July
Co-Sponsored Events:
July 30-31, Aug. 1, 2018
Annual Whistleblowers Summit
Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
Whistleblower Protection Blog, Upcoming Event: Whistleblower Summit on the Hill, Michael Ellis, July 6, 2018. On July 30th, 2018, the Whistleblower Summit for Civil and Human Rights will hold an opening plenary for National Whistleblower Day on the Hill. The event will commemorate the contributions of whistleblowers and celebrate the 240th anniversary of America’s first whistleblower law.
The summit will be held in Dirksen Senate Office Building, G50 from 10 AM-11:50 AM.
Representatives from several civil society organizations will be present, including from the National Whistleblower Center, ACORN 8, Justice Integrity Project, Federally Employed Women Legal and Education Fund, Government Accountability Project, Public Citizen, Project on Government Oversight, and Tax Payers Against Fraud. The panelists will include Stephen M. Kohn, leading whistleblower attorney and executive director of the National Whistleblower Center, Tom Devine, legal director for the Government Accountability Project, and Andrew Kreig, director for the Justice for Integrity Project.
This event will be a valuable opportunity to learn about the contributions of whistleblowers in exposing wrongdoing and promoting accountability. The opening plenary will be followed by an invite-only luncheon hosted by National Whistleblower Center. Details.
November
SAVE THE DATE
CAPA EVENT
“THE LAST WITNESSES – REVEALING THE TRUTH”
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
12 NOON – 9 PM
THE OLD RED MUSEUM, DALLAS, TEXAS
HISTORIC FORMER COURTHOUSE OVERLOOKING DEALEY PLAZA
New York Times, 
Washington Post, 
Washington Post Staff, Sept. 22, 2018. The Senate Judiciary Committee and lawyers for Ford have been in negotiations for days about whether she would appear before the panel. Ford, shown at right in a file photo, has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s when both were teenagers.
Ford says Judge, shown at right, watched Kavanaugh attack her at a high school party in the early 1980s and then literally piled on, leaping on top of her and Kavanaugh. Judge says he does not remember the party and never saw his buddy behave like that. Ford’s legal team has asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to compel Judge to testify.
the Senate Judiciary Committee has resigned amid questions from NBC News about a previous sexual harassment complaint.