Sentences with phrase «coalition of groups who»

Consider this quote from Stuart Murray's The Naked Anabaptist: «The Anabaptist movement began as a loose - knit coalition of groups who were forming in various places across central Europe — the sixteenth century equivalent of the «emerging church.

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Gates will launch the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a group of 28 private investors who hail from Silicon Valley to South Africa, that will invest billions of dollars in «patient, flexible risk capital» to bring riskier new technologies to market.

As executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, a Los Angeles - based lobby group for the porn business, Duke, who previously worked for Planned Parenthood, leads many of the industry's anti-piracy efforts.

The only consistent target of its animus is a politically conservative U.S. Senator who is cofounder of a group called Coalition for Moral Order.

The question of allegiance is a pressing one for the Jesse Jacksons of the black church who must decide who they ultimately represent: the black community, a coalition of ethnic groups, the Democratic Party or a sense of moral right in the universe.

Nonetheless, people who care about the integrity of religion do have a responsibility to raise some hard questions about groups such as the Christian Coalition.

He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North America.

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Raise Your Hand's director Wendy Katten, who assembled the coalition of 16 parent and community groups to oppose Emanuel's initial 7 1/2 hour school day proposal, said that while the mayor shortened his proposal to 7 hours the group plans to keep pressing for more arts, music and foreign language programs...

LCGB hosts the web page for the UK working group of WBTi (World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative) which is a coalition of organisations involved in infant feeding in the UK who are working together to improve the UK's performance on key breastfeeding policies and programmes.

The party is hesitant to come out with something that pleases one group and alienates the other as it attempts to hold together a shaky coalition of city - dwelling liberals and comparatively socially conservative, but economically left - leaning, voters who're more likely to reside in smaller towns in Wales, the Midlands and the North.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan expressed «shock» that IDC Leader Jeff Klein and his group of eight breakaway Democrats last week broke its leadership coalition with the GOP to go back to the Democrats, a source who spoke directly to him said.

A growing group of eight breakaway Democrats, who rule the Senate in an informal coalition with 31 Republicans, have left regular Democrats smarting for some time now.

When Sen. Jose Peralta announced on his Facebook page that he was joining the Independent Democratic Conference, a growing group of breakaway Democrats in the Senate who form a governing coalition with the Republicans, he said he wanted to «deliver a progressive agenda.»

In June, Reinvent Albany joined a coalition of environmental and sustainable transportation advocacy groups who oppose using $ 511m in state and federal clean water loans for construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge.

The Alliance for Quality Education, a statewide coalition of education groups including teacher unions, contends that all additional state financial assistance allotted to districts in 2016 - 17 should be distributed according to the state's «foundation» formula, which gives extra weight in funding distribution to districts with students who are poor or non-English speaking.

Maffei was also among 43 members of the New Democrat Coalition, a group of business - friendly House moderates, who signed a letter opposing the derivatives language approved by the Senate.

Earlier today, Bratton's opposition to Cuomo's plan was criticized by Russell Simmons, the hip - hop mogul and social activist who is a longtime friend and supporter of Cuomo, and by the Justice League NYC, a coalition group that led some of the protests following the Eric Garner decision, and met with Mayor Bill de Blasio to discuss police reform issues.

According to the group's information section on the Facebook Page, «we are a coalition of concerned citizens who are supporting Leroy Comrie for Queens Borough President in the 2013 elections... join us...»

The party has mobilized nearly two dozen activist groups, including the CNY Solidarity Coalition, to target Democratic voters who live in the eight districts of the IDC members.

Pledge 2 Protect, the coalition of anti-MTS groups leading the charge against the much - maligned sanitation project, is specifically targeting mayoral hopefuls Bill de Blasio and Christine Quinn, who have expressed support for the station.

Getting kicked out of New Visions is just the latest repercussion since he joined the IDC — a group that, according to spokeswoman Candace Giove, «conferences with fellow Democrats, but works in majority coalition with 32 senators who elected a Republican leader.»

The Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- led by Bronx State Senator Jeff Klein — is a group of turncoat NY State Senators who were elected to office as Democrats but have a «majority coalition» with Republicans, giving them control of the Senate.

This year, it's been opposed by a coalition of environmental and labor groups who are worried a convention would open up the constitution to changes that impact benefits and protections.

The staffers include Ben Kalish, the group's former director of development, who has left to work at the Fortune Society, and Jamin Sewell, the firm's director of lobbying and government relations, who has left to serve as counsel and managing director of policy and advocacy at the Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies.

The National President of the Yoruba Youths Congress (YYC) who doubles as the Chairman, Coalition of South West Youths Group, Prince Dapo Adepoju lamented that the President has pushed the Youths to the back seat.

Cuomo has faced opposition from Republicans in the State Senate, who rule in a coalition with a group of breakaway Democrats.

Clare Bairstow, 32, a university lecturer who was arrested during Monday's protest said: «We are simply insisting that he sits down and engages with this coalition of community groups.

According to Abdulaziz Suleiman, who spke on behalf of the coalition, said: «Mindful of the concerns generated by the clause in the Kaduna declaration that advised the Biafran Igbo to relocate from northern Nigeria and for northerners in the South East to do likewise, and our commitment to the unity of our dear country, we immediately opened channels for dialogue and interaction with government agencies, national and international groups, institutions and figures.

212 Coalition Shayna Micucci and Kasandra Quednau, who presented the Outreach Initiative Program, also known as the ANGEL Program, to a group of roughly twenty - five potential volunteers.

The pledge was a change for the Democratic governor, who had prided himself on working successfully with the Senate leadership coalition of Republicans and a group of break away Democrats for the previous two years.

The Rev. Emily McNeill, who heads the Labor - Religion Coalition of New York State, said her group is not as concerned about the topics promoted by the evangelical right, including opposition to abortion and gay marriage.

Flanagan and his members also have to contend with the pressure by liberals who want to see a group of eight breakaway Democrats led by Bronx Sen. Jeffrey Klein quit their leadership coalition with the GOP and form a new one with the mainline Dems.

This is shaping up to be a showdown between the developer, The Related Companies (and other powerful developers with similar interests) who will be backed by the Bloomberg administration and a coalition of Bronx elected officials and community groups.

A coalition of groups joined Ms. James to announce monthly clinics to train attorneys who would like to volunteer to represent children in federal immigration court, and set up a «help desk» in federal court to provide the children with resources and representation.

The Anti-Corn Law League brought together a coalition of liberal and radical groups in support of free trade under the leadership of Richard Cobden and John Bright, who opposed militarism and public expenditure.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

The Assembly has already voted to approve the Dream Act — a state version of the federal proposal to allow certain illegal aliens to gain access to a variety of government programs — but it is opposed by Senate Republicans, who control that house in coalition with a small group of Democrats.

When Senator Jose Peralta announced on his Facebook page that he was joining a growing group of breakaway Democrats in the Senate called the Independent Democratic Conference, who form a governing coalition with the Republicans, he said he wanted to «deliver a progressive agenda.»

The Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- led by Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein — is a group of 8 NY State Senators who were elected to office as Democrats but who formed a coalition with Republicans, thereby blocking most progressive legislation in NY for the last 7 years.

The top priority for the state's largest nurses» union — what supporters call a «safe staffing» law — is facing new pressure from a coalition of business groups, hospitals and some nurses who say staffing ratios are the wrong prescription for New York hospitals.

Balter, 41, of Syracuse, is a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University who has been active with the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group that formed in response to President Donald Trump's election last year.

First this week came the unveiling of the umbrella group NY Jobs Now, a coalition of unions, business leaders and elected officials who back the amendment.

A coalition of good - government groups on Monday urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders to not stock a review commission charged with reporting on the workings of the ethics regulators with the «usual suspects» who will rubberstamp any findings.

The latest push comes from an unusual coalition of progressive labor interests, political (Democratic Party, that is) and environmental groups, health care interests and good government advocates who are urging Cuomo to enact a «voluntary» public campaign finance system early in the 2011 legislative session — one of the many camapign promises outlined in his «New New York Agenda» books.

Cuomo's clemency program is being backed by a coalition of national clemency groups who are endorsing the plan.

The changes are similar to ones recommending by a coalition of school groups earlier this month, who also want to end linking the cap to the rate of inflation.

Jane Golding is chair of British in Europe, a coalition of grassroots groups representing around 35,000 UK nationals living on the continent, as well as a practicing lawyer who lives in Germany and works across the EU.

A driving force behind the group was Cuomo ally Jennifer Cunningham, who provided much of the messaging and behind - the - scenes PR for the coalition.

The group said the Civil Society Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun, the statement noted could be using the opportunity that it mobilized its members to Abuja to show solidarity with the controversial Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, who has been summoned to Abuja by the National Judicial Council to defend herself, to score some cheap points.