{"id":2627,"date":"2023-03-11T07:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T11:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2023-03-11T07:26:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T11:26:31","slug":"sunshine-week-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=2627","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine Week 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2628\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NackeySLoebSchoolofCommunicationslogo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2629\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping the Light On: Holding Government Accountable, is a free, public event on government transparency and the First Amendment, which provides for the \u201cright of the people to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.\u201d But what does that mean and how does it work? On Thursday, March 16, from 5:30pm &#8211; 7 pm, the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications and the New England First Amendment Coalition are celebrating \u201cSunshine Week\u201d with an expert panel discussion,&nbsp;<em>Keeping the Light On: Holding Government Accountable<\/em>. This event will be held at the Warren B. Rudman Center, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, 2 White Street, Concord, NH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This panel will examine the values of open and responsive government and how we all play a role.&nbsp;The conversation, moderated by Casey McDermott, reporter and editor at New Hampshire Public Radio, will feature Gilles Bissonnette, Legal Director, ACLU, New Hampshire; The Honorable N. William Delker, Justice, NH Superior Court; Emily Gray Rice, City Solicitor, City of Manchester, NH and Gregory V. Sullivan, Malloy &amp; Sullivan, a First Amendment Law specialist and board member of both host organizations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is required.<\/strong> Thank you to the Warren B. Rudman Center at the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law, for being our location host. <a href=\"https:\/\/loebschool.org\/register\/sunshineweek2023\">REGISTER HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunshine Week is\u00a0a national initiative supported by the American Society of News Editors to educate the public about the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and unnecessary secrecy. You can learn more about the co-hosts of this New Hampshire event at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loebschool.org\/\">loebschool.org<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nefac.org\/\">nefac.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/graphicSunshineWeekMarch162023-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2630\" width=\"-161\" height=\"-208\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keeping the Light On: Holding Government Accountable, is a free, public event on government transparency and the First Amendment, which provides for the \u201cright of the people to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.\u201d But what does that mean and how does it work? 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