Sentences with phrase «for other advocacy groups»

Prichard offers this advice for other advocacy groups considering similar programming: Start early, focus on getting strong leaders already doing good work, leave time for conversation, intentionally listen to what parents are asking, and build community even before an event.

Not exact matches

Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiatives.

Toronto software company TWG, for example, enlisted advocacy group TechGirls Canada to help it recruit more women and other marginalized groups.

Paul Alan Levy, an attorney for consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen, told Consumerist that it doesn't just help the consumer, but it also protects other businesses that operate without non-disparagement agreements.

A bunch of other Silicon Valley types are planning to launch a well - funded political - advocacy group to lobby for more visas for skilled immigrants.

Amongst others the Bitcoin Black Friday website lists Bitgive who is collecting for typhoon relief in the Phllippines and Fight For The Future, an Internet privacy advocacy grofor typhoon relief in the Phllippines and Fight For The Future, an Internet privacy advocacy groFor The Future, an Internet privacy advocacy group.

On the other side of the ledger, an oil spill in Burrard Inlet would put at risk industries, including tourism, real estate and agriculture, that together employ over 200,000 people, according to Vancouver - based CRED (Conversations for Responsible Economic Development), a non-profit research and advocacy group.

The FCC will continue to work with Internet and broadband providers, consumer advocacy groups, and others to hammer out the details and determine the best course of action for the future of broadband in America.

This Greenville - based group provides emergency assistance, counseling, advocacy and other services for the poor blacks (and those whites who are beginning to see that they too are victims of an unjust system) of a large portion of the Mississippi Delta.

Founded in 1989, Center Families programs include support groups for LGBT parents and prospective parents; trainings for teachers and school administrators; advocacy and activist efforts; support around alternative insemination and other biological parenthood options; forums on custody issues when LGBT parents separate; financial planning for alternative families; and recreational programs for children 8 and under (Halloween Parties, Holiday Parties, Play Days, etc.).

As Campaign Manager of The Big Push For Midwives Campaign, Katherine has worked with advocacy groups in multiple states, providing guidance and other assistance on such areas as drafting legislation, building strong grassroots networks, and utilizing savvy legislative strategies to advance and pass legislation to license and regulate CPMs.

«Sometimes, what looks good on paper doesn't work on the ground,» said Katherine Shek, a legislative analyst for the National School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislation.

Illinois and other states should legalize and license lay midwives to ensure women have safe and affordable choices for maternity care, according to a coalition of advocacy groups that launched a national campaign Thursday in Chicago.

As you know, I have been involved with these programs for many years and worked closely with SNA and other advocacy groups to expand and improve the programs.

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.

Field organizing has been a top priority this year of Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch and other wealthy donors.

The IDC, however, insisted the one - house budget resolution of its own should not be read as a break with the Senate GOP as liberal advocacy groups press for juvenile justice reform and other long - sought issues this session.

This has especially been the case with advocacy organizations and interest group - based orgs (versus campaigns for election), and while I'm sure you're right that it has lots to do with the need to engage larger media markets (TV, radio, direct mail), I also wonder if there might be other reasons.

Many of NYPIRG's proposals were endorsed by other good government or advocacy groups such as the League of Women Voters, Empire Justice Center, Common Cause, Consumers Union, Environmental Advocates of New York and the Brennan Center for Justice.

But it also presents grim funding questions for the MTA and other big - city transit agencies, according to the analysis, a joint study from transportation advocacy groups Riders Alliance and the Tri-State Transportation Campaign.

But, other social networking sites have crashed in the past (think Friendster), and groups that are putting a lot of resources into MySpace recruiting and advocacy should plan for the possibility that the site's audience may desert it.

Kaminsky and Brooks appeared with other Democratic Senate leaders Saturday afternoon in Rockville Centre at South Side High School to unveil the proposed legislation with school officials, students and the advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America.

Amazon is not without controversy, with the company being pushed by some to add union jobs while a coalition of liberal advocacy groups have called on elected officials to not offer tax breaks and other credits to the company in exchange for job creation.

Some say the bill seeks to stifle contributions to issue advocacy groups that campaign for changes to environmental, education, criminal justice, government ethics, and other policies.

The Journal News, Lower Hudson: «There is no good reason for Cuomo to veto bills that would help citizens, advocacy groups, journalists and others access public records and hold government accountable.»

At 5 p.m., he New York chapter of the Council on American - Islamic Relations, a leading advocacy group for the civil rights of Muslims, will hold a press conference with other groups in response to Trump's expected announcement of new restrictions targeting Muslim immigrants, Washington Square Park Arch, Manhattan.

He convinced the myriad advocacy groups to unite under a single banner, New Yorkers United for Marriage, in order to plan strategy effectively and not undermine each others» work.

From his work with low - income communities, to his steadfast advocacy for minority groups, Mr. Perales has demonstrated his outstanding commitment to serving others.

National political strategist L. Joy Williams, who was recently appointed as a senior adviser for education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon's gubernatorial campaign, weighed in on what made her join the Nixon campaign and her thoughts on Nixon's advocacy toward people of color and other marginalized groups, on Tuesday night.

Other potential Democratic candidates include David Calone, a venture capitalist who also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who shares offices with Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

Labor leaders and some public - education advocacy groups, on the other hand, are hoping for a majority of exclusively mainstream Democrats which would be more inclined beat back pro-charter legislation and a controversial tax credit proposal.

Benjamin Dulchin, executive director of the Association for Neighborhood Housing and Development, an advocacy group, said there was a lot to like about the mansion tax and the mayor's other proposals.

Chin's sentiment was echoed in a statement by two of the largest senior advocacy groups in the city, AARP NY and LiveOn NY, which criticized the budget for cutting senior homecare services by $ 2.2 million and other changes.

As previously reported, community activists from #SaveNYC, another advocacy organization, and other groups have criticized Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer for proposing alternative legislation.

One of the «strategies for the future» that the report identifies is: «Party leaders, advocacy organizations, and other political groups also need to make an active effort to reach out to individual women about running for seats.

Co-sponsored legislation and supported efforts to combat the Heroin and Opioid crisis, including a policy to raise additional revenue for education and prevention, creating a Family Advocate to help individuals and families navigate insurance and other issues while seeking treatment and supporting local advocacy groups.

According to Newsday, other Democrat contenders include, former Congressional hopeful, David Calone, a venture capitalist who has also worked as a federal prosecutor; William Wexler, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor; Tad Scharfenberg, a defense attorney and former county prosecutor who ran for district attorney in 1997; James Chalifoux, deputy bureau chief of the district attorney's major crimes bureau; Maureen McCormick, a top Nassau prosecutor who lives in Huntington; and Laura Ahearn, executive director of Parents for Megan's Law, an advocacy group for victims of sexual assault.

«It's the best - case scenario in a tight fiscal environment,» says Terri Ann Lowenthal, a consultant to the Census Project, a Washington, D.C. - based advocacy group for researchers and others who use Census data.

«We are in an era where the primary issues are not federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research,» wrote CAMR President Amy Comstock Rick, who is also CEO of the Parkinson's Action Network, in an e-mail to the more than 100 patient advocacy, scientific, and other groups that belong to CAMR.

Despite PEER's call for reinstatement, other scientist advocacy groups have been more circumspect.

The Mars Society is pleased to announce that it has joined the online Marspedia project started by two other space advocacy groups - The Mars Foundation and The Moon Society - in an effort to build out a great resource for people of all ages to learn more about the planet Mars, promote the human and robotic exploration of the Red Planet and encourage STEM education.

The Child Neurology Foundation is the outreach and philanthropic arm of the Child Neurology Society, providing information, educational opportunities, and advocacy for child neurologists and other medical professionals — and for patients, parents, and member groups dealing with an array of neurologic conditions.

This project is supported by the Patient Advisory Group of the International Coordinating Committee for SMA Clinical Trials which includes: Families of SMA, Fight SMA, Muscular Dystrophy Association, SMA Foundation, and other SMA advocacy groups.

SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, February 23, 2017 — ViaCyte, Inc., a privately - held regenerative medicine company, and Beyond Type 1, a not - for - profit advocacy and education group for those living with type 1 diabetes, today announced a grant from Beyond Type 1 to support ViaCyte's efforts to develop a functional cure for type 1 and other insulin - requiring diabetes.

«You can get this information on coal plants or any other polluter,» said Tarah Heinzen, an attorney with Food & Water Watch, an environmental advocacy group that has called for the agency to submit information about CAFOs to the public.

The Arizona Community Foundation, along with other organizations and businesses, pooled their resources to create Expect More Arizona, an advocacy group designed to raise the public's expectations for its public schools.

But Tanya Clay, legislative director of People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group, said it is not clear if state legislatures will follow suit or if other black urban politicians will join them.

The lawsuit — filed Nov. 14 in the Arizona Supreme Court on behalf of the parents by People for the American Way, a Washington - based advocacy group, and other groups — marks the first time a voucher program for special - needs students has been challenged in court, according to the Institute for Justice, an Arlington, Va. - based legal - advocacy group that will...

The notices are a product of the class action Williams v. California, filed in 2000 by the American Civil Liberties Union and other advocacy groups, charging the state with reneging on its constitutional obligation to provide students with the essentials for an education.

TREE in partnership with a dozen other advocacy groups circulated a petition earlier this summer calling for the publication of standardized test questions and answers; pre-determined cut scores; and a reduction in the use of standardized tests.