Sentences with phrase «diverse coalition of groups»

Activist Scott Parking wrote, «Midwest Rising was a convergence for climate and economic justice that brought together a diverse coalition of groups fighting home foreclosures in cities like Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh, communications workers on strike against Verizon Wireless, local labor organizers, Appalachian activists fighting mountaintop removal and climate justice activists from around the world.»

«These bills have been opposed by a diverse coalition of groups ranging from the Business Council and the National Federation of Independent Businesses to the New York Conference of Mayors and the New York State School Boards Association.

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«The NY Fed should go back to the drawing board and draw from the deep, diverse, and highly qualified list of candidates provided to it by the Fed Up coalition (as well as surveying the views of other public interest groups),» the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens said in a recent statement.

The conjunction of the parties» goal to maximize votes and the desire of religious communities to voice their values made the aggregating of diverse groups into opposing coalitions both necessary and effective.

Because of the country's great ethnic and religious diversity, and the constraints created by the two - party system, such appeals inevitably created coalitions of diverse groups.

Coalitions are often seen as a danger for policymaking, but from a consensual point of view, they are useful in protecting the interests of diverse groups in a divided society like Turkey.

Hsu, born in Taiwan and raised in Flushing, is also the founding executive director of the Coalition for Queens, a non-profit group that works to bring technology opportunities and entrepreneurship into diverse communities.

In After the Coalition seven new Members of Parliament from this group, representing a diverse range of constituencies and a wide experience of politics, have joined together to ask what challenges the Party has to face, and to investigate the ideas of the future that will seek to overcome them.

That's why we've launched Forward NY, a citywide coalition of diverse stakeholders, including women's advocacy groups like the National Organization for Women, and business leaders who won't let Eliot Spitzer buy his way back into office.

Through its Right to Work with Dignity program, NESRI supports the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a diverse group of farm workers campaigning for decent wages and human rights monitoring in the fields of Florida.

Proponents of the gene protection initiative — a diverse coalition of environmental, animal - rights, and political groups that collected 111,000 signatures to bring the proposal to a vote — say their fight isn't over.

The report is the result of work done by the Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education, a diverse group of psychologists, supported by APA, with expertise in psychology's application to education, including early childhood, elementary, secondary or special education.

Providing Thousands of Additional Students With College Prep Support: Organizations including College Possible, College Spring, College Track, OneGoal, Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) as well as a coalition of groups under the National College Access Network are making commitments to serve thousands of additional students, providing counseling services, high - quality SAT / ACT prep, and other support for students applying to college

In 2008, AFC founded the ARISE Coalition, a diverse group of parents, educators, and advocates working together to improve the education of students with disabilities in New York City's public schools.

Can a diverse coalition of interest groups not only come together to enact, but also to dismantle, a reform?

The Tennessee Educational Equity Coalition holds a unique position to advocate for such students since it represents a diverse group of community members, parents, educators, and other education advocates across the state.

In addition to his work with Brooklyn Prospect, Dan has been instrumental in forming the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition, a group of over 30 charter organizations and advisors dedicated to creating successful, integrated public choice schools.

The diverse coalition that included undersecretaries of education from the Clinton and both Bush administrations, representatives from the NEA and AFT, and individuals leading a broad aray of education advocacy groups came together around a bold new direction.

Together with 17 other leading education groups, the National School Boards Association (NSBA) has signed a new social compact that unites a diverse coalition of education leaders around accountability systems that aim to improve education.

UNITED IN ANGER is a feature - length documentary about ACT UP (the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), a diverse group of people that came together to change the world and save each other's lives.

#StillIn Petition Delivery Wednesday, November 15th 14:00 - 15:00 Copenhagen Dome Following the announcement on the Paris Agreement, a large, diverse coalition of progressive groups launched a citizen petition to tell the international community that the US will lead on climate regardless of federal actions.

Editorial boards of major newspapers are now echoing what a diverse coalition of restaurant associations, grocers, producers of poultry, pork and beef, environmental non-profits and anti-hunger groups have been saying for years.

With a diverse group of partners, Rising Waters is building coalitions and opening new sources of state and federal funding to enable more effective conservation in the Hudson Valley.

The New Jersey Solar Energy Coalition is composed of a diverse group of firms involved in all facets of the solar industry.

A diverse coalition of restaurant associations, grocers, producers of poultry, pork and beef, environmental non-profits, and anti-hunger groups have called for repeal or significant RFS reform, and editorial boards of major newspapers concur.

The Sierra Club is part of a large, diverse coalition of community groups — Clean Power Chicago — that have long been working to either clean up or shut down the Fisk and Crawford plants because of the pollution they spew into the air.

We've seen a diverse coalition of environmental groups, faith communities, public officials, ranchers, health professionals, businesses, Native Americans, and more come together to fight these proposals.

A coalition of over 50 advocacy organizations, professional associations, faith communities, representatives of diverse racial and ethnic communities, and business groups dedicated to promoting safe infant sleep and breastfeeding.

About the Home Visiting Coalition: The Home Visiting Coalition is a diverse group of organizations committed to the well - being of children, working to promote continued federal support of home visiting to strengthen families in communities across the country.

Vince Malta, NAR's 2015 Liaison for Law and Policy, testified on behalf of NAR and the United for Patent Reform Coalition, a diverse group of American businesses committed to curbing patent abuses.

The Coalition is comprised of more than a dozen industry associations whose members represent of a diverse group of U.S. business owners and individuals.

The Coalition for Sensible Housing Policy is a diverse coalition of 52 consumer organizations, civil rights groups, lenders, housing and real estate professionals that share the goal of attracting private capital back to the mortgage market for all American households, including low - wealth families that can not afford a large downCoalition for Sensible Housing Policy is a diverse coalition of 52 consumer organizations, civil rights groups, lenders, housing and real estate professionals that share the goal of attracting private capital back to the mortgage market for all American households, including low - wealth families that can not afford a large downcoalition of 52 consumer organizations, civil rights groups, lenders, housing and real estate professionals that share the goal of attracting private capital back to the mortgage market for all American households, including low - wealth families that can not afford a large down payment.