Sentences with phrase «now leading advocates»

Radiant are now leading advocates of change in the Legal world (blog) and their fresh, creative approach to client service making waves in the legal industry; a number of their projects have been recognised by the FT's Innovative Lawyer Awards including winning the award for Legal Pioneer of the Year in 2013.

Not exact matches

Now it appears that the prickly America First advocate who played a crucial role in driving Cohn to quit could, in fact, be taking his old position: Trump administration officials are reportedly considering White House trade adviser Peter Navarro as one of the leading candidates to head the National Economic Council (NEC).

Neither John DiIulio, who now heads the White House Office of Faith - Based and Community Initiatives, nor Stephen Goldsmith, the former Indianapolis mayor who will lead the Corporation for National Service, has ever argued for total privatization of community development and social services, though both strongly advocate a new mix of public and private in which congregations figure more prominently.

But I think one of the things that's been part of the ongoing discussion right now is this idea of building up civil groups, advocating for Haitian leadership at the local level, at the national level, to really empower them to take the lead on creating that vision for what they want Haiti to look like long - term, and then for us to be able to walk alongside them with the resources and the expertise we have to say, «This is your vision, this is what we can do to help you, let's work together.»

Speaking at the Melbourne Economic Forum on Tuesday, ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, previously a strong advocate for privatisation as a mechanism for enhancing economic efficiency, has now indicated that he as «at the point of almost opposing privatisation» because the manner in which they have been conducted (to maximise sale proceeds) has led to price increases.

I have been advocating this quite for sometime now that this division among fans will lead to trouble and nothing else.

In fact, purées only became the norm at a time when doctors were advocating introducing solids at 4 months (which we now know is too early for proper digestion and can lead to allergies).

Sign up now for ELA 2011: Educate, Lead, Advocate!

It's now the Chief Executive who is leading the fight, and the leftist advocates who are quietly on the sidelines.

«I would say the primary role I've had is I've been a leading advocate on CHIPs funding,» O'Mara said, «and infrastructure funding for many years now since I've been in the Senate.»

«Mayor de Blasio, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer and now myself as the City Council speaker all are affirming and are an example of what the electorate has said they want, which is a new direction in the way that the City of New York in lead,» she told the crowd.

The now ex-AG, once positioned to become governor should Cuomo move up or out, was considered one of the state's leading advocates of women's rights.

He played a lead role in Barack Obama's online strategy in 2008, and went on to advocate for marriage equality along with his now - husband Sean Eldridge.

SO, there is a true humor and view into human nature when one of the most notorious periods in New York City government, then led by Mayor Koch, is apparently discounted and finds our former Mayor now advocating for some type of improvement in the conduct of the State Legislature.

«I have worked on these issues for years and now I am prepared to lead the way,» she said in a statement, stressing that she's going to advocate for «working women in Washington Heights.»

«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.

Now the city's leading advocate for rent - stabilized landlords is looking for an equalizer.

Matthew Oliver is a Conservative activist and former party agent, who now works for Unlock Democracy, the UK's leading campaign organisation for democracy, rights and freedoms, and long - time advocates for party funding reform.

«Corey has inspired and comforted countless survivors of sexual abuse, and now will be using his megaphone to change child sexual abuse laws state - by - state,» said CHILD USA CEO Marci Hamilton, a leading advocate for passage of the Child Victims Act in New York.

Advocates are now struggling to gather enough resources to replace pipes and provide a lifetime of treatment for lead exposure.

She now is a leading voice in advocating mineral sunscreen protection.

For example, in 1996 CMU saw the need for charter schools to have representation in the state capitol and with the media, which led to the founding of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, which now serves as the unified voice for Michigan's charter schools and was a major advocate for removing the cap.

You've been an advocate for school choice going back, now, decades, and I think a lot of people would expect that you would be in a place like New Orleans cheering it on, and in fact, something very interesting is happening, You're actually leading what might be described as a little bit of an uprising.

While she has since left the classroom, Elizabeth continues to support Catholic education and now leads the Dallas ACE Advocates regional community.

Business owner, public policy professional and education advocate, Brenda now leads BEST NC, a nonpartisan organization of business leaders focused on excellent education in North Carolina.

«Led by business - backed education reform group ConnCAN, some advocates are now speaking out in support of the standards.

Now Freedom Debt Relief is leading the charge for the new and improved TASC organization, all spit shined up with new words, like we are really «consumer advocates» and such.

I now refer all of my friends, family, and fellow pet lovers to Healthy Paws and advocate that everyone get pet insurance, which leads to my first point.

Now she is a leading advocate for educating families about prevention.

Our education campaign now, in concert with DDB, focuses on danger of heat stroke in summer time for chained dogs with a «Chain - Off» demonstration led by animal advocates and community members planned for July.

David Keith, who is emerging as the leading advocate of using stratospheric aerosols, urges that we consider a scenario that involves using that technology relatively soon, starting a generation from now.

«There's no way you can be in Houston or Flint or Puerto Rico right now and not feel the urgency,» says Elizabeth Yeampierre, one of America's leading climate - justice advocates.

The organisers tell us it is, «Not so much a «line - up of Lecturers» as a great sharing of new ideas from passionate advocates for change, outspoken controversialists and a dozen leading practitioners — the people making change happen on the ground now.»

Having spent almost 20 years as a banking litigation specialist during which time he led on test cases such as the North East Property Buyers Sale and Rent Back in the Supreme Court and, appeared as advocate in the Court of Appeal on many occasions, together with advisory roles with the CML and FLA, Richard now heads up the Commercial Dispute Resolution team in Cardiff.

Meanwhile, former Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine, now a Democratic candidate for governor, led a rally of more than 1,000 people on the Capitol steps in Tallahassee, calling for a ban on assault rifles and criticizing the National Rifle Assn. for advocating the arming of teachers.

Government officials have been advocating for encryption backdoors for quite some time now, and elevating the Cyber Command «status» could lead to domestic online communication breaches and spying as well.

Gordon has built a leading national organisation from a cottage industry to a now indispensable professional body that advocates on behalf of rural and remote health.

New York — Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's leading reproductive health care advocate and provider, is proud to announce it is now accepting nominations for 2008 PPFA Maggie Awards for Media Excellence.

Planned Parenthood, the nation's leading reproductive health care advocate and provider, is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Planned Parenthood Federation of America Maggie Awards for Media Excellence.

As a result, more young people are now staying and succeeding in school, courts are handing down fewer death penalty sentences, advocates are successfully addressing inequities in our criminal justice system that do great harm, and other groups are leading efforts to protect our civil liberties.

«As the leading advocate for home ownership, housing issues and private property rights, the National Association of Realtors ® and our members are committed to keeping housing first on the nation's public policy agenda, because housing and home ownership issues affect all Americans,» said NAR President Ron Phipps, broker - president of Phipps Realty in Warwick, R.I. «Now is the time to «seize the day,» and I am confident that Realtors ® have the strength, wisdom and leadership to shape a bright and positive future for our industry and our nation.»