Sentences with phrase «of advocates from»

Planned Parenthood Global also supports the Kenya Reproductive Health Rights Alliance (RHRA), a group of advocates from the medical, legal, women's rights, and human rights communities.

He became a Queen's Counsel in 1999, is a Visiting Professor at Edinburgh University and, as the first Director of Training and Education in the Faculty of Advocates from 1994 to 2002, designed and led the Scottish Bar's award - winning advocacy skills programme.

She sought a protective order with the help of advocates from Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS / Call Rape) and learned about transitional housing DVIS offered.

Activate a growing network of advocates from across the state to educate Texas legislators about the impact of high - quality OST programs and promote the passage of legislation calling for the establishment of a statewide Expanded Learning Opportunities Council.

A second report issued today by Advocacy to Control TB Internationally, a partnership of advocates from eight countries, claimed that the four largest TB funding donors — including the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria — made it difficult to discern where they spent money on HIV / TB and whether the programs were effective.

Mr. de Blasio was standing with a cadre of advocates from agencies that help the homeless who will serve on the task force, including Laura Mascuch, the executive director of the Supportive Housing Network of New York, who serve as its co-chair along with two administration members, Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven Banks and Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been.

Beginning in 1990 as the development director at the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Katz created the Hate Crimes Bill Coalition, a network of advocates from diverse communities pushing for comprehensive hate crimes protections for categories including sexual orientation.

The 16 - member Board which was inaugurated by Gender Minister, Otiko Afisah Djaba consists of advocates from the academia and health professionals in the country.

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This support from their customer - advocates generated word of mouth about the company and their growth started.

Advocates of homeopathy — which involves diluting an active ingredient until there's no measurable quantity left — claim that the treatments can do everything from relieve colds to calm anxious pets.

Here is a rundown of what small business owners and advocates hope to hear from President Obama as he addresses the nation tonight.

Parsons» company, Indosole, which produces and sells a line of sandals and shoes made entirely of repurposed old tires, has achieved a great deal of visibility thanks in large part to its community of customers, who support and advocate the company's quest to save one million tires from landfills.

From how their brands (HALL Wines and WALT Wines) rose to success, winning them two perfect scores from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, to balancing a passion for the product with entrepreneurial savvy, the two exhibit the qualities of a startup dream tFrom how their brands (HALL Wines and WALT Wines) rose to success, winning them two perfect scores from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, to balancing a passion for the product with entrepreneurial savvy, the two exhibit the qualities of a startup dream tfrom Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, to balancing a passion for the product with entrepreneurial savvy, the two exhibit the qualities of a startup dream team.

These conversations can be particularly difficult because, a lot of the time, criticism will come from people who are supposed to be your advocate.

Though early drafts of the Senate bill called for the Fed to adopt rules - based monetary policy, this ended up being stripped from the final proposal due to Democratic opposition - largely because much of the Hill focus has been on the Taylor rule, which many Fed advocates fear is too restricting.

In the longer term, Bitcoin Cash will also be a test of the viability of «forks» from the original bitcoin, including whether their proliferation will pose a threat to the larger market (one longtime bitcoin advocate notably called Bitcoin Cash a «dangerous trick «-RRB-.

Should the House succeed in creating pressure on the Senate to act on a version of the FORM Act, it would not be surprising to see the discussion move away from the Taylor rule to NGDP targeting - with advocates selling its broad appeal as its leading virtue.

Net neutrality, in case you need a refresher, is the term used to describe the unrestricted flow of content over the Internet, and it's been advocated by everyone from legal luminaries including Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig to entrepreneurs such as Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, and startups such as Etsy and Meetup, and countless others.

If you're announcing company news or debuting a new product, include a quote from one of your customer advocates discussing why they are excited about this new development.

Indeed, some of the loudest advocates of Bitcoin are male, from John Pfeffer of Pfeffer Capital, who is betting that Bitcoin's price could one day reach $ 700,000, to venture capitalist Tim Draper, who predicted recently that Bitcoin would hit $ 250,000 by 2022.

From there, she's convinced you'll be Yummy Yammy's best advocate and spread that all - important word - of - mouth advertising.

By the way, I'm not advocating that you take every piece of advice and guidance from your mentors, but if you have selected strong mentors that have significant domain, technical or business expertise, you should at least consider thoughtfully consider what they have to say.

«This decision clearly flies in the face of volumes of scientific evidence that shows the Keystone XL pipeline would be safe, enhance environmental standards, and be a more cost - effective alternative to importing oil from overseas,» said Michael Whatley of the Consumer Energy Alliance, which advocates for the energy industry.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - An economist who believes that Chinese goods are literally poisoning Americans, advocates ending Washington's «One China» policy and says trade deals have weakened the United States economically with the connivance of U.S. business has emerged as the big winner from renewed turmoil in the White House.

«Ruffling the feathers of high - profile folks ranging from executives at Pepsi to Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Scarlett Johansson's titillating performance, and her role as an advocate who seems to be flip - flopping, just fuels the fire,» Gibbs says.

«We don't want to look up 20 years from now and say, «Oops, we used up all our water,»» said Jason Banes of the Boulder, Colo. - based Western Resource Advocates.

Yousafzai has been advocating for Pakistani women and children since the age of 11, when she documented in a BBC blog life in the Swat Valley under Taliban rule during a time when girls in the region were prohibited from going to school.

While the Wired contributing editor advocates for an out - and - out end to physical money, he talks with advocates on both sides of the ledger: those who see the waste, inefficiency and malfeasance of our cash - based economy; and those who think a turn away from the almighty dollar is unwise, unpatriotic or even ungodly.

Some advocates are also backing a House bill that would exempt crypto transactions of up to $ 600 from capital - gains tax reporting.

Trump University does, of course, makes President Trump an interesting advocate for students suffering from predatory student loan practices.

At a meeting of the Brisbane City Council on August 8, local officials heard from residents and housing advocates in a meeting to decide the proposal's fate.

The news comes from a report issued Thursday by the Secure Our Smartphones («S.O.S.») Initiative, an international partnership of law - enforcement agencies, elected officials, and consumer advocates headed by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón, and London Mayor Boris Johnson.

In recent years, the senator has shifted from advocating comprehensive immigration reform to a stance that puts border security first, though with the possibility of a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants after 10 to 12 years.

Sir Richard Branson may be the highest - profile advocate of unlimited vacation days, but he's far from the only entrepreneur entranced by the idea.

An even bigger loss, Jill and I have found, comes from the potential of customer advocates who aren't uncovered and nurtured because you're constantly relying on the same handful of people.

This would be a «preemptive» and totally justified strike, which is far different from the currently advocated option of a «preventive» strike.

I'm a major advocate of leading by example and modeling the behavior that you expect from your team, but many entrepreneurs take this idea too literally and push it too far.

The scheduled attendees of the conference encompass a wide variety of experts, ranging from medical professionals, hospice advocates, scholars, religious and spiritual leaders, as well as entrepreneurs and business men and women interested in learning how an understanding of death and dying can help them live lives of greater purpose and meaning.

He has repeatedly called for allowing Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices, which would be bad for the industry's bottom line, and he has advocated legalizing the importation of medicines from nations where prices are lower.

The good news is, aside from a few government - mandated requirements, the terms of your lease agreement are negotiable if you're willing to advocate on your behalf.

While it's possible the terms of his employment agreement with (and departure from) Facebook could prevent him from taking an active role at a competitor (or any company in the virtual reality space) for several months (or even years), he could reassume his public presence as an advocate for VR technology and its larger potential.

Thousands of high school students and other gun - control advocates gathered in Washington and across the U.S. Saturday to demand tougher firearms restrictions from an older generation that's delivered little change after years of mass shootings.

I definitely see the possibility of there being funding, whether it's coming from the Pennsylvania Victim advocate office, which is a government entity and gets a lot of federal funds for victims.

Jigar Shah, the founder of large solar company SunEdison and a clean tech advocate, thinks between 90 percent and 95 percent of electricity will come from renewable sources in 2039.

New York City Parks Advocates had argued the event was taking away public space from, well, the public, by setting up on Damrosch Park, an area of greenery on the Lincoln Center compound.

Srinivasan remains one the industry's biggest believers and advocates, despite the downturn of cryptocurrency prices from their winter highs.

However, the proposal was criticized by advocates of an open internet because it excluded wireless connectivity and new services from broadband providers.

«Folks from all over this city — including many Council members, including the public advocate and the comptroller — have been fighting for Fair Fares for years now and just this week, we've taken an enormous step forward thanks to the members of the City Council, [and specifically] Speaker Corey Johnson,» he said.

While research from the American Medical Association showed that 7.1 percent of all claims paid by insurers in 2013 contained a mistake, patient advocates and other professionals who review medical claims for accuracy put the frequency of billing errors at more like 80 percent or even 90 percent.

Jean - Paul Agon, chairman and CEO of cosmetics giant L'Oréal — who last year signed a petition advocating a greater contribution from the rich — expressed displeasure at the 75 % gouge.