Sentences with phrase «a coalition of groups»

Quakers in Britain are founding members of Stop the Arms Fair which is a coalition of groups opposing DSEi in East London.

Wilson hopes that such race - neutral proposals might become the basis for a new political coalition of groups pressing for economic and social reform.

What is needed to make this a relevant proposal is a critical empirical analysis of the present situation in terms of whether there is any real likelihood of any class, group, or coalition of groups emerging as the agency of both ideological and political change.

We might compare the Reformation to the «peace» or «environment» movements of recent years which have been a loose coalition of groups with very varied aims and ideologies.

Consider this quote from Stuart Murray's The Naked Anabaptist: «The Anabaptist movement began as a loose - knit coalition of groups who were forming in various places across central Europe — the sixteenth century equivalent of the «emerging church.

The amicus brief is one of dozens submitted to the appeals court this week in support of same - sex marriage in Utah and the latest to be filed by a coalition of groups led by the Family Equality Council.

Education Reform Now, a coalition of groups pushing for changes that would improve New York's chances at landing «Race to the Top» funds, launched a statewide TV ad that blasts the teachers union for the state's Round I failure.

At noon, a coalition of groups announce a new alliance to fight for passage of the Medical Aid in Dying Act, state Capitol, outside Senate Chambers, Albany.

The housing advocates — a coalition of groups under the banner Real Affordability for All — are looking to emulate the approach favored by the anti-Rikers protesters.

And this all comes as a coalition of groups calls for a reduction in state mandated spending in light of a 2 percent cap on local property taxes now in effect.

A coalition of groups on Monday urged the state Board of Elections to prohibit the practice of allowing individual donors to give unlimited campaign contributions through a network of limited liability corporations.

A coalition of groups — led by labor unions, environmental groups and conservative organizations — has formed to oppose the constitutional convention.

A coalition of groups had sought to end the practice of LLC contributions, a campaign that had grown to include Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urging the loophole be closed.

A coalition of groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, say Cuomo should immediately issue an executive order postponing any gas drilling.

About 4,000 people from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have relocated to the State after the hurricane, and Secretary of the State Denise Merrill is working with a coalition of groups to get them all registered.

A coalition of groups urging a «no» vote on the constitutional convention, which they call «New Yorkers Against Corruption,» disclosed that it had raised $ 635,000 so far.

A coalition of groups joined Ms. James to announce monthly clinics to train attorneys who would like to volunteer to represent children in federal immigration court, and set up a «help desk» in federal court to provide the children with resources and representation.

An interesting coalition of groups have teamed up to put pressure on the state to lower mandates costs for municipalities.

A coalition of groups is launching a campaign this week to push Cuomo to follow through on a promise to fund thousands of new supportive housing units before the legislative session ends next month.

But support from the labor movement comes a coalition of groups backing the bill make a major end of session push for the measure, which is sponsored by Minority Leader John Sampson, D - Brooklyn, in the Senate.

A coalition of groups including the New York Public Interest Research Group and Food & Water Watch announced Wednesday the launch of a campaign aimed at blocking a planned surcharge on utility bills that was a key component of the state's new Clean Energy Standard regulations.

The Assembly has long backed public matching, the most recent example being last year when Silver introduced a plan that's now touted by the coalition of groups pushing for a broad campaign finance overhaul.

As The New York Times reported today, Fair Elections for New York, the coalition of groups making a sustained push this year for an overhaul of campaign finance laws, is starting a post-budget session $ 800,000 ad campaign and public meeting blitz.

The New York Farm Bureau has joined a broad coalition of groups that have joined forces to oppose a constitutional convention as the November vote on whether to hold one nears.

Also at noon, a coalition of groups opposed to Trump's agenda, including Food & Water Watch, Sierra Club, 350 NYC, 350 Brooklyn, WE ACT for Environmental Justice urge Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to join their effort, 780 Third Ave., (Schumer's NYC office), Manhattan.

A coalition of groups opposed to Trump and his agenda has assembled more than 100,000 individuals pledging to protest should the president fire special counsel Robert Mueller.

Fair Elections for New York, the coalition of groups pushing for a public matching system for political campaigns, today announced it will begin three - week long effort of rallies and other public events across the state to push the issue.

A coalition of groups that support high - volume hydrofracking and gun rights are pushing a renewed effort to have the upstate region of the state break away from New York.

ALBANY - A coalition of groups is launching a campaign this week to push Gov. Cuomo to follow through on a promise to fund thousands of new supportive housing units before the legislative session ends next month.

Mandle said she is not concerned about raising enough money to challenge a six - term incumbent because she would have the support of a broad coalition of groups that share her concerns.

Gay marriage advocates, who have formed a coalition of groups called New Yorkers United for Marriage, hope to legalize same - sex marriage this year.

Meanwhile, a coalition of groups has asked a federal court to stop the pipeline's construction.

What is striking is just how wide the coalition of groups and individuals in favour of green belt reform is.

A coalition of groups this week is pushing for the implementation of a 0.5 percent tax on stock buybacks in the state budget they say will bring New York an additional $ 2 billion.

In response, a coalition of groups, including Korean Americans United for Equality, Dari Project, Korean Americans for Political Advancement and the Asian Pride Project, denounced Jung's stance.

As if we needed more evidence on Gannett's Jon Campbell's impact as the LCA's resident fracking scoop artist, a coalition of groups and Senate and Assembly Democrats today seizing on his report that one of the experts hired by the Department of Environmental Conservation to help write hydrofracking regulations is a member of the gas industry trade group.

Blair Horner of NYPIRG speaks with a newly formed coalition of groups urging reform of state government in Albany Monday.

«These bills have been opposed by a diverse coalition of groups ranging from the Business Council and the National Federation of Independent Businesses to the New York Conference of Mayors and the New York State School Boards Association.

Barbara Bartoletti is with the League of Women Voters, one of a coalition of groups opposing the tax credit.

Pledge 2 Protect, a coalition of groups against the planned station at East 91st Street, is distributing the mailers mostly in the East Harlem and Yorkville neighborhoods.

A coalition of groups called the Harlem Fight Back Against Wars At Home and Abroad plan a protest this evening on Adam Clayton Powell Jr..

The Empire State Pride Agenda will hold a rally in Albany as a coalition of groups try to push for gay marriage legalization by June.

A coalition of groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, say Cuomo should immediately issue an executive order postponing any gas drilling in New York for the next three to five years.

TBP presented itself as a coalition of groups campaigning for electoral reform, including the Electoral Reform Society, Friends of the Earth, the National Union of Students, and many others.

But the coalition of groups that formed 4FRI in 2009 sees it as a way to tackle these issues outside the legislative process.

In January 2010 an appeal by the Center and a coalition of groups and individuals halted the expansion of the massive Black Mesa Coal Complex in Arizona.

The national testing proposal «fails to provide safeguards against the invalid and inappropriate use of test results,» the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a Washington - based coalition of groups, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said in Sept. 4 letter to Mr. Clinton.

A coalition of groups has drafted and is distributing a sample protest letter; they have also addressed comments to specific portions of the regulations.

Providing Thousands of Additional Students With College Prep Support: Organizations including College Possible, College Spring, College Track, OneGoal, Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) as well as a coalition of groups under the National College Access Network are making commitments to serve thousands of additional students, providing counseling services, high - quality SAT / ACT prep, and other support for students applying to college

A coalition of groups supporting public education today launched an online petition asking the Tennessee General Assembly and Governor Bill Haslam to grant teachers a grace period from the use of student test scores in their evaluations in the first year of new TNReady tests.