Club newsmaker and take questions on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. Moniz, in one of his final public speaking appearances in Washington, will discuss how an increased focus on science and research and development has informed better policymaking and technology solutions, and how to protect the independence and integrity of scientists at the Department of Energy and its 17 National Labs. Moniz will unveil a new report on the laboratories' work and policies intended to encourage and empower scientists to innovate new energy solutions…
Type: News
Celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson dinner, Jan. 30
Celebrity Chef Marcus Samuelsson, a Food Network favorite and a James Beard Award winner, will showcase dishes from his famed Red Rooster Harlem restaurant at a cookbook dinner on Monday, Jan. 30. To purchase tickets, click here. Samuelsson’s Red Rooster opened in Harlem in 2010 to great acclaim with its wide-ranging menu of American comfort food pepped with hits of Samuelsson’s Swedish and Ethiopian roots. The restaurant ushered in a dining renaissance in the New York City neighborhood. On the menu, such American favorites as brown butter biscuits and chicken and waffles converge with…
Type: News
Looking for something to fill the bleak days of January? Look no further than the Reliable Source
The Reliable Source at the National Press Club offers several special events in the coming weeks: On Inaugural Day, we'll have it all at the Reliable Source -- a special buffet, specialty drinks and warm place to watch President-elect Donald Trump take the oath of office. The Inaugural Watch Party starts at noon Friday, Jan. 20, in the Reliable Source. Welcome the Chinese New Year a few days early with a Chinese Dinner on Thursday, Jan. 26. Dinner service begins at 5:30 p.m. and continues until 9 p.m. Reservations recommended. To make reservations, please contact us at 202-662-7443 or e-mail…
Type: News
Broadcast/Podcast Committee Seeks New Members
Club members interested in multimedia, including traditional radio and television as well as new content forms, are invited to attend the next Broadcast/Podcast Committee meeting from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 in the newly renovated Cosgrove Room (the former Games Room) in the Reliable Source. One need not register, but if you plan to attend for the first time, please let a committee leader know in case we get moved to the McClendon Room. Here are some questions and answers about the committee: Q. Has the committee been around long and what’s up with the name?A. We began as a…
Type: News
Just a few days left to reserve your spot for inauguration tips panel, Jan. 10
Tap the wisdom of veteran reporters who will deliver tips for getting the best stories out of the presidential inauguration at a Jan. 10 program presented by the National Press Club Journalism Institute and the Professional Development Committee. The program, which costs $5 for members and $10 for non-members, starts at 9.30am on Tuesday in the Murrow Room of the club. RSVP required. Click here to reserve your spot. Confirmed panelists include: Jonathan Salant, Washington correspondent for New Jersey Advance Media, a former Press Club president who has covered every inauguration since 1989…
Type: News
On Jan. 13, see the transfer of the gavel at NPC membership meeting
The National Press Club’s next general membership meeting will be held on Friday, Jan. 13, at noon. Members will have the opportunity to hear from the club’s top leadership about all of the exciting progress being made at the world’s leading professional organization for journalists. Outgoing officers will present reports before handing over their duties to the incoming officers. And there’s a free lunch. See you there! Here is the meeting agenda:1. Meeting called to order (Outgoing President Thomas Burr)2. Approval of the October General Membership Meeting Minutes (Morton)3. Membership…
Type: News
Newsmaker today: How civil disobedience could challenge the Trump Administration
Will civil disobedience be used to disrupt a new administration that sees itself as disruptive? And, what makes a breach of law an act of civil disobedience? When is civil disobedience morally justified? Can it go too far? A panel of activists at a National Press Club Newsmaker news conference will discuss these and other issues at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 6, in the club’s Zenger Room. Panelists include: Micah White, the co-founder of Occupy Wall Street; Attorney Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, a non-profit progressive legal…
Type: News
A snippet of NPC history: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was a club regular
"Margaret Thatcher: The inimitable Margaret Thatcher has been a regular speaker at the National Press Club for four decades. She first addressed a luncheon in 1975 after being elected leader of Britain's Conservative Party. She then spoke twice while serving as prime minister during the 1980s and twice in the 1990s after leaving that post and being granted a peerage as Lady Thatcher. It happened at the National Press Club--where news is made in the nation's capital." Listen to one of Thatcher's speeches here. This snippet was one of many put together by the late Art Wiese, who served as…
Type: News