Sentences with phrase «other advocates at»

Other advocates at the press conference included Urban Pathways, the Jewish Association Serving the Aging, Sheltering Arms and the New York Immigration Coalition.

Not exact matches

Just as John started his business while working at Red Lobster, he advocates for others to begin building their business while working for someone else.

He advocates putting your genuine thoughts on the table and discussing them so that nobody is secretly mad at each other.

Privacy advocates argue this puts student privacy at risk by allowing those companies to sell student data to advertisers and other online vendors.

While research from the American Medical Association showed that 7.1 percent of all claims paid by insurers in 2013 contained a mistake, patient advocates and other professionals who review medical claims for accuracy put the frequency of billing errors at more like 80 percent or even 90 percent.

Other highlights included a report on ridesharing and innovative transportation options, the passing of seven policy resolutions at the BC Chamber AGM in Kelowna, advocating for transit and transportation funding in the Lower Mainland, the redesign of the Sounding Board newspaper, and the unveiling of a new logo and new website.

More than just tempering Gross's anti-equity remarks, the longtime advocate of buying and holding equity - based index funds and ETFs went so far as to say that «equities today are more attractive relative to bonds than at any other time in history.»

When I interviewed local community advocate Sean Sheppard last year about Game Changer, his program that uses sporting events to bring members of law enforcement and the community together to talk about racism and other thorny issues, we met at Starbucks.

No other investors had an advocate at the bargaining table.

They displayed uncommon resilience, were adept at being able to view how others were seeing them, built relationships with managers who advocated on their behalf and worked in organizations that gave them room to slip up.

The catch - 22 is that consumers and other stakeholders expect companies to both advocate and take more ownership of issues, says Howard Pulchin, global director - creative strategy and community at Apco Worldwide.

Over at Mirror of Justice, though, Thomas Berg sounds a bit more worried: «a possible lesson here for religious - liberty advocates (applicable in other contexts too) is to beware of pushing the envelope too much.»

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

Hence in opposition to Whitehead, at least as he understands him, Leclerc advocates a modified Aristotelianism, according to which the subordinate entities within a physical organism «act on each other reciprocally, and are thus each modified, in some respect, by the relationship, that is, by their acting» (NPE 309).

At the other extreme are those who advocate for saying the sinner's prayer, subscribing to a long list of beliefs / interpretations of Scripture, living certain ways and doing certain things (such as attending church so many times a week).

Advocates of world government were at the time divided about the UN, some saying it was a step in the right direction, others pointing out that you don't leap a great chasm by taking one step at a time.

In Russia and in other totalitarian states, both left and right, the most fearless advocates of human rights are usually nurtured in minority religious communities which on the surface have no power at all.

There have been many other theories of atonement, each picking out what a given generation took to be the worst possible human situation and going on to affirm that in the action of God in Jesus, God met us precisely at that point: slavery to demonic powers, from which we have been delivered; actual slavery to human masters, with manumission accomplished in Christ; guilt for wrongdoing, with Christ as the advocate who pleads for, and secures, our release; corruptibility and mortal death, met in Christ with healing and eternal life....

Whitehead makes a beginning at putting the world back together by advocating the replacement of the brute concept of matter with that of organism and replacing the other parameters of space / time with the concept of event.

At the end of this chapter, he laments over the divide between Christians who advocate «God's Truth» on one hand and «Love» on the other when «in the Bible, Truth and Love are two sides of the same coin.

For Megyn Kelly to argue that either Jesus, as embraced by Christians as the Son of God, or Santa, as the infinitely generous being who lives at the North Pole and delivers presents to every well - behaved child on the planet on Christmas Eve (What other possible understanding could she be advocating?)

The possible endgame of government intrusion at the level certain liberals advocate is illustrated by Rand, Orwell and other «apocolyptic» style writers.

Media increasingly represent the interests of forces at the centers of political and economic power, neglecting the concerns of churches and other institutions that advocate for alternative visions and futures.

In the Christian Evidence Society's «Drawbridge Lecture» in November, hosted at King's College, London, Professor Alister McGrath delivered a forthright argument entitled The Rationality of Faith,» in the face of recent years» attacks by Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, amongst others, the advocates of the so - called «New Atheism.»

While some evangelical supporters of homeschooling, private school, and charter school options are celebrating a school choice advocate's appointment to this all - important role (and a graduate of the evangelical liberal arts school, Calvin College, at that), other conservative Christian public school parents and advocates are disheartened by DeVos's limited personal history with our nation's public schools (she has mentored in public schools but not attended, taught, or sent children to public schools).

Recently at a meeting in Kozhencherry (Kerala), E.M.S. Nampoodiripad advocated cooperation between religious believers and Marxists at the action - level for the good of humanity, without interfering at the level of each other's beliefs or basic ethics.

St Francis de Sales (one of the first to see the dangers of heresy at Port Royal) and other saintly spiritual writers who advocated frequent communion saw it as a practice requiring regular confession and serious preparation.

Other advocates of separation included anti-Catholics (e.g., the Know - Nothings) as well as businessmen like P. T. Barnum and the nameless gentleman who, outraged at his inability to find a cigar on the Sabbath, donated 50 dollars to help repeal Sunday closing laws.

And, third, the reason - centred reflectivity of the enlightenment, which lead to the blossoming of a spirit of critical reconstruction within traditional religions.3 Hindu representatives who found themselves at the locus of these dynamics had to advocate for their traditional religion and talk - back to the western imperialists in order to undercut missionary interpretation of Hinduism, deny the silence of the eastern Other and engage in a process of re-presenting their own faith tradition in a changing world.

In addition, during the «early bird special», 50 % of all proceeds will go to Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger, an organization whose mission is to provide for people who are hungry while at the same time advocating for other ways to end hunger.

Among other well - told strategies for enjoying the results of frugal cooking, Fisher advocates preparing and roasting a large variety of dishes at once, filling the oven with as many pans as it will hold to conserve energy and money.

Wynn is his top OT (# 11 overall) and unlike most others does not advocate bumping him inside to guard, at least not immediately.

At their best, feminism advocates would like more attention put on workplace discrimination, whether for pay discrepencies or sexual misconduct, and the general equal treatment of women (among other things).

At their best, men's rights advocates would like more attention put on the sky - high suicide rate of males and treatment in courts regarding child - custody (among other things).

One of the fundamental beliefs of deeper - learning advocates is that these practices — revising work over and over, with frequent critiques; persisting at long - term projects; dealing with the frustrations of hands - on experimentation — develop not just students» content knowledge and intellectual ability, but their noncognitive capacities as well: what Camille Farrington would call academic perseverance and what others might call grit or resilience.

The product: a smart, self - advocating teenager who doesn't cave at challenges, who advocates for himself and others, with strong relationships and an ability to figure out the answers to the many questions that spring from his curious mind.

At Advocate, the first hospital in the area to feed low birth weight babies and others at risk for the condition exclusively with breast milk, NEC is down by more than half, said Jeffrey George, hospital director of neonatologAt Advocate, the first hospital in the area to feed low birth weight babies and others at risk for the condition exclusively with breast milk, NEC is down by more than half, said Jeffrey George, hospital director of neonatologat risk for the condition exclusively with breast milk, NEC is down by more than half, said Jeffrey George, hospital director of neonatology.

When advocates who share a common interest in fighting child obesity are at each other's throats over whether chocolate milk is a tasty way for kids to get important nutrition, or the Drink of Satan, the whole school food reform movement suffers, and that hurts kids.

Other homebirth advocates emphasize that the absolute risk of death is low (true) or that only women having first babies are at risk for homebirth death (false).

In doing so you will be asked to advocate, to reach out to policy makers and other key influencers at the local, state, and national levels; to spread the word, to raise awareness.

And do breastfeeding advocates, who mostly seem to have found breastfeeding so straightforward and simple that they are at a complete loss as to why other people find it difficult, really understand what it is like as a new mum — with an overwhelming instinct to calm and nurture their baby — to deny their baby food in the name of «exclusive breastfeeding».

Military spouse, breastfeeding advocate, natural parent, and seamstress, Amy ran into natural parenting by accident, and now blogs at Amy Willa: Me Mothering, and Making it All Work and Natural Parents Network, in order to share her experience and inspire others to live an authentic life and seek peace in parenting.

Yes some kids have greater abilities than others, but we would do far better to advocate for a system that is adaptable enough to meet all kids where they are at, instead of believing that we can somehow magically predict the golden children (we can't) and then provide a special track just for their benefit.

4 5 Others have advocated home birth for women at high risk of obstetric complications, 6 7 and trends to abandon risk assessment for home birth are apparent in both Australia8 and the United States.9

With a higher weight capacity than most other car seats on the market today, with a forward - facing limit of 65 pounds, the Britax USA Advocate ClickTight is a convertible car seat that is perfect for the family who doesn't like to stay at home.

Together with more than 100,000 members, we care for 35,000 acres of conservation land, provide school, camp, and other educational programs for 225,000 children and adults annually, and advocate for sound environmental policies at local, state, and federal levels.

But parenting three babies instead of one has meant tripling the number of baby supplies and coming up with some tricky planning for Laura and her husband, Jeff, along with three other couples who delivered triplets at Advocate Christ Medical Center between Jan. 18 and Feb. 8.

Mark your calendars now to join other school nutrition advocates April 2 - 4, 2017, at the J.W. Marriott Hotel.

However, at a certain point, if your school food service top folks are taking the attitude that they can't afford to provide enough fresh fruits and veggies to meet student demand, parents and other advocates will need to push back.

A strong advocate for co-sleeping, McKenna encourages bed - sharing and other co-sleeping arrangements, such as putting the baby in a bassinet or crib at the parent's bedside, while also following standard SIDS safety precautions — for example, making sure there are no blankets or stuffed animals around him.