Sentences with phrase «at raising public awareness»

The Times reports that Lord Soley, Lord Norton, Lord Tyler, Lord Lipsey, Lord Dholakia, Baroness D'Souza, Lord Teverson, Baroness Young of Hornsey and Baroness Murphy — collectively to be known as Lords of the Blog — will begin a 6 - month experiment aimed at raising public awareness of the role and business of the House of Lords.

The project was also aimed at raising public awareness of Arctic climate change.

Astronomy Week events and activities were aimed at raising public awareness of the city's rich scientific history and encouraging interest in astronomy and related fields.

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However, I think the awareness - raising effort is primarily directed at the public, and in particular those who can, by way of investment choices (whether as a shareholder or a tourist), put economic pressure on those decision - makers.

The wine will be served only once in public at the 5th annual Rescue Our Angels event May 24th held in Chicago and put on by Peter and Michele Doyle, Chicago residents who founded Rescue Our Angels to raise money for autism awareness.

Eunita Rushing feels at home when she's near plants, so perhaps it's no surprise that since 1999 she has been the enthusiastic president of the Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, which works in partnership with the Chicago Park District to raise funds and awareness for educational and public programs for the conservatory, located on the city's West Side.

As both a mom and a public school teacher, «Mrs. Q» became so dismayed at the disgusting school lunches that she had to do something to raise awareness and help bring about change.

Nursing Blend was among the products featured at a celebrity event attended by Jenna Elfman, Kelly Preston, and Laila Ali to raise public awareness about the importance of breastfeeding and the benefits of toxin - free living in raising healthy children.

Areas requiring urgent attention include social support for breastfeeding mothers, public health campaigns to raise awareness, employer schemes to support mothers returning to work and breastfeeding welcome schemes to enable mothers to feel confident to breastfeed when not at home.

She is organizing a series of «nurse - ins» at Target stores across the country on December 28th at 10:00 am to raise awareness about a baby's right to be fed in public.

The Warm Homes Campaign is NEA and Energy Action Scotland's annual campaign targeted at the public and the country's decision makers to raise awareness of fuel poverty and the benefits of improved energy efficiency.

The Erie County Department of Social Services will join other members of the Lackawanna Stakeholders Coalition to host «Family Night Out» on Monday, March 27 at Catholic Charities in Lackawanna, an event designed to raise awareness among the public of the human needs - based services and resources available to them while bringing the partners providing those services together as well.

At 5:15 p.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasiomwill accept an award from the Ali Forney Center and deliver remarks at its 40 to None Day event, a national day to raise public awareness about LGBT youth homelessness, 321 West 125th St., ManhattaAt 5:15 p.m., NYC Mayor Bill de Blasiomwill accept an award from the Ali Forney Center and deliver remarks at its 40 to None Day event, a national day to raise public awareness about LGBT youth homelessness, 321 West 125th St., Manhattaat its 40 to None Day event, a national day to raise public awareness about LGBT youth homelessness, 321 West 125th St., Manhattan.

Raise public awareness of the project and make it a popular cause so that politicians oppose it at their peril.»

Also at 10 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the challenges facing New York State's infrastructure, along with Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, environmental organizations, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, will be holding a press conference.

From noon to 2 p.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the state's infrastructure needs, will hold a rally and lobby day at the state Capitol / LOB, Albany.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about New York State's infrastructure needs, along with other local elected officials, members of organized labor, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, North Greenbush Town Hall, 2 Douglas St., Wynantskill.

Also at 11:30 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the state's infrastructure needs, hosted by Sen. Sue Serino, County Executive Marcus Molinaro and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, Chambers of Commerce and local businesses, will hold a press conference, County Bridge PV - 15, North Ave over Swallow Stream, Pleasant Valley.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed this weekend to pay $ 100 million for new boilers at dozens of public housing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council's comittee on public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the public housing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council's comittee on public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the issue.

If you want to know what happened to it, take a look at the Department of Health's first annual report on the «End of life care strategy» (62 full colour pages) which asserts that the initiative is off to a great start: it is establishing a National Implementation Advisory Board and a National Coalition to raise public awareness, has published a set of Quality Markers and core competencies, built monitoring into Operation Finance Guidance, tendered for a pilot of a national survey and begun the process to set up an Intelligence Network.

«Because of our nation's childhood and teenage obesity public health crises, it is important to raise awareness about how companies are using celebrities popular with these audiences to market their unhealthy products,» said Dr. Bragg, who is also a faculty member at the NYU College of Global Public Hpublic health crises, it is important to raise awareness about how companies are using celebrities popular with these audiences to market their unhealthy products,» said Dr. Bragg, who is also a faculty member at the NYU College of Global Public HPublic Health.

The Convention recognizes the importance of women in the implementation of the Convention, and identifies critical areas for their engagement: (i) awareness - raising, and participation in the design and implementation of programmes; (ii) decision - making processes that men and women adopt at the local level in the governance of development, implementation and review of regional and national action programmes (RAPs and NAPs); and (iii) capacity - building, education and public awareness, particularly at local level through the support of local organizations.

This year, PCOS Awareness Association is planning a plethora of activities aimed at raising worldwide, public awareness of Polycystic Ovarian Awareness Association is planning a plethora of activities aimed at raising worldwide, public awareness of Polycystic Ovarian awareness of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.

As a founding member of Women in Balance, one of the first nonprofits in the country to advocate for women's hormone health, I helped to raise public awareness at a national level and lobbied senators on Capitol Hill for safe access to bioidentical alternatives to HRT.

During the past ten years, AWFJ has also hosted screenings of films by and about women, presented and served on panels at film festivals and other events, expanded our membership base to include women film journalists in Canada and the UK, mentored young women film journalists and offered them publishing opportunities, forged alliances with other groups concerned about disparities pertaining to women and film and raised awareness within the industry and in the public arena about the need for change.

Supporters rallied at the steps of the Statehouse to raise awareness of the different education options available to students, including traditional public schools, public charter schools, private schools, online learning and homeschooling.

«As a retired, life - long LAUSD educator, I believe that I have a moral obligation to raise awareness and understanding of externally driven strategies that support the uncontrolled proliferation of charter schools at the expense of the District's ability to adequately provide for the needs of all students, especially the most disadvantaged students who rely on public education,» Schmerelson told LA School Report.

This week was National Charter Schools Week, and to kick off the annual opportunity to raise awareness about California's amazing charter public schools, CCSA hosted more than 300 charter parents, leaders and advocates on Tuesday, May 2 at CCSA's 2017 annual Advocacy Day at the State Capitol.

At what point do you think awareness of factory farming will be sufficiently raised in the public eye?

At The Pit Bull Training Academy, many of the cityâ $ ™ s lost and homeless pit bulls will be housed, trained, and rehabilitated by their «two legged counterparts» who are intent on raising awareness and enhancing the adoption opportunities of this largely misunderstood breed by educating the public on what it takes to be a responsible pit bull guardian.

At the heart of Blessfest is the goal of bringing about a better life for animals by raising public awareness of animal welfare.

This dog walk aims to help the SPCA raise funds to continue its mission, as well as to heighten awareness and inform the public on the many benefits of adopting an animal at the SPCA.

The sold - out event at the D.C. chapter of the American Institute of Architects was designed to raise public awareness of community cats, and was packed with people snapping photos of the shelters, inspecting them inside and out, discussing their functionality and aesthetics, and voting for favorites.

However, I do know how Wayne's magnetism single - handedly helped a movement to go forward at record speed, and he raised millions of dollars for the HSUS, as well as raising public awareness about issues ranging from puppy mills to keeping marine mammals in captivity.

As the public face of The HSUS's new Breeders Advisory and Resource Council, Donnelly and McGriff provide input on public policy and help The HSUS raise awareness about the difference between responsible breeders — who breed happy, healthy dogs in clean, humane conditions — and puppy mills, factory - style facilities that focus on profit at the expense of animal welfare.

OBOL raises public awareness about the plight of homeless animals at pet expos and adoption events.

With her business background, Paula developed a solutions - based plan to address the plight of homeless pets in Chicago and raise public awareness to the staggering number of pets that were being killed in silence at traditional shelters.

The Houston BARC Foundation «s efforts are also focused on raising public awareness among all Houstonians about homeless and at - risk animals throughout our community.

For two years, students, alumni and community members have been organizing to raise public awareness about Cooper Union, a historically tuition - free institution that is currently at risk of beginning tuition - based programs.

Peggy Leboeuf, an executive director at the gallery, said another Perrotin artist, Daniel Arsham, had a public art commission in the Design District, which helped raise awareness of the gallery's program.

In the same publication, the show's organizer, Nancy Spector, curator of contemporary art at the Guggenheim, says that the notion of finding a «best» artist «pales in importance to the possibility of raising crucial public awareness» about contemporary artistic practices.

To coincide with the inaugural, public presentation of this new work, and as part of the artist's commitment to raise awareness around the topic of suicide, the three screenings of the video (each 5.45 minutes) will be followed by a conversation between the artist and Diana Doko, Chairman & Co-founder of Berlin based suicide prevention organization Freunde fürs Leben e.V. at Soho House Berlin on September 29, 2016 from 7:00 - 9:00 PM.

And yes, YouTube videos, computer games, blogs, websites, street demonstrations, college student movements like the one started at Middlebury College in Vermont, all these contribute to raising public awareness of an enormous enormous problem, and we aren't even halfway there yet to full global conciousness.

Their Secure American Future Program, dedicated to raising public awareness of the threat posed by climate change and creating a movement for action, recently released Climate Security Index (5.3 MB download), a report that looks at the impacts of global climate disruption as a U.S. national security problem.

The «National Green Schools» initiative is aimed at raising general awareness of the benefits of green schools and the critical need for building and modernizing all schools with healthy, high performance green classrooms.Sign a petition for green schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construction.

But last week, over 60 international civil society groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.) by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.

The San Diego car accident lawyers at Gomez Trial Attorneys will continue to work to raise awareness with regards to this serious public health problem.

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While there are public safety campaigns aimed at raising driver awareness of motorcyclists and their right to a share of the road, bicyclists share many of the same risks with even less attention drawn to the dangers they face.

Apple's arrival could go a long way towards speeding adoption by the general public — or at the very least raise awareness for the entire category.