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The non-profit advocates for laws and policies aimed at protecting children, provides legal representation to child victims, and offers community events, parenting classes, and counseling to support families across the Bay Area.

Care's Chief Executive Nola Leach said they will, despite the new announcement, «continue to advocate for women and unborn children in Northern Ireland and across the rest of the UK.»

I don't want it to come across that I am advocating passively praying that child molesters (for instance) would get a personal encounter with God... I also take very seriously the responsibility to defend the abused... I have received more «christian» flak for reporting abuse than I get from any source for praying for my abusers.

The summit will provide afterschool program providers, anti-hunger advocates, and administrators of child nutrition programs with the knowledge and tools to effectively implement the Afterschool Meal Program in communities across the state.

This section addresses key elements of family - centered practice and provides overarching strategies for family - centered casework practice across child welfare service systems that focus on strengths, engage families and involve them in decision - making, advocate for improving families» conditions, and engage communities to support families.

His mother, Johanna Whittlesey, like other parents across the country, assumed her child had enough water, but nutrition advocates believe schoolchildren's access to water is a national problem the federal government has only begun to address.

Also from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, an organization of advocates and sex abuse survivors from across New York, will be at the state Capitol, urging Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Republicans to include the Child Victims Act in the state's budget.

With the 2016 legislative session just getting underway, parent advocates who live in low - income communities across New York City and have children who attend both district and charter schools wanted to make sure their voices were heard.

Markey joined other kid advocates on a march across Brooklyn Bridge to build support for the Child Victims Act on Sunday.

«We need more advocates like Leslie Danks Burke in the State Senate to fight for families in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes, and all across New York,» said Fighting for Children PAC founder Gary Greenberg.

Multinational initiative by children's rights advocates to end corporal punishment of children across the world.

In this watershed moment, the Saul Zaentz Early Education Initiative is gathering researchers, policymakers, advocates, and practitioners from across the country to the Harvard Graduate School of Education for the express purpose of reframing discussions around early education, the delivery of high - quality early learning at scale, and its benefit to children and society.

The California Alliance for Arts Education is in its fifth decade of making the arts a core part of every child's education across the state, by providing policy expertise and mobilizing a statewide network of advocates and allied partners.

Like anti-Common Core advocates across the country, the group feels that the standards are lacking, promote a corporate agenda, and hinder their children's ability to succeed in school.

Strong Schools (Sumner County) Williamson Strong (Williamson County) SPEAK (Students, Parents, Educators Across Knox County) SOCM (Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment) Momma Bears Blog Gideon's Army, Grassroots Army for Children (Nashville) Advocates for Change in Education (Hamilton County) Concerned Parents of Franklin County (Franklin County) The Dyslexia Spot Parents of Wilson County, TN, Schools Friends of Oak Ridge Schools (City of Oak Ridge Schools) TNBATs (State branch of National BATs) East Nashville United Tennessee Against Common Core (Statewide) Coalition Advocating of Public Education (CAPE)

«We're encouraged that independent observers of public education share our support for legislative and school board candidates across California who support parental choice and who are working to provide high quality education to all children,» said Gary Borden, Executive Director of CCSA Advocates.

KIPP San Antonio and KIPP charter schools across the country advocated Wednesday for permanent protection from deportation for immigrants who entered the country illegally as children.

Tony Evers has been a strong and consistent advocate for higher standards, better data to inform policy decisions, and cooperation across partisan lines in the best interests of children.

Over the course of a year, NCLD gathered top special education and personalized learning experts from across the country — including educators, advocates, researchers, state and district leaders, school leaders, and parents of children with disabilities — and engaged them in discussions to learn and explore ways to ensure that personalized learning systems integrate and benefit students with disabilities.

The purpose of this network is for program alumni to share their positive stories with state policymakers, school choice advocates, parents, and the media to ultimately give more children the opportunity to participate in these programs across the country.

Barnes, along with advocates like the nonprofit Disability Rights N.C., warned state board members repeatedly that their actions might harm the roughly 200,000 or so children across the state who qualify for special education.

Lewis then went further by accusing reformers of advocating for policies that supposedly «kill and disenfranchise children from schools across this nation».

You can make a difference for your child AND the lives of thousands of children across Colorado by becoming an advocate for charter public schools.

At the American Federation for Children's annual National Policy Summit, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will deliver a keynote address at a unique and exciting time for school choice advocates across the country.

She has served as a teacher, advocate, and interventionist for very young children with special needs and their families across the state.

Community schools advocate dedicated to equipping leaders to work across boundaries to prepare children and youth for college, careers, and citizenship.

There is an extremely serious problem taking place in some school districts across Connecticut and parents, teachers, child advocates and elected officials must act immediately to protect our children from the corporate education reform industry and their lackeys.

First published in the CT Mirror, SBAC: Failing most Connecticut children in more ways than one fellow public educator advocate and columnist has a great article that provides important information to parents across Connecticut and should be required reading for Connecticut's elected officials.

Stand with hundreds of educators from across California in calling on superintendents, school board leaders, principals, policy makers, business leaders, child advocates, parents and students to join the growing Summer Matters movement to ensure every child has access to summer learning opportunities that support year - round learning and well - being.

Parents Across America was established early in 2011 by a group of grassroots leaders from around the country, who sought to pool ideas and resources to advocate for better schools for all this country's children.

As the Statewide Director of Early Childhood, Jacquie enjoys working with the wonderfully talented and dedicated early childhood teachers across the state and the incredible advocates for young children in Texas.

She's a fearless, unapologetic, and tireless advocate for children and public education and is the leader of Parents Across America - Roanoke Valley in southwestern Virginia.

Success Academy: «Build exceptional, world - class public schools that prove children from all backgrounds can succeed in college and life; and advocate across the country to change public policies that prevent so many children from having access to opportunity.»

This weekend, the 2016 Opt Out Conference in Philadelphia is bringing together parents, teachers, academics and public education advocates from across the country to discuss developments and share strategies in our ongoing battle to protect our children, teachers and public schools from the corporate education reform industry and the standardized testing companies that are turning our children into guinea pigs and our public schools into little more than testing factories and profit centers.

Ideas about developing the whole child with arts and music and addressing the major impact poverty has on a child's education lit up the twittersphere as advocates for education across the country live tweeted from the event.

Attorney Killino and his highly regarded team of birth injury lawyers and paralegals have tenaciously advocated across the country for the rights of children injured at birth.

«While the rankings shift every year, we see certain trends across many counties, including increasing child poverty, unemployment and high housing costs,» said Cecilia Zalkind, executive director of Advocates for Children of New Jersey, which publishes the Kids Count reports.

She has continued to advocate for affordable child care across Toronto.

Attaining graduate degrees in Law and Social Policy as well as Social Work, he has dedicated his professional community building career to advocating for at - risk children and families across public, private, and charter schools.

[Dr. Siu - Man Ting] Our mission is through the Scientist - Practitioner and School - College - Community Collaboration Model, we train culturally competent counselors and counselor educators who are able to work collaboratively across settings to effectively lead, serve and advocate for the academic, career, personal and social development of children, adults, families and communities.

The AECEO's Professional Pay & Decent Work Campaign has been successfully engaging and organizing hundreds of RECEs, early years staff, parents and community members across Ontario to advocate for quality affordable early years and child care programs where RECEs and staff are well supported with professional pay and decent work.

This section addresses key elements of family - centered practice and provides overarching strategies for family - centered casework practice across child welfare service systems that focus on strengths, engage families and involve them in decision - making, advocate for improving families» conditions, and engage communities to support families.

How to develop a strategic plan that clarifies and prioritizes long - term shared goals and outcomes across home visiting programs, maternal and child health service providers, advocates, and other stakeholders.

We applaud policymakers and advocates across the country for their hard work during these latest budget negotiations and encourage everyone to continue to Think Babies ™ to ensure all young children receive the services and supports they need.

Every April, Voices for Children in Nebraska joins advocates and community members from across the country in promoting child and family well - being through National Child Abuse Prevention Mchild and family well - being through National Child Abuse Prevention MChild Abuse Prevention Month.

All through November, advocates, families, and communities from across the country have celebrated the importance of adoptive families with the goal of raising awareness of barriers to adoption for children in foster care.

As an affiliate of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), NMAEYC is part of a network of more than 100,000 education professionals who represent and advocate for the interests of young children and their families across New Mexico and the Children (NAEYC), NMAEYC is part of a network of more than 100,000 education professionals who represent and advocate for the interests of young children and their families across New Mexico and the children and their families across New Mexico and the country.

Every day, private partners, business leaders, philanthropists, advocates and individuals across the nation are taking action to ensure children have access to high - quality early education.

In Illinois and in states across the country, the Ounce advocates for early childhood education programs that are proven to be effective in narrowing the achievement gap and that support the healthy development of vulnerable young children.

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