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«Jack Martins is a smart and effective legislator for the people, and he deserves to be re-elected to the Senate,» Skelos continued.
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While online petitions can at times be an effective means of gathering support for some issues, Mass Audubon's experience is that emailing and calling legislators and the Governor's office is a more personal, timely, and direct method of requesting action.
We'll discuss some secrets for effective email advocacy below, but for now keep in mind Two Golden Rules of email organizing: if you're contacting Congress or another representative body, you generally should only let people contact their own legislators through your system (rather than spamming all of Congress).
«Shannon Wong won the most visible election for Orange County legislature this year, and her successful experience as an advocate for women's rights give her the potential to become one of the most effective legislators in the county.
Quinn and Lavine, both of whom have endorsed Koslowitz, said the candidate running for Councilwoman Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) seat representing the 29th District has already proven herself to be an effective legislator.
«Adriano Espaillat is an accomplished legislator and committed community advocate who has the track record necessary to be an effective leader for New York.
Individually and collectively legislators should seek to uncover and publicise issues of public concern and citizens» grievances, giving effective representation both to majority and minority views, and showing a consensus regard for the public interest.
And I think just a few years is a short period of time for legislators to learn the process here and to be effective in advocating for their communities.»
UPPER MANHATTAN — Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed Adriano Espaillat for the state senate on Tuesday, calling him an «accomplished legislator and committed community advocate who has the track record necessary to be an effective leader for New York.»
The pundits and pollsters, and high cost political consultants will benefit from a primary, but the rest of us are glad to support a progressive, effective young legislator who is reaching out to her new constituents, listening and learning in order to be a powerful advocate for all New Yorkers.
Ms. Miller - Williams was recently selected to receive the New York State Association of Black & Puerto Rican Legislators Arthur O. Eve Service Award, Black Achievers in Industry Award, Women for Effective Change Golden Flame Award, Los Tainos Ana Cotton Award, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc..
Since the legislature is responsible for adopting the Ulster County budget, an effective legislator must have the skills to understand and question financial figures and projections.
His opponent, Republican Theresa Tillett of Windsor, has passion for the people of the state, but her lack of experience hobbles her ability to be an effective legislator.
The center's web site contains resources on how to turn out individuals for meetings, plan effective community forums, choose a winning issue, educate decisionmakers, engage in lobbying to elicit a commitment from a legislator, and so forth.
In addition, IES should invite universities and research firms to submit proposals for convening state legislators, school board members, and other local stakeholders to learn about existing data on effective and ineffective programs in a particular area, such as preschool education or teacher preparation.
For IASN to be effective in addressing legislative issues that impact school nursing and student health and safety, individual members must be willing to get involved and contact their legislators.
But even as we work with legislators in Albany to find resources that would limit the damage to schools caused by the state's very serious budget problems, Bloomberg and Klein are choosing to ignore a time - tested, effective method for saving hundreds of millions of dollars while still keeping class sizes reasonable: a retirement incentive.
As an advocate for the Indiana State Teachers Association prior to her election, Ritz said she spent more than 150 hours working behind the scenes with legislators and Bennett's office in 2011 crafting language for the law that mandated all teachers have annual performance reviews that include student test scores as a factor and lead to one of four ratings — highly effective, effective, improvement necessary and ineffective.
For example, CTAC presented the cornerstones of effective teacher compensation reform to more than 60 state legislators at the James B. Hunt Institute in North Carolina.
Shavar Jeffries, the mouthpiece for a corporate funded, New York based, charter school advocacy group that calls itself «Democrats for Education Reform (DFER)» uses the space to urge Connecticut legislators to DEFEAT a bill that, if passed, would require Governor Dannel Malloy and his administration to develop an honest and effective teacher evaluation system rather than continue with Malloy's present program that is dependent on the results of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing scheme.
Through effective and persistent petitioning actions, we have cultivated a more favorable climate for our schools by increasing awareness amongst legislators of the specific needs of the schools we represent.
Schools, districts and states must become stronger advocates at the federal level and join with other educators to influence legislators and policy makers in order to create a more sustainable and effective context for RtI implementation.
Grassroots Advocacy The most effective way to impact legislative issues is for legislators to hear from their constituents.
Hot on the heels of the weekend's awareness rousing, October is an important month for thousands as they lobby legislators, another important tenet of any effective campaign.
Due to the concerted efforts of ALDF and animal advocates across the state to garner support for the bill, Oregon legislators passed the bill, it was signed by the Governor, and it became effective in September 1995.
The effective manner in which the US has dealt with air pollution in cities since the passage of the Clean Air Act is a point of pride for environmentalists as well as legislators.
[DC: Last time I looked, the political parties accepting climate science and the need for effective action were in the majority in both Canada and the U.S. I suppose those opposed to science will keep «asking questions» and perpetrating falsehoods until they get the answers they like or manage to elect enough obstructionist legislators.
«When I spent time in Washington, D.C. to advocate for the needs of our children, it was NACAC staff that taught effective advocacy skills, how to speak with our legislators, and how to fight for post-adoption support services.»
Participants will have an opportunity to discuss additional strategies around planning and executing successful visits with legislators — and presenters will describe the key components of framing and communicating a clear and effective message to federal legislators in order to gain support for quality home visiting programs.
Additionally, federal legislators should consider making the MIECHV program permanent to provide sustainable funding for effective policy that produces significant results for the children and families who benefit from high - quality home visiting.