Sentences with phrase «coalition efforts with»

This week features CEI's coalition efforts with other organizations to show the harms of the new financial reform bill.

Not exact matches

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

«Additionally, LCEDC created a FlexJobs partnership for telecommuting opportunities, led efforts for the first annual Manufacturing Day with over 150 students visiting local manufacturers, and founded the Eastern Plains Economic Development Coalition to strengthen the perception of opportunity across Eastern Plains.»

The Parkland students have been facing many of these issues head - on, meeting with the survivors of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, and now with the Chicago students, in an effort to build coalitions and expand their fight against gun violence.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Seeking to reform the Affordable Care Act is not a betrayal of populism but an effort to keep faith with the particular populist coalition Trump assembled, with which the law is very unpopular.

Present - day coalitions in the anti-abortion effort are obviously so ordered» how else could fundamentalist Baptists ever join ranks with Mormons and Roman Catholics?

About Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition The Coalition provides a framework for the seafood community to coordinate marketing efforts among the Gulf States with emphasis on working with tourism boards, restaurants, retailers and chefs.

With your help, the Pennsylvania Breastfeeding Coalition will help to facilitate community and statewide efforts to protect, support and promote breastfeeding as the cultural norm across the Commonwealth.

Sen. Malcolm Smith's desire to join forces with the Independent Democratic Conference and bolster its members» effort to form a coalition government with the Republicans makes a lot of sense — from his standpoint, at least.

It's a familiar coalition for the Senate Democrats, with many of those groups contributing not just financial resources, but also a get - out - the - vote effort on Election Day that aided Democratic candidates.

The two factions compromised on a semi-presidential system with a weak president in an effort to reassure secularists concerned about being excluded from power by Ennahda - led parliamentary coalitions.

As The NYT reported today, the coalition of wealthy business types, which seemed strikingly similar to the Committee to Save New York when it was first announced earlier this year, are mobilizing an effort on removing money from politics with mailers in swing legislative districts.

As part of these efforts, the ruling coalition has struck a bargain with parts of the opposition, mainly the Socialist Party led until recently by the current president Igor Dodon.

Perhaps it might be worth remembering that parties are coalitions also, and if there is no leadership, no way of focussing efforts, the Labour party will start to go its own way and do its own thing, with various factions effectively operating independently.

The coalition's efforts to clamp down on immigration have also been criticised for damaging the higher education sector, with figures from the industry saying government policy is robbing the UK of billions in investment.

The teachers union has a number of labor allies in this effort, including the new labor - backed Strong Economy for All Coalition, which is targeting nine senators around the state with a radio / mail campaign.

Still, rank - and - file advocates remain unconvinced, especially over whether Cuomo will make a good - faith effort to create a system of public financed political campaigns, which is part of a tricky set of negotiations with the state Senate, divided between a coalition of Democrats and Republicans.

Yet instead of uniting with us to resist this assault, our State Senator Marisol Alcantara — elected as a Democrat to represent much of Upper Manhattan and the Upper West Side — has turned on us by joining the IDC, a coalition that empowers Trump - supporting Albany Republicans and stymies efforts to pass truly progressive legislation.»

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) vowed that the coalition of Democratic state officials would continue to oppose President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE's efforts to ban travel from nations the administration says do not meet information - sharing requirements, calling the ban «discriminatory.»

Percoco routinely communicated with members of the coordinated effort and the state Democratic party in the months leading up to the November elections about how to spend the money the coalition raised.

ALBANY — With chances of a congestion pricing plan being part of the state budget fading, a coalition of 83 groups is making a last - ditch effort to revive the issue.

The Political Economy of the Northern Powerhouse (co-edited with Craig Berry)-- the first volume to critically assess the coalition and Conservative governments» Northern Powerhouse agenda since 2014 and associated efforts to devolve power to local authorities across the North.

But now Cuomo and a coalition of the wealthy, along with former Cuomo aide Steve Cohen, are making a renewed effort to overhaul the laws, similar to the same - sex marriage push of 2011.

Sue Rosenberg, who has helped to coordinate local efforts of the Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipeline, a group organizing opponents to the project in both New York and New Jersey, said she was pleased with Wednesday's turnout.

He has played a major role in collaborative efforts with other law enforcement agencies, including the office of District Attorney John Flynn, and he has worked closely with the Police Athletic League, Peacemakers and the Concerned Clergy Coalition, who are all here today.»

Oh, and according to one senator, six or seven Democrats «are willing to form a breakaway coalition — perhaps even with some Republicans — in an effort to hijack the already hijacked conference.»

A coalition of upstate business groups is in Albany today to lobby for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed 2 percent cap on local and school property taxes, meeting with Assembly Democrats in an effort to push the measure into law.

The letter, signed by 18 members of Congress, is the latest effort to persuade the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, and a ninth rogue senator, Simcha Felder of Brooklyn, to abandon their coalition with the Republicans and help take control of Albany's upper chamber.

With Occupy Sandy and the Transit Forward Coalition, we coordinated bus trips to the Rockaways to support clean - up and relief efforts, and spearheaded an effective petition campaign to demand action from elected officials.

A senior member of the Obama administration met with labor leaders and advocates in Manhattan on Thursday morning to discuss efforts to bring paid family leave to New York, Donna Dolan, executive director of the New York State Paid Leave Coalition, said.

While the exact details of the coalition's effort, including who will spend what and how, are still unclear, «there's a sense that most of the large unions are on board with this same strategy» of not donating to the SRCC, Finnegan said.

«In Congress, I have been working as part of a bipartisan coalition with various levels of government to protect our parks and expand our growing network of trails here on Long Island through the Rails to Trails program and other efforts,» he said.

«To this end, Nigeria is prepared to work with the coalition in the pursuit of the first lines of efforts towards the realization of the aims of the global coalition.

The Coalition plans to collaborate with local housing advocates, community leaders, and upstanding landlords that are committed to their tenants in an effort to combat practices and policies that are exacerbating the housing crisis in the West Bronx and creating extensive hardship to its residents.

A new illegal trade «alliance» Yesterday, in an effort to chip away at the illegal timber trade, which is a key driver of deforestation along with agricultural expansion, a coalition of businesses, paper organizations and international groups banded together to form the Forest Legality Alliance.

Because of its success, we decided to take our efforts one step further and launch a formal World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition in 2016 with more than 40 organizations from over 20 countries across the globe.

The successful candidates will be actively involved in an interdisciplinary team who will help develop software frameworks, interact with community code developers including Software Fellows, develop and provide software development training, collaborate with partners in cyberinfrastructure, form mutually productive coalitions with industry, government labs and international efforts.

The National Hispanic Media Coalition and Free Press filled joint comments with the Federal Communications Commission calling on the agency to increase efforts to help Puerto Rico fully recover from Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

The international science on global environmental change, which has provided the insights we have today on the functioning of the Earth system and impacts on human societies of anthropogenic change, has triggered a concerted global effort, integrating the ICSU / ISSC Visioning process on the Grand Challenges for Earth system research for global sustainability with the Belmont Forum challenge (a coalition of major donors of global environmental change research), to define the future integrated science agenda on Earth system research for global sustainability.

When we joined the Health Liberty Coalition last year, FAN had just helped convince the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to phase out ALL sulfuryl fluoride pesticides from the U.S. food supply after a vigorous nine - year effort together with the Environmental Working Group and Beyond Pesticides.

Officials from the Education Commission of the States and the Coalition of Essential Schools last week announced plans for an unusual joint project that will link state - level education reforms with building - level restructuring efforts.

The Launch of the Turning the Tide Report Marks the First Step in Efforts of Coalition to Inspire Concern for Others in High School Students, Reduce Achievement Pressure, and Create Greater Equity for Economically Diverse Students New York, NY — Today, admissions deans and other leaders from the nation's top colleges and universities joined together to announce the launch of Turning the Tide: Inspiring Concern for Others and the Common Good through College Admissions, a report with concrete recommendations to reshape the college admissions process and promote greater ethical engagement among...

With our steady and sustained effort on disaster resilient development process, UDYAMA has bagged UN-ECOSOC status, Accredited to UN-Global compact, UN-CONGO, UNISDRR,UNEP - SCP engine GFDRR and Global Water Partnership and members in stakeholders» forum, City - Net, National Institute of Open Learning for Vocational Training, India Gateway, Government of India (NPO), Water Climate Coalition, Global Network for Disaster Risk Reduction and WSP, WSSCC, End Water Poverty and SAMHITA, CDRN, AADRR, SPHERE - India.

Philippe Joubert, Chair of The Prince of Wales's Corporate Leaders Group and former president of Alstom Power, said: «The CLG's long - standing efforts to put a price on carbon, including most recently working with the World Bank through the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, will soon deliver results.

Consistent with the TeachStrong coalition's ESSA guidance for state actors, these states are leveraging ESSA's flexibility to support efforts around recruiting teachers of color; improving the teacher preparation experience; providing induction and mentoring to novice teachers; increasing teacher pay; and creating or encouraging career pathways, with the goal of ensuring that all students — and especially students in low - income schools — are taught by high - quality, prepared, meaningfully supported teachers.2 The author also notes what other initiatives and actions policymakers and advocates should watch for and consider as they work to modernize and elevate the teaching profession.

In 2000, CSDC formed an ad - hoc coalition of stakeholders and spearheaded the effort to create a limited federal role in assisting charter schools with the twin challenge of acquiring and financing facilities.

Although her legacy is yet to be fully written and those who will benefit the most from her incredible work may never know her name, as the leading force behind the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF], Dianne has been and will remain the most vital force behind the historic effort to ensure that Connecticut's public schools are adequately and fairly funded and that every Connecticut child is provided with the education, knowledge and skills they need to live more fulfilling lives.

Through various partnerships with national technical assistance centers and national coalitions, we work to support states in their efforts to improve outcomes for students with disabilities.

Her career spans from time as a front line bilingual adolescent crisis counselor, with La Raza Consortium, to spearheading national think tank efforts in education equity and social justice on the boards of Grantmakers for Education, the National Equity Project, and the National Coalition for Community Schools.