Sentences with phrase «day of advocacy»

Once again, Deb is heavily involved in this day of advocacy, which promotes handwashing with soap as an easy, effective, and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives.

This annual event brings people with PD and their loved ones to our nation's capital for two days of education and training followed by a day of advocacy action and engagement.

The press conference will be held as part of a day of advocacy and action organized by Reshma Saujani and We Care NYC in partnership with the Office of Congressman Gregory Meeks, Councilman Leroy Comrie, Councilman Ruben Wills, Councilman James Sanders, Jr., Google, New York Tech Meetup, I Love My LIFE, Flavorpill, Pencils of Promise, Russel Simmons and additional non-profit organizations, small businesses, and advocates in New York.

At a February day of advocacy at the Capitol, Lt. Governor Robert Duffy told a crowd of about 1,400 charter parents, students and advocates that they would have the support of the Cuomo administration.

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The day is billed as one of protest and advocacy for gender equity organized by the activists behind the Jan. 21 Women's March on Washington.

Most recently, the advocacy group held a Blockchain Education Day event in Washington, DC, in which members of Congress mingled with representatives from more than 70 leading companies in the blockchain industry to promote the use of new innovations like blockchain and distributed ledger technology.

Arguably, all of that user data should have been private from day one, a «privacy by default» experience that some internet advocacy groups have been begging Facebook to implement for years.

Employee Engagement & Advocacy programs and platforms help with the on - going training and habit forming of day - to - day social media use, while building the thought leadership of your employees and achieving your strategic business goals.

CNN: Expectations high for first Hindu member of Congress Just days after Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii was sworn in as the first Hindu member of Congress, Hindu American advocacy groups made it clear that they hope Gabbard will help represent the nation's wider Hindu community, on top of her Hawaiian constituents.

Today is an «Evangelical Day of Prayer and Action for Immigration Reform» in Washington, D.C., with many evangelical luminaries, and even more evangelical activists, hosting advocacy worship services and lobbying Congress for immigration legislation that would legalize the approximately 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S..

«I did see myself as kind of a kindergarten teacher in those days, because the judges didn't think sex discrimination existed,» she says in the trailer, describing her advocacy work for women's rights in front of skeptical male judges.

Controversy first flared when Mr Lee, a member of the LGBT advocacy group Queer Space, requested a cake featuring Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie for a private function marking International Day Against Homophobia.

Controversy first flared when Mr Lee, a member of the LGBT advocacy group Queer Space, ordered a cake featuring Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie for a private function marking International Day Against Homophobia.

Dr Matthew Rees, advocacy policy officer at Open Doors, said: «As many nations come together to take part in the Winter Olympics, let us not forget that every day over 300,000 Christians are denied the right to take part in the religious observance of their choice.

«We decided to conduct these activities on the occasion of the world food day celebration because we want to generate a strong public opposition against golden rice which we believe is a poison disguised as food,» said Diego Dela Cruz, chairman of the advocacy committee of MASIPAG.

Day 5: Robert Jordan, IFOAMs Advocacy Manager, and Anne Laure Constantin, from the IATP, feedback of the parallel forum on agriculture.

A full day conference with experts in the field of lactation and breastfeeding advocacy and keynote speaker, Maureen Minchin.

30 - days of environmentally themed challenges provide students with mentorship, advocacy, and leadership skills.

In addition to October 15 begin declared a remembrance day, October is also National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month thus making it an excellent time to reflect on your feelings, to do a little something to remember your baby, or to get involved in an pregnancy loss awareness or advocacy event, such as one of the many Walks to Remember around the nation, which raise money for nonprofit organizations or support research into preventing miscarriage and stillbirth.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Advocacy These days, one of the biggest decisions parents have to make is what they are going to push that adorable bundle of joy in for the next three - plus years.

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R - IA) speaks to a crowd of Healthy Families staff at our 2015 Hill Day advocacy event.

At Leading Lady we celebrate, empower and support women every day of the year through programs, advocacy and philanthropic efforts.

I bring it up because I was thinking about preparing for midwifery advocacy for the International Day of the Midwife this week and thought a few other materials might be useful for you.

I've created a collection of links you can use to prepare midwifery advocacy materials in time for the International Day of the Midwife.

We work to increase public awareness about the day - to - day issues about people across the spectrum, advocate for appropriate services for individuals of every age, and provide the latest information regarding treatment, education, research, and advocacy.

So yesterday the SNA went to Capitol Hill for a «national day of action» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy groups.

As for the broad applicability, we're seeing it every day in the nonprofit world, as plenty of groups are learning to use their supporter lists for more than overnight fundraising and email advocacy — some are finding ways and providing tools to turn supporters into evangelists in whatever communities they're a part of (whether local or not).

According to the event's organizers, the coalition plans to bring more than 2,000 advocates and supporters to the Capitol for what is being described as a «massive grassroots» day of lobbying and advocacy.

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Smart move all around: most online advocacy providers have traditionally tried to live in closed worlds, keeping their clients wedded to custom systems that generally aren't flexible (I had a hell of a time getting one to dispay a YouTube video the other day, for instance).

The online advertising world is moving so fast that I can't hardly keep up with it — just in the last few days, the MarketingVox e-newsletter has delivered a slew of stories that suggest new opportunities for campaigns and advocacy groups to spread their messages online:

As of January 1, I left my day job at the National Environmental Trust to devote my time to helping a diverse array of advocacy groups, companies and campaigns use the «net to help spread their messages and achieve their political and communications goals.

At 3:30 p.m., state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli speaks at the New York State Council of Catholic Charities» Directors Advocacy Day and Reception, Renaissance Albany Hotel, 144 State St., Albany.

Completing the email activism trifecta of the last couple of days, Julia Rosen writes in with a brutal critique of a recent series of advocacy / fundraising messages sent to the old Phil Angelides list, which his campaign built while being crushed by Ah - nold in California this past Fall.

Of course, companies mobilizing employees and customers for advocacy is nothing new, but in this case think of the scale: tens of millions of people in this country use Google every day, and most digital denizens are likely to touch at least ONE of the sites today that's protesting SOPOf course, companies mobilizing employees and customers for advocacy is nothing new, but in this case think of the scale: tens of millions of people in this country use Google every day, and most digital denizens are likely to touch at least ONE of the sites today that's protesting SOPof the scale: tens of millions of people in this country use Google every day, and most digital denizens are likely to touch at least ONE of the sites today that's protesting SOPof millions of people in this country use Google every day, and most digital denizens are likely to touch at least ONE of the sites today that's protesting SOPof people in this country use Google every day, and most digital denizens are likely to touch at least ONE of the sites today that's protesting SOPof the sites today that's protesting SOPA.

One of these days, cell phones will be the main channel through which political and advocacy groups contact their supporters.

Continuing our recent stroll through the halls of digital politics memory, let's go back this week to the early earliest days of social advocacy.

Advocacy groups, beware: Facebook may not be as welcoming a venue for online activism as you expect: As the number of Facebook members signed up for the «Boycott Target Until They Cease Funding Anti-Gay Politics» page neared 78,000 in recent days, Facebook personnel locked down...

Also on Tuesday, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said the NYPD will form a 30 - day working group to address marijuana - related issues, which will consult several experts, including the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, advocacy organizations, those involved in academics, and attorneys.

ALBANY, NY (03/04/2016)(readMedia)-- The New York State County Highway Superintendents Association (NYSCHSA) and New York State Association of Town Superintendents of Highways (NYSAOTSOH) will gather in Albany for their Local Roads Matter Advocacy Day on Wednesday, March 9, 2016.

Members of the Montaukett Indian Nation traveled to the state capital on April 24 for an advocacy day called «We Are Still Here!»

I'm convinced that a content strategy is more important to digital outreach and advocacy every day, particularly as people are bombarded with ever - increasing amounts of information online, and you'll be hearing plenty more about the topic here in the future.

In his Times piece from yesterday, «Hashtag Activism, and Its Limits,» David Carr at first doesn't seem so sure about this whole online advocacy thing: I'm starting to experience a kind of «favoriting» fatigue — meaning that the digital causes of the day...

Back In The Day (i.e., last year) when I was at a certain online communications firm here in the DC area, we fielded a request from a client that turned out to be impossible to meet: they wanted a list of state politicians» Facebook and Twitter feeds so that they could start targeting them with advocacy messages.

So far, I'm impressed, since even out of the box it's more than adequate for the kind of issue advocacy sites I'm starting to build clients these days (bidness has started coming in nicely, a source of some relief here in the e.politics bunker).

Spam blockers are our enemies, for one thing, since they have the potential to cripple email advocacy (the spambot at one of my old day jobs sometimes caught our OWN advocacy messages, reminiscent of the early B1 bombers jamming their own radar).

This kind of variation is extremely common in the advocacy and political worlds these days.

CAP is hosting a big series of online and offline events over the next few days to support a clean - energy smart grid, including an ongoing Tweet - Up (#grid), a blogging series and (this afternoon) a session of the Internet Advocacy Roundtable.

And as anyone who's been using Facebook regularly for advocacy communications knows, text / link posts simply don't get much visibility these days, meaning that their new infographic would have dropped out of sight quickly.