An
advocacy group is a collective of people who work together to support and promote a particular cause or issue, such as protecting the environment, improving education, or advancing the rights of a specific group of people. They advocate for change and try to influence public opinion and government policies to address the concerns of their cause.
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The major
advocacy group for public charter schools is concerned that failing online charter schools may be hurting the credibility of the movement as a whole.
A number
of advocacy groups say the fact that that children are not strapped down while in these seats has led to skull fractures and other injuries.
Many of us educators know about the effectiveness of parent
advocacy groups in the special education contexts.
I will begin meeting with
education advocacy groups and legislators to advocate for school funding and good education policy.
It also turns up on many websites for
animal advocacy groups who want to see more aggressive spaying and neutering, and urge people to adopt more cats.
A coalition of
environmental advocacy groups is swinging their weight behind an effort that's making end - of - session push for an overhaul of campaign finance laws this year.
She is an attorney who works for Children Now, a
nonprofit advocacy group on children's issues, including both health and education.
The content has also been reviewed by
patient advocacy groups to ensure it provides patients and their families with the information that they need.
National advocacy group focused on increasing data usage in «teacher effectiveness» and «college and career readiness,» among other things.
Though the site faced heavy pressure
from advocacy groups, among others, many defended it under free speech claims.
Can any of you explain to me how this differs from the relationship the previous administration had with
liberal advocacy groups?
We provide strategic assistance and support for grassroots and larger immigrant
rights advocacy groups on criminal immigration and immigration enforcement issues.
The public health
advocacy group found that 92 % of apples contained two or more pesticides, putting them on top of the list (translation: buy organic apples).
And if they received a scholarship from a state approved scholarship fund, which currently are all school
choice advocacy groups, you get a voucher.
One British mental -
health advocacy group went overboard in the exploration of this concept of «functional mental illness,» however.
This requires more than talking to the leaders of
teacher advocacy groups who are in our email address books and who show up at familiar conferences.
He was a key figure behind the creation of the
business advocacy group Businesses for a Clean Economy, a coalition of business arguing for a price on carbon.
The goal of this non-profit
industry advocacy group is to create responsible and nationally consistent labeling and claims guidelines, and to provide consistent quality and production process controls for the industry.
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 president of a companion animal
advocacy group representing pet owners and pet professionals, I urge lawmakers and regulators to ensure this does not happen again.
There was speculation that the minimum wage could increase to $ 14 per hour, which
several advocacy groups argue would ensure adequate income to meet basic needs.
Since then, I'm helping to start a
science advocacy group on campus in hopes of improving public trust in scientists and opening conversations between academic researchers and the local community.
Hopefully the cat lovers of this town will convince them to adopt life saving strategies... they could consult with any feral
cat advocacy group on how to do this.
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