Sentences with phrase «organizing public rallies»

BAEO was an exception, but its efforts were aimed more at recruiting students and parents to testify at the committee hearing than at organizing public rallies.

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Two large union - organized rallies are planned in Athens on the holiday, with employees at many public services nominally on strike.

The lighting of candles, and their placement in windows or public places as a message of peace and solidarity, and the organizing of a concert for a peace rally both would be important actions.

This is not true and not the consensus of Nigerians, majority of fellow planners and not a true reflection of the sincere plan to organize this rally in public interest.

Cuomo has made himself the public face of the pro-charter movement in New York in recent weeks, appearing at a pro-charter rally in Albany that was organized in reaction to Mayor Bill de Blasio's decision to reverse three charter co-locations in New York City.

«We believe that it is obscene that at a time when we should be making strong frontline investments in public schools, at a time where we should be making sure our public schools are world class... the Senate and governor are considering implementing a plan that would be a reverse Robin Hood for millionaires and billionaires around the state,» Charles Khan, an organizing director at Strong Economy for All Coalition, said at a rally at the Legislative Office Building.

(A rally organized by Columbia University professor David Eisenbach will precede the debate, at which participants will be calling on all the candidates to hold a public hearing and vote on the Small Business Jobs Survival Act).

She helped organize a series of massive pro-charter rallies and met with Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ensure passage of a bill guaranteeing charters public or private space, a law that directly benefits her own network.

F.E.S. has helped organize massive pro-charter rallies in New York City and Albany over the past year, which have influenced public policy on charter schools.

Before the rally, which was organized by City Councilwoman Margaret Chin, FDNY Lt. Brian Forsyth, 44, who has been working at Ladder 8 for six years, said the proposed closures are demoralizing firefighters and endangering the public.

This past school year, with Weingarten dividing her time between New York City and Washington, D.C., Mulgrew increasingly served as the union's public face, organizing and emceeing the giant March 5 City Hall rally against cuts and representing the union at City Council and Albany legislative hearings.

«In the 60th District, our members indicated that they believed Amber Small would be a fighter for public education and organized labor rallied on her behalf,» Korn said.

The «March for Students and Rally for Respect» was the largest act of organized teacher political action in state history and has caused people to ask what the next steps should be for public education in North Carolina.

Indeed, the May convergence in Raleigh may be one of the largest educator rallies in North Carolina in some years, some say, and it comes in a year when teachers in many GOP - controlled states have been organizing for, among other things, better pay, better pensions and an overall increase in public school funding.

The rally, organized by the Texas Charter Schools Association, served to demonstrate the positive impact school choice and public charter schools are having in the lives of Texans.

Rally Around the Pits, Inc. is a small non-profit organization organized for charitable, humane, and educational purposes, including to educate the public about animal welfare and pet adoption.

What the public missed Since attending a rally on Feb. 16 at Wekiwa Springs State Park, which was organized to emphasize the harmful effects of human encroachment in the area, I have felt compelled to express the impact the rally should have in eliminating some of the deteriorating conditions of the springs, rivers and aquifer.

The following statement was issued directly to press by Claire McCarthy, Director of Public Affairs at Cooper Union, at 1:35 PM this afternoon — just 35 minutes into a rally organized by current students in support of «deferred» applicants to the School of Art.

We hold large public education events on all of these issues; present to dozens of university classes and other community groups; and organize rallies.

Lekalakala and McDaid also organized marches and public rallies against the nuclear project, protesting across South Africa.

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