Sentences with phrase «other local chapter»

Jeremy, Brock, Mark and Dan were instrumental in several legal campaigns, including Surfrider Foundation's Supreme Court beach access amicus effort, Integrated Water Campaign litigation and other local chapter issues.

Not exact matches

This will spurt other states from New Jersey to Illinois to ask for Super Chapter 9, and the result would be a disaster for millions of American retirees who are invested in state and local general obligation bonds.

Get in touch with your local chapter to learn about volunteer opportunities and other needs.

Many other groups (such as Minneapolis's Organizing Against Pornography, state chapters of Women Against Violence Against Women, and local rape centers) have slide shows available for study groups.

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

Subsequent chapters will focus on two other major areas of religious television effect: the effects of religious television in relation to the local church and in relation to the broader cultural environment.

Somewhat more plausible are the many attempts to make Jesus in his youth a member of the Essenes, a Jewish monastic order that had its center near the Dead Sea, with local chapters in other places in Palestine.

A local chapter near you might be a great place to share your story to empower other mothers and feel supported and heard.

Join or start a local chapter to start connecting with other mothers in your area.

To connect with other parents who understand your situation, find a local support group or get involved with a local chapter of a national autism awareness group.

I look forward to meeting other local 35 + moms, heading up the Raleigh, NC chapter.

As a leader for an outreach ministry program for his home church, El - Shaddai Pentecostal Church of Christ, he rallies members of his local chapter of Tennessee School Nutrition Association (TSNA) and other industry associates to prepare care packages for 200 homeless people in Memphis.

We work to protect the ravine environment through partnership with the City of Highland Park, the Gary Borger chapter of Trout Unlimited, Highland Park High School, local elementary schools and countless other members of the community.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Federal Polytechnic Ukana chapter in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has petitioned the Governing Council of the polytechnic to suspend the rector, Prof. Balama Obomanu and the bursar, Mr.Sunday Okpo, over alleged mismanagement of funds and other irregularities.

Although LCR typically does not allow local chapters to support other candidates, the organization is allowing for flexibility in this election.

Menchaca is doing quite well in terms of institutional endorsements himself: he's been backed by many labor groups and elected officials, including the local union chapters for transportation, auto, and communications workers; SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, the Teamsters Joint Council 16, the Hotel Trades Council, and others.

StudentsFirstNY, a local chapter of the national reform organization, and Success Academy, the city's largest and most powerful charter school network, quickly joined suit, along with other charter networks like KIPP and Achievement First.

Banire said in other states, local government primary nelections were never done in centralized locations including Benue State chapter of the APC that recently held its primaries.

Syed, who co-founded the local chapter of the South Asian - American political action committee, has contributed thousands of dollars to Mangano and other politicians, Republican and Democrat.

With Perez Williams out of the race, a field of three was gradually winnowed down to one, as local officials and other progressive organizations all rallied around Dana Balter, a professor of public policy and a leader of one of the largest local Indivisible chapters.

The Young Inventors headquarters?a colorful room overflowing with files and books and overlooking a garden «for inspiration,» as Swift notes?acts as a resource hub for local chapters in other cities and countries, which operate their own events.

«This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, food, energy, human health, and ecosystem function resources from extreme events including climate, but also from other social and environmental issues,» he said in a book chapter he co-authored in «Extreme Events and Natural Hazards: The Complexity Perspective» earlier this year.

A local People for the West chapter, including the store manager at Terrero, remedial contractor employees and other residents has also participated in many site decision - making activities.

The Eugene Chapter, Weston A. Price Foundation has a Yahoo! Group so that all of our local participants can communicate with each other.

The chapter is here to support persons looking for local, unadulterated foods like organic produce, quality whole milk, and pasture - fed meats as well as other healthful resources.

With the exception (for membership applications) of supplying your name and address to your local chapter leader so that he or she may contact you by mail, we will not share this information with any other party.

Local ICAN chapters and members across the United States and other countries provide the opportunity to express childbirth - related feelings, information to help plan future births and VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) and information to avoid unnecessary cesarean sections.

Officials of the Federation for American Immigration Reform and other national groups said their local chapters are pushing referendums, state legislation, and Congressional action to deny services to illegal immigrants.

Washington — Five states no longer require school districts to keep records showing that they do not allocate less local funding to schools receiving federal Chapter 1 funds, and 31 other states have relaxed standards by which they judge «comparability,» according to the General Accounting Office.

Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of the National Education Association, and Randi Weingarten, president of the other major teachers» group, the American Federation of Teachers, say they support parents» right to opt their children out of the tests but have not gone as far as Ms. Magee and some local chapters in encouraging parents to do so.

Local chapters can often provide assistance with securing a job as well as advising members on trainings and other tools available.

Each program or activity conducted by the local educational agency (LEA) will be conducted in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 2, (commencing with § 200), Prohibition of Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title I of the California Education Code (EC), as well as all other applicable provisions of state law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex.

The purposes of the chapter are to advocate for the professional development of education technology directors, administrators, and leaders of North Carolina; elevate the professional practice of education technology leaders by coordinating and providing professional development, peer networking, and collaborative opportunities for members; support education technology leaders in providing visionary leadership, sound research, and best - in - class examples and case studies; and foster collaborative teams with other professions (e.g. curriculum, finance) to coordinate strategic leadership for North Carolina Local Education Agencies.

A growing number of schools, local leaders and other organizations have joined the conversation, and that has made it possible for us to come to San Diego and other places,» said David Lopez,, executive director of Teach for America's San Diego chapter.

In this section, the term recipient means a State or local governmental authority, or any other operator of a public transportation system, that receives financial assistance under this chapter.

Walter Hansel and several other local business leaders founded what would eventually become the local chapter of the United Way.

Did you know: In honor of the U.S. Small Business Administration's «Small Business Week» every May, the local SBA chapter hosts an awards luncheon in Nashua to recognize a Small Business Person of the Year and other honorees.

If your company isn't a leader in offering training or resources, you can always gain knowledge from others in the industry by joining your local chapter of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Chapter members also strengthened relationships with other local animal advocates, as members of the University of Central Florida's student animal protection organization were in attendance.

The FAMU chapter built bridges with other law student organizations by co-sponsoring a social event with the FAMU Environmental Law Society at a local brewery.

NOTE: Language providing that a county, municipality, or other entity of local government may not prohibit the sale of or offering for sale of tangible personal property subject to the tax imposed by Chapter 212 which may lawfully be sold in the state was stricken from final version.

Dr. Hess has lectured both nationally and internationally on exotic pets, regularly speaks to local exotic pet clubs and schools about exotic pet care, and has published numerous articles and book chapters on birds and other exotic species.

Gather any relief plans developed by the local Red Cross chapter, other animal care and control agencies, armed forces, Coast Guard, and police, fire, health, wildlife, and agriculture departments, so you know who to turn to for specific resources and do not duplicate their efforts.

Chapters two and three provide a review of books, periodicals and other publications travel writers might find handy when conducting pre-trip article research, including information from local governments, road maps and special - interest guidebooks.

There are other musician's unions, both local chapters and international, though concerns over contracts and composer rights negotiations can cause some level of trepidation if one does not understand the intricacies of such things.

We can talk past each other, close our ears, put our heads in the sand, or join the local chapter of the Flat Earth Society, but here's the thing — the atmosphere doesn't care.

Therefore, the Surfrider Foundation ELI Chapter is working with local partners, students and other organizations to protect public health and clean water across the East End.

Across the country, Surfrider Chapters are working to grow grassroots opposition to new offshore drilling through raising awareness, passing local resolutions, and other tactics.

So I was curious what others would write about community as I settled into the chapter of readings devoted to the topic of «Building Local Community» in my «Discovering Sense of Place» course book anthology.

As a student at Stanford, he served as a peer tutor to other undergraduates and as part of the Upward Bound tutoring program and was Secretary of the local chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a co-educational service fraternity.