media@nclnet.org<\/a><\/p>\nWashington, D.C.\u2014The National Consumers League will honor United States Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and award-winning journalist Steve Kroft with its highest honor, the Trumpeter Award, this week on Capitol Hill. The Trumpeter Awards Dinner and Reception will bring together a diverse group of representatives of labor unions, advocates, legislators, organizations, and industries touched by the two advocates\u2019 esteemed careers. The advocacy organization, which honored Senator Edward Kennedy with its first Trumpeter award in 1973, has recognized leaders who are not afraid to speak out for social justice and for the rights of consumers and workers for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Trumpeter Award is NCL\u2019s highest honor, given to leaders who are not afraid to speak out for social justice and for the rights of consumers. No one fits that description better than Hilda Solis and Steve Kroft,\u201d said NCL Executive Director Sally Greenberg. \u201cSolis\u2019 dedication to improving the quality of life for workers in the United States, and Kroft\u2019s dedication to consumer-minded investigative journalism have earned them this year\u2019s Trumpeter Award.\u201d<\/p>\n
NCL will also celebrate the career of San Francisco business journalist Lynn Jimenez with its Florence Kelley Consumer Leadership Award, an honor named for NCL\u2019s first general secretary that is given to grassroots leaders in consumer education.<\/p>\n
The Trumpeter event will feature a reception, dinner, and speaking appearances by the three honorees, as well as:<\/p>\n
Larry Cohen<\/strong>, President, Communications Workers of America\u00a0
Herb Weisbaum<\/strong>, past Trumpeter recipient and The \u201cConsumerMan\u201d on MSNBC.com
Michelle Singletary,\u00a0<\/strong>past Trumpeter recipient and syndicated columnist
Jane King<\/strong>, NCL Board of Directors, Chair
Sally Greenberg<\/strong>, NCL Executive Director<\/p>\nEvent Details<\/strong><\/p>\nWhat:<\/strong>\u00a0National Consumers League\u2019s 2009 Trumpeter Awards Dinner<\/p>\nWhen:<\/strong>\u00a0Thursday, October 1, 2009, 6 p.m. Reception, 7 p.m. Dinner<\/p>\nWhere:<\/strong>\u00a0Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW,<\/p>\nWashington, DC.<\/p>\n
Questions or to RSVP:<\/strong>\u00a0Larry Bostian, National Consumers League 202-835-3323<\/p>\n###<\/p>\n
About the National Consumers League<\/strong><\/p>\nThe National Consumers League, founded in 1899, is America’s pioneer consumer organization. Our mission is to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit www.nclnet.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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