Sentences with phrase «advocacy organization for»

Furthermore, action on GSE reform is unlikely before the 2012 elections, says Douglas M. Bibby, president of the National Multi Housing Council in Washington, D.C., an advocacy organization for the apartment industry.

Across the country, the use of LARCs among adolescent girls has been increasing even as teenage pregnancy rates have been falling, according to Heather Boonstra, director of public policy at the Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit advocacy organization for sexual and reproductive health issues.

General www.waimh.org World Association of Infant Mental Health www.zerotothree.org Zero - to - Three www.aap.org American Academy of Pediatrics www.civitas.org/index.html High quality parenting resources www.surestart.gov.uk United Kingdom's government website on early development www.mchlibrary.info Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University www.mi-aimh.org Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health www.ounceofprevention.org High - powered service / advocacy organization for young children www.parentsasteachers.org www.talaris.org Talaris institute does education for parents and professionals about young children

About Blog The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) is an advocacy organization for the Hindu American community.

The district is not allowed to provide those special services once students revoke their rights, said Wendy Bellack, executive director of the Broward County chapter of the Family Network on Disabilities, an advocacy organization for parents of special needs students.

Tarra is also active with Civil Survival, an advocacy organization for formerly incarcerated persons, and during her internship was appointed by Governor Inslee to the newly created Washington Statewide Reentry Council and elected co-chair with King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg.

A primary part of the IEA's mission is to be THE advocacy organization for all public education employees.

The Center for Biological Diversity is a brave, scientific advocacy organization for wildlife and their wild habitats.

StrayCatAlliance.org, a national nonprofit advocacy organization for the humane care, rescue and protection of cats, opposes local authorities» plan to trap and kill stray, feral and free - roaming cats in the area.

by Patti Strand The number of dogs entering US shelters has reached an all - time low, and the number of purebred dogs found in shelters has dropped to about 5 %, according to a study just released by the National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA), an advocacy organization for responsible animal ownership.

NAIA is the nation's leading advocacy organization for animals and for the people who love and care for them.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund is the nation's preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals, and thanks the Humane Society of the United States and international law firm Locke Lord LLP for their work on this case.

The Animal Legal Defense Fund, the nation's preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals, brought the lawsuit on behalf of Barkworks puppy purchasers harmed by Barkworks practices they claimed were illegal and deceptive.

We need a similar advocacy organization for publishers, e-reader manufacturers, and readers.

Official website of the national image and advocacy organization for the U.S. trucking industry and includes news of interest to truck drivers and owners.

(These are significantly smaller numbers than those reported by the International Association for K - 12 Online Learning (iNACOL), an advocacy organization for these types of schools.

About the Northeast Charter Schools Network: The Northeast Charter Schools Network is the membership and advocacy organization for the more than 250 public charter schools in Connecticut and New York.

She is on the Advisory Board of Everyone Reads, a national advocacy organization for dyslexia and related learning disabilities.

On the one hand, CCSA is an advocacy organization for Charter Schools.

The Northeast Charter Schools Network (NECSN) is the membership and advocacy organization for public charter schools in New York and Connecticut.

About the Northeast Charter Schools Network The Northeast Charter Schools Network is a regional advocacy organization for the more than 200 charter schools in New York and Connecticut.

The Northeast Charter Schools Network (NECSN) is the membership and advocacy organization for charter schools in New York and Connecticut.

The Association, a non-profit advocacy organization for public charter schools, asked all Arizona legislative candidates to participate in a survey that sought their perspectives on public education.

Others understood us to be an advocacy organization for social issues.

NESCN is the statewide advocacy organization for the 250 - plus charter schools in New York State.

About the Northeast Charter Schools Network: The Northeast Charter Schools Network is the membership and advocacy organization for the more than 250 charter schools in Connecticut and New York.

Project Appleseed, a nonprofit advocacy organization for parent involvement in education, provides an excellent primer on the many types of performance assessments and their advantages, as well as strategies for improving student performance.

In this part of our study, we compared states based on the rating of their laws by CER, which is an advocacy organization for charter schools.

Since 2006, the National Psoriasis Foundation, the leading advocacy organization for psoriasis patients, has seen almost a four-fold increase in the number of people seeking help paying for psoriasis medication.

«What they can endorse they can also unendorse,» said Adam Sonfield, a senior policy manager at the Guttmacher Institute, a research and advocacy organization for reproductive health based in Washington, D.C.

In the early 1980s she founded the Brain Injury Association, today the foremost advocacy organization for TBI survivors.

As a member, you are lending your voice and support to the leading advocacy organization for science and scientists.

«It looks like Mars,» said Marsha Monestersky, program director of Forgotten People, an advocacy organization for the western region of the vast Navajo Nation, which covers 27,000 square miles in Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.

He's not only a celebrity with a lefty ideology, he has also has been politically active as a founder of the Creative Coalition, a social and political advocacy organization for the Hollywood set.

The vice president of the Staten Island Democratic Association, Ellicott is also on the executive board of the Stonewall Democrats of New York City and a board member of BiNet - USA, the nation's oldest advocacy organization for bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer - identified, and unlabeled people.

Prior to moving to Lake Bluff, Mark started and ran a support and advocacy organization for families of children with learning differences.

«The Childbirth Connection is an advocacy organization for the «natural» childbirth industry.

General www.waimh.org World Association of Infant Mental Health www.zerotothree.org Zero - to - Three www.aap.org American Academy of Pediatrics www.civitas.org/index.html High quality parenting resources www.surestart.gov.uk United Kingdom's government website on early development www.mchlibrary.info Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University www.mi-aimh.org Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health www.ounceofprevention.org High - powered service / advocacy organization for young children www.parentsasteachers.org www.talaris.org Talaris institute does education for parents and professionals about young children

I no longer believe the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is in any way primarily an advocacy organization for sexual abuse victims.

Editor's note: This is the first post in a series on immigration policy from Engine, a Silicon Valley based advocacy organization for tech start - ups.

Again, to take it back to the market organizations - how can we help build the advocacy organizations for our farmers so they have access to programs to grow a better earth?

Sen. Mark Grisanti, who, like other Republican incumbents and first - time candidates across the state, is under fire from Democrats and their allies in women's rights advocacy organizations for failing to support the full Women's Equality Act, has tapped his daughter, Theresa, to defend his record.

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.

Not exact matches

While it's unclear so far which group, exactly, will be leading the charge, Inc. has confirmed the existence of at least one: BayShare, which describes itself as an «advocacy organization in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is to make the Bay Area the best place on the planet for sharing.»

Some of Tom Cat's employees and advocacy groups, such as Brandworkers, a non-profit organization for food workers, believed the dismissals were improperly handled, sparking a local and national outcry that led to protests, bad press and boycotts of Tom Cat Bakery bread from famous restaurants such as Le Bernardin.

It's the biggest health reform legislation passed by Congress since Obamacare and has galvanized a similarly motley crew of industries and lobbying outfits — including big pharma (the legislation's most ardent proponent), patient advocacy groups, mental health organizations, and medical researchers — who fought for its passage over the last three years.

That sparked the idea for Endeavor, the New York - based organization Rottenberg launched in 1997 with Peter Kellner, an investor who had witnessed the same lack of advocacy for entrepreneurs during a Harvard Business School trip to China.

Advocacy groups such as Code NL are pushing for coding to be added to the high school curriculum, while organizations like Ladies Learning Code and Lighthouse Labs are building an alternate tech talent pipeline.

«For too long, Wall Street banks and the financial industry wrote their own rules while no one was looking out for small businesses and consumers,» said David Borris, an executive committee member of the Main Street Alliance, a national advocacy organization, in a statemeFor too long, Wall Street banks and the financial industry wrote their own rules while no one was looking out for small businesses and consumers,» said David Borris, an executive committee member of the Main Street Alliance, a national advocacy organization, in a statemefor small businesses and consumers,» said David Borris, an executive committee member of the Main Street Alliance, a national advocacy organization, in a statement.

Advocacy, civil liberties organizations are already bracing for a tough year for refugee services.