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That information — augmented by advocacy efforts from such Addyi supporters as the National Organization for Women and National Consumers League — turned the tide, and the FDA's joint meeting of the Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee voted 18 to 6 to support approval for HSDD treatment, contingent on Sprout consenting to risk - mitigation measures like warnings and restrictions to prevent misuse.

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But the advocacy group contends the effort is skimpy and Valeant should include more information about complications from interactions with alcohol and other drugs.

Outcomes from these forums often help shape and drive our advocacy efforts at all three levels of government.

In more recent years, our advocacy efforts have also focused on regional issues, from our very public role in the 2015 transit and transportation plebiscite, to our work around Metro Vancouver's proposed Bylaw 280 and regional waste management, our longstanding calls for a mobile business licence program across Greater Vancouver, and our advocacy at all levels of government to invest in roads, bridges, and Pacific Gateway trade infrastructure across the region.

From Fredericton, please know that we are buoyed by your ongoing and growing support for our advocacy efforts on your behalf.

CIFF has indicated a significant interest in funding up to 50 % of Living Goods» costs for 2015 - 2018, with the condition that Living Goods raises approximately $ 1 for every $ 1 CIFF contributes.152 Regardless of CIFF's decision, Living Goods is actively seeking funding from new and existing donors to fill its funding gap and plans to use these funds to support scaling up in Uganda and its partnerships and advocacy team's efforts to help organizations replicate the model in other places.153

This advocacy effort appears to be gaining even more momentum than the movement to release Church of Iran pastor Youcef Nadarkhani (which CT covered regularly), especially now that 80 members of Congress «from both parties signed a Feb. 12 letter urging Secretary of State John Kerry to «exhaust every possible option to secure Mr. Abedini's immediate release.»»

Through food donation, community service, financial investment and advocacy efforts, the FoodShare program is working to help end hunger from all sides.

It will also work to expand advocacy efforts and through new partnerships ensure conservation of entire landscapes in priority regions from India to Indonesia and Brazil to Vietnam.

Rep. Henry A. Waxman's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is investigating allegations from former officials that Carmona was blocked from participating in the breast - feeding advocacy effort and that those designing the ad campaign were overruled by superiors at the formula industry's insistence.

As Time goes on, do intend to consciously feature other sides from their own camps because it «feels» to be a really good tool for determining where education and advocacy efforts might be effectively focused at any given moment..

Many within science, in an effort to counter the neglect of scientific argument within contemporary policy debates, have departed from previous commitments to scientific argument and have instead begun to engage in advocacy.

This month, the Internet Advocacy Roundtable is piping in some of the key players in these efforts from the Human Rights Campaign, which has spearheaded much of the national effort, and from the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which successfully challenged California's Prop 8 in federal court.

Today, we serve more than 2,000 at - risk youth each year from more than 300 zip codes in New York and throughout the tri-state area, and an additional 8,000 young people through outreach efforts — as well as countless lives changed by our advocacy, training and capacity building work around the world.

The video series, which was organized by the advocacy group Human Rights Campaign, is intended to rally support for a possible legislative effort to legalize same - sex marriage in New York, according to an earlier statement from the group.

And the governor donated the more than $ 110,000 he received in campaign contributions from disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein to Women's Justice NOW, NOW - NYC's charitable partner organization that supports public education and outreach efforts and offers legal advocacy and referrals for women.

The B&ECPL established an internal development operation to raise funds from multiple sources, improve the Library's visibility and coordinate advocacy efforts.

From managing national campaigns to organizing issue advocacy messages through thousands of volunteer contacts, Lincoln Strategy Group uses grassroots efforts to successfully achieve results.

I want to hear from you about how we can, and I intend to find ways for you to be more involved in AAAS advocacy efforts.»

In an effort to encourage more people to register as organ and tissue donors, folks at Penn Medicine are tackling the issue from a few different angles — from advocacy to research to policy.

SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, February 23, 2017 — ViaCyte, Inc., a privately - held regenerative medicine company, and Beyond Type 1, a not - for - profit advocacy and education group for those living with type 1 diabetes, today announced a grant from Beyond Type 1 to support ViaCyte's efforts to develop a functional cure for type 1 and other insulin - requiring diabetes.

From the scientists who are creating, testing, and re-testing our formulas to produce a product we're proud of, to our marketing team who constantly find ways to marry our product stories and advocacy efforts in innovative ways — every person in every department truly walks the walk and cares about our brand and mission.

New York State About Blog The New York History Blog, founded in 2008 and updated several times per day, promotes the state's history community including: new research and publications; newly available collections; public history advocacy and historic preservation efforts; exhibits and events; conferences and grants; and new stories from New York's past.

In their continuing efforts to extract more school spending from state legislatures through the courts, advocacy groups recently acquired a powerful new weapon: the standards movement.

The Washington - based advocacy organization cites a range of what it perceives as offenses related to education, such as efforts by the Bush administration to zero out funding for the Women's Educational Equity Act and to «weaken Title IX protections for female athletes,» and its failure to investigate the exclusion of females from certain education programs.

In addition to dedicated professional staff and board members, our vision requires efforts from a broad coalition of authorizers, superintendents, and state and local advocacy organizations, as well as public officials, civic leaders, funders, and others.

Noguera recently received awards from the Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences, from the National Association of Secondary Principals, and from the McSilver Institute at NYU for his research and advocacy efforts aimed at fighting poverty.

From the outside looking in, Wilson's efforts are regarded by at least one education advocacy group as exactly the medicine the district needs.

This new school year you'll be able to receive text messages about important advocacy efforts, and you'll be able to respond right from your smart phone or tablet.

CCSA has launched the «Oakland Campaign: Telling the Charter School Story» on our website that is chock full of resources for your school ranging from how to grow community engagement to improving advocacy efforts with the school district.

The bill did not pass — due in large part to enormous efforts from legislators and progressive advocacy groups who oppose using public money to fund private schools.

As a result of the demand from Texans for more seats at a public charter school and TCSA's advocacy efforts, we have seen legislation that includes additional funding for public charter schools:

«COSA's new slate of officers and directors, experienced and committed law practitioners from across the country, will play a pivotal role in both strengthening and expanding our legal advocacy efforts in the coming year.»

After a brief mention from Dunn about the on - going work of Charter Schools Now, the 501 (c)(4), Veronica Garcia, the Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, gave an overview of TCSA's advocacy efforts including city - based regional grassroots coalitions, legislative engagement, parent / advocate trainings, and communications.

But the department's action was prompted by concerted efforts from parent groups such as Decoding Dyslexia and other advocacy organizations, which have recently rallied around the Twitter hashtag, #saydyslexia.

Regional Manager, Northern California 916-750-2537 ext. 2354 [email protected] As Regional Manager, Adolfo supports charter school renewals, new school authorization, and the collective advocacy efforts of the Northern California team from Shasta to Sacramento County.

Profile and highlight outstanding efforts in music education advocacy from its national network of advocates working to keep music education strong.

Given his advocacy of efforts to divert tax dollars from traditional public schools to charters and virtual schools, some press in Utah have questioned whether Stephenson is a public servant or a lobbyist for outside interests.

Greg has deep connections with the Center, previously serving as CEO from 2010 - 2015 where he led advocacy efforts to create a more favorable policy environment for Tennessee's charters.

In addition to dedicated professional staff and board members, our vision requires efforts from a broad coalition of authorizers, superintendents, and state and local advocacy organizations, as well as public officials, civic leaders, lawmakers, funders, and others.

Education Reform Advocacy Now Inc. is part of the massive three - headed corporate education reform behemoth that includes Education Reform Advocacy Now, Inc.; Education Reform Now, Inc. and Democrats for Education Reform, the related Political Action Committee that donates directly to pro-corporate education reform candidates and supports opponents of candidates who don't support the reformer's efforts to turn schools into little more than testing factories, while diverting scarce public funds away from real public schools and redirecting them to privately owned charter schools.

Recently, charter school leader Dave Patterson sat down with students from the Rocklin Academy Schools to discuss the importance of participating in Action Alerts and other charter school movement - wide advocacy efforts.

In part, the perception of increasing funder participation in policy discussions is due to the very public personas of founders of major foundations like Bill Gates and Eli Broad.7 And the advocacy efforts of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation have increased dramatically with a shift from local funding efforts to more direct support for national - level policy advocacy on issues such as the Common Core State Standards.8

School board members from every education service center region in the state participated in the TASB Legislative Advisory Council (LAC) April 7 in San Antonio, as the LAC started developing statewide priorities to direct TASB's advocacy efforts.

An annual professional development event exclusively for state chapter leaders, SLI aims to strengthen participants» leadership skills, enhance chapters» advocacy and communication efforts, and build connections among chapter heads from across the country.

«We are seeing a lot of effort from consumer advocacy groups and federal institutions meant to protect consumers stepping up and doing their job, which is to not letting Equifax off the hook for this,» Woodruff said.

The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) is an advocate for students, and this latest advocacy effort is part of the Advocacy Pipeline that NASFAA has created to bring policy makers and elected members together with on the grounded perspectives from student advocacy effort is part of the Advocacy Pipeline that NASFAA has created to bring policy makers and elected members together with on the grounded perspectives from student Advocacy Pipeline that NASFAA has created to bring policy makers and elected members together with on the grounded perspectives from student leaders.

She has presented at numerous animal welfare and aging conferences around the country, and she has received awards for her community outreach and advocacy efforts (including the «Humane Outreach Award» from the Pennsylvania SPCA).

This yearly event brings together activists from all around the states, and focuses on advocacy efforts within the current political environment.

And this year, apart from Bandai Namco's efforts, Intel and the esports company ESL partnered to form AnyKey, an advocacy organization that seeks to create support networks and provide opportunities for women in esports.