Sentences with phrase «new grassroots advocacy»

Empower Mississippi Releases Education Choice Scorecard RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI — Empower Mississippi, a new grassroots advocacy organization, released the first ever Education Choice Scorecard in the state of Mississippi.

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Multi-issue grassroots advocacy organization affiliated with Citizen Action of New York 315-725-0974 Email [email protected]

StudentsFirstNY is a grassroots education advocacy organization dedicated to improving public school options throughout New York State.

At 10:30 a.m., the Community Health Care Association of New York State holds Community Health Center Grassroots Advocacy Day with community health care supporters to seek help from lawmakers and regulators, Meeting Rooms 2 - 4, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany.

Parents and students across New York, including grassroots activists organized by education reform advocacy organization StudentsFirstNY and Derrell Bradford, executive director of NYCAN, view Governor Cuomo's reforms as critical to improving public school options.

Also issuing an endorsement for Nixon was Make the Road Action (MRA), the political action arm of grassroots advocacy organization Make the Road New York (MRNY).

After years of pressure from grassroots advocacy groups, the MTA board voted unanimously to ban advertising of alcoholic beverages on New York City buses, subway cars and stations, contending that the social benefits of deterring underage drinking outweighed the loss of revenue.

Multi-issue grassroots advocacy organization affiliated with Citizen Action of New York 315-725-0974 Email [email protected] www.cnycia.org Blog: https://cnycitizenaction.wordpress.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Central-New-York-Citizens-in-Action/265689434204 https://www.facebook.com/Central-New-York-Progressive-Action-659297800873928/?fref=ts Twitter: @CNYACT

Grassroots advocacy, public opinion, proposed legislation, the looming state takeover of the Philadelphia schools, and a 2 - year - old court decision are fueling new momentum on an issue that state legislators have been reluctant to shoulder, activists say.

Beginning in 2013, parents began building a well - coordinated grassroots advocacy infrastructure to protest New York's rollout of RttT.

Finally, advocacy involves partnering with national civic and policy leaders and grassroots organizations in communities to build a field committed to this new vision of education while also identifying policy barriers and opportunities to implementing a more comprehensive system of supports for children in communities across the country.

StudentsFirstNY is a grassroots education advocacy organization dedicated to improving public schools throughout New York State.

Established in 1999 as a non-profit organization by a grassroots group of charter school operators, it provides advocacy, support, resources, and networking opportunities to new and existing charter schools, parents and students.

A new interactive Principals» Legislative Action Center expands grassroots advocacy.

The small group was inspired to form a new grassroots education, advocacy and activism network focused on climate change and other environmental issues.

That EPA letter certainly played a part — as did sustained grassroots advocacy efforts, exposes on conflicts of interest between State and the pipeline's profiteers, and relentless debunking of false jobs and energy security promises — in the State Department's move to punt the decision for a year, take a fresh look at the proposals, and go back to the drawing board to create a new supplemental environmental impact statement.

In combination with new approaches to grassroots advocacy and election campaigns, a complementary paradigm for climate advocacy is needed to shift our focus toward a broader portfolio of smaller scale policy actions and to the promotion of a more diverse array of technological options.

Surfrider's Not the Answer campaign is focused on protecting our coasts from the risky practice of new offshore drilling through grassroots advocacy at the federal and state levels.

The Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund engages in educational and electoral activity, including issue advocacy, voter education, and grassroots organizing to promote Planned Parenthood's mission.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey advocates for access to essential healthcare through education, activism, voter engagement, grassroots organizing, and legislative advocacy.

RPAC's newest component is a public advocacy program, which will fund research, grassroots advocacy efforts, and electronic advertising to influence voter perceptions on the most important federal real estate issues.