Sentences with phrase «long years of advocacy»

Northeast Charter Schools Network Connecticut State Director Jeremiah Grace responded by saying, «After three long years of advocacy and hard work, we are ecstatic about the State Department of Education's decision to release Request for Proposals (RFPs) both for new public charter schools and for facilities funding.

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Nordstrom, the $ 14 billion apparel retailer long famous for its strong customer advocacy, has grown its revenue by 50 % over the past five years in part through a series of investments to get even closer to customers.

Wrong: the long months of politicking in a presidential election year can actually give advocacy organizations great opportunities to boost the prominence of their issues — BUT only if they're ready.

«Together with our Department of Social Services, the Child Advocacy Center, the Sheriff's Office, the District Attorney's Office, local law enforcement and community partners such as the YWCA of the Mohawk Valley, we work diligently all year long to raise awareness of child abuse, prevent its tragic occurrence and support victims.

LOWER EAST SIDE — After years of advocacy by the community, permanent affordable housing is on the way to a long - vacant Lower East Side development site.

Redford was acknowledged for his work as actor and director, his decades long involvement in nurturing independent voices in film and the arts through the Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival, and overall advocacy on behalf of artists, as well as his work as an environmental activist over 40 years.

The lack of progress in the younger grades trickles up: More than half of English learners now in California high schools are «long - term English learners,» meaning they have been in public schools for six years without learning English, according to a 2010 report by Californians Together, a nonprofit advocacy group.

As Ed Week reported: «Californians Together, a research and advocacy group for the state's 1.6 million English - learners, is the brain trust behind this bill and catapulted the long - term ELL issue into the national spotlight a few years ago with its report showing that large numbers of such students were languishing in California's public schools.

After years of researching the Korean dog meat trade with the long - term intention of bringing it to an end, she'd recently co-founded the Change For Animals Foundation, a small international animal welfare organization that works to create positive and lasting change for animals throughout the world through research, advocacy, campaigns, and strategic partnerships with other like - minded NGOs.

Although a carbon tax needs to grow far faster than CRS's hypothetical tax — which would take 13 years to double to just $ 40 / ton — Friedman at least shows no signs of backing off his long - time carbon tax advocacy.

LeSage, who joined Gowlings» Toronto office about two years ago after some encouragement from long - time colleague and head of the firm's advocacy department, Glenn Hainey, says the bulk of his time is spent being a «mentor and sounding board» and helping young lawyers and law students adjust to their new careers.

FBI agents misled officials and the public, violated their own policy manual, used poor judgment, and engaged in sloppy police work when they investigated certain left - leaning, high - profile, domestic advocacy groups in the years immediately following 9/11, the Justice Department announced today following a four - year - long internal investigation by the Office of the Inspector General.

Over the last few years, more than 500 foster children in long - term care have found permanent homes when judges and others changed their practices as a result of the advocacy of Appleseed and others.

Rod Rehm I've been practicing law for over 40 years, am President of the Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys, a long - time director of the Workplace Injury Law Advocacy Group (WILG), and a member of the ABA College of Workers» Compensation Lawyers.

In addition to utilizing our MLS system, being a member of our board also affords one the opportunity to be a part of the community and join us for our annual Christmas party & golf outing - where we raise RPAC funds as well as money for Food for the Hungry; attend any continuing education classes we may offer - usually free, advertise in the board sponsored home magazine, join us in our Consumer Advocacy outreach campaign that goes on all year long - that also helps cover the new NAR Core Standards Certificate such as: donate / participate with charities such as Food for the Hungry, Habitat for Humanity, Toys for Tots, Habitat for Humanity build, etc. just to name a few perks.