Sentences with phrase «national advocates of»

National advocates of educational change, including President Barack Obama, are pushing for faster expansion of charter schools as a way to foster competition and provide more school choices.

She specifically addresses the conferences on her unique model and highly sought after alternative dispute strategies.She is widely regarded as an international and national advocate of the mediation process.

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Breitbart is known for supporting what some refer to as the «alt right» movement in the United States, a loose affiliation of politically conservative groups that include overtly racist organizations such as Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute, which advocates for something it calls «white nationalism.»

«I have absolutely no doubt the scam artists are out there,» says Ira Rheingold, executive director of the National Association of Consumer Advocates.

Jay Timmons, the president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, said «now it's up to business to deliver» on the promises they made as they advocated for their tax breaks.

For instance, Gingrich is a strong advocate for funding scientific research and has even endorsed doubling the budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and medication - assisted treatment for opioid addiction.

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According to a number of news reports, users who have been banned include Pax Dickinson — a former Business Insider executive who was let go for making racist comments — as well as Richard Spencer, who runs a so - called «alt - right» organization called the National Policy Institute, which advocates for racial separation.

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«All of us had been national, progressive advocates, leading organizations that needed urgently to solve big problems, and we found ourselves banging our heads against a brick wall.

The transition is a long - awaited victory for privacy advocates and tech companies wary of broad government surveillance at a time when national security concerns are heightened in the wake of the Paris attacks earlier this month.

«The wireless industry has done everything it can to persuade federal regulators and state regulators not to require that backup power be put in place,» said Regina Costa, chair of the telecommunications committee of the National Association of State Utility Advocates, which speaks for consumer representatives.

Some politicians - and recently also Elliott - have advocated the creation of a single national network via the merger of NetCo with rival Open Fiber, a broadband firm jointly owned by the CDP and state - controlled utility Enel.

With national security driving the debate, Democrats see a more powerful argument than simply advocating the need to curb gun violence in a country of 320 million that has more than 310 million weapons.

It is Europe's leading advocate of women - owned businesses as suppliers to global and national corporations and government bodies.

National pro-life groups and religious freedom advocates are celebrating the Senate's confirmation of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state.

Mr. Draghi, 58, is a vocal advocate of tearing down remaining national barriers to competition in the European Union's single market.

The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is Canada's Crowdfunding Advocate.

Isa is a member of Supernova Women, a group empowering women of color in the industry, Alianza Verde, an organization advocating for Latinx entrepreneurship in cannabis, and Women Grow, a national organization connecting leaders in the industry.

«Canadian tech CEOs continue to advocate for the need of a national data strategy that will enable Canada to become a leader in the data - driven global economy.»

Google advocates using a blockchain - like system to create a ledger of all interactions with patient data in the UK's National Health Service.

Now it appears that the prickly America First advocate who played a crucial role in driving Cohn to quit could, in fact, be taking his old position: Trump administration officials are reportedly considering White House trade adviser Peter Navarro as one of the leading candidates to head the National Economic Council (NEC).

One of his current priorities is working with like - minded organizations across the country to advocate for a more coherent national approach to energy and resource policy.

Because the National Energy Board reports to Parliament and its members via the Ministry of Natural Resources, which in turn acts as an advocate for resource development within the federal government.

We're also a leading advocate for kids facing homelessness, defending the rights of young people at a local, state, national, and international level and working to affect the issues that drive youth homelessness.

Wendy Traub, Connecticut chair of the National Federation of Independent Business, and other business advocates spoke Monday against legislation that employers see as costly mandates.

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is the largest certifier of women - owned businesses in the U.S. and a leading advocate for women business owners and entrepreneurs.

The rallying cry became the «inerrancy of the Scriptures» (the doctrine that defined for its advocates the limits of the post-fundamentalist, «neo-evangelical» coalition which found expression in the National Association of Evangelicals, the Evangelical Theological Society, Christianity Today, and other institutions of the movement).

I often meet abortion rights advocates who honestly thought that the national controversy over abortion would simply melt away within a few years of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973.

Jerry Johnson, president of the National Religious Broadcasters, said on Twitter that Trump's plan was «sound,» advocating that the goverment limit immigration as a protective measure while the church continue to minister to refugees.

Forty - five leading pro-life advocates, including Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council, James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for Life, Wanda Franz of the National Right to Life Committee, and Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition, signed a much heralded joint «Statement of Pro-Life Principle and Concern» published in First Things in 1996 in which the primary legal complaint was made that Roe «wounded American democracy» by removing the issue of abortion from «democratic concern.»

The evidence for this phenomenon is incontestable: the influx of non «SBC evangelical scholars into Baptist seminaries; the changing of the name of the Baptist Sunday School Board to the more generic LifeWay Christian Resources; the presence and high profile of non «Baptist leaders on SBC platforms, e.g., the closing message at the 1998 SBC delivered by Dr. James Dobson, a Nazarene; the aggressive participation of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission as an advocate for the conservative side of the culture wars conflict; new patterns of cooperation between SBC mission boards and evangelical ministries such as Promise Keepers, Campus Crusade for Christ, the National Association of Evangelicals, Prison Fellowship, and World Vision.

The disingenuity of, for instance, the American Psychological Association in claiming that it does not advocate the acceptance or legitimation of homosexuality is all too clear from its membership in the «Just the Facts Coalition,» along with the National Education Association and other groups.

Just because pro-choice advocates make these arguments does not mean that courts (the same courts that are ready to overrule Roe) are likely to discover abortion rights under a statute that does not even mention abortion and that was enacted with the support of pro-life groups like the National Association of Evangelicals and the Mormon Church.

In that respect, the situation may be similar to those created by the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and the National Right to Work Committee; who would volunteer to be the advocate of an «insane nuclear policy» or oppose the right of people to work?

An answer to the problem of national self - definition in America is provided by the advocates of the «neutral» state.

The advocates of justice for the poor accused the environmentalists of being elitists who were more concerned about national parks than about people.

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) regrets the ruling but «calls on evangelicals to be gracious and compassionate to those who do not share their views on marriage and to also advocate for liberty for all who desire to live out their faith.»

One can not walk into an American bookstore without finding a plethora of books, from every different angle, decrying some national problem or crisis, and advocating changes for the better.

In a political crucible in which preferential treatment and race - based laws are advocated by the liberal establishment, a National Association for the Advancement of White People can look like an equal opportunity party.

Neither John DiIulio, who now heads the White House Office of Faith - Based and Community Initiatives, nor Stephen Goldsmith, the former Indianapolis mayor who will lead the Corporation for National Service, has ever argued for total privatization of community development and social services, though both strongly advocate a new mix of public and private in which congregations figure more prominently.

«He was a passionate advocate for his community, a parliamentarian who made his presence felt in our national life and a man of deep faith.

This framework of unity in pluralism has been developed through the movement of national struggle for independence under the leadership of Gandhi, the leader of Renascent Hinduism and Nehru, the advocate of Secular Socialism.

Prior to the new division, the Trump administration had appointed multiple pro-life advocates to positions of leadership within HHS, including former Americans United for Life president Charmaine Yoest and former National Right to Life lobbyist Teresa Manning, who reportedly stepped down last week.

But I think one of the things that's been part of the ongoing discussion right now is this idea of building up civil groups, advocating for Haitian leadership at the local level, at the national level, to really empower them to take the lead on creating that vision for what they want Haiti to look like long - term, and then for us to be able to walk alongside them with the resources and the expertise we have to say, «This is your vision, this is what we can do to help you, let's work together.»

Speaking at the Indianapolis coloquium, Dean M. Kelley, the National Council of Churches» executive for religious and civil liberty, criticized advocates of school prayer.

«One of the first items we're going to be highlighting is the King hearings,» said Farhana Khera, executive director of Muslim Advocates, a national group that launched the site.

Gibbons is a dedicated advocate for the restaurant industry, as evidenced by his many past and present positions at the state and national level such as at the National Restaurant Association, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, and U.S. Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, and through his philanthropic national level such as at the National Restaurant Association, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, and U.S. Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, and through his philanthropic National Restaurant Association, National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, and U.S. Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, and through his philanthropic National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, and U.S. Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, and through his philanthropic efforts.

AFSA is a national alliance of farmers, food entrepreneurs, public health professionals, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, journalists, researchers and local food advocates who share the vision of a fair food future for all Australians.

With the purpose to build and support a farmer - led national organic farmer movement and national policy platform by: developing and advocating policies that benefit organic farmers ¹; strengthening and supporting the capacity of organic farmers and farm organizations; and supporting collaboration and leadership among state, regional and national organic farmer organizations.