Sentences with phrase «champion for working people»

Jack Ahern, President of the New York City Central Labor Council said, «Congressman Rangel has been a fierce champion for all working people his entire life, and we need him and his leadership now more than ever to fight for our fair share and rights in Washington.

We are proud to endorse Tish James, a true champion for working people, and we look forward to electing her as our New York State Attorney General.»

Not exact matches

For years, I have watched and listened to all manner of business people that I work with or come across complain about China's underhand restrictions and rules that favour its own domestic champions in just about any industry — from traditional smokestack industries, to chemicals, machine tools, autos, technology, services, financial services — you name it.

The Trust for the Study of Adolescence is running free, government - funded «evaluation champions» training courses across the UK, for anyone working with children, young people or families, in the voluntary or statutory sectors.

Melita's experience working with people with mental illness and the links with early life experience, health inequalities and the intergenerational transmission of poor mental health, inspires a passion for championing the importance of perinatal and infant mental health.

Free Trade promised cheap food for the people, but it was also championed for instilling civic awareness and an ethical sensibility for producers and their working conditions.

Senator Gillibrand has proven time and time again to be a true champion for the cause of working people.

After all, you can't be a «champion of affordable housing» when you worked for a company that evicts poor and middle class tenants from their homes and discriminates people based on color.

«Now more than ever, we need progressive champions like Hakeem Jeffries who will stand up for working class, middle class and poor people,» Dan Cantor, the executive director of the party, announced in a statement.

«He also has been a strong champion of working people and unions for many years as a Vermont senator.»

«He has been a champion for the working class; a person who, through his various leadership roles in the Assembly and the Democratic Party, has shown his immense capacity for compassion, service and achievement,» Mr. Heastie said.

Drew Endy (right) was named one of Esquire's 75 most influential people of the 21st century and one of President Barack Obama's 2013 Champions of Change for his work redesigning genomes and developing genetically encoded computers.

Ali Oliver, chief executive officer at Youth Sport Trust, said: «As a children's charity, we have long been championing the vital role that a refocussed physical education curriculum has in giving young people the skills they need not only for work, but for life.

Our plans for implementing the proposed initiative will include the following activities: (1) continuing to build their evidence base to understand for whom their intervention works best and least, and in what contexts; (2) refining their program model with a sharp focus on producing the materials that will be needed to achieve successful replication at scale; (3) solidifying the commitment of the selected scaling champions (i.e., the person who will drive the continuing development of the intervention and its implementation at scale); and (4) building the infrastructure necessary to support effective scaling, including the development of a business plan and training support structure, along with the successful navigation of intellectual property issues.

Nasen provides a strong role of advocacy for the sector and champions the requirements of those working to support and meet the needs of children and young people with special educational needs (SEN).

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

«The Wellbeing in Schools Awards are an opportunity to acknowledge the amazing work that happens in Place2Be schools to champion positive mental health for children and young people.

Questions and considerations for finding the right people to champion the work of personalizing learning

About the Institute for Educational Leadership For a half - century, the Institute for Educational Leadership has championed the need for leaders at all levels to shake off their institutional constraints and work across boundaries to address the needs of young people and their familifor Educational Leadership For a half - century, the Institute for Educational Leadership has championed the need for leaders at all levels to shake off their institutional constraints and work across boundaries to address the needs of young people and their familiFor a half - century, the Institute for Educational Leadership has championed the need for leaders at all levels to shake off their institutional constraints and work across boundaries to address the needs of young people and their familifor Educational Leadership has championed the need for leaders at all levels to shake off their institutional constraints and work across boundaries to address the needs of young people and their familifor leaders at all levels to shake off their institutional constraints and work across boundaries to address the needs of young people and their families.

For a half - century, the Institute for Educational Leadership has championed the need for leaders at all levels to shake off their institutional constraints and work across boundaries to address the needs of young people and their familiFor a half - century, the Institute for Educational Leadership has championed the need for leaders at all levels to shake off their institutional constraints and work across boundaries to address the needs of young people and their familifor Educational Leadership has championed the need for leaders at all levels to shake off their institutional constraints and work across boundaries to address the needs of young people and their familifor leaders at all levels to shake off their institutional constraints and work across boundaries to address the needs of young people and their families.

Writing this Letter from the Editor has me reflecting on the rewarding experience it has been so far, from working with the wonderful writers of «TulsaPets» and meeting selfless people who champion for animal causes (especially the homeless pet population), to learning about some amazing local animals.

2008 Heralded as the new black, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK Heralded as the new black, South London Gallery, London, UK Something Vague, St Gallen Kunstverein, Switzerland, CH Something Vague, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, DE How I learnt to use my senses, how I learnt to think and how I learnt to feel, Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, JP Championed by Rigour, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, US And it came to life, Marz Galleria, Lisbon, PT Basquiat, STORE Gallery, London, UK 2007 GHOSTWRITER SUBTEXT (TOWARDS A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PLAUSIBLE INTERROBANG), Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo, JP More than the weight of your shadow, DAIWA Press Viewing Room, Hiroshima, JP Passengers, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, US Short cut through the trees, MUMOK, Vienna, AT The Last Work, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam NL Of Any Actual Person, Living or Dead (with Aurélien Froment), STORE, London, UK 2006 Ryan Gander, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, IT Ghostwriter Subtext, Premier Container, Art Basel Premier with STORE, Miami, US Didactease, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, USCinema Verso, Whitechapel East Wing, London, UK Spencer, forget about good, Art Basel Unlimited with Annet Gelink Gallery, Basel, CH The title taken from reading that book (with George Henry Longly), Elisabeth Kauffman, Zurich, CH Is This Guilt In You Too --(The study of a car in a field), MUMOK, Vienna, AT Your clumsiness is the next man's stealth, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL Nine Projects for the Pavilion de l'Esprit Nouveau, MAMbo, GAM, Bologna, IT

«When health professionals show up for work with Indigenous people, they are championing the human rights of Indigenous people,» she said.

Donella said «she was very excited about the opportunity to contribute to working the new Chairperson, the new board and the NACCHO Executive to drive the national health debate, develop community led solution and to champion why Community - Controlled is the pinnacle model in achieving greater autonomy and self - determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Alex, who is also one of the Hunter Institute's LGBTI Champions, said: «The rates of mental illness, suicide attempts and self harm for LGBTI people are consistently higher than much of the general Australian population which shows that while much has been done in improving the mental health and welling being of the LGBTI people ongoing work in this area is vital.

In order for Discernment Counseling to work, at least one person needs to be «leaning in» in order to act as the advocate and champion for the marriage.