Sentences with phrase «other advocacy efforts»

The insightful program is leading to greater community involvement through mentoring, volunteering and other advocacy efforts, further improving student achievement.

If our goal is to influence policymakers, they are the ones who are willing to write letters, show up at town halls, and engage in other advocacy efforts.»

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But the advocacy group contends the effort is skimpy and Valeant should include more information about complications from interactions with alcohol and other drugs.

Elsewhere, other employment advocacy groups have made efforts at unionizing drivers.

CIFF has indicated a significant interest in funding up to 50 % of Living Goods» costs for 2015 - 2018, with the condition that Living Goods raises approximately $ 1 for every $ 1 CIFF contributes.152 Regardless of CIFF's decision, Living Goods is actively seeking funding from new and existing donors to fill its funding gap and plans to use these funds to support scaling up in Uganda and its partnerships and advocacy team's efforts to help organizations replicate the model in other places.153

In the same century, the advocacy efforts of William Wilberforce and other Christians helped abolish the slave trade throughout the British Empire.

Founded in 1989, Center Families programs include support groups for LGBT parents and prospective parents; trainings for teachers and school administrators; advocacy and activist efforts; support around alternative insemination and other biological parenthood options; forums on custody issues when LGBT parents separate; financial planning for alternative families; and recreational programs for children 8 and under (Halloween Parties, Holiday Parties, Play Days, etc.).

As Time goes on, do intend to consciously feature other sides from their own camps because it «feels» to be a really good tool for determining where education and advocacy efforts might be effectively focused at any given moment..

The lawsuit says Cuomo and the other defendants «have abused their authority in an effort to stifle the NRA's political advocacy and to retaliate against the NRA for the effectiveness of that advocacy.»

And we Bronxites have a lot of heart and soul to give in aid of our home borough — our efforts and advocacy are paying off in a big way in the form of these new apartments on Webster Avenue and many other developments and community improvements that New York State, thanks to Governor Cuomo, has financed and is making a reality.»

«Even during our deep commitments to the Obama campaign and many other Democratic candidates in 2008, BSD worked hard to diversify our client portfolio into other types of advocacy and membership efforts,» says Blue State Digital managing partner Thomas Gensemer.

We look forward to your input as we assess these proposals, and hope that you can remain involved in our advocacy efforts in response to these and other budget issues.

Failing to gain any traction within the de Blasio administration or with other city - based elected officials, charter leaders quickly shifted their advocacy efforts up to Albany, where they hoped for a more receptive audience.

One of the «strategies for the future» that the report identifies is: «Party leaders, advocacy organizations, and other political groups also need to make an active effort to reach out to individual women about running for seats.

Co-sponsored legislation and supported efforts to combat the Heroin and Opioid crisis, including a policy to raise additional revenue for education and prevention, creating a Family Advocate to help individuals and families navigate insurance and other issues while seeking treatment and supporting local advocacy groups.

Moran and Berg, along with other members of the senior management team, also will play a key role in the association's Transformation Initiative, a far - reaching effort to enhance engagement with members, increase advocacy, and ensure that the Science journals continue to provide leadership in science communication.

The Mars Society is pleased to announce that it has joined the online Marspedia project started by two other space advocacy groups - The Mars Foundation and The Moon Society - in an effort to build out a great resource for people of all ages to learn more about the planet Mars, promote the human and robotic exploration of the Red Planet and encourage STEM education.

F. Coordinate outreach and advocacy efforts with other communities on campus (i.e., graduate and undergraduate students, other postdoc associations at Stanford).

SAN DIEGO and SAN FRANCISCO, February 23, 2017 — ViaCyte, Inc., a privately - held regenerative medicine company, and Beyond Type 1, a not - for - profit advocacy and education group for those living with type 1 diabetes, today announced a grant from Beyond Type 1 to support ViaCyte's efforts to develop a functional cure for type 1 and other insulin - requiring diabetes.

The Producers Guild has more than 5,700 members who work together to protect and improve their careers, the industry and community by providing members with employment opportunities, seeking to expand health benefits, promoting fair and impartial standards for the awarding of producing credits, as well as other education and advocacy efforts such as encouraging sustainable production practices.

In addition to dedicated professional staff and board members, our vision requires efforts from a broad coalition of authorizers, superintendents, and state and local advocacy organizations, as well as public officials, civic leaders, funders, and others.

We provide additional support to E4E and other nonprofits by providing research and information on emerging education advocacy efforts and trends, which we offer through America Forward - New Profit's policy arm.

The committee's work includes connecting with other organizations in the state to identify advocacy resources and information of interest to CO ASCD members, to co-sponsor events, and to strengthen educator advocacy efforts in the state.

The president of Washington's largest teachers» union said the effort had one other positive result: fruitful collaboration between the governor, the Legislature, parents, other education advocacy groups, local school districts and the Washington Education Association, representing teachers.

Over the last year, the chapter has been working on strengthening its advocacy efforts and ensuring its members a seat at the table when the state is deliberating on laws such as this one and other regulations that impact educator preparation.

CO ASCD's efforts to support teacher voice in education decision making include hosting online conversations with policymakers (see Education Issues in Focus at www.coascd.org), conducting policy summits, inviting policymakers and educators to write policy - related blogs or articles for our newsletter, connecting with other organizations in the state that promote education advocacy (for example, Commissioner Anthes» Teacher Cabinet http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdecomm/teachercabinet), providing information about policy priorities in Colorado (for example, State Board of Education priorities (http://www.cde.state.co.us/cdeboard/sbe2017legpriorities), and participating in ASCD education advocacy activities.

AAE, the premier national professional association for educators, will offer teachers and other employees of TCSA member schools full AAE membership at a low monthly rate in an effort to advance best practices and advocacy opportunities for public charter school teachers in Texas.

E4E was thrilled to be able to work with such a wide range of education advocacy groups in this effort, including United Way of Los Angeles, Education Trust — West, Teach Plus, Parent Revolution, Alliance for a Better Community and many others.

As a result, they may engage in advocacy for the student as part of an overall school reform effort, create counseling groups with other students, or initiate more universal interventions aligned with Tier I of multi-tiered systems of support.

But the department's action was prompted by concerted efforts from parent groups such as Decoding Dyslexia and other advocacy organizations, which have recently rallied around the Twitter hashtag, #saydyslexia.

The people who were the financial backers of Achievement First then created ConnCAN and ConnAD, the two lobbying and advocacy groups designed to support the effort to shift more state funds to Achievement First and Connecticut's other charter schools.

The California Community Schools Network will connect local community school efforts to each other and with statewide stakeholder / advocacy organizations to:

As Chief of Policy & Public Affairs, Richard leads the KIPP Foundation's public policy, advocacy, marketing, and communications efforts to grow the KIPP network and advocate for policies that make it easier for students to afford college and overcome other barriers to success.

As part of all three efforts, Families for Excellent Schools is organizing parents and other charter supporters to participate in an advocacy campaign.

In addition to dedicated professional staff and board members, our vision requires efforts from a broad coalition of authorizers, superintendents, and state and local advocacy organizations, as well as public officials, civic leaders, lawmakers, funders, and others.

Essaibi - George's call for a hearing is part of an effort by education advocacy groups and others to increase investment in the city's public schools.

«other groups, such as Families for Excellent Schools, use side payments — financial stipends of $ 250 — $ 1,000 per year — to give parents an incentive to participate in mobilization and advocacy efforts.»

Recently, charter school leader Dave Patterson sat down with students from the Rocklin Academy Schools to discuss the importance of participating in Action Alerts and other charter school movement - wide advocacy efforts.

In these districts — there were 16 in 2014 — the foundation concentrates funding to create new schools with advocacy efforts, support for the recruitment and training of new teachers (primarily through Teach for America) and other programs.

«The significant financial support that the League's advocacy efforts were able to secure for charters during the 2014 legislative session was absolutely huge for our school and so many others.

We have learned many lessons along the way and have identified best practices that we would like to share with others who may be interested in implementing robust accountability standards in their own states as well as state charter associations seeking to build accountability frameworks to guide their advocacy efforts.

I advocate for high - quality charter public schools at the district, state, and federal level, I assist schools with their advocacy needs, and I coordinate advocacy efforts among charter parents, teachers, staff and other supporters.

IBPA's advocacy efforts in this regard, as well as other ongoing initiatives like IBPA's Industry Standards Checklist for a Professionally Published Book, continue to reinforce the organization's mission to lead and serve the independent publishing community through advocacy, education, and tools for success.

IBPA's advocacy efforts in this regard, as well as other ongoing initiatives, continue to reinforce the organization's mission to lead and serve the independent publishing community through advocacy, education, and tools for success.

Part of our advocacy efforts includes educating the public on various aspects of living with dogs, with or without disabilities, to encourage adoption, especially of these ostracized breeds that are in great numbers in shelters everywhere due to overpopulation and the bans on pit bulls (read more about Breed - Specific Legislation and other BS discrimination).

Adam Sugalski — executive director of OneProtest, a Florida - based advocacy organization perhaps best known for its high - profile, successful effort to help halt the Florida bear hunt — recalls how he first stepped into the role of advocate when, as a professional artist, he was invited to a circus protest and realized the appearance of the signs and other materials used at that demonstration could be made sharper, and more effective.

The bike shops, clubs, advocacy organizations, instructors, and businesses listed here all support the League's efforts to build a bicycle - friendly America with their member dues and other work on behalf of cycling.

By comparison, the solar advocacy efforts are, as acknowledged by TASC: «First and foremost, the group will work to protect net - energy metering (NEM) rules,» as without them — and the other politically correct policies — rooftop solar energy doesn't make economic sense.

However, I really do try to make an effort to be a mentor and available to others seeking advice and help on climate advocacy.

In contrast to individuals serving as advocates, national science organizations, universities, and other expert institutions have a duty instead to avoid partisan advocacy and to sponsor efforts at civic education and public engagement.