Sentences with phrase «local umbrella group»

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Since many unions represent workers in variegated industries and there are several umbrella labor groups, it is difficult to place all of their money into tidy categories, but a breakdown of donations from specific locals shows that the tendency to favor Democrats in 2014 was widespread.

UPDATE: Murphy's campaign said the initiative «organized under the umbrella of Murphy's re-election committee, will fund organizers to work in collaboration with the campaigns of the Connecticut Congressional delegation and the Connecticut Democratic Party to recruit and train volunteers, offer action alerts to existing organizing groups, provide messaging help to grassroots activists, and provide a conduit between local activism and the fight in Washington to defeat the reckless policies of the Trump administration.»

That's what our campaign has been about: local constituents,» said the Rev. Jason McGuire, a leader of the Coalition to Save Marriage in New York, an umbrella group that opposes same - sex marriage on social and religious grounds.

To address these issues, the AAP has crafted several programs just for them, including the Umbrella Program for LGBTQ Youth & Families, which works with local and national youth groups to get the dialogue going about issues like bullying, safe sex, dating advice, and depression.

Local community groups under the umbrella of Our Children our Schools have been campaigning to have primary and secondary schools re-opened around metropolitan Melbourne.

This new group provides a framework for organizing local educators under the ASCD umbrella in the four Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick.

IEL leads the Coalition for Community Schools, an umbrella group of more than 200 local, state, and national partners that advocate for more coordinated, efficient, and effective delivery of opportunities and supports to students before, during, and after school and on weekends.

According to the report released by HUMANEWATCH.ORG, 71 % of Americans believe HSUS is an «umbrella group» for local pet shelters, while 68 % believe HSUS spends most of its money on those local pet shelters.

But some local groups are now trying to attract a different type of tourist — one who'd rather cycle historic mountain paths than sip cocktails under a beach umbrella.