Sentences with phrase «issue advocacy does»

«Designating advertisements as issue advocacy doesn't preclude them from being a campaign advertisement,» Sugarman said.

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Health Care: «I don't think there is much doubt as to where Senator Clinton is on the issue of health care,» says Raymond J. Keating, chief economist for the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a small - business advocacy group based in Vienna, Virginia.

Framing the issue as one of self - advocacy — that it's on women alone to lean in and pull themselves up the corporate ladder — absolves employers of their responsibility to create environments in which women are not punished for doing so.

As for the «narrow public witness» against which John Murdock rightly cautions, I really don't think «prioritizing» equals «ignoring,» such that to prioritize the defense of religious freedom and the right to life excludes other issues from the Church's social witness and public policy advocacy.

In this double issue of Attached Family, we take a look at the cultural explosion of breastfeeding advocacy, as well as the challenges still to overcome, with features such as: The Real Breastfeeding Story, Extended Breastfeeding Around the World, When Breastfeeding Doesn't Work, Breastfeed, Chicago!

response is that the online momentum for food issues among parents is amazing; the advocacy work that mom bloggers and dad bloggers and non-parent bloggers are doing is incredible; the title «mom blogger» is fine for moms who want that title but not for those who don't; and dads with blogs should be better recognized by readers and media for the role that parenting plays in their advocacy.

Note that Ivan is describing something very different than traditional mass communications: he's talking about working closely (no doubt frequently one - on - one) with people on Facebook and other networking sites over a long period of time to help build a cadre of very committed activists — something that most electoral campaigns (and even most issue advocacy campaigns) simply can't do, whether because of lack of time or lack of resources.

Various advocacy issues — none of which explicitly have to do with the governance system of mayoral control — were on display in the cramped hearing room on Thursday.

Washington (CNN)- Sen. John Cornyn, R - Texas, dismissed a request Wednesday from an influential social conservative organization to skip a fundraiser for a Republican gay and lesbian advocacy group, saying that even though he does not agree with the group on social issues he shares its views on fiscal discipline and economic policy.

Doesn't leave much room for issue - advocacy, right?

«In the current political campaign environment, the presidential campaign finance system doesn't work at all and can not work,» said Craig Holman, who lobbies Capitol Hill on ethics and campaign finance issues for the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.

The first lady informed that the association was in the state to launch the Lagos chapter adding that in spite of the effort of government, a lot need to be done in terms of education and advocacy to address breast cancer issue in the country.

Amid a resurgence in U.S. traffic fatalities now taking roughly 100 lives a day, an advocacy group today issued a report card identifying states that do the most, and least, to improve highway safety.

At the Human Rights Campaign's Greater New York gala on Saturday night, Nixon — an Upper West Side resident who has gained prominence for her advocacy on education issues — did not formally announce a gubernatorial bid but seemed to lay out a potential campaign platform.

I think the way you win this issue is you focus on getting the rights and privileges protected throughout the entire country, and then you do the state - by - state advocacy for having the title.»

Look at the bill, it is full of broad sweeping provisions and disclosure requirements that have nothing to do with campaign expenditures that include organizations that aren't even involved in lobbying, but pure issue advocacy.

And I'm simply saying that when it comes to issues of federal impact, as the mayor of this city, that I have not seen any zealous advocacy done on the issues of infrastructure, on the issues of lead remediation, on the issues of body cameras for police officers and our violence intervention programs.»

«Without the Pride Agenda doing advocacy and politics I think these issues have suffered,» said Glick, who pointed out that most of the state's LGBT organizations are now local nonprofits that are focused on providing services and sustaining their funding — not lobbying for legislation.

Last week the committee released a survey done by a private advocacy group that found that many of the country's leading research labs do not follow voluntary guidelines for the humane treatment of animals issued in 1992 by the Indian National Science Academy.»

When I took over as co-chair, the previous team and teams before them had done a terrific job managing a multitude of events and advocacy issues.

We do this by increasing public awareness about the day - to - day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocating for appropriate services for individuals across the lifespan, and providing the latest information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy.

I've been doing a lot of advocacy work and speaking out on trans issues lately.

«The provisions dealing with teacher quality in No Child Left Behind have done a wonderful job of focusing attention on the issue of teacher quality in the United States,» said Jack Jennings, the director of the Washington - based Center on Education Policy, a nonpartisan advocacy group that sponsored the gathering.

Sekou Biddle, vice president of advocacy at the UNCF, isn't ready to question the legitimacy of the NAACP's claims, but does think making a sweeping statement about the value of charter schools ignores local issues.

Rep. Stovall does a lot of advocacy and work around educational issues.

You've successfully made it that much harder for us to sympathize with your positions and advocacy, and given yourself that much more work to do in order to be take seriously with any future issues you raise!

We do very limited work on advocacy around other specific animal issues such as use of animals in laboratories and companion animal homelessness, because we think good opportunities to help animals are much easier to find in the area of farm animal advocacy (and additionally the less popular area of wild animal suffering).104 The work we do in these areas serves mainly to check our assumptions about the scale, tractability, and neglectedness of various causes.

Raising welfare standards to the point that the most common methods of raising animals for food did not appear cruel to the typical consumer would reduce the salience of undercover investigations and animal advocacy protests to the mainstream media, potentially reducing coverage by the media of animal welfare issues, especially coverage sympathetic to animal advocates.

L214 understands animal issues as connected to other issues, such as public health and the environment, and they do some multi-issue advocacy that emphasizes the intersections between animal advocacy and the interests of other advocacy movements.

We do this by increasing public awareness about the day - to - day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocating for appropriate services for individuals across the lifespan, and providing the latest information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy.

I would like to argue that both her advocacy of the art that became Abstract Expressionism and of art that did not issued from her belief that difference superseded «quality.»

Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians did not officially take part in the demonstration, even though the D.C. - based Indian advocacy organization in August issued a statement against the pipeline, saying it poses a major threat to Indians.

Joseph: Do they have a financial interests in green advocacy or are they just concerned about environmental issues?

Do they have a financial interests in green advocacy or are they just concerned about environmental issues?

The issue is that the original literature is grey, doesn't seem to be supported by other studies, was extremely limited in its scope, was highly speculative, and was produced by a sustainability advocacy organisation.

The petitions also sought clarification that a judge does not need to seek recusal where it would be based solely on a party in the case sponsoring an independent expenditure or issue advocacy communication in favor of the judge.

That means that they have more time to spend on other things such as advocacy issues that they may not be familiar with yet, and less time on the mundane legal research tasks — we've done a lot of those recently!

MBC does this by sharing best practices and resources in bar association programming and advocacy, finding issues of common cause, and building shared platforms.

Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group, has been calling for a total ban on transvaginal mesh products but the Food and Drug Administration rejected its bid, noting that it did not consider a complete market withdrawal the proper way to handle safety issues involving devices.

The court also reminded solicitors to consider carefully the issue of whether they might be required to give evidence if they acted at the police station, and whether or not this impacts on them doing the advocacy in a case.

Although paralegals in Ontario do not typically engage in appellate advocacy in practice, and their current scope is limited to only the summary conviction offences under s. 210, the structure allowed paralegal students to academically engage in the issues in a highly structured fashion.

Nevins, of Chelsea Road Consulting, said no money came in as a result of his solicitation, but if it does, he'll use it for candidates or issue advocacy in Parkland.

How do I handle requests for such references?Thank you so much for your help!CherylCHERYL M. EARLE3407 Old Dobbin Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36116 - 1903Home Phone: [phone] Cell Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] E-mail: [email protected] position managing legal discovery and document review with opportunity to assist attorneys with civil litigationBAR ADMISSIONAlabama State Bar, 1999LAW - RELATED EXPERIENCELaw Firm, AlabamaResearch Attorney for Special Projects, Mass Torts Department, November 2001 — February 2008 • Managed Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Document Depository (September 2002 to February 2008) o Reviewed more than 1 million pages of evidentiary documents for litigation purposes and for inclusion in electronic databaseso Coordinated document review assignments with attorneys at local depository and at other sites across the USo Retrieved, reviewed and coded documents in Concordance and Summation legal databaseso Prepared memoranda and spreadsheets providing detailed analysis of discovery materials • Aided attorneys and support staff with processing and preparation of personal injury claims and litigationo Conducted legal research and drafted pleadingso Conducted supplementary online research for additional documents and information pertinent to litigationo Assisted with preparation of correspondence to clients and referring attorneyso Contacted clients for additional information needed in case preparation, litigation, and potential settlementso Prepared and input case intakes and referrals into databaseLaw School, AlabamaStudent Intern, Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP), August 1996 — June 1997 • Participated in law school clinical program under third - year law student practice rule (as authorized by Alabama Supreme Court) o Assisted attorneys and advocates in cases involving mentally ill patients confined to state mental health facilitieso Interviewed clients in person (at state facilities) and over the phoneo Worked with clients, attorneys, and social workers to investigate and resolve issues concerning involuntary confinement and treatmento Aided in legal research on an appellate brief submitted to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (ruling granted in favor of our client) Faculty Research Assistant for Library Services, Bounds Law Library, March 1996 — June 1997 • Prepared research and teaching materials for law school faculty; worked 20 hours per week while matriculating 10 - 15 hours per semester) o Investigated copyright issues related to procuring and reproducing texts for academic useo Conducted legal research using WESTLAW, LEXIS and the InternetADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCEManufacturing Company (MC), Montgomery, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant and Cost Analyst, Materials Purchasing Department, April 1999 — September 2001 • Assisted materials buyers in negotiating and preparing commodities contracts between raw materials suppliers and MC for manufacturing plants in the US and Mexicoo Assisted Legal Department at MC's corporate headquarters with coordination and preparation of documents for litigationo Notified and educated suppliers about MC's freight - on - board policy and its corresponding Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) provisions; result was the reduction of freight claims for both the company and its supplierso Prepared contracts and purchase orders for raw materials and capital projects involving plant maintenanceo Solicited price quotations from current vendors and established Excel spreadsheet format which simplified quote submission process and allowed MC to track and compare usage volumes and costs over timeo Prepared and analyzed cost reports used by materials buyers and production planners in purchasing decisions, including cost reductions, materials consolidation, and selection of vendorso Acted as liaison between vendors and the Purchasing, Transportation and Accounting Departments on issues concerning inbound freight, commercial carriers, and payment terms for commodities, resulting in reductions in freight costs and greater payment discounts for raw materialso Established online databases and printed directories for the Purchasing Department, allowing buyers to have easier and faster access to current vendor informationo Completed Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance project, which involved data collection and communication with MC's past, present, and potential materials suppliers and service providersNot - For - Profit Organization, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Combined Federal Campaign, September 1998 — January 1999 • Aided Campaign Director with 1998 Federal Campaigns (CFCs) in City 1 and City 2, which together generated nearly $ 700,000 for more than 1,000 local, national and international charitieso Prepared weekly reports on donations using WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Excel and dBase IVo Wrote script for Talent Showcase at City 1's 1998 CFC Kickoffo Assisted Director with merger of the City 1 and City 2 CFCs in 1999Regional Bank, AlabamaAdministrative Assistant, Year 2000 (Y2K) Department, March — June 1998 • Worked with Vice President of Corporate Projects on short - term project for the bank's Y2K Departmento Analyzed and processed data on Y2K readiness for all branches of Bank throughout the southeastern USo Organized meetings for personnel of Banko Communicated with vendors of computer hardware, software, and office equipment to request information on Y2K complianceo Prepared compliance files for Federal Reserve auditso Prepared in - house memoranda and reports using Microsoft Word and ExcelRecord / Music Promotion Company, AlabamaRecord Pool Co-Founder; Office Manager, September 1990 — December 1991 • Co-founded record pool to enhance promotion of music in Alabama and the southeastern USo Procured and distributed records from major and independent labels for club, radio and mobile disc jockeyso Coordinated jointly sponsored promotional events with record companies, radio stations and clubso Designed, wrote, and published bi-weekly reports and brochures to inform the music industry of the progress and popularity of music and performers in the region, with specific focus on the Alabama music sceneMajor University, AlabamaGraduate Research Assistant, AUM Department of Marketing, June 1989 — August 1990 • Worked 13 - 20 hours per week as a research assistant to Marketing faculty while carrying a full course load in the MBA programo Analyzed consumer surveys used in academic researcho Assisted Conference Chairperson with coordination for Atlantic Marketing Association (AMA) annual meeting (October 1989) o Co-authored five - year index and classification of AMA Proceedings (published Fall 1991) EDUCATIONLaw School, AlabamaJuris Doctor (JD), 1997 • Scholarshipso Seybourn H. Lynne Scholarship, 1996 - 97o Dexter C. Hobbs Memorial Scholarship, 1995 - 96o E. W. Godbey Memorial Scholarship, 1994 - 95 • Honorso Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 1996 - 94o Arthur Davis Shores Award, 1997 • Activitieso Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team Manager, 1996 - 97 Southern Regional Competition, Second Place National Competition, Eighth Placeo John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Spring 1996o Black Law Students Association Delegate, BLSA National Convention, 1997 Co-Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1996 - 97 Chairperson, Public Relations Committee, 1995 - 96 BLSA President's Award, 1996 and 1997o American Bar Association, 1996 - 97 Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Intellectual Property Section Law Student Divisiono LAWS Student Group Leader, 1995 - 96Major University, AlabamaMaster of Business Administration (MBA), 1990Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.), 1988 (Major: Marketing — Advertising and Promotion Track) • Honorso Dean's List • Activitieso National Student Advertising Competition Team, 1988 - 90 Seventh District Competition: Third Place, 1990o Marketing Club, 1987 - 90 Vice President — Career Development, 1988 - 89o Public Relations / Advertising (PR / AD) Club, 1988 - 90 Charter Member, 1988 Active in fund - raising and membership driveso Theater Guild, 1988 - 90 Screening Committee, 1989REFERENCESAvailable upon request

We do this by increasing public awareness about the day - to - day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocating for appropriate services for individuals across the lifespan, and providing the latest information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy.

An underlying question for participants was how much racism, at an institutional level and in the high levels of public support for tough approaches to asylum seekers, has to do with the treatment of children in immigration detention and if it helps in advocacy to raise racism as an issue.

Although the mediation process allows the couple to work together to resolve parenting and property division issues, it does not provide them with legal advice or advocacy.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission will shortly release a paper which provides an overview of the research, educational and advocacy work that we have done over recent years on issues relating to family violence in Indigenous communities.

We do this by increasing public awareness about the day - to - day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocating for appropriate services for individuals across the lifespan, and providing the latest information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy.

High on the agenda will be advocacy issues like prohibitive mortgage fees, national disaster and flood insurance, property investments, and ensuring that 95 percent of households don't lose their homeownership tax benefits under recently proposed tax reform plans.