Sentences with phrase «as the organizers state»

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Nestler says that as the march has grown — more than 200,000 people are expected to travel to the nation's capital for it — he and his team have been in contact with many of the organizers of the 53 state chapters to give them the tools and information they need to help transport as many participants as possible.

Deutsche Messe, Solar Power Events and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association (SNEIA) are three of the biggest names in trade shows globally, as organizers or co-organizers of Hannover Messe, the world's largest industrial fair, Solar Power International, the most well - attended solar trade show in the United States, and SNEC, the world's biggest solar trade show in Shanghai.

Ticket sales for the infield at the Preakness Stakes — the state's biggest single - day event — are down 30 percent compared to this time last year, even as organizers are facing an Under Armour - sized gap in their lineup of corporate partners.

William Dudley, President and CEO (Panelist) Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Time: 8:00 AM EDT Subject: Dallas and New York as Centers of Growth Event: From the Lone Star to the Empire State: A Discussion of Regional Economic Trends in Texas and New York Organizers: Partnership for New York City, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Location: Hearst Headquarters 300 W. 57th Street, 44th Floor New York, NY 10019

The survey was conducted after the 2016 United States presidential election and polled more than 21,000 people described by organizers as «business leaders, informed elites and general citizens.»

As stated by Amarjit Sahota, President of Organic Monitor and organizer of the Sustainable Foods Summit, «with the growing complexity of sustainability, there is no silver bullet to solve many of these issues.»

National Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has described as unnecessary the opposition New Patriotic Party's (NPP) version of the State of the Nation address.

That will lead to a similarly unsustainable dynamic as when the DNC spun up the 50 - state Organizers Program in 2007 only to have it fall apart in 2009 for lack of continuing support.

Aside from a long history in the labor movement as an organizer for the state Nurses Association, she was also a delegate for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during the New York presidential primary.

Even while serving as a state legislator he has found time to serve as the «Assistant Organizer» for the «NYC Bisexual, Pansexual and Queer Meetup Group» on meetup.com.

John Murphy, who had worked as a political organizer and lobbyist for the Public Employees Federation of white collar state workers, contends in court papers that he was «ridiculed, harassed and humiliated» after he had to cut back his duties and hours to attend physical therapy sessions following an August 2014 accident.

Alcantara — who will replace outgoing Sen. Adriano Espaillat — said she had worked on the push for a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave in her capacity as a union organizer for the New York State Nurses Association, and she credits the five - member IDC for being able to push those measures through a Republican - controlled Senate that was cool to those issues.

Our grassroots organizers in the states will use the Wall — your Wall — as proof that all of our friends and neighbors are as committed to clean energy as we are — that we are joined together in this commitment.

«Our grassroots organizers in the states will use the Wall — your Wall — as proof that all of our friends and neighbors are as committed to clean energy as we are»

2008, then worked on Obama for America starting as a field organizer, then director of operations for the Texas State Convention team, and in the Fall as deputy political director on the Florida Campaign for Change.

DNC organizer for North Central West Virginia, as part of Howard Dean's 50 - state strategy, Fall 2006.

Espaillat talks about his record as a «community advocate with a progressive record as a tenant organizer and as an agent committed to reforming state government.»

Organizers are busing in potentially thousands of protesters from other states — including from high - crime urban areas such as Newark — to attend Saturday's march against police brutality.

The news comes after barely a week after the Party staged a triumphant and mammoth Unity walk in Wa of the upper West region, which recorded thousands of party grassroots, sympathizers, bigwigs such as: Party's general Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, former appointees and Ministers» of state, Mr. Julius Debrah (former chief of staff) National organizer, Mr. Kofi Adams including the presence of former President of the Republic of Ghana, John Drammani Mahama were all in attendance.

Alcantara (far left) has worked recently as a Political and Community Organizer for the New York State Nurses» Association.

Ross Whaley, the former Adirondack Park Agency chair who is one of the event's organizers, hoped their insights would resonate throughout the day as attendees hashed out their proposals and ideas, which would later be condensed into a two - page brief and zipped off to state lawmakers, many of whom were in the audience.

Elvin Garcia has worked for Friends of Brook Park, an environmental justice organization, as a community representative for New York State Assemblyman Marcos A. Crespo, as a field organizer for Obama's re-election campaign in 2012 and then as a Community Affairs Representative for State Senator Gustavo Rivera.

Sammy Awuku, who as the NPP National Youth Organizer, played vital roles to help the party win the 2016 elections, has stated that NPP staying in power for many years remains his utmost desire and agenda.

«That is why I have stated continually that as the National Organizer of the NPP, I will make sure that the NPP will be turned into an election winning machine, which will win every presidential election to the benefit of Ghanaians», he said.

The cash was funneled through a legal defense fund that is not registered with the State Board of Elections or the city Campaign Finance Board and was established by Kevin Finnegan, the current political director for 1199 SEIU, where Palma once worked as an organizer.

He also worked as a field organizer in Nevada for former President Barack Obama's reelection campaign and as a community representative for Bronx State Sen. Gustavo Rivera and Bronx Assemblyman Marcos Crespo.

Summing up the session, organizer Frances Colón, acting deputy science and technology adviser to the U.S. secretary of state, highlighted the power of relationships as a theme common to the three presentations.

The United States is swapping high - school teachers with the People's Republic of China as part of a program that its organizers say is the first of its kind.

And for those teachers who have been told by «#RedforEd» organizers that doubling down on partisan progressive politics - as - usual is a winning political strategy that will unleash torrents of new taxing and spending in right - leaning states like Oklahoma and Arizona, I suspect they're going to be sorely disappointed.

Their successes have led community organizers and a growing number of education policymakers to see California's fledgling community schooling movement as a holistic, bottom - up reform that can restore equality of opportunity and the democratic promise of the state's system of universal public education.

In what one organizer described as a»60s - style protest rally with guitar music and singing, a group of striking California child - care providers demonstrated on the grounds of the state Capitol in Sacramento last week, saying low wages are keeping good teachers from staying in the field.

Organizers of the alliance conceived of it as a membership organization for state - level charter school associations and resource centers, and hoped it would emerge as the leading voice in Washington for the independently run public schools.

Organizers include natives of Russia and Chile as well as the United States, said coordinator Tim Saka, a native of Turkey.

Previously, she spent years as a community organizer working on housing justice, school reform, and electoral, state, and presidential campaigns including the Obama Campaign in 2008.

A longtime community organizer, Luis has held positions such as Field Organizer in New Mexico for President Obama's 2008 campaign and Field Director at Arizona State University's ADA Parent Education Program — where he oversaw a program that united parents and teachers to transform the educational experiences of children both at home and aorganizer, Luis has held positions such as Field Organizer in New Mexico for President Obama's 2008 campaign and Field Director at Arizona State University's ADA Parent Education Program — where he oversaw a program that united parents and teachers to transform the educational experiences of children both at home and aOrganizer in New Mexico for President Obama's 2008 campaign and Field Director at Arizona State University's ADA Parent Education Program — where he oversaw a program that united parents and teachers to transform the educational experiences of children both at home and at school.

In some states, such as Texas and North Carolina, graphic organizers are showing up on tests as formal guides to find out how students are solving problems.

At a so - called «advocacy day» timed to correspond with state lawmakers» May 16 return to Raleigh, organizers with the N.C. Association of Educators, a group that lobbies for thousands of teachers statewide, say they're hoping to draw as many educators and parents as possible.

«For children in urban communities with increased class sizes and decreased funding, the tests are a way to prove that the schools are failing so they can be closed and re-opened as charter schools,» said Morna McDermott, a founding organizer of United Opt Out, which issues state - by - state guidance on the topic.

Among the individuals who received compensation for their Colorado campaign work was a SFER «Field Specialist» out of Washington D.C.; SFER's «Colorado State Captain,»; a former - charter school employee who listed his occupation as a campaign organizer for the Flores for Denver campaign and a series of workers, some of whom list their title as «SFER Fellow» in their online public biographies.

State law bans collective bargaining and strikes for teachers, although organizers of next week's rally have not referred to next week's protest as a «strike.»

As the editor in chief of Pet Business, the exclusive publishing partner of Global Pet Expo (March 12 - 14 in Orlando, Fla.), each year I have the pleasure of sitting down with the show organizers to conduct pre-show interviews that have always proven to be insightful about not only the upcoming even, but also the overall state of the pet care category.

One - third of the state's parolees settle in the 55 square blocks of Los Angeles known as Skid Row, and State of Incarceration» $» developed collaboratively by LAPD's Skid Row artists and in dialogue with organizers and recent parolees» $» powerfully examines the consequences of California's penal system on individuals, families and communistate's parolees settle in the 55 square blocks of Los Angeles known as Skid Row, and State of Incarceration» $» developed collaboratively by LAPD's Skid Row artists and in dialogue with organizers and recent parolees» $» powerfully examines the consequences of California's penal system on individuals, families and communiState of Incarceration» $» developed collaboratively by LAPD's Skid Row artists and in dialogue with organizers and recent parolees» $» powerfully examines the consequences of California's penal system on individuals, families and communities.

With the ground - breaking performance ensemble at its core, ongoing initiatives like the Summer Leadership Institute (SLI), BOLD (Builders, Organizers & Leaders through Dance) and the developing Choreographic Center, UBW continues to affect the overall ecology of the arts by promoting artistic legacies; projecting the voices of the under - heard and people of color; bringing attention to and addressing issues of equity in the dance field and throughout the United States; and by providing platforms and serving as a conduit for culturally and socially relevant experimental art makers.

She also served as an organizer of the first Berlin Biennale, in 1998, and in 2007 as the United States» commissioner for the Venice Biennale.

But in their catalogue essays, the show's organizers — Ann Eden Gibson, associate professor in the department of art at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and Jorge Daniel Veneciano, curator of exhibitions at the Studio Museum — present labored arguments to the effect that even in paintings other than the «Klansmen» compositions, black served Lewis as a metaphor for the African - American experience, allowing him to make political and social references without specifics.

Deutsche Messe, Solar Power Events and Shanghai New Energy Industry Association (SNEIA) are three of the biggest names in trade shows globally, as organizers or co-organizers of Hannover Messe, the world's largest industrial fair, Solar Power International, the most well - attended solar trade show in the United States, and SNEC, the world's biggest solar trade show in Shanghai.

In order to work closely with grassroots groups, our organizers are located in offices across the United States, and we have staff in Latin America and the European Union (where we are known as Food & Water Europe.)

Michael is a Research & Writing Fellow with Food Tank, as well as a farm hand, scholar, and community organizer based in northwest Washington State.

While 16 states have passed pro-hemp farming legislation to date, Hemp History Week organizers want to influence significant policy changes on the federal level as well.

As the father of four boys who spends more time on youth baseball fields then any other adult in the United States, I was a bit dismayed to read about a 17 - year - old pitcher in Prince George's County, Md. who fractured his right arm while throwing a pitch in a baseball game — and then somehow obtained a $ 52,703 jury verdict against the tournament organizer for building a mound that was «too big and too deep.»