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Press Club Rewind05.21.12
Press Club Rewind is a weekly video review of events at the National Press Club. In this week's edition: Former Senator Byron Dorgan insists the Keystone oil pipeline will be built; Vince Gray talks early childhood education; Janet Murguia and immigration reform; and Chef Susan Delbert goes on a Zoofari.
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Anna Maria ChávezGirl Scouts CEO to speak May 30
Anna Maria Chávez, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of the USA, will speak at a National Press Club Luncheon, May 30. Ms. Chávez will be in the nation’s capital to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouting.
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Billie Jean KingTennis great speaks at May 9 luncheon
Tennis legend Billie Jean King urged more tennis to combat American children's obesity at a May 9 club luncheon.
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Bob Woodward Wins Fourth Estate AwardAwards ceremony Sept. 21
Bob Woodward, the Washington Post investigative reporter and editor whose work on the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of an American president, has been selected as the 2012 recipient of the Fourth Estate Award, the National Press Club’s most-honored prize.
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Satchmo at The National Press ClubHistoric 1971 recording now available
Jazz great Louis Armstrong was in Washington on January 29, 1971 to perform at the Inauguration of then incoming National Press Club President Vernon Louviere, a fellow native of New Orleans. Satchmo at The National Press Club: Red Beans & Rice-ly Yours, which would be the last issued recording of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet before his death, has never been widely released... until now.
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Photo: Noel St. John
NPC 5KBeat the Deadline: June 9, 2012
The annual NPC "Beat the Deadline" 5K race benefits the ongoing work of the National Press Club Journalism Institute. The Institute is committed to helping working journalists improve their skills through ongoing training and programming of future journalists through scholarships that promote diversity within our profession.
- May222012 Governing to Win: Five Strategies for Government to Improve National Competitivesness 7:30 AM @ Murrow Room
- May222012 NPC Communication & Marketing 8:00 AM @ Truman Lounge
- May222012 Fact Checking the 2012 Election: Views from the Trenches 9:00 AM @ First Amendment Lounge
- May222012 Farnborough International Airshow 2012 Press Briefing 9:00 AM @ Holeman Lounge
- May222012 Clarity Conference 9:00 AM @ Ballroom
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May222012
Building a Community and Building Your Brand on Twitter
Sold Out 9:00 AM @ Bloomberg Room - May222012 Harassment, Bullying & Free Expression: Guidelines for Free & Safe Public Schools 10:00 AM @ Zenger Room
- May222012 Cleveland Club of Washington, DC 12:00 PM @ McClendon Room
- May222012 Rajat M. Nag, Asian Development Bank 12:00 PM @ Zenger Room
- May222012 Gillespie Group 6:00 PM @ McClendon Room
- May222012 Clearmark Awards Reception 6:00 PM @ First Amendment Lounge
- May222012 Timothy Gay "Assignment to Hell" 6:30 PM @ Conference Rooms
- May222012 National Press Foundation 7:00 PM @ 4th Estate Winners' Room
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- Special offer from the BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K May 21, 2012
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Are you ready to lace up your shoes at the 2012 BEAT THE DEADLINE 5K on June 9? We have a special offer from one of our generous donors.
The Hotel George wants to help you stay in the lap of luxury during your quest to be the first to cross the finish line. BEAT THE DEADLINE participants can get a special runner rate of $169/night.
Don't wait to miss out on this and other great offers. Go to our 5K website and register now.
For more information, contact 5k@press.org.
- Don your bib: Lobster Night returns this Wednesday May 21, 2012
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Reconnect with the Fourth Estate Restaurant for Lobster Night on Wednesday, May 23. Come enjoy a fresh and succulent 1 ¼ pound Maine lobster with coleslaw and choice of French fries or oven-crisped new potatoes for $25 for members, $30 for non-members.
The regular Fourth Estate menu will be available for non-crustacean lovers. Chef Susan has prepared a new spring dinner menu with such entrees as teriyaki tuna with red pepper rice and cantaloupe slaw, veal piccata with lemon sauce on soft parmesan polenta, and skewered jerk shrimp on vermicelli with light cream sauce.
- Asian Development Bank director to discuss impact of social, economic inequality on Asian financial future May 20, 2012
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Rajat M. Nag, managing director general of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will speak at a National Press Club Newsmaker press conference at 12 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, in the Zenger Room of the National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC.
Nag will address challenges the developing Asian nations face in the current economic climate and whether the region could experience social or political unrest if economic instability continues.
Freedom of the Press
NPC Urges Release of Ethiopian Journalist
May 10, 2012 | By Rachel Oswald
The National Press Club voiced its strong concern May 10 over the expected imminent sentencing of imprisoned Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, who is accused of violating the country’s draconian anti-terrorism law as a result of his high-profile advocacy of press freedom.
Sentencing of Nega could come as soon as Friday. There is the chance he could be sentenced to death or ordered to spend 15 to 20 years behind bars under Ethiopia’s 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation.
Satchmo at The National Press Club
Louis Armstrong was in Washington on January 29, 1971 to perform at the Inauguration of then incoming National Press Club President Vernon Louviere, a fellow native of New Orleans. Armstrong had been too ill to play trumpet for much of 1970, but on this evening Armstrong, backed by a group that included trombonist Tyree Glenn and Tommy Gwaltney on clarinet, performed for nearly 30 minutes, playing trumpet in addition to singing.
Satchmo at The National Press Club: Red Beans & Rice-ly Yours, which would be the last issued recording of Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet before his death, has never been widely released... until now.
