Sponsors Step Up for the First Amendment

The First Amendment Award Event on October 26 will be from 4pm-5:30pm at the NH Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. The program will feature guest speaker Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maggie Haberman, senior political correspondent for The New York Times, a political analyst for CNN, and the author of the best-selling “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.” The 2023 Honoree is Laurie Ortolano of Nashua, nominated for her Right to Know advocacy in Nashua and statewide. 

  Sponsorship for the event powers a year of mission-based, educational programming in First Amendment and Communications topics at the Nackey S. Loeb School.  

Event sponsors include the following:

Keynote Speaker Sponsor CCA Global Partners and The Brodsky Prize for Excellence in Student Journalism

Free Press, Free Speech, Free Classes Sponsor Eversource

Community Partner Sponsor M&T Bank

Connections Sponsor AT&T

Friends of the Nackey S. Loeb School Sponsors include Bank of America, Citizens Count, The Duprey Companies, The Elliot/Solution Health, The McQuaid Family, Spectrum Marketing, Saint Anselm College’s Institute of Politics, the Tamposi Foundation, and the Union Leader Corporation.

Five Freedoms Sponsors are AARP-NH, Anagnost Companies, The Bernstein Shur Group, GIlles Bissonnette, Borislow Insurance, Brady Sullivan, Business & Industry Association, Catholic Medical Center, Cross Insurance, Curbstone Financial Management, Darby Field Advisors, Pamela Diamantis and Morey Goodman, Douglas, Leonard & Garvey, P.C., Stephen Duprey, Fidelity Investments, Joyce and Daniel Levesque, Louis Karno & Company Communications, Sean & Kirsten Mahoney, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, McLane Middleton, Montagne-Powers Communications, NBT Bank, NH Beverage Association, St. Mary's Bank, Betty Tamposi, Northeast Delta Dental, Sheehan Phinney Capitol Group, Laconia Daily Sun, University of New Hampshire, Wash Street, Wieczorek Insurance, and WIPFLI.

This event is open to the public, but space is limited, and tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets are $100.00 each and will include admission to the event, and a copy of Maggie Haberman’s book. For more information about the First Amendment Award Event and the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, or to purchase tickets, visit our website.                              

Laura Simoes