Sentences with phrase «network of activists»

From teens to older adults, our diverse network of activists donates thousands of hours of time and energy to Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. each year.

The Climate Reality Leadership Corps is a global network of activists committed to taking on the climate crisis and working to solve the greatest challenge of our time.

And of course, you could always become a Climate Reality Leader and join our global network of activists committed to spreading awareness of the climate crisis and working for solutions.

Join Citizens Climate Lobby, the vital and committed nationwide network of activists that is putting the revenue - neutral carbon tax known as «fee - and - dividend» (delightfully explained in CCL's 2 - minute video) on the policy map.

The Surfrider Foundation and AVP will work together at this year's inaugural events — AVP Cincinnati Open and 2012 AVP Championships — educating players, sponsors and fans alike on issues affecting our nation's coastlines and waterways, encouraging them to take a step to join the ever - expanding network of activists and raising funds to help operate Surfrider programs.

We pointed out previously that there is an irony about David Roberts and a network of activists complaining about misinformation and distortion spread through a network of activists operating on the blogosphere on the... erm... blogosphere.

Patkar founded NAPM in the early 1990's to establish a network of activists across the country.

They are connected to a vast network of activists from Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Sandy, Strike Debt, Arts and Labor, Free University, All in the Red — a student activist collective, Labor leaders and scholars and activists throughout New York and abroad.

Chia - Pei's and Yu - Sheng's «can - do attitude,» high energy, and drive, together with a growing network of activists that they have inspired, — make them a strong force and true heroes for other animals

Patrick Sweeney from EveryLibrary shares with you why it's important to build a network of activists who will take meaningful action for your library and its initiatives.

Thanks to her, I discovered a network of activists and grassroots organizations that had filled a vacuum left open by the deliquescence of municipal and federal authorities.

At the Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA), a national network of activists and educators are working to mobilize action to advance meaningful learning and build a more just and sustainable democracy.

The advisory council includes four parents, some of whom are also listed as governors, but the campaign wants to win the support of more parents and build - up a network of activists who can make the case for change in their local schools.

This creates concern why public education is now controlled by two private organizations,» says Gretchen Logue, a Missouri education activist and one of the co-founders of Truth in American Education, a network of activists and organizations opposing Common Core.

Blue - eyed and burly, beekeeper Michael Grolm is the face of Germany's best - known anti-GMO campaign, a loosely organized network of activists called «Gendreck Weg,» or «Gene Trash Gone.»

He summarizes the DCCC's approach as «arm [ing] the rebels» — training a national network of activists and potential campaign staffers while deploying organizers into districts they see as particularly vulnerable to help rally the local grass roots.

The party's strength has always lay in its large network of activists.

Virtual phone banks replace a roomful of volunteer callers with a distributed network of activists calling on their own cell phones or...

The League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) works with our state LCVEF partners, educates the public, media and elected officials about key environmental issues, works to increase voter participation in the democratic process and mobilizes a diverse network of activists to advocate for sound environmental policies.

The two Belgian academics are charter members of a global network of activists and thinkers who for decades have been trying to build the intellectual and political foundation for the idea.

Loreto, 42, was among more than a dozen undocumented immigrants who took shelter inside a network of activist churches last year.

If it limits other activities which might, for example, plug them into social networks of activists, then they need to think what is in their best interests.

Not exact matches

Although Ottawa and industry associations continue supporting it, a consortium of activist groups called the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability has begun campaigning for an ombudsman reminiscent of that proposed by Mackay years earlier.

Right from the start, the founders of San Franciscobased nonprofit Social Venture Network wanted a «safe harbor» where social - activist entrepreneurs could meet to commiserate, coinvest in deals, and share best practices.

In particular, he cited the power of the network's grassroots movement in Wisconsin, noting that they have more activists than the state's members of the teachers union.

Arguing against will be Patrice Lee, and director of outreach at Generation Opportunity, a limited - government activist and policy network for millennials, and Matt Welch, editor - in - chief of the libertarian magazine Reason.

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Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

NFIB's powerful network of grassroots activists sends their views directly to state and federal lawmakers through our unique member - only ballot, thus playing a critical role in supporting America's free enterprise system.

Social network theorists and activists give the event a veneer of authenticity, but in truth it boasts a toxic piñata of attendees: U.S. officials, telecom magnates, security consultants, finance capitalists and foreign - policy tech vultures like Alec Ross (Cohen's twin at the State Department).

He is, according to National Journal, «perhaps the most extreme» of a network of U.S. evangelicals who, having failed in their crusade against all things gay at home, travel abroad to connect with anti-gay activists and arm them with arguments that, for example, homosexuals will seduce their children, corrupt all of society, and eventually take over the country.

Lively promoted Watchmen on the Walls as an international network of Christian activists dedicated to fighting the «hom.ose.xual agenda.»

The American Values Network, a group of political activists and pastors, sparked a debate when it recently released a video challenging some conservative and Republican leaders» professed admiration for Rand, an atheist who saw selfishness as a virtue and celebrated unfettered capitalism.

The New Activist is a joint production of The RELEVANT Podcast Network and International Justice Mission.

Pro-family activist Peter LaBarbera warns that a $ 65 million endowment given to several groups that promote the h0m0 lifestyle will be used in their efforts to «crimin - 0, alize» Christian opposition to their agenda.The Pride Foundation of Seattle Lambda Legal Defense and Education Network, the National Gay and Les Task Force, and Parents and Friends of Les and Gays (PFLAG).

Along with a plethora of pop stars, activists, writers, celebrities and politicians, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, the scientific adviser to the Evangelical Environmental Network and director of the Climate Science Center...

«Father Benedict Joseph Groeschel, C.F.R., (born July 23, 1933) is a Catholic priest, retreat master, author, psychologist, activist and host of the television talk program Sunday Night Prime with Father Benedict Groeschel, which is broadcast on the Eternal Word Television Network.

«America's food manufacturing network is the envy of the world because our supply chain works cooperatively across all fifty states, but today that system is being put at - risk by activists supporting a patchwork of laws that would only confuse consumers and drive up their food costs.

The event takes place from February 1 — 4, 2012, and is the largest ecological agricultural gathering in the West, offering more than 60 workshops, and a comprehensive array of educational and networking sessions for 1,500 farmers, marketers, activists, consumers, students, and educators.

Unfortunately, they are doing so without any input from the community, an attitude that activists such as myself, along with Andrea Northup of the D.C. Farm to School Network, and Tara Flakker of Parents for Better D.C. School Food, would like to see changed.

In support of these efforts, Katherine founded and manages various online and social - networking communities devoted to maternity care reform, which together have a combined membership of more than 15,000 activists nationwide.

According to Wikipedia, the forerunner to the CCF was called the «Guest Choice Network» and was formed «to unite the restaurant and hospitality industries in a campaign to defend their consumers and marketing programs against attacks from anti-smoking, anti-drinking, anti-meat, etc. activists...» It was funded by $ 2.95 million from, you guessed it, Phillip Morris, along with contributions from an unholy alliance of slot machine manufacturers, beer companies, meat processors and cigar makers.

The ease of online self - publishing has created a whole new class of «network influentials,» a category that includes national and state - level bloggers, prominent Twitter voices, individual activists with large personal networks and the administrators of sizable email lists.

Note that Ivan is describing something very different than traditional mass communications: he's talking about working closely (no doubt frequently one - on - one) with people on Facebook and other networking sites over a long period of time to help build a cadre of very committed activists — something that most electoral campaigns (and even most issue advocacy campaigns) simply can't do, whether because of lack of time or lack of resources.

Just as online astroturfing can hide a corporate agenda behind a faux network of local activists, digital channels can let a small group — or a single loud voice — act like a substantial movement.

Though the two sites are often lumped together in the popular mind, Twitter isn't quite a mass medium in the same way Facebook has become — it's more of a channel to reach those «network influentials» we discussed above, since it's particularly popular with bloggers, journalists and activists.

Here's a little something for your calendar: the 2011 CampaignTech Conference (the spiritual successor to the long - running PoliticsOnline Conference, which was dear to my heart) will take place in November right here in the lovely D of C. I'll be speaking on a panel about assembling an activist blogger network, one of many discussions that should completely rock.

The next demonstration will take place on January 29th, according to plans from the Education Activist Network and the National Campaign Against Cuts and Fees - the two groups which have taken the lead on most of the later protests.

She should build a local network and create her own universe of supporters and activists, who then grow into autonomous leadership positions of their own.

Pan-African scholar and activist Firoze Manji argued in an interview on The Real News Network that the deployment is indicative of U.S. foreign policy interest in furthering the establishment of AFRICOM on the continent.