Sentences with phrase «nonprofits advocating for»

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, one of the oldest nonprofits advocating for digital rights, said «the legislature demonstrated that they put the profits of Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast over the privacy rights of their constituents.»

Founded in 1962, Catalyst was America's first nonprofit advocate for improving the status of women in the workplace.

02.20.2018 The 74 Million To Kim Sweet, executive director of the nonprofit Advocates for Children of New York, the transition gives de Blasio an opportunity to elevate the needs of disabled students.

He also co-founded and served as executive director for Climate XChange, a Massachusetts - based nonprofit advocating for carbon pricing, as well as the Massachusetts Campaign for a Clean Energy Future, a statewide coalition of organizations working to put a price on carbon.

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I decided to identify some of the big - name culprits; this data gathered by Catalyst, a nonprofit that advocates for more female representation in business, was particularly helpful.

Representation of white women in leadership roles improved by 17 % over the nine year period, but for black, latino, and Asian men and women, percentages declined across the board, according to research by the nonprofit Ascend Foundation, an organization that advocates for Asians in business.

A prominent advocate for making tech more inclusive and humane, Dash co-founded the strategy consultancy Activate, and advises startups like Medium and nonprofits like the New York Tech Alliance and the Data & Society Research Institute.

Sibyl is also the cofounder of Black Female Founders and the President of DC Web Women (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skills.

Conservative media and campaign finance reform advocates dinged the group when it was first announced because, like Bernie Sanders» Our Revolution and Barack Obama's Organizing for Action before it, Onward Together is a 501 (c) 4 nonprofit group that isn't required to disclose its donors.

«It's undeniable that a celebrity endorsement brings a new audience into the world of crypto currencies,» said Peter Van Valkenburgh, the director of research at Coin Center, a nonprofit that advocates for Bitcoin and related technology.

I love the good works my job at a Catholic nonprofit group enables me to do, advocating for the poor, hungry, sick and homeless.

Visit helpful sites like one set up by the Military Child Education Coalition, a nonprofit that advocates for military kids in the school system, and the American Academy of Pediatrics Military Child Support site.

Anthony is also on the Board of Directors of Men Having Babies, a nonprofit organization created to educate the public and advocate for men having children through non-traditional means.

My nonprofit, Better School Food (www.betterschoolfood.org) is designed to support those who are advocating for a better food environment, so I get emails like the one from this Lunch Tray reader all the time.

Ms. Davis currently serves as an advocate for children and families in the nonprofit sector.

National Alliance for Youth Sports, a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization, is America's leading advocate for positive and safe sports activities for children.

We've teamed up with Save Babies Through Screening Foundation, a nonprofit organization that advocates for newborn screening, to spread the word.

Mary Green, Executive Director of the Real Diaper Association, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates for the use of reusable cloth diapers, [email protected].

Lake is a well - known advocate in the birthing community having served on the board of the nonprofit organization, Choices in Childbirth for many years.

A frequent speaker on parenting topics and an advocate for free, unstructured play in homes and schools, she has a special passion for nonprofits; before turning to writing full - time, she worked for The Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, and many others.

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is poised to announce that Harold Ickes, a veteran Democratic operative and former top aide to President Clinton, has agreed to serve on the board of his office's nonprofit arm, the Fund for Public Advocacy.

It's also extremely useful for individual activists, nonprofit political advocates and journalists covering political campaigns.

Among those present were Barrett's family, including his wife, Fran, who works in Cuomo's office as interagency coordinator for nonprofit services, and a long list of elected officials, including: Reps. Nydia Velazquez and Carolyn Maloney, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, former New York City Public Advocate Mark Green, Counsel to the Governor Alphonso David, Cuomo's Chief of Staff Melissa DeRosa, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and dozens of journalists.

De Blasio had three nominees pending with the Senate to serve on the state - run authority, which manages transit — buses, subways, trains, bridges and tunnels — in New York City and surrounding areas including, Long Island: David Jones, a leader with the nonprofit Community Service Society who has advocated reduced transit fares for low - income New Yorkers; Manhattan Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, who chairs the chamber's Transportation Committee; and Veronica Vanterpool, director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign and a member of the MTA's «reinvention» commission.

Another national co-chair, Carmen Perez, is the co-founder of Justice League NYC and executive director of the Gathering for Justice, a nonprofit founded by singer - advocate Harry Belafonte.

JoAnne Page, president and CEO of the Fortune Society, a nonprofit that advocates for formerly incarcerated individuals, also welcomed the announcement.

The main federal investigation, which covers fund - raising by Mr. de Blasio and his staff since his 2013 election campaign, is examining whether donors were promised or received favorable municipal treatment in exchange for their contributions.The nonprofit is in the process of closing down, the mayor said last month, explaining that its work advocating universal prekindergarten and affordable housing was finished.

The firm gave $ 10,000 to de Blasio's Campaign for One New York — a now - shuttered nonprofit that ethics advocates decried as a «shadow government» — and two of his clients soon did the same.

«Anything that can be done to improve New York's appalling voter participation rate is worth doing,» said Blair Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit that advocates for better election laws.

He additionally spent time at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, which advocates for improving end of life care and is the largest nonprofit membership organization of its kind in the United States.

MTA board member Veronica Vanterpool, who also works as executive director of the nonprofit Tri-State Transportation Campaign, said that rather than picking a fight with its fellow transportation provider, the MTA and Cuomo should advocate on Amtrak's behalf, including by pushing for emergency financial assistance from the federal government for the summer repairs at Penn, which Amtrak has said will cost between $ 30 million and $ 40 million.

The firm's nine clients listed on its county registry include the New York Cosmos soccer team, which is seeking to build a stadium on state property in Elmont; the Nassau County Village Officials Association, which advocates for state and county aid, and the nonprofit Family Residences & Essential Enterprises Inc., which for years has received grant - funded county contracts to provide various mental health services.

On Wed., Jan. 20th, parents of 13 students, along with Public Advocate Letitia «Tish» James, City Council Education Committee Chairperson Daniel Dromm and five legal assistance nonprofits, filed a federal civil rights complaint against Success Academy for systemic practices that violate the rights of children with disabilities.

Months after their father's sentencing in 2011, Desirae Brown and Deondra Brown, who has a 7 - year - old daughter, created The Foundation for Survivors of Abuse, a nonprofit group that advocate for victims» rights.

But according to a Korean nonprofit that advocated for the majority - Asian seat, ensuring an Asian candidate ran was not the point anyway.

Also at 11 a.m., fast - food workers and their allies including Public Advocate Tish James and Comptroller Scott M. Stringer will rally for an announcement from the nonprofit Fast Food Justice.

«There is motion now in Republican - controlled legislatures to support an amendment,» said Jonah Minkoff - Zern, co-director of the Democracy Is For People campaign at Public Citizen, a nonprofit group that led a coalition of advocates calling on state lawmakers to support an amendment.

Advocates for Children recently worked with a family from an Upper Manhattan public school given a limited access letter after the father sought the nonprofit's legal assistance because the school wasn't providing his child mandated special needs services.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's affordable housing proposal — a key component of her mayoral pitch — is being supported by a nonprofit housing advocate group that Quinn granted funds to for three consecutive years, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Sections of Harris Field, a heavily - used park sandwiched between Bronx High School of Science and Lehman College, were found to have four times the federally - established legal limit of lead contamination for public play areas, according to documents obtained by the Norwood News with the help of the nonprofit New York City Park Advocates.

Keller was endorsed by Our Revolution, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the policies of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I - Vt.)

With the release of New York City Mayor de Blasio's executive budget looming, we sat down with Jennifer Jones Austin, CEO and executive director of FPWA, to discuss where the nonprofit sector stands following the approval of the New York state budget and what her network of organizations will be looking for and advocating around as the city budget moves toward finalization.

Walsh said he would continue to be an advocate for the Greater Syracuse Land Bank, a nonprofit organization that helps return vacant properties to use.

Earlier this year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo successfully advocated for the passage of a $ 15 minimum wage plan with the help of major labor unions and a nonprofit they created called The Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice.

In Cuomo's not - too - distant past, he aligned himself with a nonprofit formed by business interests to advocate for his agenda, the Committee to Save New York.

Local parents and community activists organized through the nonprofit organization Advocating For Change met at the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley at 7 p.m. on the evening of January 7 to address problems faced by students in the East Ramapo School District.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Local parents and community activists organized through the nonprofit organization Advocating For Change met at the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley at 7 p.m. on the evening of January 7 to address problems faced by students in the East Ramapo School District.

A new nonprofit group created to advocate for the Harlem community is controlled by workers and allies of local elected leaders, The Post has learned.

More recently, she helped create the Judicial Crisis Network, a nonprofit that advocates for judicial candidates who practice judicial restraint.

The Fort Drum Regional Liaison Organization, a nonprofit community group that advocates for sustainable growth around the post, collected 7,287 signatures on a petition from local residents supporting the project.