Sentences with phrase «of allied voices»

When you want something done — or not done — by elected officials, a coalition of allied voices can spell the difference between success and failure.

Not exact matches

The United Nations voiced deep concern about reports of Syrian soldiers and allied Iraqi fighters summarily shooting dead 82 people in east Aleppo districts this week - accusations denied by the army and the Iraqi militia in question.

Romney was a prominent Trump critic in the months leading up to last fall's election, and many of his Republican allies were prominent voices in the «Never Trump» movement.

The absence of Cohn's dissenting voice means Navarro and his allies should have more sway when encouraging Trump to enact more aggressively protectionist policies on the big trade issues of the day.

But I now see more clearly — thanks to the voices of the new theologies allied with the welcome recovery of spirituality within theology — that in practice and thereby in theory this pervasive religious dialectic of manifestation and proclamation is best construed theologically as mystical - prophetic.

Having an ally that doesn't see a need for my voice to be present is in many ways of no greater help to me than a declared racist who doesn't think my voice matters at all.

New Kings Democrats, our reform partners, and allies made our voices heard at the Kings County Democratic County Committee meeting Wednesday night, showing the power of what progressives can do working together.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

Brown's closest ministerial ally, Ed Balls, said the email was a «damp squib» by a few disgruntled MPs and insisted that the cabinet was «absolutely united» behind Brown.But the number of cabinet voices emerging in support of Brown did not begin to rise to a chorus until early evening, among them two of the ministers tipped as possible successors to Brown — the home secretary, Alan Johnson, and the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, who said today's call by rebels would be seen as a «temporary distraction» from the job of fighting the Conservatives and laying out future plans for the country.

Lord Kalms, a former party Treasurer and the founder of the Dixons retail empire, has given voice to the discontent felt by many disgruntled backbench MPs and influential Tory figures who have privately called on David Cameron to dismiss his close ally following a sharp fall in the party's opinion poll ratings.

«All Democrats should stand united as a voice against the Senate GOP and their accommodation of the dangerous rhetoric out of Trump and his Republican allies.

The fact that these voices come from the political left as well as the right - Frank Field, Polly Toynbee and John Denham are unexpected allies of the Daily Mail and the Conservative party - suggests that the concern is widespread.

Other allies who had previously voiced sympathy with the British line of argument — the Swedish and Dutch prime ministers — have peeled away to side with the majority over the past week, leaving Cameron unusually isolated.

A long list of environmental groups in New York is urging voters not to call a constitutional convention, adding their voices to a growing list of organized groups allied against the measure on November's ballot.

November 20, 2013 — Local activists from the Center and allies will rally in Sacramento to voice their opposition to a Service proposal to strip Endangered Species Act protections from gray wolves across most of the lower 48 states.

As an escape, Conor turns to his artwork and conjures up a 40 - foot - high monster (voiced by Liam Neeson) who becomes a most unlikely ally by guiding him on a journey of courage, faith and truth that powerfully fuses imagination and...

Along the way, they ally with aeronaut Lee Scoresby (a perfectly cast Sam Elliott), with his hare daemon Hester (voice of Kathy Bates), witch Serafina Pekkala (Eva Green), and Iorek Byrnison (voice of Ian McKellen), a former prince of the ice bears now in exile and forced to work for whiskey after the townsfolk tricked him out of his armor.

They discover a command center underground where they are tutored by Alpha - 5 (voice of Bill Hader, «Trainwreck») and Zordon (Bryan Cranston, «The Infiltrator») to become the latest in a long line of Power Rangers and stop Rita Repulsa (Elizabeth Banks, «Love & Mercy»), an ally turned enemy of Zordon's, from destroying and / or taking over the world with the help of the Zeo Crystal.

Add in the nightmarish voice distortion and Bane truly becomes a memorable movie villain, so much so that the inclusion of Batman ally / villain Selina Kyle a.k.a. Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) feels unnecessary.

Avoid manipulating students into compliance by giving them a voice in classroom management procedures, using musical cues, or making allies of natural group leaders.

Educators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Teaching Systems Lab, and the instructional design firm Fresh Cognate have created Youth in Front, a new hub of learning - oriented resources and multimedia assets for young activists and the educators and adult allies interested making their voices heard — particularly those who are stepping into activism for the first time, and for the educators who are responding to action in their schools and communities.

Allying the voices of all those parents with America's three million teachers would certainly unleash a formidable political force.

Her work centers around five essential school priorities: • Supporting school leadership • Using data transparently for accountability • Coordinating a multitier system of support • Providing embedded professional development based on best practices • Engaging parents and families This free one - hour webinar is sponsored by Learning Ally, a national nonprofit providing resources, training, and technology for teachers and schools; and 80,000 human - voiced audiobooks for students with learning & visual disabilities.

For 15 years, from 2001 to 2016, WKCD reached far and wide to document and broadcast the voices and vision of the next generation, supported by the adult allies in and outside school that these youth counted on.

The ideas of student action research and students as allies in school reform are both relatively new ideas, stemming from a growing appreciation of the importance of student engagement and voice.

I have voiced eLearning courses for Learning Mate, iLearn, Learning Ally, and Berkeley Health Insurance among others, and corporate narration for Emory University School of Nursing, Otis Elevators, Genpact, and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Georgia among others.

Roger Holdsworth is one of the longest standing and most successful advocates and allies for student voice, student engagement and Meaningful Student Involvement in the world.

The Corporate Education Reformers and their allies in the charter school industry are so desperate to hijack the voices of public schools students that they actually create front groups with names like Students For Education Reform.

Now Cosby said he is «an ally» of voices that advocate for more resources to be shifted to zip codes where predominately students of color live.

Connect with fellow advocates and allies: Organizations like the National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) are focused on supporting teachers who speak up for their students through resources and networks to build collective voice.

Alongside parent and student allies from organizations across Fresno, our youth and adult organizers successfully advocated for the voices of those most affected to be reflected in their districts LCAP.

One of the most supportive voices on charter schools in Michigan scoffs at the notion that Austin is an ally.

Proposed to empower teachers, desegregate students, and allow innovation from which the traditional public schools could learn, many charter schools instead prized management control, reduced teacher voice, further segregated students, and became competitors, rather than allies, of regular public schools.

In February, a broad coalition — including some of the state's traditional allies — voiced deep concerns about the way state officials set up the new model.

That has not stopped wealthy donors and their political allies from pushing unaccountable charter growth in urban centers while stripping communities of a voice in their children's education.

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In Topple's statement on the recent controversies around sexual abuse especially in Hollywood, the company asserts that, «Women, people of color, queer people and their allies can use the power of story and voice to change the world.»

There are wild populations of cats everywhere and this post spotlights the organization that has been their voice for 25 years: Alley Cat Allies.

From a headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, Alley Cat Allies» staff of more than 40 people provides the national voice for cats and the millions of Americans who value cats» lives.

Indeed, it was 1990 when, as an article in the January / February issue of Best Friends magazine (from which the illustration above is borrowed) explains, Alley Cat Allies «[gave] voice to feral cats on a national stage and introduces trap / neuter / return as the most humane and practical method for relating to community cats.»

Alley Cat Allies has charted a course set on animal control and shelter industry reform and humane treatment through activities including: advocating for pounds and shelters to keep public records of animal intake and kill rates, for public and mandatory government oversight, and for increased pound and shelter accountability; mobilizing and educating the public and leading the national movement to end the killing of cats and to protect and improve their lives; and supporting the efforts of, and acting as the national voice for, thousands of individuals and groups across the U.S. who provide humane care for stray and feral cats.

If you really wanted to be an ally to those voices and not just whine about how you feel so bad about following only thing white people who have nothing to say, you could have done your homework and presented some of them here.

You can find a voiced introduction video for each of these allies in the videos section, at the top of the page.

This system allows you to interact with and influence teammates in a variety of ways never before seen in a third person shooter, By using voice recognition in combat and non-combat situations players have a more natural dialogue with their allies, one which affects their behaviour and attitude.

This is one other shining instance of followers utilizing the almighty greenback as their ally in making their voices heard.

The biggest attraction came in the form of an overhauled MyCareer mode, which placed the spotlight on your custom baller and his biggest ally (who happens to be voiced and played by actor Michael B. Jordan).

If it's anything like the last Allied Productions performance I saw back in April, which juxtaposed voices of the ACT - UP movement with the corporate Pride machine, I'll be thinking about this for months to come.

When you read that «the judgments of alarmists» is that global warming is «settled science», you can be sure that you are about to hear the voice of multinational corporate polluters speaking through their impressive array of public relations firms and political allies.

CCSA, in partnership with a thriving network of non-profits, affiliate trade associations, and allied stakeholders, serves as the central voice for the community solar industry in developing vibrant and sustainable markets for community solar.

Now climate skeptics are getting in on the act, co-opting Reagan's ally Margaret Thatcher as a key voice of climate skepticism.