Sentences with phrase «first national advocacy»

That's why the League launched Women Bike — the first national advocacy initiative to encourage, engage and elevate more women bicyclists in the United States.

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We have maintained a long - time partnership with First Candle, the leading national non-profit organization that is dedicated to the education, advocacy and research of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), to educate parents and caregivers on the importance of safe sleep practices for infants.

* 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

As the accrediting agency for Children's Advocacy Centers across the country, the National Children's Alliance awards various levels of accreditation and membership to centers responding to allegations of child abuse in ways that are effective and efficient, and put the needs of child victims of abuse first.

Mr. Mikita has achieved numerous milestones for individuals with disabilities as the first admitted student in a wheelchair in the history of Duke University, where he graduated magna cum laude; the first student in a wheelchair at Brigham Young University's Law School and the first recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's National Personal Achievement Award for his advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities.

CalCars is a nonprofit PHEV advocacy group that acts as a networking hub for engineers, investors and entrepreneurs... «Our first goal is to make PHEVs a contender in the national policy debate arena,» says Kramer.

Some home - school advocacy groups have attempted to secure a federal law or Supreme Court ruling that would establish uniform national guidelines grounded in First or Fourteenth Amendment rights, but to date such efforts have failed (to the great relief of home - school advocacy groups that oppose this strategy).

Cambridge, MA — A first - ever national analysis of state spending per teacher on political advocacy by the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) released today found that the national teachers unions and their state affiliates spent more than $ 100 per teacher in five states, with Oregon at the top of the list at $ 360 per teacher during the 2007 - 08 electionational analysis of state spending per teacher on political advocacy by the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) released today found that the national teachers unions and their state affiliates spent more than $ 100 per teacher in five states, with Oregon at the top of the list at $ 360 per teacher during the 2007 - 08 electioNational Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) released today found that the national teachers unions and their state affiliates spent more than $ 100 per teacher in five states, with Oregon at the top of the list at $ 360 per teacher during the 2007 - 08 electionational teachers unions and their state affiliates spent more than $ 100 per teacher in five states, with Oregon at the top of the list at $ 360 per teacher during the 2007 - 08 election cycle.

Local, state, and national attention would likely be revealing, not only seeking to verify financial practices, but to hear first hand from teachers and administrators regarding the culture in the schools, and in particular, in the department of special services., Ms. Mostel's courage and Dr. Rush's advocacy are leading the way forward.

But Eric Lerum, vice president of national policy for Students First, the advocacy group founded by former District of Columbia schools chief Michelle Rhee, said that compared to other states, California has antiquated personnel policies.

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington, DC - based national policy and advocacy organization that works to improve national and federal policy so that all students can achieve at high academic levels and graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship in the twenty - first century.

Oakdene has a «first class curriculum» and shares practice nationally as a Curriculum Advocate School for the National College and a National Education Trust Advocacy School.

Sackler also founded the national charter school advocacy group 50 - CAN and sits on a number of other pro-charter school groups, as well as being a founding member of Achievement First, Inc.'s Board of Directors.

Those names were Michele Rhee's national group, Students First, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Advocacy, Inc. (ConnAD), New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an investment banker named Nick Beim and Steve Perry, the principal of Hartford's Capital Preparatory Magnet School.

Sackler, who helped Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, create Achievement First Inc., the large charter school management company that owns at least 20 schools in Connecticut and New York, also played a pivotal role in forming Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now Inc. (ConnCAN), Connecticut Coalition for Education Advocacy (ConnAD) and 50 - CAN, the national organization that has inserted ConnCAN - like organizations into the education reform debate in Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

The Center for Education Reform, a pro-charter advocacy group, traced charter - school closures since 1992 in what it called the «first - ever national analysis» of its kind.

Sackler also created 50 CAN, a national charter school advocacy group and Sackler was a major financial backer and advocate for Achievement First, Inc. the large charter school management company formed by Stefan Pryor, Malloy's former commissioner of and his associate, Dacia Toll, who now serves as the CEO of Achievement First, Inc..

The 2009 Distracted Driving Summit led to the creation of FocusDriven, the first national nonprofit victims» advocacy organization.

«DAISY offers versatility by providing navigation that goes well beyond the plain text navigation used in the first electronic books for the blind,» says the National Federation of the Blind, the nation's largest advocacy group for vision - impaired people.

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In 1994, Best Friends organized the first Utah's Week for the Animals, a statewide promotion of pet adoption, spay / neuter and animal advocacy that grew to include the first Strut Your Mutt, which has since blossomed into a national grassroots fundraiser for animal rescue groups.

• We have: o Made TNR mainstream and accepted as the only effective approach to outdoor cat populationso Established the Feral Friends Networko Brought together experts and advocates for the first community cat conference in Americao Transformed shelters through advocacy and guidanceo Established the ongoing Boardwalk Cats Project in Atlantic City, NJo Founded National Feral Day, a national day of action that has grown to include events in all states and many countries woNational Feral Day, a national day of action that has grown to include events in all states and many countries wonational day of action that has grown to include events in all states and many countries worldwide.

CalCars is a nonprofit PHEV advocacy group that acts as a networking hub for engineers, investors and entrepreneurs... «Our first goal is to make PHEVs a contender in the national policy debate arena,» says Kramer.

The peer - reviewed study, «A Child's Right to Counsel: A National Report Card on Legal Representation for Abused and Neglected Children,» was conducted by two child - advocacy organizations, First Star and the Children's Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego Schooladvocacy organizations, First Star and the Children's Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego SchoolAdvocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law.

The following year, Tony acted as student coach for the Queen's Arnup and Sopinka Cup Trial Advocacy Team, where the team placed first in provincials and third in nationals.

He was appointed by the President of the Florida Bar to serve on the Florida Bar Commission on the Legal Needs of Children, has served on the Boards of Directors of Florida's Children First and the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, and the National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) National Children's Law Office Project Advisory Board.

Professor Perlmutter has received the National Association of Counsel for Children's 2003 Outstanding Legal Advocacy Award, the Clinical Legal Education Association's 2003 Award for Excellence in a Public Interest Law Case or Project, two Florida Bar Foundation Steven M. Goldstein First Runner - Up Awards for Excellence (in 2001 and 2003), and the Florida Bar Public Interest Law Section's Honorable Hugh S. Glickstein Child Advocacy Award, given to the members of the Florida Bar Commission on the Legal Needs of Children in 2002.

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is a national advocacy organization representing First Nation citizens in Canada, which includes more than 900,000 people living in 634 First Nation communities and in cities and towns across the country.

A member of the Florida Bar Commission on the Legal Needs of Children, he has served on the boards of directors of Florida's Children First, the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, the National Association of Counsel for Children Law Office Project Advisory Board, among others.

In recognition of his service to the bar, Mr. Palmer has been acknowledged in 2000 by the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association with the Arthur C. Hodgson Award, which is the highest award given by the organization; in 1998 by the National Board of Trial Advocacy with the Theodore J. Koskoff Award of Outstanding Contribution to the Trial Specialty Certification; and in 1998 by the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association with the first presentation of the Consumer Advocate Award for the case of Long v. Turk, 265 Kan. 855 (1998).

While at law school, Owen won awards for his oral advocacy: with teammates, two Second Place Team awards at Canada's national Gale Cup Moot Competitions; the overall First Place Oralist as a member of Osgoode's winning side in the Goodman & Carr Cup «Baby Gale» first - year mooting competition; and a Distinguished Oralist in the Osgoode LernersFirst Place Oralist as a member of Osgoode's winning side in the Goodman & Carr Cup «Baby Gale» first - year mooting competition; and a Distinguished Oralist in the Osgoode Lernersfirst - year mooting competition; and a Distinguished Oralist in the Osgoode Lerners Cup.

The Chicago - Kent appellate advocacy team of Christopher Gerardi ’18 and Anthony Joseph ’18 won the first - place best brief award and finished as semifinalists in the 2017 — 18 Andrews Kurth Kenyon Moot Court National Championship.

First he was Board Certified by the Florida Bar and secondly he is also Board certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.

The Assembly of First Nations is a national aboriginal advocacy organisation.

From the vantage point of a national child advocacy organization, it is a real tragedy when adoptive parents are first encouraged to adopt the foster children in their homes, and then penalized for doing so.

«The Foundation's partnership with state and national advocates for children has thrived since our first Data Book and has brought steady attention to how kids are faring,» added Laura Speer, Casey's associate director for policy reform and advocacy.