Sentences with phrase «acts of advocacy»

The School Superintendents Association supports the National Day of Action to Stop Gun Violence in Our Schools, on April 20, 2018, which urges teachers, families, students, and school administrators to engage in acts of advocacy and civic engagement in and around their schools.

It is a powerful act of advocacy.

Each act of advocacy makes a difference.

Not exact matches

Facebook is also the target of a $ 1 - billion lawsuit launched this summer by an Israeli legal advocacy group, which claims the company is violating the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act by providing services that assist in «recruiting, radicalising and instructing terrorists.»

«Outline of Dodd - Frank Act and JOBS Act» Speech by Lori Schock, Director, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy June 9, 2012

In the same article we reported that while the Citizens United case was pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Thomas, the wife of the Justice, created a nonprofit Tea Party advocacy group, Liberty Central, Inc., with a former lawyer for the Charles G. Koch Foundation, Sarah Field, acting as her General Counsel and a former Koch lobbyist, Matt Schlapp, serving on her board at inception.

And anyone managing an Employee Advocacy program needs to think about how you will help your employee advocates deal with the persistent problem of information overload and how best to then act on what's important.

Facebook has helped give greater legitimacy to controversial organizations like ACT for America, a self - described national security grassroots advocacy group that has been accused of promoting Islamophobia, according to Beirich.

Her organization, ACT for America, has been criticized by Muslim Advocates, a legal advocacy organization focused on the civil rights of Muslim citizens.

Obviously you aren't doing anything in leviticus because the NT testement has already said that the OT is null because jesus came, but there's still a lot of advocacy for slavery and sale of your children, not to mention how a woman should act and how a man should act.

This is still the case whether the shaping of human desire involves programs like the Affordable Care Act that seeks to orient humans toward care for the other or advocacy of programs that support a pro-life agenda.

According to Christian advocacy group Middle East Concern, Shamiram Isavi Khabizeh, was also found guilty of «organising small groups, attending a seminary abroad and training church leaders and pastors to act as spies».

The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.

You will be a hard act to follow, Bettina, but hopefully among your vast readership, there are some HISD parents who have been inspired by your passion and advocacy on behalf of HISD's students, and who will be willing to step up and take your place, to keep trying to move forward with better school food.

In February, SNS worked with the Academy's Policy Initiatives and Advocacy staff in Washington, D. C.in development of a survey sent to SNS members February 21 to help assess the impact implementation of the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) had on school nutrition programs.

Few have achieved such remarkable success in as many different fields as Davis has: she is not only an Oscar and Golden Globe winning actor, but a world - class athlete (at one time the nation's 13th - ranked archer), a member of the genius society Mensa, and is becoming recognized for her tireless advocacy of women and girls nearly as much as for her acting accomplishments.

UK - based breast milk advocacy movement Baby Milk Action (BMA) also alleges that Nestlé's Nan 1 infant formula breached the Indian Infant Milk Substitutes Act that outlaws «pictures or other graphic material or phrases designed to increase the saleability of infant milk substitutes or infant food».

In March, when I first wrote about how the biotech rider — called the Monsanto Protection Act by its vocal opponents — undercut the constitutional concept of separation of powers, it seemed hardly anyone (other than the usual advocacy groups) was paying attention.

But Faso has come under fire from liberal advocacy groups after backing the passage in the House of Representatives of the American Health Care Act, the bill that would dismantled the Affordable Care Act.

I'm talking about sending mass email of course, which is the single scariest act in the world of digital communications, advocacy and politics.

A number of advocacy groups say there's an opportunity for lawmakers to act to address some of the harm that they say President Trump's policies are causing.

A number of advocacy groups say there's an opportunity for lawmakers to act to address some of the harm that they say President Donald Trump's policies are causing.

They reduce citizens» ability to form meaningful opinions about acts of governance or to engage in advocacy, thereby damaging the vibrancy of American democracy.

The advocacy efforts of the Vote Better NY coalition focus on reforming these laws in three critical areas, through bills I've introduced: fully modernizing and transforming voter registration through the Voter Empowerment Act, instituting early voting, and ensuring ballots are clear and usable through the Voter Friendly Ballot Act.

The announcement, a rally of sorts, included Charles King, the CEO of Housing Works who is also the member of ACT UP New York, an - anti-AIDS advocacy group.

NACOB as part of its strategies to intensify the advocacy campaign against drug abuse and trafficking is calling on the youth to refrain from engaging in acts that would jeopardize their future.

The Acting Upper West Regional Minister, Amidu Chinnia Issahaku, has called for the stepping up of advocacy on mental health to protect the rights of mental health patients.

Following the visit of the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to the oil producing region in the country, the Niger Delta Non-Violence Youth Leaders Assembly, (NDYLA), a peace advocacy group, has commended his action describing it as a morale booster.

But Jenkins lamented that the commission, now full of Astorino political appointees, is not acting proactively as it was intended to, lacks a full - time executive director and added that he would work to re-establish advocacy offices for minority groups, which, he said, have also been marginalized under the Astorino administration.

As for the DREAM Act, no matter how much supporters would like to see a «clean» bill pass, at least one member of the immigrant advocacy community recognizes the reality of the situation, which is that letting the measure come up for a vote in the Senate is likely a recipe for disaster — an all - but certain repeat of the bill's 2014 failure.

Nevertheless, Klein has come under criticism from liberals and other advocacy organizations for the Senate's failure to pass measures aimed at strengthening abortion rights, the DREAM Act and the full public financing of political campaigns.

But, now, with the State Legislature in the final few days of its 2013 regular session, the Empire State Pride Agenda, the advocacy and lobby group leading the push for civil rights protections for the transgender community, says that there is «clear momentum» toward enactment of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act.

More importantly, while Recchia's constituents were neglected and let down by his lack of action and advocacy, Michael Grimm gave Brooklyn and Staten Island residents, and millions of homeowners across the country, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, which lowered their flood insurance premiums and stabilized home values.

Also at 10 a.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Buffalo City Hall, 65 Niagara Square # 218, Buffalo.

Also at 1 p.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Schenectady City Hall, 105 Jay St., Schenectady.

Also at noon, nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Bronx County Courthouse, 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx.

Also at noon, nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, NYSNA Long Island Office, 900 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville.

Also at 11 a.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

The United Federation of Teachers and the Alliance for Quality Education, a labor - backed advocacy group, both of which are at odds with Cuomo on his education positions more broadly, released statements pushing the governor to enact the Dream Act, without strings.

A number of upstate lawmakers, along with gun rights advocacy groups, were pulling for DeFrancisco, who voted against a strict gun control measure known as the SAFE Act, which is largely unpopular upstate.

ALBANY — Here's one way to interpret Senator Jeff Klein's loud advocacy this season for the Dream Act, paid sick leave, campaign finance reform and other pieces of the liberal agenda that failed to make it into the budget this year:

New York, NY — A coalition of more than two dozen non-profit organizations, labor unions, and advocacy groups sent a joint letter to the New York Congressional Delegation demanding that the delegation reject the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Friday.

Inez Barron is known for her advocacy on police brutality issues, and was among the Council members who voted against the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills that were revised as part of a compromise with de Blasio, Mark - Viverito and the NYPD.

The Jews of Color Caucus, along with hundreds of neighbors and advocacy groups, held an action and vigil in support of Black Lives Matter to demand an end to police violence against people of color and the passage of the Right to Know Act.

Muhammad Rabbani, director of controversial advocacy group Cage, has been convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 for not giving police access to his devices

An essential and moving film centred on the Paris faction of ACT UP, the international action and advocacy group formed at the height of the HIV / AIDs epidemic, in the early 1990s.

The film's off - and - on social advocacy becomes abruptly dominant in the final act, as Taylor offers scene after scene depicting the terror of human trafficking, and a film that had previously been impossible to take seriously suddenly starts taking itself very seriously indeed.

Advocacy Groups Empower Parents to Act as Catalysts for School Reform A growing number of nonprofit organizations bypass PTAs to force change in public education

A coalition of school, civil rights, and child - advocacy groups handed a list of 14 recommendations for changing the federal No Child Left Behind Act to congressional staff members at the U.S. Capitol last week, just a day after President Bush vigorously defended the law on its fourth anniversary.

Many individuals on Capitol Hill and in advocacy groups appear sincerely to believe that with the right people calling the shots in the U.S. Department of Education, making good decisions, and acting wisely, the law could work as intended.