Not exact matches
We also sponsor networking and training opportunities
for maternity care professionals, including our annual Mother - Friendly Childbirth Symposium, The Birthing
Justice Forum, Annual Maternal - Child Health
Advocate Awards Recognition, and seminars to support perinatal professional collaboration and continuing
education.
Public
Advocate Letitia James said Tuesday that legalizing recreational marijuana
for adults would help achieve critical criminal
justice reforms, and the increase in tax revenue could be funneled to
education and support programs in communities that have been negatively and disproportionately impacted by its prohibition.
Miriam Colque, community and human rights
advocate, Latin American Community Association (Latca) Luna Playback London Imagen Latina
Justice 4 Cleaners (Soas) Carlos Cruz Garcia, United Migrants
Education Project Colombian Solidarity Campaign Tres Coastas Campaign Unity Centre Right to Remain Bob Hughes, No One Is Illegal Karen Doyle, Movement
for Justice Justice for Domestic Workers Awqapuma Colque and Nemequene Tundama, Tawantinsuyu Nation Zita Holbourne, national co-chair, Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (Barac)
In 2013,
for instance, at their annual «Champions of
Education» celebration, the group honored then - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, UFT President Michael Mulgrew, and Ocynthia Williams, a parent,
advocate and founding member of NYC Coalition
for Educational
Justice, another AQE - allied group.
Retired Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, an
advocate for civic
education, offers this observation in Guardian of Democracy: «Knowledge about our government is not handed down through the gene pool.
Even the teachers unions have been in the grip of neoliberal
education policies, although
for years I have
advocated a social movement unionism — that is dedicated to engage beyond workplace concerns, but also in terms of wider political struggle
for social and economic
justice,
for human rights, and
for participatory and direct democracy.
In writing the majority opinion,
Justice Ginsburg, a long and tireless
advocate for gender equality, noted that «single - sex
education affords pedagogical benefits to at least some students» and concluded, «that reality is uncontested in this litigation.»
In the introduction, the authors bravely explain that «whites often fear that they will have much to lose if racism ends,» but posit that whites actually «have much to gain» if they become
advocates for social
justice and «anti - bias / multicultural»
education.
Art
education is political, period, and it should
advocate for social
justice.
She comes to OHR from
Advocates for Justice and
Education (AJE), where she worked on education policy issues for youth with speci
Education (AJE), where she worked on
education policy issues for youth with speci
education policy issues
for youth with special needs.
NAME's mission is to advance and
advocate for equity and social
justice through multicultural
education.
Jenisha «Jay» Fair, Physical
Education Teacher CLARK COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEVADA «I am involved because I want to use my voice — as a young educator — to
advocate for my students [and] raise awareness about the importance of social
justice in every classroom at every school,» says Jenisha «Jay» Fair of her involvement with the union.
The Montessori
for Social
Justice Conference brings together educators, parents, social justice advocates, and global citizens committed to anti-bias / anti-racist Montessori edu
Justice Conference brings together educators, parents, social
justice advocates, and global citizens committed to anti-bias / anti-racist Montessori edu
justice advocates, and global citizens committed to anti-bias / anti-racist Montessori
education.
Increasingly community and parent organizations have organized to
advocate for education reform, including Journey
for Justice Alliance led by Jitu Brown.
At the time, I also was earning my Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on Social
Justice in Urban
Education that raised my awareness of equity issues and made me want to be even more of an
advocate for others whose voices may not always be heard.
Respectfully, Action United Alliance of Californians
for Community Empowerment Alliance
for Multilingual Multicultural
Education American Association of Colleges
for Teacher
Education American Association of State Colleges and Universities American Federation of Teachers ASPIRA Association Association of University Centers on Disabilities Autistic Self Advocacy Network Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network California Association
for Bilingual
Education California Latino School Boards Association Californians
for Justice Californians Together Campaign
for Fiscal Equity Campaign
for Quality
Education Center
for the Future of Teaching and Learning Center
for Teaching Quality Citizens
for Effective Schools Coalition
for Educational
Justice Council
for Exceptional Children Council of Parent Attorneys and
Advocates Disability Rights
Education and Defense Fund Easter Seals ELC,
Education Law Center FairTest, The National Center
for Fair & Open Testing Higher
Education Consortium
for Special
Education Justice Matters Latino Elected and Appointed Officials National Taskforce on
Education Lawyers» Committee
for Civil Rights Under Law Learning Disabilities Association of America Los Angeles Educational Partnership Movement Strategy Center NAACP National Alliance of Black School Educators National Center
for Learning Disabilities National Council
for Educating Black Children National Council of Teachers of English National Disability Rights Network National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society National
Education Association National Latino / a
Education Research and Policy Project National League of United Latin American Citizens Parent - U-Turn Parents
for Unity Philadelphia
Education Fund Public
Advocates Inc..
Do you mean the very successful organization that identifies young teacher - leaders and trains them
for service, founded and run by social
justice advocates who have made (some) peace with the National
Education Association?
Joe was a great friend of Building One America, Building One New Jersey and of social
justice As director of the New Jersey Laborers - Employers Cooperation and
Education Trust (LECET) with the Laborers» International Union of North America (LIUNA), he a was skilled and committed
advocate and fighter
for working families and
for the labor movement.
The move by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People — which was supported by the Movement
for Black Lives and the nonprofit Journey
for Justice Alliance — was hailed by public
education advocates but attacked by charter school supporters.
TFA is not the Peoples Temple in Guyana but it is in the words of Chad Sommer «an incubator
for transforming social
justice minded youths into
advocates for Koch - brothers style
education policies.»
Specifically, as part of the Connecticut Coalition
for Justice in
Education Funding v. Rell case, the coalition,
Advocates for Educational Choice, is asking the state Supreme Court
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Tami Sawyer is the Director, Diversity & Cultural Competence with Teach
For America Memphis and a writer, speaker, and social
justice and
education advocate.
Despite having promised their support
for the lawsuit, they are now not only trying to get the case dismissed, but are asking the court to prevent the Connecticut Coalition
for Justice in
Education Funding [CCJEF], a broad coalition of towns, schools, parents and public school
advocates, from even serving as the plaintiffs in the case.
Baş G., Şentürk, C. and Mehmet Ciğerci, F. (2017) Homework and academic achievement: A meta - analytic review of research, Issues in Educational Research, p31 - 50 Holstead, J., King, M. and Weikel, M. (2012) Homework provides children with key components
for learning, School - Age NOTES, p3 - 7 McReynolds, K. (2005) Homework, ENCOUNTER:
Education for Meaning and Social
Justice, Vol.18, No. 2 Muller, R. (2016) Homework: Promises, Pitfalls and Purposes, KDP New Teacher
Advocate, p16 - 17 Donadelli, G. (2017) Outdoor learning and geocaching, Interaction, Vol.45, Issue 2
Education Journal.
Patrice Wedderburn, an attorney with
Advocates for Justice and
Education, an organization that helps parents appeal suspensions, disputed Pearson's point.
Charter schools can write and enforce discipline policies that make it possible to remove students who are needy or challenging, said Suzanne Greenfield of
Advocates for Justice and
Education, an organization that offers free legal assistance to students facing expulsion.
In fact, a number of organizations join Children Now in calling
for the further development and adoption of a Weighted Student Formula concept in 2013, including the ACLU, California School Boards Association, Californians
for Justice, Campaign
for Quality
Education, The
Education Trust — West, EdVoice, MALDEF, New Schools Venture Fund, Parent Leadership Action Network, Public
Advocates, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, United Ways of California, Youth Together, and many others.
The North Carolina
Advocates for Justice is a nonpartisan association of legal professionals dedicated to protecting people's rights through community,
education, and advocacy.
Topic: Cost Plus Plans, Disbursements Continuing Legal
Education Course by the NC
Advocates for Justice, March 2015
AARP Foundation Litigation, ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, American Association
for Justice, Asian Law Caucus, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California Alliance
for Retired Americans, California Employment Lawyers Association, California Foundation
for Independent Living Centers, California Labor Federation, California Reinvestment Coalition, California Teamsters, Public Affairs Council, California Women's Law Center, Center
for Justice and Democracy, Coalition of Disability Access Professionals, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of California, Consumers
for Auto Reliability and Safety, Designing Accessible Communities, Disability Rights
Advocates, Disability Rights
Education and Defense Fund, Equal Rights
Advocates, Foundation
for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, Gray Panthers, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Lawyers» Committee
for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Legal Aid Society, Employment Law Center, Legal Services
for Prisoners with Children Mexican, American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, National Center
for Youth Law, National Consumer Law Center, National Immigration Law Center, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, Protection & Advocacy, Inc., Public
Advocates, Public Counsel, Public Interest Law Project, Speak Out California, Strengthening Our Lives (LA County Federation), Teamsters Union Local No. 70 Utility, Consumers» Action Network, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Women's Employment Rights Clinic, and the Youth Law Center.
Justice Sidney Lederman, an Ontario Superior Court judge, was — during his tenure as an evidence professor at Osgoode Hall Law School — an early
advocate for judicial
education programming
for federally appointed judges.
Ideal Companies: Council of State Governments
Justice Center and School Discipline Initiative, Amnesty International, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Gates Foundation, Bazelon Center
for Mental Health Law,, Youth Training Collaborative,
Advocates for Children in NY,, Policy Research Associates,
Justice Polity Institute, National Center
for Mental Health And Juvenile
Justice,, New York State Permanent Judicial Commission on
Justice for Children,
Education Justice NY Law Center
Advocates for Youth, AIDS Action Baltimore, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, Center
for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), HIV Law Project, HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA), HIV Prevention
Justice Alliance (HIV PJA), HIVictorious, Inc., International Women's Health Coalition, National Council of Jewish Women, National Minority AIDS Council, Physicians
for Human Rights, Professional Association of Social Workers in HIV and AIDS, Sexuality Information and
Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS), START Westminster, The AIDS Institute, The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, and Treatment Access Expansion Project
Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas creates healthier communities by providing comprehensive reproductive and related healthcare services, delivering science - based
education programs, and serving as a strong
advocate for reproductive
justice in Texas.
Early Childhood Australia (ECA) is the peak national non-profit non-government body
advocating for quality, social
justice and equity in all issues relating to the
education and care of children from birth to eight years.
Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson provides quality, nonjudgmental reproductive medical care and supports those affected by sexual violence; promotes healthy sexuality through
education; and
advocates for reproductive
justice.
Our mission is to promote healthy communities and the right of all individuals to manage their sexual health by providing health care and
education and serving as a strong
advocate for reproductive
justice.
The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or
advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves
for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect
for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility
for the upbringing, training,
education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis
for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of
justice, democracy, respect
for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,
She has over 20 years of experience defending children's and youth's rights, including
advocating for youth in the
education, juvenile
justice, child welfare, and immigration systems.
After months of advocacy by Coleman
Advocates for Children and Youth, on April 9 the San Francisco Board of
Education unanimously approved nearly $ 1 million in funding
for teacher and staff professional development on restorative
justice practices, with the goal of reducing unnecessary suspensions, expulsions, school push - outs and referrals to the juvenile
justice system, and improving the school climate and relationships of trust between students and faculty / staff.