Sentences with phrase «national community alliances»

Among the presenters will be former Education Secretary John B. King, Jr.; civil rights activist and former Baltimore schools administrator Deray McKesson; Kaya Henderson, former chancellor of D.C. schools; and Brittany Packnett, vice president of national community alliances for Teach For America; as well as several others.

She's the vice president of national community alliances with Teach for America.

Not exact matches

AT&T has also spent decades building a national alliance of local government officials and nonprofit groups — particularly from black and Hispanic communities — that it will certainly be asking to weigh in again in Washington, as it tries to get the merger approved.

Starbucks will seek to build similar alliances in each of the 13 additional communities it is considering in the national initiative, including stores in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago's South Side and a remodeled store at 7th & Camelback in Phoenix.

Readers should understand that various alliances of Western - controlled AIDS activists that make up this «community» are by no means representative of any sort of national or naturally aggregating population.

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.

From June 2010 — December 2015, I was the National Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, (AFSA) which is Australia's first national alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem inNational Coordinator of the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance, (AFSA) which is Australia's first national alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem innational alliance of producers, local food businesses, community gardeners, farmers market coordinators, food social enterprises, local governments, health professionals and many others who share a vision of a food system based on the values of fairness to all, health and well - being, and ecosystem integrity.

Owner and Advisor of Strategic Advice Services and former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Tucson Urban League, has over 25 years experience working within the community development field facilitating projects, coalitions, and alliances at the neighborhood, citywide, regional, national and international levels.

The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their own.

The alliance calls for «a national movement for play in schools and communities.»

The Coalition for Community Schools, housed at the Institute for Educational Leadership, is an alliance of national, state and local organizations in education K - 16, youth development, community planning and development, family support, health and human services, government and philanthropy as well as national, state and local community school Community Schools, housed at the Institute for Educational Leadership, is an alliance of national, state and local organizations in education K - 16, youth development, community planning and development, family support, health and human services, government and philanthropy as well as national, state and local community school community planning and development, family support, health and human services, government and philanthropy as well as national, state and local community school community school networks.

Also recently, an alliance of 38 organizations of student and parent groups in black and brown communities joined with 175 national and local grassroots organizations in an effort to end high stakes testing.

PCY serves on the advisory board for the Coalition for Community Schools, an alliance of national, state, and local organizations to create opportunities for the success of children, families, and communities by promoting the development of more, and more effective, communityCommunity Schools, an alliance of national, state, and local organizations to create opportunities for the success of children, families, and communities by promoting the development of more, and more effective, communitycommunity schools.

In particular, Natalie manages EdisonLearning's alliance with Magic Johnson Enterprises, and oversees the activities of Friends of Magic as a part of the corporate and community engagement initiative for the national network of Magic Johnson Bridgescape Academies

The Alliance is hiring a co-director to join our staff and contribute to the building of a powerful national alliance to fight back against corporate education reform and demand investment in sustainable community schools, particularly for Black and Brown communities.

Starting tomorrow on National Honeybee Awareness Day (August 21), Directors» Maryam Henein and George Langworthy will launch events and activities nationwide through environmental groups, ngo's, beekeeping associations, chefs, gardening clubs, women's alliances, and others to help teach people in their communities about the plight of the honeybee and what can be done to save them.

Durham, N.C. — An alliance of community, statewide and national groups today filed a federal complaint seeking to stop a hotly contested pipeline that would pump so - called natural gas from Appalachian fracking fields into and across North Carolina.

Still with Aboriginal health, this piece on Croakey addresses the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the necessity to «promote and support community - based programs to meet Indigenous people's needs» and this article tackles a really fascinating issue — why «green - black» alliances, between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and wider environmental movements, are less simple than they seem.

Lyn has extensive experience in the initiation and execution of community alliances aimed at effecting change, at the local, state and national level.

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation is proud to be part of an alliance which has signed an agreement with Yalata community in South Australia to stamp out Trachoma... Community Controlled Health Organisation is proud to be part of an alliance which has signed an agreement with Yalata community in South Australia to stamp out Trachoma... community in South Australia to stamp out Trachoma... Read More

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation is proud to be part of an alliance which has signed an agreement with Yalata community in South Australia to stamp out Trachoma — a leading cause of preventable blindness in a number of remote Aboriginal comCommunity Controlled Health Organisation is proud to be part of an alliance which has signed an agreement with Yalata community in South Australia to stamp out Trachoma — a leading cause of preventable blindness in a number of remote Aboriginal comcommunity in South Australia to stamp out Trachoma — a leading cause of preventable blindness in a number of remote Aboriginal communities.

The alliance views funding the Implementation Plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan (2013 — 2023), a policy developed through best - practice community consultation, as a priority.