Sentences with phrase «coalition leaders led»

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Still, there was degree of complacency in markets that the polls, which had shown a Bersani - Monti coalition, would be able to gain control,» said Westpac Bank's senior currency strategist Sean Callow, referring to center - left leader Pier Luigi Bersani and Mario Monti, the outgoing prime minister who leads a centrist alliance.

Mahaney resigned from The Gospel Coalition (TGC) last weekend in the wake of the criminal conviction of a former youth leader who abused three boys at SGM's flagship, Covenant Life Church (CLC), while Mahaney was lead pastor.

A growing coalition of conservative political leaders, religious groups and government officials is leading the attack against publicly supported programs of sex education, school - based health centers, guidance programs in family planning, and other activities designed to address the sexual needs of youth from both a social and a health perspective.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Starbucks is a founding member, alongside a growing coalition of industry leaders, of the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, a call to action led by Conservation International to make coffee the world's first sustainable agriculture product.

of Center Services Executive Director: Chris Bartlett, Executive Director Board Leader: Stephanie Gross, Co-Chair Board Leader: Jeff Scotland, Co-Chair Main: 215-732-2220 Fax: [phone] Helpline: 215-732-8255 • Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Pittsburgh www.glccpgh.org 5808 Forward Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15217 - 2302 Main: 412-422-0114 • Upper Delaware GLBT Center PO Box 1295 Milford, PA 18337 Email: [email protected] www.udglbtcenter.blogspot.com / • Central Bucks School District Gay Straight Alliance 375 West Court St Doylestown, PA (Bucks County)[phone] • Common Roads LGBT Community Center Coalition of Central Pennsylvania Louie Malven Director of Administration and Youth Services 221 N. Front Street, 3rd Floor Harrisburg, PA Central PA 717-920-9534 [email protected] www.centralpalgbtcenter.org The LGBT Community Center Coalition of Central PA is a volunteer - led effort to create a regionally representative community center that is both a location and unifying point for Central Pennsylvania's large, diverse and multi-county LGBT population.

Founded in 2009, the Chaffee County Breastfeeding Coalition (CCBC) is a volunteer organization comprised of community nurses, public health officials, midwives, mental health providers, child birth educators, La Leche League Leaders, nutritionists, lactation consultants, lactation counselors, and mothers who have led the way for 92 % of Chaffee infants to initiate breastfeeding.

Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones then attempted to lead a coalition government, entering into talks with the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

The coalition governing the Senate, led by Skelos and Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein, was already tenuous.

At an event sponsored by the Brennan Center and New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD)-- a coalition of business, civic and philanthropic leaders who favor campaign finance reform — New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman unveiled new disclosure requirements for non-profits engaging in political activities.

«Another thing all three had in common was that they all tried to stop Gordon Brown becoming leader, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised they're happy to join a Tory - led coalition.

The coalition of All Progressives congress leaders and stakeholders in Imo state, led by Senator Ifeanyi Araraume and Senator Osita Izunaso, have said that, they were...

In previous league tables both Lloyd George and Churchill were rated highly, because they were war leaders and led war time coalitions.

(c) But if Labour fall to third in the popular vote, it must either enter coalition with the Lib Dems with Nick Clegg taking 10 Downing Street and Labour being the larger - but - junior partner in coalition, or find a new leader who will not be «squatting» in Number 10 having led the government to disastrous defeat.

Heastie, however, is perhaps best known in political circles for leading a multiethnic coalition — dubbed the Rainbow Rebels — that ousted Assemblyman Jose Rivera as leader of the Bronx Democratic Party in 2008, ending what had been years of tumult within the organization.

His Left - wing rhetoric will alarm many Conservatives and business leaders, who point out that the Coalition is asking the private sector to take the lead in hauling the economy out of recession as the public sector is cut back.

A new message purporting to come from the leader of Islamic State said air strikes by Russia and a U.S. - led coalition had...

As Muslims have come to become more than an insignificant share of the left wing coalition in many parts of Western Europe and North America, despite the left wing not many any real policy concessions to attract them, members of left wing parties have come to have more interpersonal contact with Muslims which has led to reduced fear and increased mutual understanding, and political leaders in left wing parties have felt it politic and appropriate to refrain from emphasizing policies and issues that actively antagonize a not insignificant share of their coalition even when (if push came to shove) they might be uneasy with some of the political and social views of this part of their coalition.

At 11 a.m., amid a growing flood of reports of lead in school drinking water around the state and the country, a coalition of New York public health, environment, and healthy schools advocacy groups will call on state government leaders to take action, LCA Press Room (130), Legislative Office Building, Albany.

Heastie led a multi-ethnic coalition, nicknamed the Rainbow Rebels, that ousted Assemblymember José Rivera as leader of the Bronx Democratic Party in 2008.

Davis» decision not to seek the support of groups like the Alabama Democratic Conference and the New South Coalition — he has long been at odds with the leaders of those organizations — led them to throw their endorsements behind state Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, who is white, in the primary.

The six - decade long Democratic coalition that has produced such leaders as Democratic Chairman Fred Miller (in office since 1965), late Supervisor Phil Rotella and currently serving Supervisor Howard Phillips, among others, has shown signs of fracture this year, as a war between former party coalition supporter and trailer park owner John Piperato, his brother County Clerk Paul Piperato and the Democratic Committee led by Miller and Phillips, has commenced.

The possibility of some SNP involvement in a Labour - led government materialised when Angus Robertson, the SNP's leader in the House of Commons suggested its MPs would be willing to join Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and MPs from other smaller parties to form a rainbow coalition.

Once the Coalition Government's cuts start to bite Labour can probably look forward to big leads in mid-terms polls, but underneath that our poll suggests image problems the new leader will need to address.

Isis's deputy leader, Abu Alaa Afri, a former physics teacher who was thought to have taken charge of the deadly terrorist group, has been killed in a US - led coalition airstrike.

As Pete Hoskin argued yesterday, for all of his flaws he's probably the only Lib Dem leader who would have led his party into a coalition with the Conservatives.

Liberal Democrat leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said his party's coalition with the Conservatives leads the way for a «new kind of government».

Senator Jeff Klein, the leader of a group of breakaway Democrats who lead the Senate in a governing coalition with the Republicans, is under intense pressure from the left over the campaign finance issue.

In statements after the Newtown shooting on Friday, IDC Leader Senator Jeff Klein said we must «continue to reevaluate the place of guns in our state and our society» Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos, who will jointly lead the new Senate governing coalition with Senator Klein, says he's interested in pursuing measures to «curb illegal gun use by increasing penalties and enacting mandatory minimum sentences».

Leaders of several groups in the state's institutional left — VOCAL - NY, Citizen Action, and the labor - backed Strong Economy for All coalition — marched on Third Avenue in midtown, saying Cuomo should push the seven - member Independent Democratic Conference and wayward Sen. Simcha Felder to join with the 24 mainstream Democrats led by Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

While at the AAS, Bethany managed the public policy activities including, creating and managing a federal and local grassroots advocacy program designed to work with association members to effectively communicate with policy makers and successfully leading a coalition, working with Congressional leaders, and drafting legislation to secure millions of federal dollars appropriated for the restarting domestic production of Plutonium - 238 as a fuel source for planetary exploration.

Mayor Reed is among a coalition of California municipal leaders now leading a bigger fight.

Each state will be led by a coalition of key public and private sector leaders committed to mobilizing and sustaining political and financial support for the agenda and addressing legislative or regulatory barriers that inhibit progress.

Conservative Leaders for Education (CL4E) is a coalition comprised of leading state policymakers focused on ensuring that conservative principles gain traction in state decisions.

«It takes a community: Community schools provide opportunities for all» is authored by Reuben Jacobson and José Muñoz, who lead IEL's Coalition for Commuity Schools, and Coalition Steering Committee leaders Lisa Villarreal and Robert Mahaffey.

The college was originally initiated by the Claim Your College 450 - strong coalition led by the former College of Teachers, The Prince's Teaching Institute, the Teacher Development Trust and the SSAT in collaboration with practicing teachers and school leaders.

COPE leaders attribute their organization's growth to FIS support and FIE resources, and are increasingly more confident in their capacity to lead their coalition of congregations and to engage parents in supporting their children's education.

In a statement, New Leaders thanks a congressional coalition, led by Senator Al Franken with Senator Tom Carper, for supporting robust funding for the Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program (Title II, Part A) and the School Leader Recruitment and Support Program (SLRSP).

Alonso's speech marked the first public acknowledgment that the city hopes to model its construction funding plan on a groundbreaking schools project in Greenville, S.C. Transform Baltimore, a coalition of education advocates led by the American Civil Liberties Union, has been lobbying city leaders to carry out Greenville's plan, which would require a nonprofit or other entity to float the bonds on behalf of the school system.

These efforts will need to be led by a broad coalition of local leaders in and outside the district in order for improvement to outlast a particular superintendent or board configuration.

Together with 17 other leading education groups, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) has signed a new social compact that unites a diverse coalition of education leaders around accountability systems that aim to improve education.

«We thank the Florida PTA for putting the needs of low - income children first and dropping from this misguided lawsuit,» Bishop Victor Curry, who leads New Birth Baptist Church in Miami and chairs a coalition of religious leaders who support the scholarships, said in a statement.

Conexión Américas and the Tennessee Educational Equity Coalition are excited to launch the inaugural cohort of Generation Lead, a 10 - month program for young emerging leaders in Nashville.

Mindy Lubber (President, Ceres) Mindy S. Lubber is the President of Ceres, the leading U.S. coalition of investors and environmental leaders working to improve corporate environmental, social and governance practices.