Sentences with phrase «actions by advocating»

The membership is committed to incorporating that belief in its actions by advocating the recruitment and retention of underrepresented persons as students and faculty and ultimately fostering their success in veterinary medicine.

With a quickly growing national network of over3, 500 educators united by the E4E Declaration of Teachers» Principles and Beliefs, E4E teachers can learn about education policy and research, network at E4E's event series with like - minded colleagues and important education policymakers, and take action by advocating for teacher - created policy recommendations that lift student achievement and the teaching profession.

E4E members can learn about education policy and research, network with like - minded peers and policymakers and take action by advocating for teacher - created policies that lift student achievement and the teaching profession.

E4E members learn about education policy and research, network with like - minded peers and policymakers, and take action by advocating for teacher - created policies that both lift student achievement and the teaching profession.

«E4E helps to bridge that gap by bringing teachers from various backgrounds, schools and classrooms together to learn about the policies that impact them as educators, network with their peers, unions and key policymakers and take action by advocating for the policies that will ultimately make a difference to support effective teaching and improve student achievement.»

Through E4E, teachers can learn about education policy and research, network at our events with like - minded colleagues and policy makers, and take action by advocating for teacher - created policy recommendations that lift student achievement and the teaching profession.

This week Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI), declined to place the Greater Sage Grouse on the Endangered Species list, stating that unprecedented cooperative, voluntary, conservation actions by advocates, state governments and the private sector had sufficiently increased the bird's population and protected its habitat.

Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI), declined to place the Greater Sage Grouse on the Endangered Species list, stating that unprecedented cooperative, voluntary, conservation actions by advocates, state governments and the private sector had sufficiently increased the bird's population and protected its habitat.

This week Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, declined to place a sub-population of the Greater Sage Grouse on the Endangered Species, stating that cooperative, voluntary, conservation actions by advocates, state governments and the private sector had increased the bird's population.

Not exact matches

Surrounded by gun - control advocates and family members of victims of gun violence, Obama laid out the rationale behind his recently announced slate of executive actions on guns.

The legal challenge comes as Democrats and environmental advocates vow to aggressively challenge the Trump administration's plans to weaken the vehicle rules touted by the Obama administration as one of its biggest climate actions.

The class - action lawsuit was filed in California by the Project on Predatory Student Lending and by the Housing and Economic Rights Advocates, USA Today reported.

Peter Kurdock, director of regulatory affairs for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety in Washington, said the group sent a letter Monday to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao saying it is concerned about a lack of action and oversight by the department as autonomous vehicles are developed.

A court hearing this week will determine whether or not thousands of former Corinthian Colleges students will have their student loan debt erased.The class - action lawsuit was filed in California by the Project on Predatory Student Lending and by the Housing and Economic Rights Advocates, USA Today reported.

Williams» comments come after recent remarks and actions taken by the US Federal Reserve that have pricked up the ears of blockchain technology advocates in the US financial sector.

Both the Bush and Obama administrations have relied too much on endless and unproductive diplomacy and commissions, and have failed to take the concrete actions advocated by the likely GOP nominee, Mitt Romney (as well as this author and other economists).

Immigration advocates are accusing the San Diego - area Border Patrol of politicizing two human - smuggling arrests by publicizing the suspects» participation in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — even though one of the arrestees was not actively enrolled in DACA.

Conservatives, for their part, repelled by the public vision of civil rights advocates and convinced that the programs of the past have failed, prefer not to address racial issues at all; when they do, they talk in formalistic terms about the principle of «color - blind state action.»

Also, the original post was a cartoon envisioning the words / concepts represented by the Jesus figure, against the background of the Syrian refugees ---- what are your thoughts on the irony, applicability, and / or actions advocated by the Followers of Jesus (past tense) with the Followers of Jesus (present tense).

They use church organizations and facilities routinely to advocate political action by their cult members.

«Of all the SDGs, Target 12.3 is the only one to my knowledge that is being advocated by a coalition like Champions 12.3 with leaders from every sector mobilizing action to achieve success.

The International Baby Food Action Network works by building alliances, protecting people from baby food corporations» misleading propaganda, advocating with governments to hold the baby food corporations accountable, providing technical and planning support to governments, campaigning, training and capacity building.

The best (though not ideal) solution lies in public involvement in governmental decision - making (it is also our duty — we are, after all, a sovereign people), both via direct action (such as what Bettina does) as well as via indirect advocates (i.e. lobbyists), combined with intelligent decision - making by the government agencies which takes into account and reflects the diverse nature of our society.

Patty Rundall, of the British Baby Milk Action, a group that advocates for breastfeeding, and who also represents the Baby Feeding Law Group, which advocates for laws controlling marketing of infant formulas, sends this most interesting article from The Independent about the latest efforts by Nestlé (really, no relation) to prevent the UK Health Department from enforcing marketing restrictions on infant formulas.

These tactics serve to keep global breastfeeding rates low over decades despite various efforts by the Ministries of Health in countries, and by breastfeeding advocates,» notes Sarah Amin, Executive Director of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA).

With Scottish politics now dominated by two big parties, small parties under pressure and women's representation on the wane, the Electoral Reform Society say action is now needed to ensure that Scotland's political system can continue to meet the original aspirations and expectations of the advocates of devolution.

Local officials, environmental advocates and residents demanded that the EPA take more action to clean up the Hudson River from contamination by General Electric during a meeting in Saratoga Springs last night.

The new governor is also being pressured to take decisive action by good government advocates, who are having a press conference down at the LOB this morning.

adoption of a real property tax cap, as advocated by Governor Paterson, coupled with significant mandate reform and local government consolidations - actions that would reduce the enormous size and cost of local government, and the state's crippling real property tax burden.

Nixon, at an event to advocate for clean drinking water in the eastern New York village of Hoosick Falls, which has been contaminated with PFOA's, was asked by reporters whether the governor's actions had anything to do with her candidacy.

Sagay, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, stated that Buhari would not be cowed by the Senate's action, which he described as an affront to the Presidency.

The advocates, including Citizen Action's Karen Scharff, want the state to adopt a public campaign financing system similar to the one in New York City where every one dollar donated by a private individual to a political campaign releases $ 6 of public money.

On Monday, city Public Advocate Bill de Blasio called on the NYPD to take action against sexual assaults — specifically in parks — by compiling and publishing data specific to assaults on park land.

At 9 a.m., gun control advocates from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America's city chapter deliver postcards to a district office of Rep. Michael Grimm, as part of a campaign organized by the group and the organization Everytown for Gun Safety; 7308 13th Ave., Brooklyn.

Short - short version: Affirmative Action vs. official color blindness advocated by (surprise!

While it affirms the stands of the government and people of the state of Libya against these inhuman actions, he said the Ministry has for many years advocated for effective policies in dealing with these phenomena by supporting institutional capacity - building and enterprise development in the country to eliminate illegal migration, smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings as stated in the Tripoli joint Declaration -LCB- Africa and European Union -RCB- in 2006.

Environmental Advocates notes that Hanna is backed by last year's recipient of the Oil Slick Award, Sen. Lee Zeldin, whose political action committee is contributing to all of the first - time GOP Senate candidates this year.

Nixon, at an event to advocate for clean drinking water in the eastern New York village of Hoosick Falls, which has been contaminated with PFOAs, was asked by reporters whether the governor's actions had anything to do with her candidacy.

Democratic Members of the Board of Legislators were joined at a press conference Monday afternoon by Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner, Paul Yanovsky from the Newtown Action Alliance, as well as numerous advocates to call on the successful implementation of the ban of gun shows on County property.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER When the 25 - year - old Empire State Pride Agenda, in late 2015, abruptly announced it was closing up shop — with only a vague pledge, that it never fulfilled, to keep its political action committee functioning — activists, advocates, and service providers in the LGBTQ community across New York were at a stunned loss as to what would come next.

To advocate on behalf of the needs of older persons by monitoring, evaluating, and commenting on policies, programs, and community actions which affect the elderly in Erie County

Since then she has spoken about the topic at various events, including at a spring 2008 conference in Florida organized by the Gill Action Fund, a Colorado - based organization that advocates on gender and sexual orientation issues.

As Public Advocate, she pledges to use the powers of her office to ensure that the NYPD conducts full and complete crash investigations and holds dangerous drivers accountable for their actions, and will champion the expansion of complete - street projects, especially to disadvantaged neighborhoods that are all too often plagued by poor road design.

At 12:15 p.m., NYC Public Advocate Tish James, NYC Council members Rafael Espinal, Stephen Levin, Corey Johnson, Donovan Richards, Helen Rosenthal and Jumaane Williams, and legal and housing advocates hold a rally in support of a package of bills that aim to end illegal actions used by three - quarter operators and provide protections residents, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

And on Tuesday Public Advocate Letitia James demanded that the authority do the right thing, writing to NYCHA Chairwoman Shola Olatoye: «I strongly urge you to comply with the demands made by your residents and the Legal Aid Society without forcing the need for legal action.»

Even as they praised Bratton's action, advocates said that such an exception creates problems by disincentivizing traffickers from providing condoms to prostitutes working for them.

Fight Back NY, the new political action committee started by gay advocate Tim Gill and others that plans to aggressively target New York state senators who voted against the recent marriage equality bill, has officially launched.

Robert Moore, Executive Director of Environmental Advocates of New York said: «Governor Paterson's Climate Action Plan lays the groundwork for reducing New York's greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by the year 2050 through clean energy development and reductions in energy consumption.

Fight Back NY, the new political action committee started by gay advocate Tim Gill and others that plans to aggressively target New York state senators who voted against the recent marriage equality bill, has officially launched.The group also... Read

Liz Moran, water and natural resources associate at Environmental Advocates of New York, said she was astonished by Marchione's actions.