We’re excited to announce Marcia Eugenio’s induction into the CLC Child Labor Advocacy Hall of Fame! After decades of leadership in combating child and forced labor, Marcia’s incredible impact continues to inspire.

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Sally Greenberg attended the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Awards event at the Capitol Visitor Center.

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Sally Greenberg, NCL’s CEO, speaks on an educational panel on the 340B Drug Pricing Program. This session is for patient advocacy groups to deepen their understanding of 340B.

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The Child Labor Coalition recently inducted Nina Smith, the founding CEO of GoodWeave International, into the Child Labor Coalition Advocacy Hall of Fame for her three decades of creative and innovative leadership in the global fight to reduce child labor.

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Robin Strongin discusses 340B across state legislatures as a panelist at the annual Pfizer State Legislative Summit.

Robin Strongin and a panel of experts explore the importance of accessing trustworthy health information, ways to find credible health information and actions to take to be an empowered health consumer.

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Sally Greenberg, NCL’s CEO, visits Turkey for the Fair Labor Association board meeting. While there she visited a school for children of migrant workers, toured a hazelnut factory, and connected with fellow board members and FLA-accredited company representatives.

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Robin Strongin attended the Coalition for Trust in Health & Science Member Meeting.

NCL’s Child Labor Coalition Cocoa workgroup hosted a meeting which featured research findings from the American Institutes of Research (AIR) on child labor and forced labor in cocoa supply chains globally. AIR’s Vanessa Hoffman shared the research, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s International Labor Affairs Bureau.

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John Breyault sat down with Scott McCartney for a fireside chat at the American Society of Travel Advisors’ Travel Industry Forecast event at the National Press Club on September 16. John provided insights and analysis relating to consumer protection for airline passengers. See video of the chat here.

Exciting news from the Democratic National Convention! Our very own Sally Greenberg, CEO of the National Consumers League, is on the ground, connecting with leaders and advocates who share our commitment to #consumerrights and #consumerprotection.

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Sally Greenberg attended the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) annual celebration to honor the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), demonstrating her continued support for disability rights and inclusion.

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Sally participated in the Menopause Advocacy Working Group meeting, a project of Let’s Talk Menopause, on June 27. The discussion focused on advocating for accurate medication warnings and improving health outcomes for menopausal women.

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Ryan Barhoush, LifeSmarts Competitions Coordinator, will be attending the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and the National Endowment for Financial Education event on June 5th.

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NCL’s Health Advisory Council spring meeting discussed Al in health and medicine and what consumers should know. Moderated by NCL Director of Health Policy Robin Strongin, the meeting included speakers Ramin Bastani, Founder and CEO of Healthvana; Tina Olson Grande, MHS, President and CEO of Healthcare Trust Institute; Leah Binder, President and CEO of Leapfrog Group; and Hassan Tetteh, MD, MBA, MPA, MS, CEO of Human Care Technologies

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NCL hosted the 2024 National LifeSmarts Championship in San Diego, CA.

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Sam Sears, Health Policy Associate, attended the 2^nd Annual HHS Black Maternal Health Outcomes Matter Summit, in commemoration of Black Maternal Health Week.

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Robin Strongin, Senior Director of Health Policy, as well as representatives from the FDA Office of Therapeutic Biologics and Biosimilars for a webinar on biosimilars. This webinar was prerecorded and, while aimed at students of pharmacy, made available for the public.

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Sally Greenberg and Elena Robertson attended an event sponsored by One Fair Wage.

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Robin Strongin, Senior Director of Health Policy, will be speaking on Thursday, March 7^th at the “Creating a Patient-Centered 340B Drug Pricing Program” briefing hosted by Third Way.

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Join us for hors d’oeuvres and refreshments as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of LifeSmarts and honor our committed LifeSmarts partners.

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Sally Greenberg, John Breyault, and Ryan Barhoush attended the One Fair Wage Mayors for Livable Wages event in Washington, DC Friday, January 19. The event, which included Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Dearborn, MI Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, and many more mayors across the country, called for raising workers’ wages in the midst of the rising cost of living.

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NCLC Senior Attorney Margot Saunders and CTIA Assistant Vice President Sarah Leggin will join NCL experts to discuss text message phishing and scams.

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At the EPI webinar, the discussion centered around the rise of U.S. child labor and strategies to combat it.

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In honor of the 1-year anniversary of the passing of One Fair Wage’s Initiative 82, a celebration of workers, employers, and consumers will take place today, November 8 at 1 pm at Busboys and Poets. Sally will be a featured speaker at the event.

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Cannabis Consumer Watch will host a Capitol Hill briefing to educate policymakers and staff about the public health risks of current cannabinoids. NCL will be represented by Robin Strogin, Senior Director of Health Policy.

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Sally Greenberg and John Breyault have been invited to the White House to attend the President’s Announcement on protecting consumers from hidden junk fees.

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AARP Director of Fraud Prevention Kathy Stokes will join NCL experts for a conversation about how advocates, media, and policymakers can create victim-centered dialogues about fraud.

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Sally Greenberg, NCL CEO, attended the Friends of Cancer Research conference “Supporting the Use of Real World Data in Oncology Drug Development” September 11, 2023 where FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf spoke.

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NCL CEO Sally Greenberg spoke at this year’s We Work For Health Summit. As part of panel focusing on PBMs, Sally shared her knowledge of how patient health suffers as PBMs are involved in practices such as the need for prior authorizations and step therapy.

Industry and policy leaders gathered for the Spring Health Advisory Council meeting. Critical topics discussed included addressing barriers to medication access and improving primary care accessibility.  

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The availability of cannabinoid-containing products following the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill has increased exponentially, partially driven by demand and interest in its potential health and wellness benefits. However, questions remain on the legality, quality, safety, and effectiveness of many of these products.

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A Hill briefing on accessing lower cost bio biosimilars, an alternative to name-brand biologic pharmaceuticals, will take place on Wednesday, May 17. Sally and the following distinguished leaders are scheduled to share their experiences:

Jason Harris, Vice President Government Affairs, National Psoriasis Foundation

Anna Hyde, Vice President Policy and Access, The Arthritis Foundation

Bret Jackson, President & CEO, Economic Alliance of Michigan

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Chief Counsel for Development & Innovation at the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Dan Salsburg will join with NCL experts to discuss business email compromise.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and his Chief of Staff, Monalisa Dugué, join Georgetown University Law Center adjunct faculty member David Goodfriend for a discussion on technology policy, how they view the Supreme Court and what has influenced it, climate issues, and the role of staff in the legislative process.

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In honor of National Credit Education Month, NCL is partnering with FICO.

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NCL Vice President John Breyault co-hosted an evening reception in honor of National Consumer Protection Week with Project GOAL, Consumer Action, Safe Kids Worldwide, and Amazon. Working across government, industry, and consumer advocacy, we celebrated the importance of protecting consumers.

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NCL joined with Consumer Federation of America and Sports Fans Coalition to launch the Ticket Buyer Bill of Rights. The goal of the initiative is to give policymakers a clear set of principles for crafting pro-consumer and pro-competition live event ticketing reform legislation.

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NCL Vice President John Breyault testified before the Maryland House of Delegates in support of HB 795, a bill that would strengthen consumer protections against unfair and deceptive live event ticketing practices.

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Sally and Reid Maki attended the Fight Like Hell: The Testimony of Mother Jones movie in The Cinema at Eaton DC.

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Sally and Robin Strongin, NCL’s Senior Director of Health Policy, will attend a conference on Protecting Treatment Choice: Perspectives from Patients, Providers, and Advocates.

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John will be speaking on a panel about data breach notifications organized as part of the Identity Theft Resource Center and Better Identity Coalition’s Identity, Authentication, and the Road Ahead” conference.

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Sally will participate in the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Action Patient Voices for Telehealth Coalition Meeting that will provide perspectives on federal and state policies related to virtual care and discuss the activities to support the advancement of telehealth.

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VP of Fraud Policy & Telecommunications John Breyault will be one of the speakers at a panel discussion about the prevalence of fake online reviews, their impact on companies and consumers alike, and the steps policymakers can take to stop their spread.

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Impact 100 DC is an all-volunteer women’s philanthropic community dedicated to improving lives in the Greater Washington, DC area by collectively funding transformational grants to local nonprofit organizations.

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Sally and the NCL team joined our friends from the Consumer Federation of America to celebrate CFA’s 50 years of work on behalf of consumer protection and safety and to pay tribute to some of the leading consumer advocates working to keep Americans safe, healthy, and free from predatory practices.

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NCL is leading the charge for a comprehensive federal privacy statute. In her op-ed for The Hill publication, Sally explains why such protections are important and winnable.

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Sally and John Breyault, NCL’s Vice President of Fraud Policy & Telecommunications, attended a Capitol Hill briefing to provide background information and an outline for congressional action to make the live ticketing marketplace more fair and transparent. John also served as a panelist.

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Sally joined a panel of international experts on the transformation of the labor market in Uzbekistan; a labor market that once forced children to leave school to work picking in cotton fields to one that now boasts a more fair, transparent, and worker-friendly cotton sector. Ten years ago NCL and our Child Labor Coalition were part of a protest at the Uzbekistan embassy calling for an end to that country’s treatment of children.

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