Sentences with phrase «including equity initiatives»

This might serve equity initially; but it could also politically compromise the reform agenda, including equity initiatives.

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Kathleen has played a pivotal role in all of Zillow's key corporate finance initiatives including Zillow's 2011 initial public offering, two follow - on equity offerings, and all 13 of the company's acquisitions, including Trulia, StreetEasy, HotPads and Naked Apartments.

Initiatives include funding for women in science and the trades, pay - equity legislation for federally regulated industries, and changes to paid parental leave.

The Access to Finance initiative supported by Invest Northern Ireland offers a variety of support including start - up funding, loans and equity investment.

Those schools will remain community schools and will have more programs from the «equity and excellence» initiative, including computer science and AP courses.

Sheehan walked the gathering through what she said are some of the many highlights of her first term, including Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion as part of the community police initiative; restructuring the city budget; lobbying for additional state aid; developing an equity agenda; engaging marginalized communities; transforming neighborhoods like Sheridan Hollow and Park South.

He laid out the major new investments from the preliminary budget — including $ 115 million for the $ 15 minimum wage for city employees and contracted workers, investments in public safety, funding education initiatives under the mayor's Equity and Excellence agenda, investments in transportation and social services, along with a few Council priorities.

The initiative is considering a broad range of issues including school choice, racial equity, and school culture and climate.

We begin working increasingly to support existing community - wide initiatives to reduce disparities that result from structural racism, initiatives including Oakland's Promise Neighborhoods and Ready Schools Miami, helping those projects develop leadership at every level to accomplish their equity goals.

The initiative includes two private sector partners: Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit focused on broadening educational and economic opportunity; and the Stanford Center for Assessment, Language and Equity (SCALE), an affiliate of Stanford University that provides consulting services on the design and implementation of performance - based assessments.

The process includes supporting the participants in leading an equity - focused initiative or district challenge in the form of a capstone project supported by national experts.

They may include behavioral or social / emotional programs and initiatives designed to improve academic equity, family involvement, staff retention, or student engagement.

These actions build upon implementation of requirements of earlier transportation authorizations including the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP - 21) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA - LU), as well as administrative approaches through Executive Order (EO) 13604, Presidential Memoranda and Implementation Plan, and DOT initiatives (e.g. Every Day Counts, eNEPA, etc.).

Indeed, there are a wide range of existing initiatives and support available for Scottish developers, as Linda McPherson, creative industries director at Scottish Enterprise explains: «This includes regional selective assistance, a grant for job creation, used, for example recently by Serious Parody, eeGeo and Reloaded; equity investment, which has helped FanDuel and Outplay; and R&D support, which includes Rockstar North, who were awarded a # 1 million grant from Scottish Enterprise, representing a 15 per cent contribution to an # 8 million project.»

The Community Investments Program is responsible for the Arts Commission's grants program, which includes the Cultural Equity Endowment Fund, the Cultural Centers Special Fund, four cultural center buildings, arts education initiatives, and the Street Artist's Licensing Program.

There are still a number of articles that we are hoping to see surface in the next few days as well, including some more in - depth pieces around carbon trading, fossil fuels, offsets, and global equity issues around climate initiatives.

«Lakehead has many exceptional people and groups working hard to promote and facilitate an inclusive culture for all members of our diverse University community, including, among others, our Office of Human Rights & Equity, our Office of Aboriginal Initiatives, our chair on Truth & Reconciliation, our Ogimaawin - Aboriginal Governance Council, our Faculty of Law's Aboriginal Advisory Committee, the President's Advisory Council on Truth & Reconciliation, Lakehead's Anti-Racism Committee, Lakehead's Aboriginal Education department, as well as the Lakehead University Student Union's Pride Central, Gender Issues Centre, Aboriginal Awareness Centre and Multicultural Centre.»

During her tenure at the Commission, she worked on numerous groundbreaking initiatives, including execution quality disclosure rules, implementation of equities decimal pricing, short sale reforms and modernization of the national market system rules.

Major initiatives led by James include the firm's IPO, the acquisitions of GSO and Strategic Partners, the spin - off of the firm's advisory business into PJT Partners, and the founding of Blackstone's Tactical Opportunities, Core Private Equity, Infrastructure, Insurance Solutions and retail initiatives.