Sentences with phrase «citizen advocates»

PHILADELPHIA: In a column in the Philadelphia School Notebook, Ron Whitehorne, Director of Philadelphia Citizens Advocating for Public Schools (PCAPS), calls for sustainable community schools as a response to inequities in the city's education system.

B. Assist in developing guidelines for the organization and functioning of citizen advocate groups.

C. Provide research and information to citizen advocate groups on the process for obtaining «leave to participate» in governmental proceedings, public policy development and rule - making in the communications arena.

In the tradition of Connecticut's great advocacy movements, from the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association to Harriet Beecher Stowe and the abolitionists, ConnCAN emerged to build a movement of concerned citizens advocating to fundamentally reform our public schools through smart public policies.

Energy Citizens advocate for Canada's oil and natural gas industry by spreading the word about the positive role energy plays in our lives every day, and what it means to our communities.

Acting Village President Mike Neben said Charles Gries, a founder of Citizens Advocating Residential Excellence, which supports low - density housing, and John Ardente, former president and current member of the South Barrington Park District Board, will be appointed trustees.

Poppa John Parete, facing major surgery on what he called «a wreck of a shoulder» and nursing a few grudges, took it on the chin big - time when citizen advocate Kathy Nolan decided it was time to join the dance.

The Erie County Office for People with Disabilities was created to ensure that Erie County's citizens with disabilities would have a direct voice in County government; to make available to such citizens an advocate who could work within the county structure to develop and enhance services; and to oversee facilities and programs by the County.

Senior citizens advocates are planning a trip to Albany this week to meet with state officials and ask Cuomo to amend a proposal that would redirect funds from adult care to child care services, removing the flexibility the city has had in the past to allocate the funds at its own discretion.

To that end, Empowering Global Citizens advocates for materials and resources to personalize learning, for schools to build partnerships with parents and communities, and for leadership that «supports cultures of continuous improvement and learning.»

She is a member of the State Bar of California and a court - appointed citizen advocate for children in foster care.

At the event, citizen advocates lobbied their legislators to prevent convicted animal abusers from owning animals for a specified time, promote funding of Maryland spay / neuter programs, and require licensing of large - scale commercial dog breeders.

In the tradition of Connecticut's great advocacy movements, from the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association to Harriet Beecher Stowe and the abolitionists, ConnCAN is building a new movement of concerned citizens advocating to fundamentally reform our public schools through smart public policies.

One of your common tasks is usually going to be supporting your government relations team (or your citizen advocates and volunteers) by collecting documents that they want Hill staff to see and presenting them on a central page about an issue.

Over 100 citizen advocates are meeting with legislators in Albany to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for reforming New York's election laws, which are among the most restrictive in the country.

On the heels of deeply troubling problems at the polls during the April 19th presidential primary, roughly 200 citizen advocates will meet with lawmakers to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for fundamental reform to New York's antiquated election laws.

Hatter has worked in local government for the last 10 years, serving as a citizen advocate for Brookhaven Supervisor Brian Foley, and most recently was an aide to Bellone, the Suffolk County executive.

Grounded in our research and policy work, RI - CAN teams with our citizen advocates and key state officials to develop and enact concrete, meaningful education reforms through both legislative and administrative action.