Whistleblower Summit Tribute to Dan Ellsberg
Whistleblower Summit Tribute to Dan Ellsberg
5 Events in DC and Live-streamed
Dear Friends,
When I heard the sad news of the passing of Dan Ellsberg, a friend, I asked the organizers of the annual Whistleblower (WB) Summit whether we could have a tribute for Dan, on short notice. They thankfully booked a room at the National Press Club in DC on National Whistleblower Day.
In 2021 Dan received a Pillar Award and gave the keynote address. The entire WB community is eternally grateful to Dan, considered the father of WBs and also a father to WBs whom he has nurtured through their ordeals.
This has been a labor of love with many costs for the reception and technology at the National Press Club. I am very grateful to the WBS organizers for making this happen. If you can afford it, for my belated birthday (7/7) wishes, I would appreciate contributions through a direct link, including "National Press Club Event"on https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/whistleblower-summit-film-festival
Note: The Ellsberg family is planning their official memorial for Dan at a future date. This tribute, part of the Whistleblower Summit, organized on short notice, is one of many tributes being planned by many who have been touched by Dan.
5 events between 7/22 and 7/31 at a glance, with details below
7/30 - National Whistleblower Day Ellsberg Tribute and film screening, the National Press Club, 5 - 10 PM
7/ 22 - 30 - Whistleblower Summit Virtual & Film Festival
7/ 28 - 30 - 11th Annual Whistleblower Summit & Film Festival (Live Events)- in person and virtual, Capitol Hill, Busboys & Poets and National Press Club
7/28 - Whistleblower Summit & Film Festival Author Book Signing and Entertainment Industry Roundtables, 6 - 10 PM, Busboys and Poets, 14th & VNW
7/31 - Blowing the Whistle on Covert Warfare & Coercive Economic Sanctions Bonus Day. 3 - 5:30 PM, Busboys and Poets, 450 K ST NW. CovertAction Magazine (CAM)
11th Annual Whistleblower Summit
National Whistleblowers Day Capstone Event
Tribute to Honor the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg
National Press Club in DC
Sunday, July 30, 6 - 10 PM EDT. Live and Livestreamed
Details will be on https://www.whistleblowersummit.com/
* TRIBUTE TO ELLSBERG’S LEGACY - REFLECTIONS ON A LIFE OF COURAGE, PILLAR AWARDS & FILM
7/30 - This event is free. See below about contributing towards expenses.
Tentative schedule - Details will follow
6:00 Reception
6:30 Tribute to Dan Ellsberg’s legacy, an educational, inspirational walk through history with personal witnesses to Dan’s evolution, weaving in themes of truth-telling, moral courage, and whistleblowing, from his nuclear awakening through Harvard, Viet Nam, RAND, Pentagon papers and beyond. We will honor Dan as the father of whistleblowers as well as a father to whistleblowers, featuring generations of grateful truth tellers, inspired and nurtured by Dan.
8:00 Pillar Awards
8:30 Film The Most Dangerous Man in America
Please invite young people to learn about Dan’s legacy for them.
The tribute will feature a walk through history, with pivotal moments in Dan’s evolution as a whistleblower, as told by Dan’s friends and personal witnesses throughout his life. Subsequent whistleblower who were supported by Dan will also speak.
Comments, live or recorded by Diane Perlman, Convener and Designer,Richard Falk, Sy Hersh, Peter Kuznick, John Henry, Gar Alperovitz, Coleen Rowley, John Kiriakou, Medea Benjamin, Ann Wright, Ray McGovern and others.
* WHISTLEBLOWER SUMMIT VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL
7/22 - 30 - Virtual Film Festival
* 11th ANNUAL WHISTLEBLOWER SUMMIT & FILM FESTIVAL
Theme - 60th Anniversary of the Assassination of JFK
7/28 & 30, In-person panels on Capitol Hill in the Rayburn Building
7/29 Virtual panels
* WHISTLEBLOWER ROUNDTABLE - Author Book Signing and Entertainment Industry
7/28 - 6 - 10 PM Busboys and Poets on 14th & V street NW.
* BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON COVERT WARFARE & COERCIVE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS Bonus Day
7/31, 3 - 5:30 PM, Busboys and Poets, 450 K ST NW. CovertAction Magazine (CAM) to honor Daniel Ellsberg’s commitment to uncovering U.S. crimes against humanity with a live panel discussion, webinar and fundraiser including Ray McGovern, John Kiriakou, Sara Flounders, Chris Agee, Jeremy Kuzmarov, Lou Wolf and delegates (tbd) from heavily sanctioned countries.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COVER EXPENSES
The Whistleblower Summit is hosting this free tribute to Dan Ellsberg’s Legacy with few resources. Even a small contribution would help cover the costs for the reception, technical support, a Tribute Book and other additions to make the program befitting of Dan’s legacy.
1. Here is a direct link to contribute. Please include "National Press Club Event" in the description or it will delay funding. https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/whistleblower-summit-film-festival
2. Please direct any major sponsor inquiries to the attention of Michael McCray - mccray.michael@gmail.com
Here is my Tribute to Dan
A Tribute to Daniel Ellsberg: The Inspiration for My Psychological Study of Moral Heroism and the Courageous Personality
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And here is my Psychology of Truth-Tellers, inspired by Dan
The Psychology of Truth-Tellers: Inspired by Dan Ellsberg
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Just seeing this now. Sorry I didn’t catch it earlier or would have attended. Gosh I never knew there was a National Whistleblowers Day. We really need to get the word out and make people more aware.
And speaking of which, what is the NPC doing to defend free speech and call out censorship? Far too little, I suspect …..