Sentences with phrase «on advocacy initiatives»

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She develops educational programs and content for small business owners, and works on advocacy initiatives.

There she develops educational programs and content for small business owners, and works on advocacy initiatives.

She develops educational programs and content for small business owners, and works on advocacy initiatives.

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The Facebook founder and his wife Priscilla Chan announced on Tuesday that David Plouffe, Uber's chief advisor and former Obama campaign manager, will be joining the their philanthropic initiative to lead policy and advocacy efforts.

Bessant represents the company on a number of important topics, including diversity and inclusion, serving as an executive sponsor for the company's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride executive board and the LGBT Ally program and executive management team sponsor of the company's disability advocacy initiatives.

Other highlights for the year included the introduction of GVBOT's Pillar Partners, the expansion of the Company of Young Professionals program to Richmond, North Vancouver, and the Tri-Cities, a new advocacy initiative with the Canadian Global Cities Council, and the WE FOR SHE Conference on gender diversity.

AWEA Wind Power on Capitol Hill is a rare opportunity for AWEA members and others who want to help advance wind energy to participate in advocacy training and then put that training to work to educate legislators and their staff on the wind industry's top policy initiatives at both the state and federal level.

Conrad MacKerron has more than a decade of experience managing corporate dialogues and shareholder advocacy initiatives on cutting - edge social and environmental issues.

US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment is an SRI trade association which provides reports on industry initiatives, community investing, shareholder advocacy, divestment and screening, trends, and performance.

Sounding Board features news and updates on the Board of Trade's latest advocacy initiatives, its four Signature Programs, and its many high - profile speaker events.

On 10 May Gabor Figeczky, Advocacy Manager, highlighted the benefits of organic at a FAO event examining how agricultural initiatives can mitigate climate change.

Research shows that a majority of global consumers, and especially Millennials, support companies that are committed to minimizing environmental impacts and that prioritize sustainable approaches to operations.2 To share more about its water initiatives, Fetzer Vineyards developed a new page on its website containing facts about agricultural water use and details about the company's water policy support. Visit fetzer.com/water for more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

FAO collaborates with the public sector, the private sector and civil society to develop and implement food loss and waste prevention and reduction solutions through: i) Advocacy and awareness raising; ii) Collaboration and coordination of world - wide initiatives on food loss and waste reduction; iii) Research to evidence for policy, strategy, legislation and standards development; iv) Support to investment programmes and projects.

Educates consumers on how to prevent food waste at home through programs that teach cooking skills and advocacy initiatives that raise awareness.

Visit fetzer.com/waterfor more on Fetzer Vineyards» water initiatives, including its adoption of BioFiltro's BIDA ® treatment system and its support for water conservation research and advocacy through collaborations with groups like the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) and Ceres» Connect the Drops, both of which were commended for their water policy efforts at the White House Water Summit on Building a Sustainable Water Future in the United States on March 22, 2016.

In February, SNS worked with the Academy's Policy Initiatives and Advocacy staff in Washington, D. C.in development of a survey sent to SNS members February 21 to help assess the impact implementation of the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) had on school nutrition programs.

To broaden the understanding on the persistent barriers that despite various global policy and advocacy initiatives over the past 30 years, continue to impede improvement in exclusive breastfeeding rates and violate the human rights of those affected;...

Focuses on special education advocacy, community integration initiatives, and disability rights.

This clarification was necessitated when our Global Council, on behalf of IBFAN, had to take a strategic decision whether or not and under what conditions IBFAN should participate in two new initiatives by UNICEF and WHO, WHO NetCode, and the UNICEF Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, both receiving funding from the BMGF, which has direct links and gets its returns from the baby food industry and also engages with entities such as the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) that create situations of risk of conflicts of Interest in infant and young child feeding.

Voices for Healthy Kids is a national advocacy initiative focused on uniting the movement to prevent childhood obesity.

The potential benefits of the Unicef baby friendly initiative of accrediting health facilities are considerable and now evidence based.6 There are also indications that the initiative has led to an arrest in the worldwide decline in breast feeding.7 Training of health workers is an essential prerequisite to reducing the harmful effects of health services, but pretraining should be carried out systematically and periodically so that new workers are included, and there should be an emphasis on the development of advocacy skills.

In 2012 the AAPD through the Council on Government Affairs developed a state Public Policy Advocate initiative in order to strengthen and coordinate advocacy efforts by our state chapters.

Fix NY also includes initiatives on key business advocacy issues including: economic development, education and workforce development, energy and environment, health insurance, government contracts, infrastructure, taxation and technology, tourism and travel, and workers» compensation and unemployment.

In November, Cuomo campaign spokesman Matt Wing (who has since left for a position in the private sector) told Capital the party would «now be focused on acting as a women's advocacy party: it will launch new initiatives to register and enroll new women voters and engage them more actively in the political process.

Among the trans initiatives mentioned at the meeting was a November 17 «call to action» by the New York Transgender Advocacy Group and the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS for a trans - led town hall to discuss Governor Andrew Cuomo's blueprint for the Plan to End AIDS by 2020.

Frustrated by her declining access and inability to get initiatives green - lighted, the 70 - year - old former nun announced her resignation on Aug. 31, shocking the advocacy community.

«The newly established WEP will now be focused on acting as a women's advocacy party: it will launch new initiatives to register and enroll new women voters and engage them more actively in the political process,» Wing said.

Brian Shmaefsky, professor of biology and environmental science at Lone Star College and a member of the AAAS On - call Scientists initiative, described a case study to illustrate how scientists can participate in advocacy and human rights work.

In our urgent mission to save lives, we attack pancreatic cancer on all fronts: research, clinical initiatives, patient services and advocacy.

IASLC would like to thank the patient advocacy organizations that have collaborated on this initiative: American Lung Association's LUNG FORCE, The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, Caring Ambassadors, Free ME From Lung Cancer, Free to Breathe, Global Resource for Advancing Cancer Education (GRACE), Live Lung, Lung Cancer Alliance, Lung Cancer Europe, Lung Cancer Foundation of America, Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina, Lung Cancer Research Foundation, Lungevity, Patient Power, Rexanna's Foundation, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Upstage Lung Cancer, Women Against Lung Cancer in Europe (WALCE).

Introduced in January 2018, this new logo seeks to highlight the potential of our members, both as scholars on the brink of discovery and leaders engaging the community in critical discussions and advocacy initiatives pertaining to mentorship, inclusiveness, and professional development and recognition.

These services, in addition to enhanced advocacy support and strategic planning, underpin a track record of effective response to a range of government initiatives on the endocrine issue, including the EDSP.

In addition to providing feedback on grants, the group explores advocacy training opportunities, outlines patient support initiatives, reviews the latest scholarly publications and make plans to attend upcoming scientific conferences and community awareness events.

Lance Rutter has spent the last 30 + years of his career devoted to graphic design, working on projects in his Chicago design studio, teaching design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, serving on the national board of the AIGA, and presiding over the 2008 and 2010 Chicago International Poster Biennials, among other public design advocacy initiatives.

NAF cited Schwartz's long history of advocacy for high quality school - to - career programs, especially in his current position cochairing Pathways to Prosperity, a foundation - funded initiative designed to increase public support for the creation of multiple pathways linking work and learning to enable more young people to successfully complete high school and go on to obtain a meaningful postsecondary credential.

The Lab's staff will also continue to lead the national advocacy agenda that NCTL launched in 2007 Additionally, grant will support the Lab's «By All Means» initiative by providing advice and support to the city teams, leveraging financial and technical assistance resources, conducting research on the effectiveness of local work, documenting local work and disseminating best practices, brokering national partnerships with organizations in the health, education, social service, and community schools» fields, and providing direct technical assistance in relevant areas of expertise.

For more information on GLSEN's policy advocacy, student leadership initiatives, public education, research and educator training programs, please visit glsen.org.

The Seattle Times published the following article in today's newspaper: Advocacy groups file initiative to put charter schools on November ballot — According to the text, the initiative sets out several guidelines, including a stipulation that any charter schools must be nonprofit and must not be religious.

Prior to joining Educators for Excellence, Princess served as the executive director of Democracy Builders, a parent advocacy organization focused on authentically engaging parents in school advocacy issues, and as the senior director of family & community engagement for the Democracy Prep Public Schools network, where she was responsible for recruiting and engaging thousands of families on education initiatives.

The Chronicle is published three times annually in January, June and October and includes: (a) regular addresses from the SIG's President and Executive Director, (b) reports on the business of the SIG, (c) SIG research and advocacy initiatives, (d) calls for manuscripts for upcoming publications and proposals for upcoming conferences, and (e) the latest pertinent research presented at conferences such as AERA and AMLE.

Beginning in 2015, the CZI merges investing, engineering, advocacy, policy and grants to form research initiatives concentrating on education and personalized learning.

The initiative builds on existing voter registration tools currently available as part of ASCD's Web - based Action Center, an advocacy tool that connects educators with resources to help them speak out on issues of excellence and equity in education.

Most notably, the foundation funded the American Federation for Children, an advocacy group focused on supporting school - choice initiatives and supporting candidates who back school choice.

«Kelly will build on NSBA's successful advocacy work through new initiatives and approaches.

AACTE is pleased to support these state chapters as they develop new initiatives and projects focused on advocacy, program quality, and chapter development.

Reviewed 2013 Strategic Plan goals (Develop a committee structure that parallels AACTE and mobilized committees based on annually identified MACTE priorities; Developed and implemented an advocacy plan for educator preparation at the state level in matters of legislative policy, and regulatory matters related to initial and advanced educator preparation and licensure; Developed and disseminated position statements on issues of importance to educator preparation and licensure; Developed a statewide initiative showcasing excellence in educator preparation), established working committees and set priorities for 2014 - 15.

The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, a non-profit advocacy group, is collaborating with Qualcomm, Kajeet for Education, and HTC to launch an initiative designed to «empower pre - service / student teachers with advanced wireless technologies.»

Katie works on state policy and advocacy issues for Code.org, including state implementation of computer science education initiatives.

For information on GLSEN's research, educational resources, public policy advocacy, student organizing programs and educator training initiatives, visit www.glsen.org.