Sentences with phrase «changes on the national level»

He says that where churches have become involved on a local level, providing food for example, this has spurred them into campaigning for change on a national level, which is what is really needed.

Lastly, as a citizen, I want push for change on the national level, re-prioritizing how we help the parents of young children and

Lastly, as a citizen, I want push for change on the national level, re-prioritizing how we help the parents of young children and making sure our public educational institutions are strong enough to resist the efforts to fragment communities into haves and have - nots.

In it I describe the improvements we've seen so far, where more work is still needed, and recent changes on the national level.

Be empowered to be even more successful in your own work to end puppy mills locally, and be part of a strong united voice that is a catalyst for real change on a national level.

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Turns out, these flavor changes happen on a genetic level, according to a study published this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Jacobs: We've started to see the conversation around criminal justice change from what it had been forever, but do you think that change needs to happen on the local and state level first before we get to a national consensus?

To determine the national average wage index for 2016 at a level that is consistent with the national average wage indexing series for prior years, we multiply the 2015 national average wage index of 48,098.63 by the percentage change in average wages from 2015 to 2016 (based on our tabulated wage data).

By galvanizing the leadership of the women's business community, Roadmap 2020 will drive change on the national and grassroots level, and dramatically sharpen the nation's competitiveness.

A second observation is that it is precisely at the national headquarters levels of the typical western church that the Inertia of church organization and staff exerts Its most debilitating Influence on the capacity of the church to effect change in its own program or in the policies of the economic and political institutions In which It Is enmeshed.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

I was horrified that my government wasn't doing a better job to protect us against this onslaught... I mean aren't they responsible for national defense???? I felt betrayed on so many levels and decided then that I would change my life, change my consumer purchases, and hopefully help other moms who still hadn't had that all important «Ahaa» moment.

This of course is a very rough model and it can not take appropriate account of the fact that changing support levels between elections tend to vary geographically, while it also fails to take account of the local particularities of the different regions in cases where no regional figures are produced in association with different national opinion polls meaning that there is no scope to carry out separate regional analyses based on these poll figures.

Based on the analysis of this latest Sunday Independent - Millward Brown poll and other polls covered in this post, Labour would be in serious trouble if their national support levels fall below ten percent as the party is also facing a «perfect storm» from electoral geography and changed competition levels.

In the USA, in the Commonwealth and in many European countries, a mayor is a local figurehead who has the mandate and power to influence change on both a local and national level.

«In the time of federal paralysis, and I can certainly say we've seen this at the state level in many, many states, too — state governments that are resistant to their cities and state governments resistant to progressive change; we're not powerless as a result,» de Blasio said at a panel discussion at the National Museum of American Jewish History on Philadelphia.

«If people like you were to get behind Jeremy and the kind of politics that he represents, the Labour party might have a fighting chance on a national and local level of being able to change this country for the better.»

He also challenged government to expedite action on the national climate change policy to ensure its implementation at the regional and district level, to address issues of climate change in the region, since the region is most at risk of climate change.

«With a few days still to go I expect that more change could still occur, but it is likely to be minor and the national level and more concentrated on the ground in the key marginal constituencies where the Hold Your Nose or Cut It Off to Spite Your Face ™ message pushes home.

Emergencies and disasters, and less urgent natural changes and challenges, the preparation for them, the response to them, underscore the need for good science policy connections at the local and national levels,» added Holt, referencing the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck central Mexico, including Mexico City, on Sept. 19 and the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico's Pacific Coast two weeks earlier.

«I'm skeptical we could change daylight saving time on a national level, because we've become accustomed to it,» Kotchen says, adding that «we might want to consider it for other costs or benefits it could have.»

The conference took place just after sea - level rise and climate change happened to surface on the national stage.

«Due to the current void in national leadership on the issue of climate change, efforts at the state and local level are more important than ever,» Saikawa says.

«Because global mismanagement of plastic is fueling the growing marine litter problem, policy responses are needed at all levels, from the international community of nations down to national and local communities,» said report co-author Cara Horowitz, executive director of the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment.

Under the Obama administration, climate change has been on the Department of Defense's radar from how it affects national security to how military installations around the world should prepare for climate impacts, like sea level rise at naval bases, melting permafrost in the Arctic and more extreme rainfall events around the world.

For the assessments of climate impacts made herein, we follow guidance from the National Climate Assessment and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on how to standardize confidence levels and uncertainty characterization in our key messages, as provided below.

A CIF allocation of $ 13.31 million to scale up REDD + efforts on the national and community level to provide sustainable livelihoods, reduce deforestation practices, and produce sizeable climate change benefits.

They're doing it at a time of political change and policy uncertainty at the national level, with a new team taking the field at the White House — and at the U.S. Department of Education — that may have its own ideas about how details of the new law play out on the ground.

While Obama's election surely did not solve the problem of racism, it was an important step toward racial justice, he writes, and shows the potential of Americans to come together on a national level around values - based politics calling for change.

These national ERAOs and their counterparts at the state level are focused on enacting sweeping education policy changes to increase accountability for student achievement, improve teacher quality, turn around failing schools, and expand school choice.

The National Education Union has campaigned tirelessly for change, at a national level, putting pressure on the Government to reduce wNational Education Union has campaigned tirelessly for change, at a national level, putting pressure on the Government to reduce wnational level, putting pressure on the Government to reduce workload.

Leaders from all levels of education have come together to change the national dialogue on student assessment and assessment practices.

To underscore its commitment to FCE in education policy, the federal policy panel also noted changes that are happening within the composition of the Department of Education, including the new role of Family Engagement Ambassador which will serve to promote and support family engagement in education policy on a national level.

But Michael Turner, director general for the Joint Council for Qualifications, said: «At a national level there is very little change in this year's results but we do see educational policies continuing to have an effect on entry patterns and results at a subject level.

In his role at the National Board, Lee focuses on the broadest levels of education policy, but as a former teacher and principal, he's well aware that it can take a long time for policy changes to reach classroom, if they do at all.

A change to the conceptual framework on a programmatic level is necessary to instill the necessary technological pedagogical content knowledge (or technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge, known as TPACK) that allows future teachers to integrate technology in a manner consistent with national standards (Wetzel, Foulger, & Williams, 2009).

She presents at local and national professional conferences, holds leadership roles in the many professional organizations she is involved with and teaches graduate - level courses on Change Theory and Community Relations for future educational leaders.

National - level performance and how it has changed since the 1970s is reported using scores on a 0 - 500 scale.

Japan's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a 26 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from 2013 levels.1 To achieve this, the Japanese government has set carbon targets for all sectors backed up by a national carbon tax and Tokyo emissions trading scheme.

Well - versed on the issues facing regulated industries, Cardoza will provide recommendations on the ways pet businesses can affect change at the local, state and national level.

On a national level, many European Assistance Dogs programmes are actively lobbying to change legislation in their own country to ensure assistance dog partnerships get equal treatment and full access to all public buildings.

Affecting Change at the Local, State, and National Level This presentation will address the legislative process for regulated industries, perceptions held by legislators, and recommendations on the ways pet businesses can create constructive cChange at the Local, State, and National Level This presentation will address the legislative process for regulated industries, perceptions held by legislators, and recommendations on the ways pet businesses can create constructive changechange.

Researchers at Yale created the Climate Opinion Maps to determine how Americans feel about climate change on national, state, congressional district, and county levels.

A new National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) report on trends and conditions affecting U.S. artists found the population is diversifying, the definition of who is an artist is broadening, technology is influencing artists» work, economic inequality and debt levels are increasing, and training and funding systems are not evolving with changing practices.

For example, the area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security: rising sea levels, to severe droughts, to the melting of the polar caps, to more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Persuasive refutations are readily available not only at a high scientific level in (among others) the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc.ch), the UN Scientific Expert Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development (unfoundation.org/SEG/), the US National Academy of Sciences (dels.nas.edu/globalchange), the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (ucar.edu), and the UK Meteorological Office (met - office.

In an interview with Reuters, Jennifer Granholm, the departing governor of Michigan, said that action on the local and state level was useful, but that national energy policy was needed for truly substantial change.

My point in mentioning this is that these types of actions fall somewhere in the long tail of actions to fight climate change - a program that can affect a lot of people while falling far short of the headline - generating action on a state or national level.

Two political climate change denialists with whom I am familiar are also significant on a national level.

The strategy identifies three priority areas that match calls for international guidance, the urgent need for action at a national level on climate change and the organization's skill set, experience and mandate.