National award for Nashville for All of Us

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on June 9, 2009 at 9:48 pm

McNeely Pigott & Fox recently picked up a Silver Anvil from the Public Relations Society of America on behalf of Nashville for All of Us, the campaign that coordinated the opposition to the English First charter amendment push.

“I believe we learned a lot about ourselves as a city,” said David Fox, a partner at MP&F. “We certainly showed that business and community groups, and different ethnic communities that have not traditionally collaborated, could find common ground, and we are continuing to build on those relationships.

”This year’s competition featured 893 total entries, and 126 organizations were selected as finalists. NFAOU took top honors in the Public Affairs category.

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University leaders come out against English Only

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on December 28, 2008 at 5:46 pm

Nine area college and university presidents say the passage of English Only would undermine Nashville’s status as “the business relocation site of choice in the United States.”

The irony of the city known as the “Athens of the South” becoming the first major metropolitan community in America to pass “English only” is a distressing prospect. As academic leaders, we are concerned about the impact - literal and symbolic - on our mission of teaching, learning, curing, and discovering.

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