Sentences with phrase «advocacy groups»

I do not myself think that such advocacy groups should be given a platform in the classroom.

As a result, Jewish groups, though usually nervous about evangelicals» intentions regarding public schools, have pointedly distanced themselves from the position of People for the American Way — one of the active liberal advocacy groups — that parents with religious concerns should enroll their children in private schools.

Does anyone else see it as odd that a husband and wife would represent «different» education advocacy groups?

As of now (hours after the president's tweet), the official defense.gov website says, «Transgender Service members may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military solely for being transgender individuals» and «This policy was crafted through a comprehensive and inclusive process that included the leadership of the Armed Services, medical and personnel experts across the Department, transgender Service members, outside medical experts, advocacy groups, and the RAND Corporation.»

Pressed by the moral demands of our age, a number of institutes, public advocacy groups, and ad hoc interdenominational committees have taken steps to reach across the divide by going back to the sources.

When I worked for a politician I was responsible for deleting all of the mass - emails sent by nonprofit advocacy groups.

We must also make room in our schemes for the likes of the American Jewish Committee, World Vision, Bread for the World, the Christian Coalition, local right - to - life groups and denominationally linked gay - lesbian advocacy groups.

You personally may not have put up signs but Christian advocacy groups certainly have.

Section 501 (c) 4 is for not - for - profit political advocacy groups and contributions to them are not deductible.

Meanwhile, the statewide project office in Sacramento worked with advocacy groups to pressure legislators.

As a result, religious advocacy groups invariably favor comprehensive immigration reform that will allow for increased legal immigration, more rapid family reunification, and the legalization of irregular aliens.

The number of Tibetans in China who have set themselves on fire to protest Beijing's rule has now reached 100, according to Tibetan advocacy groups.

Advocacy groups such as Churches for Middle East Peace periodically send out «Action Alerts» asking concerned people to contact Congress.

Jeopardizing the reputation of Boston's priests is a high price to pay for short term hosannas from advocacy groups or the media.

Mormons do NOT sponsor clubs on school grounds after school, like some Christian groups, or like gay and lesbian advocacy groups.

CNN: Expectations high for first Hindu member of Congress Just days after Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii was sworn in as the first Hindu member of Congress, Hindu American advocacy groups made it clear that they hope Gabbard will help represent the nation's wider Hindu community, on top of her Hawaiian constituents.

The recommendation is part of a comment letter signed by 58 people who are, in the words of the petition, «business persons; members of angel groups, trade associations and advocacy groups; partners and associates of venture capital funds; startup founders; individual angel investors; and other persons interested in the health and vibrancy of America's startup ecosystem.»

In an effort to bring some added focus and momentum to the issue, we've recently joined forces with Women in Capital Markets and the Women's Executive Network — two leading advocacy groups in Canada — to promote and support gender diversity in investment management.»

Much like America herself, national advocacy groups (Hispanic or otherwise) do better when their power comes from — and remains with — the state and local level.

Unprecedented collaboration of seven advocacy groups, led by the 30 % Club Canada, aims to reduce distraction, amplify impact and deliver a unified voice.

That restrictions on contributions and related disclosure requirements be the same for third party advocacy groups / individuals as they are for municipal candidates.

But immigrant advocacy groups and Democrats have expressed concern that the Trump administration will escalate immigration enforcement efforts in line with the president's tough stance toward illegal immigrants.

It's time for advocacy groups, think tanks, opposition parties and taxpaying Canadians to borrow from that 1980s - era slogan for MTV and tell their elected leaders, clearly and forcefully: «I want my $ 10,000 TSFA (back)!»

Standing with advocacy groups working to stop the expansion of industrial fossil fuel projects.

VICTORIA — Nearly 6000 children will finally keep their child support payments because parents, advocacy groups and New Democrats pressured the B.C. Liberals to stop clawing back their much needed support.

The EU - ABC has established, and continues to develop, a series of Advocacy Groups covering both individual commercial sectors (e.g. Automotive; Insurance; Healthcare; Financial Services) and cross-industry issues (e.g. IPR / Illicit Trade; Human Capital; Customs Procedures & Trade Facilitation).

«We can not overemphasize how essential stock - based compensation is to a startup's ability to recruit and retain talent,» they wrote in a missive, organized by one of their Washington, D.C. - focused advocacy groups, called Engine.

Student advocacy groups believe that this rule is vital to protect students from predatory programs that produce low - value, high - cost degree and certificate programs alongside hampering student loan debt.

These Advocacy Groups are made up from leading MNCs in each area plus Committee representatives from our European Chamber of Commerce members.

Whether these negative accusations will color public opinion and affect customer shopping patterns remains to be seen, but consumer advocacy groups have been pushing a full court press against the grocery giant.

Last year, housing advocacy groups found that all 20 units in a rent - controlled Columbia Heights apartment were advertised on short - term rental sites.

Working out of an nondescript brick rowhouse in suburban Virginia, a little - known organization named Donors Trust, staffed by five employees, has steered hundreds of millions of dollars to the most influential think tanks, foundations, and advocacy groups in the conservative movement.

The FCC will continue to work with Internet and broadband providers, consumer advocacy groups, and others to hammer out the details and determine the best course of action for the future of broadband in America.

Immigration advocacy groups have said that ending the program would be a coldhearted step that would yield no benefit to the nation while endangering large numbers of young people raised in the United States who are seeking to work and pay taxes.

In the meantime, several advocacy groups were quick to hail the White House's endorsement of the retirement fiduciary rules.

Detailed profiles created with users» information can be used by government agencies to identify surveillance targets, by financial service companies to determine creditworthiness, and by businesses and other organizations (including advocacy groups and political campaigns), which can target people with advertisements and marketing campaigns tailored to their profiles.

Independent environmental advocacy groups have already been warning that benzene levels in some areas of Texas have reached worrying highs, while more than a dozen toxic waste sites were also flooded or destroyed.

Higgins is a former president of Miami's Downtown Democrats organization who has volunteered for community advocacy groups like Miami's PACT.

The Consumer Federation of America plans to file an amicus brief in the court case in conjunction with other advocacy groups this week, highlighting reasons it believes the case was wrongly decided.

Arguably, all of that user data should have been private from day one, a «privacy by default» experience that some internet advocacy groups have been begging Facebook to implement for years.

Elsewhere, other employment advocacy groups have made efforts at unionizing drivers.

But for wage advocacy groups, including the National Employment Law Project, the hike is a small gesture.

In Bangladesh, workers, mostly women, work long hours for minimum wages that labour advocacy groups say keep those workers trapped in poverty and with few or no rights to organize to improve conditions.

Although many of these drone advocacy groups differed with the FAA and DOT on the finalized registration process, Swanson said a number of groups banned together and agreed to be on the registration task force to «forestall more serious and tighter regulation from the Hill.»

Advocacy groups called for a national moratorium on self - driving tests.

This week in Addis Ababa, world leaders from government, the private sector, and advocacy groups met to hash out how to finance the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals, due to be approved by UN members in September.

Nevertheless, while the new plan is a step removed from the FCC's original intentions, consumer advocacy groups seem to approve.

But having market - based solutions that are trying to solve these problems will help the work that advocacy groups are leading.»

The decision drew immediate backlash from prominent medical and advocacy groups; Mugabe's appointment in the largely symbolic position was reportedly meant to raise awareness of non-communicable diseases like heart disease in Africa.

Most small - business advocacy groups believe the studies that show that raising taxes on small - business owners earning more than $ 200,000 a year will cause their companies to cut back on capital investment and hiring.