Sentences with phrase «national leader in the fight»

An active national leader in the fight against hunger, Danny serves on the board of Share Our Strength and has long supported hunger relief initiatives including City Harvest, God's Love We Deliver, and the Bed - Stuy Campaign Against Hunger.

«Governor Cuomo has been a national leader in the fight to protect and preserve the environment from the effects of climate change.

The Governor also unveiled the «Open Doors Campaign,» a new promotional effort highlighting New York's longstanding role as a national leader in the fight for LGBT rights, freedom and social justice.

TVPJA does that and more, and its passage would make New York a national leader in the fight against human trafficking.»

The Governor also unveiled the «Open Doors Campaign,» a new promotional effort highlighting New York's role as a national leader in the fight for LGBT rights, freedom and social justice.

«New York continues to be a national leader in fighting for justice for working men and women, and by providing a platform for New Yorkers» concerns to be heard, we are furthering our efforts to deliver fair wages for all,» Cuomo said in a statement.

WASHINGTON — Seven months ago, a respected former British spy named Christopher Steele won a contract to build a file on Donald J. Trump's Betsy DeVos is chairman of the American Federation for Children, she is a national leader in the fight to boldly reform America's broken education system.

As a national leader in the fight for Native Americans» rights, she was larger - than - life in many ways, and Bordewich uses all his considerable literary skill to tell her story as well as his own.

Not exact matches

Just as Albertans expected their political leaders to fight back when Trudeau - the - dad tried to force his National Energy Plan on them in 1980, British Columbians expect our premier to fight to protect our province from bullies from across the Rockies trying to bisect British Columbia with an unwanted pipeline to deliver toxic bitumen to Burnaby for export on oil tankers.

Some ugly and foolish thoughts expressed in slovenly language were put forth by President Ronald Reagan when, during a 1982 conference with some eastern Carribean leaders, he called Marxism a «virus»; when, in 1983, he labeled the Soviet Union an «evil empire,» telling the assembled National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, that communism «is the focus of evil in the modern world» and that «we are enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might»; and when, while conferring in 1984 with 19 conservative and religious leaders, he vowed to fight the «communist cancer.»

Indian National Congress leaders like M. K. Gandhi used it with a strategic purpose of assimilating the dalits into Hindu fold in their fight against the British raj.

«Now more than ever, we need leaders at the Democratic National Committee who will continue the fight for social and economic justice, take on entrenched special interests in Washington and work to unify communities across the country,» Brown said.

One of the co-founders of PCCC took national Democrats to task for failing to join local party leaders in backing Balter, a university professor in Syracuse, instead choosing to woo attorney Juanita Perez Williams, a failed Syracuse mayoral candidate, into the race and setting up a primary fight for the Democratic line.

People know that I will take the steps that are in the national interest but I think I am perfectly entitled as the leader of a political party to say that I will spend the next 50 days fighting for a majority government.

«The decision by leadership and the caucus suggests they decided this was not the hill they wanted to die on, this was not the battle they wanted to fight,» ACLU national political director Faiz Shakir, a former aide to past Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, said in an interview.

In every interview granted by Dr. Muiz Banire, he has always said look «the National leader of the party is more or less his father and he can not be fighting his father, so that's the position.

He fought to ensure local interests were protected in reforming our tax code, has worked tirelessly to end the heroin epidemic, and is a leader on national security and infrastructure.

National Democrats have not been financially active in support of the Ohio redistricting measure, perhaps because the party's House leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), has helped raise $ 10 million (or more) to fight a similar proposal on the ballot tomorrow in California, where Democrats are a majority of the House delegation.

For years, Oguebego, who has Chief Chris Uba as the leader of his group and Prince Kenneth Emeakayi, who led another faction of the party and supported by the national leadership of PDP, had been in and out of court, fighting for the control of the party machinery in Anambra.

This is one young man who had not only stepped into the shoes of his late father in fighting for the rights of the people but had amply demonstrated his capacity as a leader in some of the private and national assignments undertaken by him.

On this National Day of Action for $ 15, the governor has made New York state a leader in the fight for fair wages.

In the Buckeye State, state and national Democratic leaders lined up behind Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher in his primary fight against Secretary of State Jennifer BrunneIn the Buckeye State, state and national Democratic leaders lined up behind Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher in his primary fight against Secretary of State Jennifer Brunnein his primary fight against Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

State Senate Democrats plan to use Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan's full - throated endorsement of Donald Trump during last week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland as an issue during the upcoming fight for control of the chamber.

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has accused president Goodluck Jonathan of using money meant to insure the lives of security men, especially those fighting Boko Haram in the North Eastern part of the country to bribe Nigerians for his reelection.

Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning (R) has been erratic, at best, over the last few months and seems far more interested in fighting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) than in raising the money he needs for reelection.

did nt sing the national anthem etc hes done he will carry on for a few yrs but hes already been framed.My friends who are not really tory or labour do nt take him serious.in addition the U.k is not a socialist country anymore what we fight for is an acceptable form of capitalism... im sure the next labour leader will be in 2025 bcos Mrs May will win a second term she will modulate her policies and rid the tory party of the party for the rich tag..

Pataki lacks the infrastructure, his allies admit, but he has appeared in the states as a leader of two political action committees fighting the national debt and the health care reform law the President signed in 2010.

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New York has all the pieces in place to become a national leader in education, but Cuomo would rather switch than fight.

Parents, business leaders, civil rights groups and many teachers have reached their breaking point in hearing the continued excuses of national and state teacher unions that use their power to fight for the status quo and block significant reforms to our broken system.

This week's NewsBlast includes: Ten victories in education justice; #WeChoose plans national town hall; CEJ continues the fight for culturally relevant education; AROS hosts first online gathering of AROS table leaders.

«Having consistent support from a national Party leader is a great asset in the fight for our oceans and coasts.»

-- Report, Grist, Six Retired Admirals & Five Retired Generals WASHINGTON (AP)-- Global warming poses a «serious threat to America's national security» and the U.S. likely will be dragged into fights over water and other shortages, top retired military leaders warn in a new report.

In February, leaders from the Forest Service, the state wildfire - fighting agency CAL FIRE, and the National Park Service gathered with conservation groups and local fire councils to begin work on a statewide memorandum of understanding focused on the use of prescribed fire.

These leaders not only shape policy for the National Association of REALTORS ® and fight for important issues at all levels of government, they are revolutionizing real estate by ensuring that REALTORS ® have access to all of the latest information and tools that can help you in business.