Sentences with phrase «advocacy efforts within»

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

Get in touch with your state's gifted association, also, for information on advocacy efforts within your state.

Not exact matches

Editor's Note: The International Lactation Consultant Association would like to applaud the important advocacy efforts of our representatives, Kathleen Marinelli, Joan Dodgson, and Linda Smith, who have worked within this collaborative.

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.

For many years, a friendly division of work within the Alzheimer's Association called for the New York City office to deliver programs and the national office in Chicago to lead advocacy efforts and promote funding for major research.

Failing to gain any traction within the de Blasio administration or with other city - based elected officials, charter leaders quickly shifted their advocacy efforts up to Albany, where they hoped for a more receptive audience.

November 2011: A Gates Foundation grant to the New Venture Fund — «to support efforts to better engage and mobilize public support for educational policy and advocacy goals, especially around common core standards and effective teaching reforms within and among the faith community and faith leaders.»

THL's specific role within the animal advocacy movement's institutional outreach efforts is to put pressure on companies to change their policies.»

Made possible by a curatorial fellowship grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the convening was hosted by the Walker's Artistic Director Fionn Meade and Director and Senior Curator of Performing Arts Philip Bither, who invited a group of curators, programmers, artists, and producers to address the following: new models of performance curating that have arisen within and outside of the museum setting; evolving standards for collecting and archiving performance and live arts; challenges faced and learning opportunities in producing, commissioning, and acquiring performance - based art and its differing approaches to audience; and shared efforts toward artist advocacy and agency in the context of curating performance across stage, gallery, and emerging platforms.

One of the main efforts of the AGW advocacy community (as distinct from any individual at random within that group) has been to confuse feedback issues with gas theory issues, to prevent discussion of any challenges to their views by blocking publication, and to demonize and marginalize anyone questioning their data or disagreeing with their interpretations.

«When we created this position, I knew that we needed someone with a strong background in legislation and policy analysis, and a wealth of experience leading grassroots advocacy efforts and building relationships on the Hill, and within the Administration and the various science agencies,» said Christine McEntee, AGU's executive director / CEO.

Our partner in this effort is the Chicago Appleseed Fund for Justice, an independent and nonpartisan research and advocacy organization which seeks to remedy systemic injustices facing vulnerable populations within our court systems.

Homeless advocacy groups in other cities may not have as strong a legal hook to hang their winter efforts on, but there are groups across the country doing what they can within their own communities to help folks see another Spring.

Within the past decade, non-governmental organizations and human rights advocates have increased advocacy efforts to end child immigration detention worldwide.

Although a few small changes have been made to the laws within the last few years, due to exposure and the efforts of advocacy organizations, there has not been significant progress.