Sentences with phrase «based national coalition»
Supporting the proposal was the Arlington Heights Coalition to Ban Handguns, which has received aid from the Washington - based National Coalition to Ban Handguns.
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In 1993, a broad - based coalition of national leaders helped the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)-- which limited government regulation of religious expression — become law.
A global system based on national sovereignty allows states to challenge each other and achieve balances of power through coalitions.
Riverkeeper is an active participant in a broad - based coalition of local elected officials, drinking water and wastewater service providers, state environmental and health administrators, engineers and environmentalists throughout the nation in campaigning for the establishment of a national Clean Water Trust Fund.
In response to this intransigence, later in 2010 we formed the broad - based Equal Love coalition, with support from cross-party MPs, MEPs, trade unions, the National Union of Students and secular, humanist and LGBT religious organisations.
Last fall, a coalition of New York - based worker advocates launched a national campaign to press retailers and restaurant chains to end the scheduling practice, which makes it hard for workers to schedule child care or work a second job.
Based on the results, the BBC's projected national vote share puts the Lib Dems on 16 % - an improvement on the latter days of the coalition government between 2013 and 2015, but lower than its estimated performance in last year's county council elections.
The parties contesting the election were the incumbent People's National Movement, the official opposition United National Congress — Alliance (a coalition of the UNC and six smaller parties), the Congress of the People (a UNC splinter group), the Tobago United Front — Democratic Action Congress (a Tobago - based party) and the Democratic National Assembly (a new party based in Tobago).
«If there was ever a national cancer - research emergency, this is it,» says Robert Comis, president of the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Eleven prisoners died of cancer from 2010 through 2013, and six others have been diagnosed with cancer at the State Correctional Institution Fayette, said the report, released by the Abolitionist Law Center, a public interest law firm based in Pittsburgh, and the Human Rights Coalition, a national prison reform group.
Last week, a coalition of biomedical research advocacy groups and a Washington, D.C. — based think tank released a report outlining a number of strategies for sustaining the more than $ 30 billion budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which provides about one - half of all U.S. funding for basic research.
Susan has been a member of the California Department of Health Master Plan Task Force on Breast and Cervical Cancer, the American Cancer Society Subgroup Evaluating Clinical Breast Exam, the National Quality Forum Committee on Consumer Based Measurements of Mammography Centers, and the Quality Care Advisory Board of the National Breast Cancer Coalition.
Participating organizations are based in either Washington, DC, San Francisco, CA, Ottawa or Toronto, Canada and include: American Library Association, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, Center for Democracy and Technology, Citizen Lab, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Future of Music Coalition, Internet Education Foundation, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Media Access Project, National Hispanic Media Coalition, New America Foundation, Progress and Freedom Foundation, Public Knowledge, TechFreedom, and Technology Policy Institute.
The national testing proposal «fails to provide safeguards against the invalid and inappropriate use of test results,» the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, a Washington - based coalition of groups, including the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, said in Sept. 4 letter to Mr. Clinton.
The nonpartisan coalition, based in Washington, includes a wide range of national, state, and community - based nonprofit organizations promoting children's health, education, and well - being.
The study was produced by the End Child Poverty Coalition, a group of 12 charities in the U.K., and the National Children's Bureau, a London - based advocacy group for child welfare.
Elaine Weiss is the National Coordinator for the Broader Bolder Approach to Education, where she works with four co-chairs, a high - level Advisory Board, and multiple coalition partners to promote a comprehensive, evidence - based set of policies to allow... continued
Elaine Weiss is the National Coordinator for the Broader Bolder Approach to Education, where she works with four co-chairs, a high - level Advisory Board, and multiple coalition partners to promote a comprehensive, evidence - based set of policies to allow all children to thrive in school and life.
This paper from the National Skills Coalition profiles four different work - based learning programs that target at - risk youth populations in different career pathways.
A number of leading national organizations and coalition groups, including the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities and the 14 organizations forming the 2004 Learning Disabilities (LD) Roundtable coalition, have outlined the core features of an RTI process as follows: • High quality, research - based instruction and behavioral support in general ednational organizations and coalition groups, including the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities and the 14 organizations forming the 2004 Learning Disabilities (LD) Roundtable coalition, have outlined the core features of an RTI process as follows: • High quality, research - based instruction and behavioral support in general edNational Research Center on Learning Disabilities and the 14 organizations forming the 2004 Learning Disabilities (LD) Roundtable coalition, have outlined the core features of an RTI process as follows: • High quality, research - based instruction and behavioral support in general education.
Our national reach and experience makes it possible to provide responsive, ongoing support to school systems, community - based organizations, coalitions, government agencies, and philanthropic institutions across the country.
The National Equity Project began in 1991 as a regional office of Ted Sizer's Coalition for Essential Schools, then based at Brown University.
In response to a call to AFC's national headquarters to ask why they are interested in funding election campaigns for lawmakers in North Carolina, Matt Frendewey, communications director, said via email, «as the nation's voice for educational choice, AFC and its coalition partners in states such as North Carolina support candidates on a bipartisan basis who believe in strengthening education by giving parents more educational options for their children.»
NATIONAL - Dec. 9: The Coalition for Community Schools, the Center for Popular Democracy, and the Southern Education Foundation will host a webinar on Kentucky's school - based Family Resource and Youth Service Centers and how they support the national movement for community schools.
Summary: The New Jersey Culture and Climate Coalition has developed a set of Successful School Guidelines which are based on the National School Climate Council's Standards.
Halley Potter, who studies potential policy solutions for addressing educational inequality, is a fellow at The Century Foundation, a left - leaning think tank based in New York, and a member of the governing board of the National Coalition of Diverse Charter Schools.
The coalition includes the NAACP, the National PTA and the American Association of People with Disabilities - as well as San Francisco - based Public Advocates, which represented a coalition of community groups that brought the 2010 court complaint against the federal regulations.
National Assembly on School - Based Health Care National Association of Chronic Disease Directors National Association of Elementary School Principals National Association of School Nurses National Association of Secondary School Principals National Association of State Boards of Education National Association of Student Councils National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity National Conference of State Legislatures National Dairy Council National Farm to School Network National Governors Association National Medical Association National Middle School Association National Organizations for Youth Safety National Parent Teacher Association National School Boards Association New York Road Runners Passion Digital Playworks President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Safe Routes to School National Partnership School Nutrition Association Shape America Society for Nutrition Education Society for Public Health Education Students Against Destructive Decisions U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion United States Tennis Association United Way Worldwide YMCA of the USA
EL builds a new approach based on focused literacy instruction, working with Denver's Public Education & Business Coalition and other national experts to support schools within and beyond the network.
For the purpose of the report, National Skills Coalition only examines paid work - based learning opportunities and policies designed to expand work - based learning.
Similarly, in addition to major organizational partners (e.g., the Afterschool Alliance, the School - Based Health Alliance, the National League of Cities, the School Superintendents Association, and United Way Worldwide), the coalition works with broad national initiatives that are related to community schools, including Attendance Works, the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, the Promise Neighborhoods Institute, Partners for Each and Every Child, and the National Opportunity to Learn CNational League of Cities, the School Superintendents Association, and United Way Worldwide), the coalition works with broad national initiatives that are related to community schools, including Attendance Works, the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, the Promise Neighborhoods Institute, Partners for Each and Every Child, and the National Opportunity to Learn Cnational initiatives that are related to community schools, including Attendance Works, the Campaign for Grade - Level Reading, the Promise Neighborhoods Institute, Partners for Each and Every Child, and the National Opportunity to Learn CNational Opportunity to Learn Campaign.
National black and Hispanic education reform advocacy groups, as well as Florida - based coalitions of minority clergy, have argued that the scholarships provide opportunities for high - quality education to predominantly minority children who wouldn't get it otherwise.
The Denver School - Based Restorative Practices Partnership is a coalition that includes Advancement Project, Denver Classroom Teachers Association, Denver Public Schools, National Education Association, and Padres & Jóvenes Unidos.
This was one particularly memorable quote from an event that the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) hosted last week with the Coalition for Evidence - based Education (CEBE): «Linking evidence and practice: what works?
CFHS members understand the importance of advancing animal welfare at the national level and that CFHS membership brings direct benefit to your organization, including the cohesion offered by a strong national voice for humane societies and SPCAs to advance Canada's animal welfare agenda, increasing visibility with national decision - makers through our presence on influential national committees and coalitions — not to mention exclusive funding opportunities and original, evidence - based research and resources and opportunities to connect with animal welfare organizations across the country.
Recommended by the ASPCA's Julie Morris, Vice President, National Shelter Outreach, the site is maintained by the Washington, DC - based Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC), a joint project between animal welfare groups and cruelty - free companies like Tom's of Maine and The Body Shop.
Based on our participation in numerous national coalitions focused on animal / shelter overpopulation issues; our work in shelter medicine, shelter research and as a major animal welfare grant maker; and our 100 + years as a direct service provider in New York City as well as our more recent direct participation in intensive, collaborative efforts with more than 10 ASPCA partner communities across the United States, the ASPCA has determined that a number of indicators should be tracked to understand progress in decreasing the number of animals at risk.
Following their participation at Turning the Tide, Suk and Miller embarked on assembling a broad - based coalition of partners to position Park Prescriptions as an innovative national model for health care reform within the medical community.
Saldaña has also worked at the Streetwork Project LES, a needle exchange program serving homeless and street - based youth, and the Harm Reduction Coalition, a national organization founded by needle exchange providers, advocates and drug users.
She works with various coalitions, national and international including the Mobilization for Climate Justice, Climate Justice Now and others opposing market - based solutions to climate change and other «false solutions».
Project Coyote, a national non-profit organization based in Northern California, is a North American coalition of scientists, educators, ranchers and citizen leaders promoting compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science and advocacy.
Groups do not support extension of time or additional funding for National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls until conditions are met OTTAWA, ON — November 20, 2017 - A coalition of organizations which have been granted standing in the National Inquiry Into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown - Indigenous Relations, to ensure that the Inquiry adopts a human rights based approach.
The country's blockchain industry organises distributed ledger - based coalition in Beijing supported by Chinese National Assembly and aiming to standardise the application of blockchain.
In these reviews it was particularly felt that coalitions of community councils and community service organisations would be effective as regional assemblies, which would be the legitimising basis of state and national representation.
National Association for Christian Recovery: www.nacronline.com National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families: www.nationalcoalition.org National Institute of Marriage: www.nationalmarriage.com — Christian marriage focus, Dr. Robert Paul New Life Partners: www.newlifepartners.org — online support group for wives of sex addicts New York Pathways: www.newyorkpathways.com — effective, results - based therapy for people living with sex addiction in the New York area
They include the formation of a coalition of child and youth health and wellbeing expert bodies to drive national investment in the early years as the most evidence - based way of improving child, youth and wider community health.
Just as the Close the Gap Campaign for health equality has gained broad - based support and government action, I am optimistic that the National Justice Coalition can be a similar circuit breaker in advocating for safer communities.
Edwin is the member of the board of directors for the National Fathers and Families Coalition of America, a member of the Indigenous and Tribal Social Work Educators Association, a member of the Academy of Supervision and Curriculum Development, a member of the Association on American Indian Affairs, member of the National Advisory Committee to FRIENDS National Center for Community - Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP), and a current member of the Council on Social Work Education.
CJJ is a member of and works closely in collaboration with the National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition (NJJDPC), a collaborative array of youth - and family - serving, social justice, law enforcement, corrections, and faith - based organizations.
The National Fatherhood Leaders Group (NFLG) is a coalition of individual fatherhood practitioners and community based organizations working to elevate and sustain the fatherhood field.