Sentences with phrase «local coalition for»

In 2001, Val co-founded the non-profit organization Franklin Pierce Youth First Community Coalition, which still serves as the only local coalition for the students of Franklin Pierce.

to generate local coalitions for the active participation of the civil society and other sectors outside the health sector to create supportive environments that prevent chronic diseases;

Not exact matches

Supporters of Trump's plan like the Small UAV Coalition, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, and the Academy of Model Aeronautics praised how the new drone program still designates the FAA as the ultimate authority over drones, trumping local governments.

«Additionally, LCEDC created a FlexJobs partnership for telecommuting opportunities, led efforts for the first annual Manufacturing Day with over 150 students visiting local manufacturers, and founded the Eastern Plains Economic Development Coalition to strengthen the perception of opportunity across Eastern Plains.»

TweetOctober 26, 2016 The STEM Education Coalition Policy Forum and the Afterschool Alliance have collaborated to develop a toolkit of materials to help advocates make the case at the state and local level for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education to be a top priority and to integrate afterschool and informal learning strategies into overall plans -LSB-...]

To help minimize this problem in your area, or to help women who are part of this statistic, seek out a local women's shelter or search for one through the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence's website.

The coalition's first project was advocating for a proposed 52,000 - square - foot Islamic center and mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, that was facing local opposition last fall.

We must also make room in our schemes for the likes of the American Jewish Committee, World Vision, Bread for the World, the Christian Coalition, local right - to - life groups and denominationally linked gay - lesbian advocacy groups.

As this account indicates, there is a critical need for building an interdenominational coalition on this question both at the local and national level.

The Rainforest Alliance Certified ™ seal is awarded to farms that have met the environmental, social and economic standards of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), a coalition of local conservation organizations that first set the standard for sustainable farming in rainforest areas in the early 1990s.

He is also the Chairman of the School Health Advisory Council for Laredo, involved in the Laredo Food Coalition, and an active advocate for anti-hunger efforts through the local food bank.

The lists included the state coalitions through the National Network to End Domestic Violence, and local resource centers for domestic violence and sexual assault.

Coalition, a group of several local organizing factions, with plans to hold a forum and to create an educational fund for Clark's kids, and try to «support transformational change.»

so the best place I have for you to start is to look up the breastfeeding laws in your local or statewide department of health websites, breastfeeding coalition, whatever is equivalent to that in your country.

The coalition has been awarded three grants over the past five years: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Pulmonary Disease Grant with the goal of increasing the number of policies and practices that promote and support breastfeeding - friendly environments; Business Case for Breastfeeding Grant to educate employers on how to comply with the Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act and a Women Infants and Children (WIC) Local Agency Breastfeeding Special Project Grant.

Certified Child Passenger Safety (CPS) technicians from Britax, as well as local Safe Kids Coalition volunteers, will inspect all brands of car seats for proper installation and use.

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) has been working with the Mayor's Office to bring the Good Food Purchasing Program to Chicago over the past three years and building support for the policy through a local coalition made of a broad representation of the voices of Chicago's food system.

For instance, Kraft General Foods has given the coalition money over the last several years to promote the program and find local sponsors.

DC Breastfeeding Coalition A clearinghouse of local resource for District breastfeeding families, download their resource guide (PDF) from their website

As the executive director of NYSHEPA, Nancy ran an 800 member - strong coalition and advocated at the local, state and federal level for numerous nutrition and physical activity measures including school nutrition standards, calorie labeling, trans fat ban, Complete Streets, breastfeeding bill of rights, nutrition standards for fast - food kids» meals sold with toys, Safe Routes to School, nutrition standards for foods marketed to children, and the sugar - sweetened beverage tax.

Appalled by what she saw, she formed a local coalition that successfully advocated for the removal of much of the junk food offered to students in vending machines and the cafeteria.

She is an active member of the local ICAN chapter and a member of the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services.

If you want to know the specific rights for your state or city in regards to storage, you can contact your local maternity care coalition or equivalent organization.

The Greater Chicago Food Depository; the Inspiration Cafe, a local restaurant for the homeless; Open Hand Chicago; Illinois Hunger Coalition, and international hunger - relief agencies designated by SOS.

The local coalition needs to contact [email protected] in advance of the meeting and let us know you are sending representatives and want them to get the stipend for your coalition.

Representatives of local breastfeeding coalitions (that are members of TXBC) are qualified for the stipend.

For general questions, call your local Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, the breastfeeding coalition in your state, or La Leche League.

TXBC is again offering a stipend to each local breastfeeding coalition that is a member of TXBC to help defray expenses for a designated representative to the TXBC Spring Meeting.

Is your local breastfeeding coalition hosting an event for World Breastfeeding Week or National Breastfeeding Month in August?

However, a local area pub, Blackwater Draw, has partnered with the Brazos Valley Breastfeeding Coalition for the first «Bottoms Up...

Group tax exemption for local bf coalitions update 2.

On another point, a longer list of places where local political factors mitigate strongly against support for a coalition would have to include Liverpool.

«The TUC's March for the Alternative on 26 March promises to be one of the biggest events that we have ever organised, but local campaigns and protests that do not hit the national headlines could well make just as much an impact in those constituencies where there are coalition MPs with small majorities.

The challenge for central government is getting local government, particularly Labour councils, to execute the coalition's programme.

The context is made all the worse for the coalition by the fact that parties in opposition nationally tend to win more seats in local elections than governing parties.

Its practical application, and that of the Coalition's Localism Bill, can be seen to have shifted responsibility for delivering services and managing budgets onto the local and community level, while effectively withholding power through enforcing cuts and strengthening government oversight, as with Gove's current dominion over education provision.

Silvio Berlusconi's People of Freedom coalition is heading for a decisive win over the centre - left Democratic Party which is still reeling from the disastrous local election results which forced the resignation of opposition leader Walter Veltroni.

A series of local events highlighting legislators» reliance on out - of - district campaign contributions is being held around the state this week and next as part of a build - up to the formal launch of a new coalition called Fair Elections for New York on April 17.

Dafis was a Member of Parliament for Ceredigion from 1992 until 2000, having been supported by a coalition of local Plaid Cymru and Green party activists, the latter of which had worked with him on a number of environmental initiatives.

Miliband launched Labour's campaign for the 2012 local elections with a speech in Birmingham, accusing the coalition government of «betrayal», and claiming that it «lacked the values» that Britain needed.

Inc. • Ambient Environmnental, Inc. • API New York • BlueRock Energy • Buffalo Niagara Partnership • Capital Region Chamber of Commerce • Central Hudson • Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce • Chemung County Chamber of Commerce • Constitution Pipeline • Cortland County Chamber of Commerce • D.A. Collins • Delaware Engineering • Dominion Energy • Eastern NY District Council of Laborers • Energy Coalition of New York • Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance • EnergyMark, LLC • Engineers Labor - Employer Cooperative (ELEC 825) • General Contractors Association of NY • Hudson Valley Building & Construction Trades Council • Independent Oil & Gas Association of NY (IOGA - NY) • Independent Power Producers of NY (IPPNY) • International Union of Operating Engineers Local 825 (IOUE 825) • Iroquois • IUOE Local 825 • Joint Landowners Coalition • Laborers District Council of Eastern NY • Laborers Local 17 LECET Fund • Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier • Millennium Pipeline • National Fuel Gas Company • National Federation of Independent Business • North Country Chamber of Commerce • NYS Building & Construction Trades Council • NYS Conference of the International Union of Operating Engineers • NYS Economic Development Council • NYS LECET Fund (Laborers - Employers Cooperation & Education Trust) • Orange County Partnership • Otsego County IDA • Penn - York Land Services Corp. • Unshackle Upstate • Upstate New York Laborers District Council • U.S Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy • USA Compression • Williams Pipeline.

«Given this, it remained to be seen whether the Coalition's plans to empower local areas would be realised», said Dr Ayres, who is based at the University of Bristol's School for Policy Studies.

The left - leaning Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argued that although the localism agenda was promising, it will be largely meaningless unless the coalition delivers «real powers with new funding streams that give local people more control over how their taxes are spent».

Nonetheless, the Coalition has acknowledged a need for greater local control over budgets as a means of achieving economic growth and more effective use of resources.

Riverkeeper is an active participant in a broad - based coalition of local elected officials, drinking water and wastewater service providers, state environmental and health administrators, engineers and environmentalists throughout the nation in campaigning for the establishment of a national Clean Water Trust Fund.

And this all comes as a coalition of groups calls for a reduction in state mandated spending in light of a 2 percent cap on local property taxes now in effect.

Amalgamated Transit Union, ATU Local 726, ATU Local 1056, ATU Local 1179 ATU Local 1181 - 1061, American Council of Engineering Companies of New York Asian Americans for Equality, Center for Working Families, Citizens Committee for NYC, Common Cause / NY, Construction Industry Council, CUNY Institute for Urban Systems, DC 37, DC 37 Local 375B, DC37 Local 1655, Empire State Transportation Alliance, Environmental Defense Fund, General Contractors Association of New York, League of Women Voters of the City of NY, League of Women Voters of New York State, Long Island Contractors» Association, Inc. (LICA), MTA Coalition of Unions, National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, New York Building Congress, NY League of Conservation Voters, NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, NYS Council of Machinists, NY State Legislative Conference Board, NYS Transportation Equity Alliance, PCAC to MTA, Pratt Center for Community Development, Regional Plan Association, Reinvent Albany, Teamsters Local 808, Transit Riders Action Committee, Transportation Alternatives, TWU Local 100, TWU Local 252, TWU Local2001, TWU Local 2054, Transport Workers International Union of America, Tri-State Transportation Campaign, UPROSE, We Act for Environmental Justice, Women's City Club.

The highlights of the alternative coalition agreement I'd like to see are green investment paid for by green taxes, an end to public service cuts, full proportional representation and more devolution to regional and local government including full fiscal autonomy.

Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition New York State Assembly NYS Assembly Community Resource Exchange (CRE) SCO Family of Services HCCI Chinese American Planning Council, Inc Heights and Hills Citizen Action of New York ROCitizen New York Association on Independent Living ATLI - Action Together Long Island NYSCAA New York Immigration Coalition Catholic Charities of Chemung & Schuyler Counties CDRC Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS Catholic Charities Professional Staff Congress Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley New York State Network for Youth Success NAMI Albany County Central Federation of Labor Food & Water Watch Jewish Family Service Metro New York Health Care for All Alliance for Positive Change MercyFirst Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York, Queens (CIDNY) SiCM — Schenectady Community Ministries Coalition for the Homeless CIDNY Citizen Action of NY PEF Retiree Urban Parhways, Inc Community Food Advocates PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 New York StateWide Senior Action Council Early Care & Learning Council Urban Pathways African Services Committee Day Care Council of New York New York State Community Action Association Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc The Radical Age Movement United Neighborhood Houses

The New Yorkers for Clean Power campaign, a coalition which includes uptown organizations, will focus on advocacy to engage the public, local governments and businesses to push forward renewable energy and clean transportation options and to expand the state's clean energy policies, said Campaign Coordinator Renee Vogelsang.