Sentences with phrase «of national advocacy groups»

Julia Bauscher, who is president of a national advocacy group called the School Nutrition Association, says administrators are under intense pressure to increase instruction time and boost standardized test scores.

Food & Water Action Endorses Tanzie Youngblood for Congress Democratic congressional candidate Tanzie Youngblood has picked up the endorsement of Food & Water Action, the political arm of the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch.

Through community outreach, a chapter of the national advocacy group Parents for Public Schools (PPS) found that many Pitt County parents were frustrated by the kindergarten enrollment and transition process.

Memoirs should be written only by extraordinary people, and as we read Radical, Michelle Rhee's chronicle of her Korean American upbringing, college years, Teach For America experience, tenure as D.C. schools chancellor and now as head of a national advocacy group, we should keep in mind what makes her noteworthy in the education world.

Sam Davidson, California field director of the national advocacy group Trout Unlimited, says of the school's efforts to protect trout habitat in California, «There is wide acknowledgment that without involvement in these efforts by young people, we will ultimately fail or fall short of the results needed to sustain our state's remarkable fish heritage.»

«As soon as I heard about the achievement school district bill, I just knew I had to be a part of it,» said former state lawmaker Marcus Brandon, who founded a charter school in High Point and is now executive director of CarolinaCAN, a state chapter of the national advocacy group 50CAN which works to promote high quality charter schools.

«The way districts handle professional development with teachers — to me it's a crime,» said Rayne Martin, a former state official who authored Louisiana's Race to the Top application and now heads the local branch of a national advocacy group called Stand for Children.

Not exact matches

Some of Tom Cat's employees and advocacy groups, such as Brandworkers, a non-profit organization for food workers, believed the dismissals were improperly handled, sparking a local and national outcry that led to protests, bad press and boycotts of Tom Cat Bakery bread from famous restaurants such as Le Bernardin.

«Jeb Bush has a big interest in Latin America, and I expect he would follow in the footsteps of [his] father and brother in being more internationally focused on trade issues,» says Todd McCracken, president and chief executive of the National Small Business Association, a business advocacy group.

Federal borrowers facing periods of low or no income can also file for Income Based Repayment (IBR) or Pay As You Earn (PAYE), which cap your monthly payments to a percentage of what you earn, not what you owe, according to Gary Carpenter, CPA and Executive Director of National College Advocacy Group, which supplies information regarding student loans.

Still, the Academy of Model Aeronatics, an aviation advocacy group that helped the FAA create a national drone registration system, downplayed some of the ominous warnings of danger.

The National Rifle Association has released a series of reimagined Brothers Grimm fairytales in which the gun advocacy group tones down the stories» violence with the help of firearms.

Complaints from small business owners like McMillon are why the National Federation of Independent Business, an advocacy group, supported the bill.

says David Marlett, founder and executive director of the National Crowdfunding Association, an industry advocacy group.

«For far too long, the Gulf has been treated as a sacrifice zone by polluters,» Athan Manuel, director of the lands protection program of the Sierra Club, a national advocacy group.

The efforts of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance and App - Based Drivers Associations in Washington, New Jersey and California have also been cited by Rebecca Smith, deputy director of the National Employment Law Project, an employment advocacy group.

Facebook has helped give greater legitimacy to controversial organizations like ACT for America, a self - described national security grassroots advocacy group that has been accused of promoting Islamophobia, according to Beirich.

He sits on the board of the center - right National Association of Evangelicals, the country's biggest evangelical organization, as well as of the progressive advocacy group Faith in Public Life.

The extradition was welcomed by lawyers for a legal advocacy organisation, The Guernica Group, and the Spanish Association for Human Rights, who in 2008 filed a criminal complaint before the National Court on behalf of the victims.

The best way to get involved and develop skills in the field of animal advocacy, is to join our national volunteer group the Action Network.

As national advocacy group MomRising celebrates its 10th anniversary, its leaders discuss goals for improving the lives of mothers and children.

Our efforts touch the lives of parents worldwide through local support groups, our quarterly publication, Attachment Parenting: The Journal of API, this newsletter, and national advocacy efforts.

«Sometimes, what looks good on paper doesn't work on the ground,» said Katherine Shek, a legislative analyst for the National School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legiNational School Boards Association, which praised Obama's commitment to school nutrition but joined two other national education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the leginational education advocacy groups — the American Association of School Administrators and the Council of the Great City Schools — in opposing the legislation.

The National PTA is the oldest and largest child advocacy group in the world and you can be a part of it.

Advocacy Groups: If there's a national advocacy group for people with your child's diagnosis, they will probably be able to direct you to good sources of respiAdvocacy Groups: If there's a national advocacy group for people with your child's diagnosis, they will probably be able to direct you to good sources of respiadvocacy group for people with your child's diagnosis, they will probably be able to direct you to good sources of respite care.

Illinois and other states should legalize and license lay midwives to ensure women have safe and affordable choices for maternity care, according to a coalition of advocacy groups that launched a national campaign Thursday in Chicago.

So yesterday the SNA went to Capitol Hill for a «national day of action» to protest the block grant proposal, and it was joined by a number of prominent congressional Democrats, the Food Research & Action Center, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and other advocacy groups.

He also serves as a member of the executive committee of the National Fatherhood Leaders Group, which promotes responsible fatherhood policy, research, advocacy and practice.

National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy is the IBFAN group in the United States of America www.naba-breastfeeding.org.

As of January 1, I left my day job at the National Environmental Trust to devote my time to helping a diverse array of advocacy groups, companies and campaigns use the «net to help spread their messages and achieve their political and communications goals.

Advocacy groups including No Labels, the National Resources Defense Council and Washington Conservation Voters are current clients, according to Myers, who has also been pitching the service to sitting members of Congress.

On Wednesday, during the strategy session, the governor will meet with Christine C. Quinn, the speaker of the City Council, who is openly gay; Brian Ellner, who is pushing for same - sex marriage in New York for the Human Rights Campaign, a national advocacy group; Ross D. Levi, the head of the state's leading gay rights organization, the Empire State Pride Agenda; and Richard Socarides, a former Clinton administration official and president of Equality Matters, a new advocacy group.

Following the August on - air shooting death of Roanoke television journalist Alison Parker and her cameraman, Adam Ward, a national gun control advocacy group sought to spend $ 700,000 in advertising in the open District 10 race in October.

As of January 1, I left my day job at the National Environmental Trust to devote my time to helping a diverse array of advocacy groups...

A new advocacy group called Blind Justice is launching a national advertising campaign calling for prosecutor accountability and the importance of conviction integrity.

The Network for Public Education, a nonprofit education advocacy group co-founded by historian Diane Ravitch, is calling for a national «opt out» of high - stakes standardized testing.

National political strategist L. Joy Williams, who was recently appointed as a senior adviser for education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon's gubernatorial campaign, weighed in on what made her join the Nixon campaign and her thoughts on Nixon's advocacy toward people of color and other marginalized groups, on Tuesday night.

Also at 10 a.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Buffalo City Hall, 65 Niagara Square # 218, Buffalo.

Also at 1 p.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Schenectady City Hall, 105 Jay St., Schenectady.

Also at noon, nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Bronx County Courthouse, 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx.

Also at noon, nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, NYSNA Long Island Office, 900 Walt Whitman Rd., Melville.

Also at 11 a.m., nurses, elected officials and patient advocacy groups celebrate National Nurses Day with a «Day of Action to Protect Patients» and call for passage of the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

«It's an acquired taste,» said Nina Rees, C.E.O. of National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a Washington D.C. - based charter advocacy group.

Two business advocacy groups, Unshackle Upstate and the National Federation of Independent Business, also criticized Miner.

get involved with and / or donate funds to national environmental advocacy organizations like the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental Defense Fund, and 350.org; and local groups like Environmental Advocates of New York and the NY League of Conservation Voters.

Stanley received the endorsement of pet advocacy group Humane Dominion and the National Federation of Independent Businesses.

From managing national campaigns to organizing issue advocacy messages through thousands of volunteer contacts, Lincoln Strategy Group uses grassroots efforts to successfully achieve results.

That's why we've launched Forward NY, a citywide coalition of diverse stakeholders, including women's advocacy groups like the National Organization for Women, and business leaders who won't let Eliot Spitzer buy his way back into office.

The number of national interest groups has increased, as have their tools to connect their supporters with Congress, in what Goldschmidt calls «one - click advocacy.»

Invoking the botched investigation of Los Alamos National Laboratory physicist Wen Ho Lee more than a decade ago, advocacy groups are lobbying the U.S. government for explanations.