Sentences with phrase «first awareness raising»

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The media mogul became the first African American woman to win the award, and she used her acceptance speech to raise awareness of sexual harassment and assault.

EcoPeace Middle East, an international environmental group, organized the first - ever Dead Sea Swim to raise awareness of the issue and call for government action.

The first line of defense against elder financial abuse may be to raise awareness in our communities about the warning signs, common scams and preventative measures that might protect us from these crimes.

Passion for change is the first quality that all social enterprise founders start with before embarking on a journey to raise awareness, grow funding, solve problems and meet needs.

«We are proud to team with You Tube on its first major partnership to help raise national awareness for YouTube TV,» Noah Garden, the MLB's executive vice president for business, said in a statement.

The first event she attended as a partner (employee) was the November 11, 2014, Concert for Valor, an all - star extravaganza in Washington, D.C., staged by HBO, Starbucks and Chase to raise awareness of issues affecting veterans.

Talking of Global precedents, Russia was the first to observe a «Crypto Hour» earlier this year to raise awareness around how cryptocurrency mining is a major source of energy consumption and about the need for a cleaner alternative to mining.

The purpose of Bitcoin Women's Day can be broken down into three key goals: first, to celebrate the accomplishments of women in the space; second, to raise awareness of issues and barriers they face both within and outside of that space; and third, to promote Bitcoin as a means of addressing some of the issues that women face around the world.

«The first step is to raise awareness among women and minority entrepreneurs — or would - be entrepreneurs — about what tools exist and work together to increase engagement by providing access to key resources, education and support.

An upcoming conference is hoping to raise awareness of this important business model by hosting Canada's first employee ownership conference this June.

The tightening network of economic and psychic bonds in which we live and from which we suffer, the growing compulsion to act, to produce, to think collectively which so disquiets us — what do they become, seen in this way, except the first portents of the super-organism which, woven of the threads of individual men, is preparing (theory and fact are at one on this point) not to mechanize and submerge us, but to raise us, by way of increasing complexity, to a higher awareness of our own personality?

The first step is to raise awareness about the issue and to pool the expertise of both public and private organizations.

Swedish airline Malmo Aviation has become the first in the world to join the Meat Free Monday campaign, introducing MFM meals on flights departing on a Monday in a bid to cut carbon emissions and raise environmental awareness

Its programs focus on raising awareness first and influencing behaviors of customers and employees, while continuously improving back - of - house processes and upgrading kitchen equipment.

What we are trying to do now is raise awareness and get some eyes and ears first.

Everton in the Community also supports the Club in organising events to bring the community together and facilitates the appearances of members of the first team squad to help raise awareness of various good causes throughout the city.

I'm pleased that Crystal Palace are the first club to form a partnership with GambleAware, and I hope we can play a part in raising awareness about their service, and help those individuals who need support.»

The two - year charity partnership, which has already received an overwhelming response from fans, will see the Club help raise awareness of the work of the charity and drive the recruitment of volunteers via high profile events and the support of the First Team players.

Over the past few weeks, we've used our first Choose Your Charity Event to help raise awareness for cloth diaper lending programs.

We'll also be raising awareness for the 100 Club Chicago a civilian organization that provides for the families of first responders who have lost their lives in the line - of - duty.

Nevertheless, as the authors point out, a national food policy would shine a brighter spotlight on these conflicts and would also likely raise public awareness about and support for meaningful improvements to our food system — a much needed first step toward change.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- American chef Cat Cora has been traveling around the United States to raise awareness about nutrition and to promote better school meals as a part of First Lady Michelle Obama's «Chefs Move to Schools» campaign.

Raising awareness of the value of human milk through education and training is an effective first step towards such practice improvement.

A highlight this year, for the first time Great Wolf Lodge is partnering with Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation at all 14 U.S. Great Wolf Lodge locations to generate funds and raise awareness to help end childhood cancer.

Schools can spend $ on health classes for high schoolers and the First Lady can raise all the awareness she wants, but when elementary and middle schools are the front line of providers of unhealthy foods — the paradox is frustrating and tragic.

A new push is under way to raise awareness of a little - understood but dangerous risk to young athletes: injuries to the cervical spine, the highly vulnerable area between the first and seventh vertebrae that protects the spinal cord connecting the brain to the body.

Last year Kim with Dirty Diaper Laundry organized the first flats and handwashing challenge to help educate and raise awareness of cloth diapering and to show that it really is possible to use cloth diapers with limited resources.

Unite is launching a new film called «Police Privatisation 999» to help raise awareness of what is at stake and the dangers of bringing a profit - first ethos into the police service.

On January 19th, we will host our first event with women and allies from across the political spectrum to fundraise and raise awareness for Planned Parenthood and reproductive rights in the United States.

He will also launch the first statewide breast cancer motorcycle ride to raise awareness for breast cancer in New York State.

Keith's leadership has ensured that New York leads the nation.We were the first state to dedicate a month to gun violence awareness, we've raised the minimum wage, and are leading the way with the creation of a special prosecutor to investigate when police officers are involved in the deaths of unarmed civilians.

Cuomo and Lee, joined by the governor's longtime friend — and fellow motorcycle enthusiast — singer Billy Joel, launched the first leg of a statewide motorcycle tour to raise awareness about the importance of breast cancer screening.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is on Long Island to kick off the first of three legs of a motorcycle tour, joined by his longtime friend, singer Billy Joel, and girlfriend Sandra Lee, a breast cancer survivor, to raise awareness about the importance of breast cancer screenings.

This joining of forces aims to form the first line of defence and protect the integrity of the sport by raising awareness on the dangers of match - fixing and educating players and sports officials on how to put the fair back in fair play.

Following the international press conference, the first official event will be an awareness raising and remembrance ceremony for those who have lost their lives or suffered from this preventable disease.

The observance of Get Smart about Antibiotics Week 2015 marks the first annual World Antibiotic Awareness Week, which coincides with European Antibiotic Awareness Day, Canada Antibiotic Awareness week, and other similar observances across the world to help raise awareness of this importaAwareness Week, which coincides with European Antibiotic Awareness Day, Canada Antibiotic Awareness week, and other similar observances across the world to help raise awareness of this importaAwareness Day, Canada Antibiotic Awareness week, and other similar observances across the world to help raise awareness of this importaAwareness week, and other similar observances across the world to help raise awareness of this importaawareness of this important issue.

This week, Governor Cuomo, Sandra Lee and Billy Joel launched the first - ever statewide motorcycle ride to raise awareness of breast cancer across New York State.

In his first year as Comptroller, Stringer and AARP New York joined together to hold 27 fraud workshops to raise awareness on fraud and identity theft, and protect residents from being victimized.

It was the first time a state education commissioner has attended the advocacy day event at the state Capitol, which is designed to raise awareness for charter school issues and give parents and students an opportunity to speak directly with legislators in Albany.

The PBA also mailed some 90,000 fliers to Garodnick, Lappin, and Weprin's constituents on Monday — and sporadically posted fliers on the Upper East Side — to raise awareness, the PBA confirmed and the New York Post first reported.

If you want to know what happened to it, take a look at the Department of Health's first annual report on the «End of life care strategy» (62 full colour pages) which asserts that the initiative is off to a great start: it is establishing a National Implementation Advisory Board and a National Coalition to raise public awareness, has published a set of Quality Markers and core competencies, built monitoring into Operation Finance Guidance, tendered for a pilot of a national survey and begun the process to set up an Intelligence Network.

Jenny Willott, Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, is today supporting the first national Employee Ownership Day, raising awareness of the many benefits this way of running a business can have for employers, employees and the wider economy.

Zoos and conservationists worldwide marked 2008 as the «Year of the Frog» in hopes of raising both awareness and funding, which has proved difficult to come by since the project was first proposed in 2006.

The success of this initiative in increasing financial support and raising public awareness led to the spread of telethons, and in 1990 the first Telethon was screened in Italy.

«Rep. Johnson's legislation is a good first step in fighting these diseases by raising awareness,» said Phelan, in an email.

The first conference raised awareness of the importance of research integrity and globally, the emphasis was on misconduct, its definitions and causes.

As a first step, I am lending my voice to the United Nation's #WildforLife campaign to help raise public awareness of the issue as an important step towards tackling the demand.»

Journalists Bob and Lee Woodruff were the first recipients of the McLean Award for their work in raising awareness of mental health.

As a founding member of Women in Balance, one of the first nonprofits in the country to advocate for women's hormone health, I helped to raise public awareness at a national level and lobbied senators on Capitol Hill for safe access to bioidentical alternatives to HRT.

In fact it was the toxicity of dietary levels of isoflavones to animals that first raised the awareness of the scientific community to the fact that soy isoflavones were endocrine disrupters (11).