Sentences with phrase «outspoken advocates for»

In hundreds of communities and dozens of states, REALTORS ® have become outspoken advocates for policies that maintain the integrity of housing markets by preserving choice and affordability without compromising the qualities that make communities desirable.

Democratic Sen. Ed Markey, Mass., one of his committee's most outspoken advocates for a new online privacy law, said he wants to know if there's any «recourse for victims» from Facebook's recent privacy mishaps.

Financial gurus Suze Orman and Dave Ramsey are two of the most outspoken advocates for this approach.

Ms. DeVos, a conservative, Republican activist, has been one of the nation's most outspoken advocates for empowering families to choose schools outside of the mainstream system for their children.

One of the region's most outspoken advocates for sustainable seafood, Oceanside native Chef Rob Ruiz spent a decade honing his craft -LSB-...]

After serving more than three decades as one of Congress's most - outspoken advocates for international religious freedom, Rep. Frank Wolf (R - 10th) announced today that he will not seek re-election in 2014.

A dark - comedy genius, the «House of Cards» star is today an outspoken advocate for the «Netflix model» of television.

Jigar Shah, co-founder of investor Generate Capital Inc. and an outspoken advocate for the solar industry, went as far as to describe the decision as «good news.»

Widely viewed as one of the first tech leaders to come clean about what many now view as an epidemic in the industry, the 49 - year - old has become an outspoken advocate for openly addressing the still - touchy topic.

Chika Oduah — Freelance: Oduah's work has been published in the New York Times, Huffington Post, The Atlantic, CNN, and many more, and she serves as an outspoken advocate for women's rights in Africa.

Mike Hearn, the most outspoken advocate for the increase in block size at that time, spearheaded the Bitcoin XT movement.

Meltem Demirors is a passionate, outspoken advocate for the cryptocurrency revolution.

McGowan was one of the first women to accuse Weinstein of rape and has since become an outspoken advocate for sexual assault victims.

Pittman has been an outspoken advocate for gun control and helped students organize a Walk for Solidarity last month in Parkland to protest gun violence.

Mr. McGowan is known as an outspoken advocate for labour issues and critic of the Temporary Foreign Workers program.

Jolie is an enigma wrapped inside of a riddle: an outspoken advocate for United Nations and children's causes who nonetheless maintains a near - impenetrable wall of privacy around her personal life with partner Brad Pitt.

He has since become an outspoken advocate for gun law reform.

Not only did he donate $ 1.5 million to Black Lives Matter and other social justice groups last year, but he's become an outspoken advocate for criminal justice reform.

Bible teacher and writer Beth Moore has been an outspoken advocate for survivors of sexual abuse.

He is a distinguished Harvard biologist and popular teacher, Pulitzer Prize - winning writer, sociobiologist, naturalist, authority on entomology and outspoken advocate for environmental responsibility and species diversity.

Mr. Albert Straus: Founder and CEO of Straus Family Creamery, is an outspoken advocate for organic, non-GMO dairy production, environmental stewardship and small family farms.

Posed with Mike Ditka in a bride's dress on a magazine cover after Ditka had traded his entire draft for Williams, retired, came back, played in the CFL, made another return to the NFL, was an outspoken advocate for cannabis freedom throughout, and ended up in the NFL's 10,000 rushing yards club.

She is a very outspoken advocate for HIV / AIDS.

Marsden Wagner, a Washington, D.C. - based doctor who is retired from the World Health Organization and is an outspoken advocate for midwives, said the most important job for a midwife is to determine when the normal birth becomes abnormal.

Anthony Weiner was an outspoken advocate for — and opponent to — many things while he served in Congress, but he was the lead sponsor one just one bill that was signed into law — a 2010 measure aimed at reducing cigarette sales - tax evasion.

The invite to the May 12 event, which costs between $ 1,000 and $ 3,800 to attend, features a photo of the mayor and a note from him lauding the Buffalo Democrat as a «champion for charter schools in the Assembly,» (which is, for the record, a place where that sort of behavior is not widespread), and also an «outspoken advocate for public school reform.»

She has lobbied on behalf of AEQ in the past and is an outspoken advocate for same - sex marriage.

Margaret Chin, Council District 1, Manhattan (Incumbent)-- Chin, who's running for a third term representing Lower Manhattan, has been an outspoken advocate for pedestrian safety and placard reform.

Anthony Brindisi has been an outspoken advocate for public schools throughout his career.

«I think Governor Cuomo has definitely stepped into a vacuum,» said Loretta Weinberg, a New Jersey state senator and outspoken advocate for a new bus terminal, which is heavily used by New Jersey commuters.

Kavanagh is one of New York's leading champions of reform and is an outspoken advocate for changing the culture in Albany.

One of New York's leading champions of reform, Kavanagh is an outspoken advocate for changing the culture in Albany, fixing New York's broken election and campaign finance systems, and standing up to special interests.

Flanagan in a statement Friday called Nojay «an outspoken advocate for conservative values, for his district, and for Upstate New York.»

Our Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, was serving on that committee as an outspoken advocate for consumers, until last night when he was forced off of it.

The longtime Pinellas County lawmaker has been an outspoken advocate for autonomous vehicle, or AV, technology for the better part of a decade.

But Gordon, a sponsor of the New Jersey Port Authority reform legislation and an outspoken advocate for the bus - terminal replacement project, said Cuomo's move is especially concerning since it comes as Christie has taken a largely hands - off approach to the Port Authority in the wake of Bridgegate, which involved two of his former close allies who were employed at the agency.

I've been an outspoken advocate for LGBT equality here in New York and around the country.

What's more, former Rep. Anthony Weiner was an outspoken advocate for gay marriage — far more so than Weprin — and nevertheless managed to get re-elected repeatedly in NY - 9, serving for 12 years.

Ceretto has been an outspoken advocate for local representation on the NYPA board since his time in the Niagara County Legislature.

He's an outspoken advocate for suburban interests like property relief — a big focus for his conference this year — and charter schools, which has put him at odds with some fellow Democrats.

Nixon was honored with the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award in February 2018 because she is a «fearless and outspoken advocate for all LGBTQ people,» HRC President Chad Griffin said.

«Harriet Tubman is best known for bravely devoting her life to the end of slavery in America, but she also was a fiercely outspoken advocate for women's rights and women's suffrage, decades before women were granted the right to vote.

Dexter, who returned to Syracuse from Florida several years ago and leads a church at 516 South Ave., has accused Mayor Stephanie Miner and Police Chief Frank Fowler several times of harassing him because he is an outspoken advocate for civil rights.

Stefanik has also co-sponsored legislation to ban bump stocks, and continues to be an outspoken advocate for bolstering mental health resources.

The only good news from our advocacy to this is John remaining an outspoken advocate for Saratoga, no question about that.

He was not only an outspoken advocate for gay rights, having carried the same - sex marriage bill for years, but also a number of other liberal causes — including a bill to legalize medical marijuana.

Mr. Heastie praised her work on behalf of students and «progressive policies,» saying she would be an «outspoken advocate for her constituents.»

Armstrong, a designer based in London, is an outspoken advocate for what she calls «the living city,» or urban structures that she told me we'd create in the same way we cook or garden.

He was replaced by Democrat Mark Begich, whose brother has been an outspoken advocate for the idea that HAARP is a secret military weapons project.

He was an outspoken advocate for returning humans to the lunar surface.