Sentences with phrase «as issue advocates»

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Advocates have portrayed the District of Columbia measure as a civil rights issue, saying studies have shown that African Americans are disproportionately more likely to be arrested on marijuana charges than are people of other races.

«This is a conversation that obviously needs to be had,» Franco said on the program in reference to the issue, as well as to the criticism he received online for wearing a pin advocating for the Time's Up movement of women in Hollywood working against sexual misconduct and gender imbalance in the industry.

From supporting projects that I'm passionate about, such as being an advocate for gay rights, to drug policy reform, to using my voice and that of the Virgin Group to shine a spotlight on issues that I believe are unacceptable, such as poaching and the death penalty.

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, a consumer advocate, also used the hearing as an opportunity to grill Clayton on other issues.

It also offers insider details from shareholder advocates and issue experts, as well as resources for how institutional investors with a social mission can better align their values with their votes, with a sharp eye on the financial bottom line.

Supported by over 800 businesses and organizations, Catalyst has an impressive record as an advocate for women's workplace issues, research, training, mentoring, and recognition of women leaders and businesses that support them.

Mr. McGowan is known as an outspoken advocate for labour issues and critic of the Temporary Foreign Workers program.

Her resourcefulness as an advocate has been significant on many issues, most recently in the long process leading to the fiduciary rule adopted by the Department of Labor.

It is also not uncommon for ICCR to invite other stakeholders to the conversation including representatives from NGOs and community groups as well as subject matter experts advocating on any given issue as a way to build bridges between companies and the communities impacted by their operations.

As a pastor, a blogger, a speaker and having a small but growing reputation as someone that loves justice and advocates on issues of justice, I realised on a personal basis that I had grown more in love with the idea of justice than actually living justlAs a pastor, a blogger, a speaker and having a small but growing reputation as someone that loves justice and advocates on issues of justice, I realised on a personal basis that I had grown more in love with the idea of justice than actually living justlas someone that loves justice and advocates on issues of justice, I realised on a personal basis that I had grown more in love with the idea of justice than actually living justly.

So, in honor of the new addition to Team Evans, I'm joining Melinda Gates, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Kay Warren, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter and host of other Christian advocates in their support of an organization called Hope Through Healing Hands, and in particular the Faith Based Coalition for Healthy Mothers and Children Worldwide, which seeks to galvanize faith - based leaders and their constituencies around the issues of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) as well as healthy timing and spacing of pregnancies (HTSP) to improve maternal health and reduce child mortality around the world.

As the wife of Saeed Abedini, the 33 - year - old Iranian - American pastor imprisoned for more than 250 days, testifies before the United Nations's Human Rights Council today, the White House has issued its strongest statement yet advocating for Abedini's release.

Gay marriage advocates are, as they often say, conservatives on the issue of sexual fidelity.

Just a friendly update from California that I have now spent my fifth day working on contacting all of the big free speech legal advocates in Canada and the United States (and those important organizations in Europe as well) about this story and the entire issue of Free Speech (which these public figure pastors in the U.S. who are nationally known want to silence).

As one might expect when it comes to issues of politics in the United States, the debate became almost instantly polarized between pro-gun advocates on one side, and pro-legislation advocates on the other side.

While World Vision does not have volunteer projects such as the ones you describe, we do help to arrange short trips to take selected donors, pastors, and advocates to see our work in the field and to learn more about issues of poverty and injustice.

Lately, evangelicals have formed organizations to encourage women in the workplace and leadership roles, as well as advocating for paid leave as a family values issue.

Advocating censorship as a solution ignores the complexity of associated issues of freedom of speech and questions of imposition of one particular set of moral values in a socially and morally pluralistic society.

So does feminism really come down to a single issue, as march organizers and advocates seem to suggest?

I advocate this method, not over minute issues of interpretation, but with regard to the big questions - theological matters such as the canon, major doctrinal issues, ethics, and liturgy.

With advocates on both sides of a contentious issue preaching to the choir, the hope of actually persuading anyone diminishes as each side's talking points become more predictable.

Crispin suggests that rather than focusing on safety as a guiding principle to govern or advocate for, the focus should be on peace, where there is a focus on addressing social problems and systemic issues that impact homelessness, mass incarceration and mental illness.

This raises a delicate issue for pro-family advocates, who have taken on as a solemn responsibility trends in abortion, divorce, child abuse, and drug use.

One way would be discuss the issue of the meat and advocate for action on a political and individual level, such as adopting Meat Free Monday.

We proudly advocate on a number of issues in Australia including labelling, container deposit schemes and taxes to name a few, as do consumer groups and a range of NGOs on issues they wish to influence.

As a parliamentarian, she was an active and passionate advocate on social justice and animal welfare issues.

In short, Nia Jax and Alexa Bless, in real life, are advocates for body positivity and loving who you are who have admitted issues with body image in the past, and Alexa, as the heel in this story, leaned about as hard into those image issues as she could in order to put down Nia Jax in storyline.

As advocates for moms, babies and families, the job of the lactation team is to help with breastfeeding issues whenever possible, but, equally importantly, make it clear that nobody has to go through this process without support and guidance.

Far better for homebirth advocates, though, to portray this as a turf issue rather than a competence issue:

But yet another conversation with Reid's daycare teachers about how many accidents he's having, (as though I'd totally dropped the ball as his mother) made me consider that perhaps the real issue here is not that I'm failing my son by not potty training him, but that I'm failing him by not advocating for him, for not standing up for the fact that he has every right to listen to his own body and to not feel pressured into trying to meet a milestone he's clearly not ready for.

Many big issues here, including, as school food advocate Dana Woldow discussed with me in an off line email, the real stigma likely created by giving nonpaying kids something different from everyone else.

She volunteers as a court - appointed child advocate, has a background in social services and writes about issues important to families.

Growing up in a family of many women, Michele learned that women are powerful nurturers of families and she has been a passionate advocate for women's issues for as long as she can remember.

As a writer and advocate, I was gratified to see the issue brought to light in such a powerful way.

As advocates for both parties, our agency steps in to resolve those issues before tensions escalate and jeopardize the relationship.

Volunteers will be trained as animal advocates and learn more about issues such as animal homelessness and puppy mills.

Health care providers and groups with public influence — such as the media, policy makers, and health advocates — need accurate technical information on this issue to prevent the spread of misinformation and to maintain the strength and credibility of breastfeeding promotion activities.

An article in the Spring 1997 issue of «The Community Perspective,» a newsletter published by Growing Families International (GFI), claims, «Sleeping with your infant, as recommended by controversial attachment parenting advocates, can often result in infant suffocation...» (emphasis added).

I'll grant you that there are some issue - specific Internet message boards, mommy blogs, and mommy - and - me playgroups out there that strongly advocate for co-sleeping, and Badinter relies on these types of minor players to support her majorly sweeping arguments, citing media like «Alternamoms.com» as evidence of the widespread parental shaming of American mothers.

Just as I think it's well past time for the medical profession and hospitals to start dealing realistically and responsibly with the issues and risks presented by common practice (and mal - practice) in obstetrics, it's important for home birth advocates to deal reasonably and realistically with the issues and risks presented by home births.

As of this spring, I'll have spent seven years exclusively writing about and advocating for issues relating to child nutrition.

My overarching intent in writing this post was not to nitpick on calcium vs. sugar since, as I admit up front, I am not a nutritionist, nor am I particularly plugged in to the behind the scenes politics that might be influencing those professionals who advocate for flavored milk (although I appreciate Ed Bruske's writing on that issue).

A legal advocate can help you complete an international adoption with a previously - known child or work with you to find an agency that meets your needs as well as to tie up any remaining legal issues related to your growing family.

AAPD members interested in public policy issues in their state as well as policymakers and advocates for children's oral health at the state level should feel free to contact the PPA in your state.

«We are hopeful that this report will get favorable response from the Federal Government especially given the fact that the Honourable Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) was a passionate advocate of this issue during his tenure as the Governor of Lagos State and is also now a representative of Lagos State in the Federal Cabinet.»

Rallying against the bill included groups like Citizen Action, which have sought to further push Cuomo to the left on a variety of issues (Cuomo continues to enjoy a strong approval rating from self - identified liberals, even as advocates have faulted him for not doing enough).

The junior Senator from New York deserves all this new found attention as she has proven to be an excellent advocate for the state and its issues down in DC.

Since then, advocates changed their political approach, ceasing to simply support the Democratic conference as a whole in hopes of pushing the issue across the finish line and targeting key «no» voters for ouster.

Golden's driving record, and his record on traffic issues in New York City writ large, are under scrutiny after his run - in as a passenger with a well - known bike advocate in Brooklyn.

Family Planning Advocates, as well as the Women's Equality Coalition, have lobbied heavily on women's health issues, including abortion rights.