Sentences with phrase «network of advocacy»

Since that time, it has grown into a network of advocacy and humanitarian organizations that support children and families through united efforts.

's work in California, developing and maintaining strategic relationships in California's complex network of advocacy, research, and education policy organizations.

As Senior Program Director of State and Local Networks, Hayin leads Partners for's work in California, developing and maintaining strategic relationships in California's complex network of advocacy, research, and education policy organizations.

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After news of inmates stranded inside the prisons began to leak out, the Prison Legal Advocacy Network of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed notices to both TDCJ and the BOP, noting the «persistently unconstitutional conditions of confinement.»

Technical assistance, economic development support, networking, legal defense, marketing strategies, government and regulatory advocacy — all are benefits of your KDA membership.

Insights on key issues, proxy votes and shareholder advocacy from the California State Teachers» Retirement System, Ceres, ICCR, Sustainable Stock Exchange, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Trillium Asset Management, As You Sow, Walden Asset Management, Center for Political Accountability, AFSCME, Arjuna Capital, Miller / Howard, Oxfam, Calvert, ClearBridge, Green Century, UAW, Mercy Investments, Sisters of St. Francis, Azzad Asset Management, International Campaign for Rohingya, Responsible Sourcing Network, Sustainable Investments Institute, Proxy Impact, and more.

Without an employee advocacy platform, brands who ask employees to share certain content may need to give up control of the message in exchange for indirect access to the employees» Facebook networks.

The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA Canada) is a cross-Canada crowdfunding hub providing education, advocacy and networking opportunities in the rapidly evolving crowdfunding industry.

Social advocacy programs take the guesswork out of sharing by allowing employees to easily choose the content and network they want to share to with in one click.

Employee advocacy programs are designed to increase brand awareness and promote organic marketing efforts through the network of your employees; most often their social networks.

With 76 % of consumers surveyed saying they are more likely to trust content shared by their network (people they know) versus content shared by brands, it is easy to see why employee advocacy is gaining traction with enterprise companies.

Implementing a structured employee advocacy program will leverage the social network (and new positive Facebook currency) of your employees as they share your branded messages to their Facebook news feed, groups, and associations.

Employee advocacy leverages the strength, trust, and network of your employees to deliver branded messages.

Employee advocacy leverages the reach and network of your employees to connect with relevant audiences on social.

I no longer believe the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is in any way primarily an advocacy organization for sexual abuse victims.

«For myself, the shock made me numb at first, and then I was profoundly sad that my life as a woman religious and my commitment to serving the poor would be so denigrated by the leadership of our church,» says Sister Simone Campbell, who heads NETWORK, a liberal advocacy group in Washington.

Editor's note: Linda Sarsour is national advocacy director of the National Network for Arab American Communities and director of the Arab American Association of New York.

We accomplish our mission by soliciting, collecting, rescuing, growing, preparing and packaging food for distribution through a countywide network of social service agencies and programs; and through public awareness, education and community advocacy.

Renmin Vizconde, Advocacy Officer of the Philippine Network for Food Security Programmes added that «malnutrition and its resultant blindness exist because the basic rights of the farmers and people to land, livelihood are disrupted, due to government neglect and absence of social services, and not because the rice variety they consume does not have Vitamin A. Golden Rice is baseless, unscientific and nothing but a sensationalized product of giant agro-chem corporations to lure super-profits.»

Guided by an Advisory Board of top executives in the alcohol beverage industry, Women of the Vine & Spirits offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 12 - 14, 2018 in Napa, California.

Guided by an advisory board of top international executives in the alcohol beverage industry, Women of the Vine offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine Global Symposium, March 13 - 15, 2017, in Napa, California.

Guided by an advisory board of top executives in the alcohol beverage industry, Women of the Vine & Spirits offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 11 - 13, 2019 in Napa, California.

OTA's members work together through networking, advocacy, and other initiatives to encourage and protect organic farming practices, and to share messages about the positive environmental and nutritional attributes of organic products with consumers, the media, and policymakers.

The best way to get involved and develop skills in the field of animal advocacy, is to join our national volunteer group the Action Network.

Guided by an advisory board of top international executives in the alcohol beverage industry, Women of the Vine offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine Global Symposium, April 4 - 6, 2016 in Napa, California.

Think - tank Activities SOAAN will progress in stepwise fashion in order to develop the outputs mentioned above: Step 1) Review existing science and actions: An overview or survey of the existing science on the topic, including a discussion of the limitations of scope, empirical data, and their reliability and applicability to the organic sector's understanding of best practice; Step 2) Actors engagements: Identification in both public and private sectors of the institutions and individuals active on the topic and their respective roles and networks, so that SOAAN and the organic sector then moves to engage them, along with think tanking activities; Step 3) Think tank: Development of the model, the strategy and promotional / advocacy tools through think tank efforts including piloting cases to gain experience and showcase practicability; Step 4) Synthesis: Publication of the results, tools and recommendations.

Breastfeed Chicago www.breastfeedchicago.wordpress.com A mom - powered organization established to support mothers in breastfeeding, works to build a cohesive and sustainable support network for breastfeeding mothers through the connection of resources, cultural normalization, and institutional advocacy.

As Campaign Manager of The Big Push For Midwives Campaign, Katherine has worked with advocacy groups in multiple states, providing guidance and other assistance on such areas as drafting legislation, building strong grassroots networks, and utilizing savvy legislative strategies to advance and pass legislation to license and regulate CPMs.

Dr. Lane has also received awards from the Indiana Perinatal Network for advocacy work within the field of maternal and child health, and as the chair of the Tri-County Breastfeeding Coalition, she was awarded Indiana Breastfeeding Coalition of the year.

Through continuous advocacy, helping peer support networks, reaching out to mothers in communities and workplaces, supporting human milk banks and enforcement of the Milk Code, UNICEF helps promote a breastfeeding culture in the country.

About 1.5 million people in the United States have peanut allergies, and the majority of the fatal reactions occur in teenagers, said Anne Munoz - Furlong, founder of the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, a food - allergy advocacy group in Fairfax, Va..

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

We build networks of youth and parent groups that provide advocacy and support.

Constantly striving to find a balance in a heavily technologically - connected world, Heather conducts her work both via social networking AND by leading cloth diaper advocacy activities locally, face - to - face in her community of San Diego, CA.

b. TXBC may seek advice or an opinion letter from an independent expert on matters of interpretation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast - milk Substitutes (such as the International Baby Food Action Network [IBFAN] or the National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy [NABA]-RRB-.

Forty years later, Schaumburg - based La Leche League International, the direct descendant of that little circle of support, is a worldwide mother - to - mother, breast - feeding advocacy network that claims to provide information and support on nursing to as many as 100,000 women a month.

Advocacy Become a member of Birth Network — explore our website — join us on Facebook.

UNICEF supports the objective of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, the global network for breastfeeding advocacy, to «create optimal conditions for the provision of mothers support.»

Heather's an expert at using online social networks for advocacy and fundraising, and her NonProfit Tech 2.0 site will join a healthy ecosphere that already includes sites like FrogLoop, Beth's Blog, Community Organizer 2.0, NonProfit Marketing / Getting Attention and of course e.politics.

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.

With local officials from school board on up now hearing from internet - organized constituents, and with cadres of veteran Obama volunteer commandos dug in across the country post-election, we may see an explosion of email, online video, social networking outreach and all of the other tools of electronic advocacy in the coming months — but this time turned on the projects in the stimulus bill, not on electing a candidate.

This tactic isn't new, of course, since advocacy groups have pushed advertisers to drop their support of particular networks and shows many times in the past, but that doesn't make it any less effective.

Display ads are also in no way new to political advocacy, since I can remember the original incarnation of Epolitics.com making money (through a political ad network) from Lockheed - Martin ads for the F - 22 during a defense funding fight in the late»90s.

Having MySpace involved could really make OpenSocial a more useful tool for U.S. political advocacy, since the site's audience in the States is so much larger than those of all the other social networking sites besides Facebook combined.

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MySpace can definitely be used for recruitment and as a mass communications tool, particularly if you're trying to reach younger voters who have moved away from the casual use of email, but most advice I've seen about using social network sites for political advocacy stresses the importance of moving MySpace friends onto normal advocacy lists as soon as possible.

Earlier versions of this guide focused on strategies for MySpace and the plethora of other social networks, but over the past two years Facebook has come to dominate the social side of online advocacy to an unprecedented degree.

He also provides more - detailed training sessions on best practices in the use of particular applications such as social media, social networking, blogs, online video and email advocacy.

With competition growing for airtime on TV news, more and more elected officials and political candidates will be broadcasting speeches, events, debates and examples of advocacy via mobile device apps and social media networks to reach their constituents and supporters directly.

The email from Forward NY — a collection of labor groups and advocacy organizations opposed to Spitzer's candidacy — criticizes Spitzer for not participating in the public financing system in New York City and «jetting around» to various talk shows on cable and network TV.