Sentences with phrase «after years of advocacy»

Finally, after years of advocacy, in February 1967 the Australian Government agreed to hold a referendum on this issue.

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After years of advocacy by HIV, disability and migrant rights organizations, Ahmed Hussen, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship announced changes to the rules that exclude would - be residents of Canada based on projected «excessive demand» on health and social services.

On World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, after years of advocacy by community organizations, the federal and Ontario governments recognized the need to limit the «overcriminalization of HIV.»

Today, after years of advocacy by HIV, disability and migrant rights organizations, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship announced changes to the rules that exclude would - be residents of Canada based on projected «excessive demand» on health and social services.

After years of advocacy by the Surfrider Foundation, the Hawaii Department of Health has posted signs warning beachgoers of polluted waters near Waiopili Stream at Mahaulepu Beach in Kaua'i

After years of advocacy efforts around the funding formula and some pragmatic compromise this summer, both parties in the Illinois legislature and the Governor's office came to an agreement on fixing the funding formula to make sure schools would be able to open.

LOWER EAST SIDE — After years of advocacy by the community, permanent affordable housing is on the way to a long - vacant Lower East Side development site.

Now, after years of advocacy and elbow grease, they may soon get their wish.

After Years of Advocacy, New Sidewalk Installed at Rutgers Houses The Lo - Down: News from the Lower East Side

The effort, organized by members of Community Voices Heard Power, Interfaith Clergy for Social Action, WESPAC, Working Families Party and the Westchester Workforce Housing Coalition, comes after a year of advocacy to secure this funding in the 2016 Westchester County Budget.

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The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Bee launched her show in February after 12 years as a correspondent on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, and the fervor of her advocacy has already outstripped that of her mentor.

Last year there was a string of serial rapes and we are speaking with some of the local advocacy groups and developing a plan to keep the space open and staffed Friday and Saturday nights until an hour after the bars close so that if there is anyone feeling uncomfortable or threatened by a situation can come and use the space as a safe haven and have the option of being walked home at the end of the evening.

Jonathan Zaid, the executive director of patient advocacy group Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Marijuana, said the enhanced coverage comes after years of litigation to gain this level of acceptance for medical marijuana.

A Christian advocacy group has called for the murderers of a Pakistani Christian politician to be brought to justice, more than four years after his death.

People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group and dedicated Bachmann opponent, resurfaced the petition earlier this month after news that the congresswoman would remain on the high - profile panel despite spearheading a controversial campaign against Muslim members of President Barack Obama's administration last year.

After five years of watching bad science, defensiveness from both sides, and extremist advocacy rather than balance, I've written an article which is an appeal for nuance on the issue of low carbohydrate diets.

Those of us in the online advocacy community often talk about using this tool and that tool to help mold opinions or win votes, but what I wrote after last year's mid-term election still stands: the most important effect of the Internet on politics comes from the unfathomable volume of information now available and the speed with which it can spread.

LGBT advocacy groups in recent years have focused on make GENDA the law, especially in the years after the passage of the legaliztion of same - sex marriage.

After 25 years of advocacy and major policy achievements, the Empire State Pride Agenda's work is done.

Located at Lafayette Avenue and Edgewater Road, Hunts Point Riverside Park opened in 2007 after several years of planning and advocacy by a number South Bronx community groups.

LOWER EAST SIDE — A new study by a transportation advocacy group echoes the Lower East Side community's concerns over the dangers of crossing Delancey Street, a week after 12 - year - old Dashane Santana was struck and killed by a minivan as she tried to navigate the thoroughfare's nine lanes of traffic.

After years of pressure from grassroots advocacy groups, the MTA board voted unanimously to ban advertising of alcoholic beverages on New York City buses, subway cars and stations, contending that the social benefits of deterring underage drinking outweighed the loss of revenue.

The potential new law comes after years of lobbying by community groups to remove the facility from the neighborhood, according to Luis Garden Acosta, founder of El Puente, a local advocacy organization.

After years of public advocacy, in 1980 Suffolk County Transit was created.

Brewer, who consistently said the speaker continued a dialogue with her over her proposed legislation even while declining to move forward, said, «After three years of non-stop advocacy and coalition building, I am pleased and grateful that we have reached a deal with Speaker Christine C. Quinn on my paid sick leave bill.»

«After years of tireless advocacy, we've won a tremendous victory for transgender civil rights with Governor Cuomo's announcement tonight,» Nathan Schaefer, executive director of the Pride Agenda, said in a statement.

Twenty - five years after a toxic gas cloud from a pesticide factory killed thousands of people in Bhopal, India, groundwater at the accident site — a drinking water supply for 15 communities — remains contaminated, according to a report released today by an advocacy group and a medical clinic.

A 2006 national survey by the Center on Education Policy, an independent advocacy organization in Washington, DC, found that in the five years after enactment of NCLB, 44 percent of districts had increased instruction time in elementary school English language arts and math while decreasing time spent on other subjects.

Deborah M. Lynch, the president of the American Federation of Teachers affiliate, said the union launched its security campaign after an annual canvas of CTU delegates last year indicated that teachers wanted more union support and advocacy on safety matters.

People for the American Way, a national civil - liberties advocacy group founded by the television producer Norman Lear, began working to have the procedures changed last year after it was denied the opportunity to testify in favor of textbooks criticized by Mel and Norma Gabler of Education Research Analysts, a nonprofit organization...

Americans should realize that, after years of legislation and special education advocacy, every child no matter the disability, can learn and deserves the right to a free public education!

Michelle Rhee has announced that she will step down as head of StudentsFirst, the Sacramento - based national advocacy organization she founded four years ago after resigning as chancellor of the District of Columbia school district.

After soliciting input for over a year from education groups, research and advocacy organizations, students and parents, the State Board of Education on Friday approved final regulations governing how districts spend funds they receive through the Local Control Funding Formula, the state's new school financing law.

Let's review: After 20 years, the foundation realizes that its top - down approach doesn't adequately address the needs and desires of parents, local advocacy groups and community groups.

After 10 years of teaching and working on policy as a teacher, I began working on teacher advocacy issues full time, as the national director of the America Achieves Fellowship for Teachers and Principals.

Yevonne Brannon, chairwoman of Public Schools First N.C., a statewide advocacy group for K - 12 public schools, said the SBE's move indicates state leaders are «righting the ship» after several years of overly lax opening standards.

Ryan, (if you're reading this) Along with countless parents, I am at a loss as to how you — or anyone else at EdTrust — can reconcile...... EdTrust's advocacy for high quality teachers for every child in California, with...... EdTrust's support for hiring Teach for America Corps Members, those un-credentialed, unqualified folks who have but a scant 5 weeks of summer school training and zero classroom experience — 70 % of whom leave the classroom after two years, and 85 % leave the classroom... Read More

Northeast Charter Schools Network Connecticut State Director Jeremiah Grace responded by saying, «After three long years of advocacy and hard work, we are ecstatic about the State Department of Education's decision to release Request for Proposals (RFPs) both for new public charter schools and for facilities funding.

«The only thing these grades tell us is where our poor children go to school and where our rich children go to school,» said Lynn Shoemaker, a 23 - year veteran public school teacher representing the advocacy group Public Schools First NC at a press conference held by Senate Democrats after the launch of the A-F school grades.

After two years of holding protests every weekend, Bailing Out Benji increased their advocacy efforts even more by initiating a «30 Days, 30 Protests» campaign, which is held each September in honor of Puppy Mill Awareness Month.

After years of researching the Korean dog meat trade with the long - term intention of bringing it to an end, she'd recently co-founded the Change For Animals Foundation, a small international animal welfare organization that works to create positive and lasting change for animals throughout the world through research, advocacy, campaigns, and strategic partnerships with other like - minded NGOs.

Indeed, organized pit bull advocacy appears to date from July 17, 1986, when after 25 years of gradually increasing pit bull abundance and attacks, Rowan as founding director of the Center for Animals & Public Policy at Tufts University convened a workshop entitled «Dog Aggression & the Pit Bull Terrier.»

It was founded in Los Angeles by James and Annie Hart after years of animal rescue and advocacy.

After many years of following Al Gore's climate change advocacy, I finally had my chance to see him in person and learn how to give his climate change talk.

And just last month, after years of pressure from the shareholder advocacy group As You Sow, McDonald's agreed to phase out polystyrene cups in its U.S. restaurants.

Front page stories at The New York Times and The Washington Post have also highlighted Steyer's past investments in the fossil fuel industry and the profits accrued by the hedge fund he used to lead, noting the apparent inconsistency with his political advocacy.16, 17 Bill McKibben who helped inspire Steyer's opposition to the Keystone pipeline and who consults with the billionaire activist, offers an opposing perspective: «After years of watching rich people manipulate and wreck our political system for selfish personal interests, it's great to watch a rich person use his money and his talents in the public interest.»

After years of consternation over mixing pedal and motor power, cycling advocacy organizations also are finally throwing their support behind e-bikes.

LeSage, who joined Gowlings» Toronto office about two years ago after some encouragement from long - time colleague and head of the firm's advocacy department, Glenn Hainey, says the bulk of his time is spent being a «mentor and sounding board» and helping young lawyers and law students adjust to their new careers.