Sentences with phrase «of young advocates»

Today's Commitment to Action also builds on Planned Parenthood's success in mobilizing a national network of young advocates in the U.S.

International Association of Lawyers (UIA) The International Bar Association (IBA) The New York City Bar Association (NYCBA) The International Law Firm (ILF) The New York County Lawyers» Association (NYCLA) The International Association of Young Advocates (AIJA) The American Bar Association (ABA) The International Conference of Common Tradition Bars (CIB).

Not exact matches

He's not just in the oft - ridiculed Peter Thiel camp of libertarianism that advocates young people forego college in order to seek life experiences.

«Young people often focus on today's cash flow, ignoring they have the work of their life ahead of them,» says Eleanor Blayney consumer advocate for the CFP Board, a non-profit that qualifies investment professional to become certified financial planners.

Teen Vogue put together this list of the women of Young Hollywood, «each of whom is breaking barriers, advocating for equality, and fighting for better representation.»

Through cultural exchanges, Rossotrudnichestvo, which operates under the jurisdiction of the Russian Foreign Ministry, was bringing young Americans — including political aides, nonprofit advocates, and business executives — on trips to Russia.

WE FOR SHE aims to increase the economic impact of women in the province of British Columbia and will be one of North America's largest gatherings of women's organizations, companies, experts, business leaders, advocates and young women.

Canada, an advocate of youth empowerment and gender equality, is in a good position to assist young and female Vietnamese entrepreneurs in gaining skills and knowledge for capacity building and improving the competitiveness of their enterprises via innovation and technology.

It is so incredibly difficult for parents of young children to take the time to advocate for child care.

Young Professionals unite for one night as the next generation of advocates, raising funds and awareness for homeless youth, not much younger than they are.

Child health advocates want Mark Zuckerberg to delete the app altogether, believing it to be detrimental to the development of young minds.

He is also a passionate advocate for youth, promoting the benefits of work - integrated learning and supporting the development of RBC Future Launch, a 10 - year, $ 500 million commitment to help young people build the skills and capabilities required to succeed in a changing world.

Collectively, this disparity fuels what has been called the «school - to - prison - pipeline,» a systemic bias that civil rights advocates say pushes children and young adults of color out of the classroom and into the criminal justice system.

We're also a leading advocate for kids facing homelessness, defending the rights of young people at a local, state, national, and international level and working to affect the issues that drive youth homelessness.

Perhaps the most original take on the decline comes from Lee Siegel, himself a lover of literature and an advocate for the humanities, who nevertheless thinks that universities systematically destroy them for young people.

It's refreshing to be reminded that not everyone who met the zealous young advocate for life in community and the Sermon on the Mount was equally impressed — Hardy Arnold, son of the founder of the pacifist Bruderhof near Frankfurt, thought Bonhoeffer a bit of a dandy and a romantic when Bonhoeffer visited there in 1934.

While mainline publishers of religious books and church - school curricula have been virtually silent on the subject, there are currently in print more than 350 books challenging evolutionary science and advocating a «creation science» based on six 24 - hour days of creation, a «young - earth» dating, and a worldwide «flood geology.»

The «Let me play devil's advocate» strategy is bizarrely inappropriate in such a situation, as it assumes that the young people in our secondary schools are so indoctrinated that they need to be shaken out of the complacency of a life of faith based on social approval.

I'm not advocating for a particular party or style of politics, I'm simply pointing out the fact that Jeremy Corbyn has been the most successful leader in a long time to engage young people in his cause.

In such a situation, the «devil's advocate» approach profoundly undermines the position of the committed and practising Catholic young people, and effectively reinforces the loss of faith of the young people on the fringe of Catholic practice and just looking for an excuse to drop out.

And it is ironic that Mohler, who has been a tireless advocate for young earth creationism on the basis that «the straightforward and direct reading of [Genesis] describes seven 24 - hour days,» does not seem to think that a straightforward and direct reading of Jesus» teachings regarding violence is necessary.

After kicking around the idea of starting another business, the answer became clear to the young millionaire: advocating for atheism.

According to his holy book of Deuteronomy, this pastor should be advocating that «the government:» kills all those young hotties, too.

Jeffs gave up control of the splinter sect that advocates plural marriages, including marriages that involve girls younger than 18, after he was convicted in 2007 of rape as accomplice.

One possible way is an initiative the editor advocated years ago when teaching «late vocations», which means mostly young men of 18 to 24 with inadequate English.

Remember that your belief about no god CAN NOT be forced on others, especially this young soldier who has a different belief.Some of you posters are advocating stripping Americans of their right to worship.

Not only has he been a vocal critic of (now - former) Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore — who just lost the election to Democrat Doug Jones following numerous allegations that he sexually pursued (and even molested) teen girls — Jimmy Kimmel has also been an advocate of healthcare laws he believes best support the families of young children.

Bolstered by a young generation of pro-life millennials and new developments in prenatal treatment, advocates see themselves in a better position than ever to change minds on abortion.

I am not an advocate of low fat for young children and I need the calories to keep up with a lively toddler so I have also made this cake with the full fat version too with fruit for her, both are equally delicious!

Call me a flip - flopper, call me this that and the third just because I may of written a couple columns either advocating for his arrest, or telling him to pull his pants up or questoning where the father is in his young sons life.

«This is their way of saying that boys younger than ninth grade should not play contact football, and they're correct about that,» said Terry O'Neil, who runs Practice Like the Pros, which advocates safer training techniques.

However, this does not mean that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has turned a blind eye on building for the future and the well known advocate of promoting young talent has now been touted to make a swoop for Barcelona wonderkid Sergi Samper.

But then she quotes two people to switch her thinking to convince young people that its wrong to get a prenup: Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project — an unabashed pro-marriage advocate — and Mia Adler Ozair, a therapist who advises to never mention the word «divorce.»

Pediatricians, in their traditional role as advocate for the child and family, are ideally situated to positively influence the breastfeeding experiences of the mother and young infant.

By breastfeeding in public we become so to say advocates of breastfeeding to other mothers or young teenagers.

Karen also served as the past president of the Broward Association for the Education of Young Children and is a lifelong advocate for developmentally appropriate early childhood education.

You can read why I'm referred to as a «reluctant school food advocate,» my thoughts on school food reform in private versus public schools, and what I hope to accomplish here in Houston ISD before the youngest of my two children graduates.

Authors Michael and Debi Pearl advocate for emotional conditioning from an early age, using physical abuse to teach even young babies limits of their small worlds.

And even advocates of «cry - it - out» strategies of sleep training warn that such approaches are inappropriate for young babies and children who are especially fearful or anxious (France and Blampied 1999; Owens et al 1999).

In my role as an advocate for athletes involving coach - athlete sexual abuse, athlete - on - athlete sexual abuse, athlete cyber-bullying, athlete sexual hazing as well as many forms of athletic abuse in general, much of the work I do with Safe4Athletes tends to be less with the athletes than with parents of young athletes who have been abused, bullied or harassed.

I would not have tried this when she was much younger because I wanted her to be able to understand what we were telling her, and am not an advocate of CIO methods in general, but I also believe that misinformation and fear - mongering (in the form of psuedo - science) have made some parents so confused and anxious that they suffer and allow their babies to suffer through unhealthy sleep patterns well into their toddler years.

She is a homeschooling and attachment parenting mother of three with nearly two decades of experience working with young children and parents, has a master's degree in family therapy, is a featured parenting expert and media advocate on television and radio, published author of parenting books, articles, and curricula, and a certified parent educator with her company Sage Parenting.

Some policy makers are trying to get the public to believe that they should be starting formal education earlier, advocating Head Start programs for children as young as 1 year, hoping to take advantage of the time when the brain is growing more than ever.

The health advocates acknowledged that the fortification of basic foods can be an important health intervention if properly managed, but had serious concerns about this untested market - led approach in relation to infant and young child feeding.

First3Years is saddened to hear of the passing of Liz Francis, longtime member and advocate for young children.

Advocate for the implementation of sound national infant and young child feeding policies which include the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding and the timely use of appropriate complementary foods.

However, safety experts agree: Infants and young children should remain rear - facing as long as possible, based upon their size and developmental age, as well as the limits of the rear - facing infant seat,» says Sarah Haverstick, a safety advocate and certified child passenger safety technician for Evenflo.

Emery's response to our rejoinder did not address our major criticisms of their research; rather, he claims that absent strong evidence about the effects of infants and very young children spending overnights with each parent, the burden of proof lies with those who advocate for the co-parenting position, rather than with opponents of co-parenting.

• The government official (who spoke to me off the record) who publicly and vociferously advocates for vaccines and has published peer - reviewed scholarly articles about the benefits of childhood vaccination but who privately chose not to vaccinate his youngest child.

A recent report by the March of Dimes provides the rationale and a blueprint for how to achieve this goal.9 In addition, program planners and managers can stimulate further progress by requesting evidence - based dietary guidelines for pregnant and lactating women, and young children, and by advocating for the research required to increase our understanding of the most critical needs and the interventions most effective in addressing these needs.