Sentences with phrase «of advocacy at»

We have acted for certain manufacturers for years because they trust our advice and know that we can provide a high level of advocacy at a reasonable cost.

Neil Thorns, Director of Advocacy at the aid agency CAFOD, said: «No one said implementing the Paris Agreement was going to be easy and whilst making some progress, countries have left themselves with plenty to do at next year's talks in Poland.

«We have seen a sharp increase in the number of rabbits surrendered to our Boston adoption center — a 50 percent rise in the last year alone — due in part to continued rabbit sales in pet stores, too many of which end up homeless,» said Laura Hagen, deputy director of advocacy at MSPCA - Angell, according to the press release.

Check out this National Post article from Wanda Morris, Vice President of Advocacy at CARP (formerly known as the Canadian Association of Retired Persons).

But critics, including the University of Ottawa's Michael Wolfson and Susan Eng, vice-president of advocacy at CARP, say the changes disproportionately affect the most vulnerable Canadians.

I can't even get on a waiting list to get a doctor,»» says Susan Eng, vice-president of advocacy at CARP, the association for people over 45.

On today's show I talk with Susan Eng, Vice President of Advocacy at CARP, an organization focused on helping seniors and future generations with issues like financial security.

Sekou Biddle, vice president of advocacy at the UNCF, isn't ready to question the legitimacy of the NAACP's claims, but does think making a sweeping statement about the value of charter schools ignores local issues.

North Carolina public education backers are fired up this week over a new round of advocacy at the N.C. General Assembly that seems geared toward rebranding for - profit virtual charters and private school recipients of taxpayer - backed vouchers as public schools.

NR: [The Board's] charge really has been to give the Alliance a more prominent place in terms of advocacy at the federal level, to have a seat at the table when people are talking about legislation and regulations that impact charter schools, and to also be present when the media is talking about the topic... If the past twenty years have been about growth, the next twenty need to be about taking some of the lessons of the past twenty, so that we continue growing but that we're not making the same mistakes we have in the past.

«One of the things that patients cry out the most for is having someone actually listen to them and understand them,» says Micke Brown, director of advocacy at the American Pain Foundation.

«Anyone who is sensitive to smoke should avoid exposure to a grill - or fire, or trucks,» says Paul Billings, the vice president of advocacy at the American Lung Association.

This Canadian province — only slightly smaller than Texas — exported more than $ 52 billion worth of crude oil in 2011 because it's «one of the few places in the world where you can actually mine oil,» notes Cameron Brown, director of advocacy at the Alberta Ministry of International and Intergovernmental Relations.

At a February day of advocacy at the Capitol, Lt. Governor Robert Duffy told a crowd of about 1,400 charter parents, students and advocates that they would have the support of the Cuomo administration.

Updated at 5.02 pm BST F T G 4h ago 14:51 Barry Johnston, head of advocacy at ActionAid, said the summit will be remembered for what it will not achieve.

Zoe Smith, Head of Advocacy at Open Doors, writes for us about their campaign to bring hope to the Middle East and how we can get involved.

Director of Advocacy at the international Christian charity Tearfund, Ruth Valerio, said: «The Archbishop is absolutely right when he talks about the need for immediate attention in the battle against climate change.

David Landrum, the director of advocacy at the Evangelical Alliance, draws from the concept of stewardship in Genesis 1 to argue for political involvement.

Dr David Landrum, director of advocacy at the EA, said: «As we expected, the report shows how strongly faith groups, parents and others feel about proposals to register and regulate out - of - school settings, and in particular about the role of Ofsted.

«The outcome of the vote was fully expected,» said Skip Schweiss, managing director of advocacy at TD Ameritrade Institutional.

Not exact matches

Surveys taken recently by banks and small business advocacy groups show that at most, a third of small businesses plan to expand their staffs in the next 12 months.

While it's unclear so far which group, exactly, will be leading the charge, Inc. has confirmed the existence of at least one: BayShare, which describes itself as an «advocacy organization in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is to make the Bay Area the best place on the planet for sharing.»

The Air Force Court of Appeals in May 2017 also reversed a conviction in the sexual assault case U.S. v. Boyce after finding that public statements by Sens. Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand regarding the «Marines United» scandal earlier this year created «the appearance of unlawful command influence» in the case, as retired Col. Don Christensen, a former Air Force chief prosecutor and current president of the advocacy group Protect Our Defenders, told Task & Purpose at the time.

Others, such as consumer watchdog Public Citizen and the preventive medicine advocacy group Trust for America's Health (TFAH), had very different takes, arguing Cures mostly benefits pharma companies at the expense of other important public health initiatives.

«This technological innovation must be allowed to develop, be rolled out and tested in real environments without material interference or overburdening regulations, especially at the initial stages of its adoption,» Llew Claasen, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, a non-profit advocacy group, wrote in a Nov. 30 letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

According to Liz Pedro, Director of Customer Advocacy at Five9: «Company culture is important.

The FTC is probing a complaint brought by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which looked at some 1,000 products on Amazon's website in June and found that Amazon (amzn) put reference prices, or list prices, on about 46 % of them.

«The rule is an important first step and will benefit some consumers who need relief the most, but a great deal of work is still needed to ensure that American families are no longer ensnared in the debt trap of high interest, abusive loans,» Michael Best, director of advocacy outreach at Consumer Federation of America, said in a statement.

I am still using the site now for advocacy of our government in South Orange on my own site at AlexTorpey.com.

Last year there was a string of serial rapes and we are speaking with some of the local advocacy groups and developing a plan to keep the space open and staffed Friday and Saturday nights until an hour after the bars close so that if there is anyone feeling uncomfortable or threatened by a situation can come and use the space as a safe haven and have the option of being walked home at the end of the evening.

«Our biggest concerns are reduced access to advice for the lower end of the investor spectrum and higher costs for individuals,» said Andy Blocker, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).

Brian Headd at the SBA's Office of Advocacy points out that all these studies are long in the tooth and don't represent the current economy.

Representatives of two gun control advocacy groups, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the groups.

In less than 24 hours, the advocacy group Equality Florida has raised more than $ 2 million for the victims of the Orlando shooting at a gay night club called Pulse that left 50 dead and more than 50 injured over the weekend.

But a closer look at the organization's methods offers a useful case study in the art of advocacy and negotiation.

Edwin Lyman, a physicist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a science advocacy group based in Washington, says solving the problem of plutonium storage is urgent.

Louis Gray, Google's advocacy team lead, recommends defining the right metrics and goals at the outset of your campaign, as well as creating visually engaging dashboards, in order to get stakeholders to take action.

«In order to trade securities, they need to be a broker - dealer,» said Jerry Brito, executive director at Coin Center, a digital currency advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. «I could imagine [Coinbase] could sell a number of other tokens» with the license.

The former global operations CIO at Barclays landed on our 40 Under 40 list last year for his impressive background, quick achievements as CIO of Nike, and his advocacy and influence in the gay community (Watson is out, and was the first non-U.S. citizen to score a seat on the board of GLAAD).

Feloni: And so looking at your own, kind of evolution as a student — is that weighing in on your advocacy now, for science education?

Despite the long record of advocacy for marijuana legalization, the cannabis economy has emerged suddenly at a dynamic moment in the marketing, advertising and political worlds.

We need the consumer being confident and strong, having those extra dollars to go out and have a set of wine glasses or buy some extra dinnerware,» said Walt Rowen, owner of Susquehanna Glass Co. in Columbia, Pa., at the press conference Small Business Majority, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.

Tom Angell, cannabis advocacy group the Marijuana Majority, says it is hypocritical of the U.S. to deploy the Drug Enforcement Administration around the world while legalizing marijuana at home.

At the same time, opposition is so strong,» said Nikki Skuce, a resident of Smithers, B.C., and a campaigner for the environmental group Forest Ethics Advocacy.

Programs should be reviewed at least annually to assess whether they are effectively and efficiently achieving such marketing and enterprise objectives as acquisition of Millennial customers, share of Millennial spending, customer retention, advocacy, employee diversity, and improved brand image or fame.

Outcomes from these forums often help shape and drive our advocacy efforts at all three levels of government.

«There should not be unequal voting rights as they could allow management or minority share owners to override the wishes or best interests of majority shareholders for personal benefit and compromise accountability, leading to potential entrenchment issues,» Mary Leung, head of advocacy for Asia at CFA Institute, an association of investment professionals, said in a statement.

Jackie has worked for governmental, academic, advocacy and commercial organizations in delivering ESG - related research and analytical data solutions and is a graduate of Rhodes University, Said Business School (University of Oxford), a Rhodes Scholar, and former Junior Research Fellow at the ESRC Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.

Kinahan oversees market structure at TD Ameritrade and leads the firm's client advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill, where he voices the needs of retail investors.

On the other side of the ledger, an oil spill in Burrard Inlet would put at risk industries, including tourism, real estate and agriculture, that together employ over 200,000 people, according to Vancouver - based CRED (Conversations for Responsible Economic Development), a non-profit research and advocacy group.