Sentences with phrase «members of a coalition created»

As promised, members of a coalition created to oppose Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan for a longer school day will be back at City Hall this week.

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The organization's mission is to strengthen the wealth - creating capacity of its members and promote economic development; to create innovative and effective change in the business culture; to build strategic alliances, coalitions and affiliations; and to transform public policy and influence opinion makers.

«These new guidelines create anxiety and concerns about the future of the members of our church and their families,» the HBPA, a coalition of Hispanic Southern Baptist pastors, stated this month.

Also at noon, the Coalition for Affordable Homes lobbies members of the state Assembly and Senate to support bills A7406 / S648 that would create a tax on real estate speculation, Million Dollar Staircase, state Capitol, Albany.

INWOOD — An Uptown coalition composed of local organizations and community groups hosted a public hearing with City Council members to discuss the mayor's plan to rezone city neighborhoods to create and preserve affordable housing.

If the Dems pick up both seats in the special election, the two sides, under the proposed deal, will create their own majority coalition with members from each side serving as co-leaders of the chamber.

Heads of the board's social services and economic development committees also laid out their visions for the proposal, which was created in collaboration with local organizations, stakeholders, residents and the Coalition for Community Advancement, members said.

While at the AAS, Bethany managed the public policy activities including, creating and managing a federal and local grassroots advocacy program designed to work with association members to effectively communicate with policy makers and successfully leading a coalition, working with Congressional leaders, and drafting legislation to secure millions of federal dollars appropriated for the restarting domestic production of Plutonium - 238 as a fuel source for planetary exploration.

Members of an anti-bullying club can sponsor events in the community or join coalitions to create inclusion and respond to acts of bullying.

Haynes, a member of a coalition of educators who created guidelines for religious holidays in public schools, suggests asking these five questions before planning religious holidays in public schools: Is this activity designed in any way to either promote or inhibit religion?

Arizona House Education Committee Chairman and Conservative Leaders for Education Member Representative Paul Boyer worked closely with Governor Doug Ducey and a broad coalition of education reformers to create a new Results - Based Fund in the state's school finance formula that focuses instead on top performing schools.

As members of the Diverse Charter School Coalition, we know that you value creating diverse and inclusive learning environments for children.

Inspired by the potential of high - achieving diverse charter schools to dramatically enhance young people's lives, a community coalition of parents, educators and philanthropists, including successful film and television producer Mark Gordon and long - time educator Kriste Dragon — an early parent leader and board member of Larchmont Charter School, an integrated school that consistently ranks among the best schools academically in L.A. — came together to create CWC in Hollywood.

Board group's agenda: The Florida Coalition of School Board Members» agenda for the 2018 Legislature includes expanding school choice by creating a scholarship for bullied students to attend private schools, using paper and pencil testing through the 8th grade, allowing SAT and ACT scores to be used in place of state assessments as a requirement for high school graduation, and more.

In New York City, NESRI worked with the Independent Commission on Public Education (ICOPE), a volunteer coalition of parents, community members, and education advocates, to support the Education is a Human Right Campaign to create a new system of education in New York City based on human rights.

Today, the Coalition consists of 18 member organizations committed to working together to achieve our shared goal of creating a truly humane community in Philadelphia.

As a premier member of the Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC), Healthy Pet supports natural pet product solutions which help to create a more eco-friendly environment and mutually beneficial relationship between pets and their families.

As a Gold Member and Advisory Board Member of the Pet Sustainability Coalition (PSC), Healthy Pet supports sustainable, natural pet product solutions, creating a more ecologically beneficial environment and an enriched relationship between pets and their family.

Lufthansa, one of the five founding members of the world's largest airline coalition Star Alliance, created an on - demand, portable entertainment service called BoardConnect.

In 1986, he created the Socrates Sculpture Park, where he and a coalition of community members and artists transformed an abandoned landfill in Queens into an exhibition space and studio for artists, as well as a park for community residents.

Exxon and Mobil were both founding members of the Global Climate Coalition, an industry front group created in 1989 to sow doubt — despite the GCC's internal understanding of the certainty.

Pat Michaels was a «member scientist» and «individual supporter» at The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASCC), an organisation created and funded by the tobacco industry to fight anti-tobacco legislation.

Other coalition members form a who's who of people with insider knowledge, including: Sandy Parakilas, a former Facebook operations manager; Lynn Fox, a former Apple and Google communications executive; and Justin Rosenstein, who created Facebook's Like button.

What destroys marriages on the non addict spouse's side is the unwillingness or inability to come to terms with how distorted he or she has become in the presence of the addiction, for example, by enabling the addiction, being codependent, and creating coalitions with other family members.