Evening in the Desert Palm Springs
Date: Saturday, March 4, 2023
Time: 4pm Reception | 5pm Program
Location: The Vintage Club: 75001 Vintage Dr. W, Indian Wells, CA 92210
Washington Policy Center will be back in the desert for our 16th Annual Evening in the Desert in Palm Springs! This is one of our most popular and exclusive events, welcoming our Pillar Society, President’s Council, Benefactor and Patron Members for an exciting weekend of events. Events include a cocktail reception on Friday, March 3rd hosted by our Pillar Society President, Greg Porter, and our main program on Saturday evening featuring Jason Riley.
To learn more about how you can attend, please contact Kaylee Donahue at kdonahue@washingtonpolicy.org.
Featured Speaker: Jason Riley
Jason Riley is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, where he worked for more than 20 years writing opinion pieces on politics, economics, education, immigration and race, among other subjects. He's also a frequent public speaker and provides commentary for Fox News, ABC, NBC, CNN, PBS, NPR and other news outlets.
After joining the Journal in 1994, he was named a senior editorial page writer in 2000 and a member of the Editorial Board in 2005. He joined the Manhattan Institute in 2015. He is also the author or three books. In 2008 he published Let Them In, which argues for a more free-market oriented U.S. immigration system. His second book, Please Stop Helping Us, which is about the track record of government efforts to help the black underclass, was published in 2014. His most recent book, False Black Power?, is an assessment of why black political success has not translated into more economic progress and was published in 2017.
Born in Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. Riley earned a bachelor's degree in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has also worked for USA Today and the Buffalo News. He lives in suburban New York City.
