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Hartford Federation of Teachers President Andrea Johnson has been one of the state's most outspoken advocates on behalf of public school students, parents and teachers.

A newcomer to politics, she has been an outspoken advocate on a host of progressive issues.

She was an outspoken advocate on issues affecting schools and working families in her district and across New York, and she will be greatly missed.

OSSINING, NY — As part of efforts to craft legislation raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, Senators David Carlucci (D - Rockland / Westchester) and Jeff Klein (D - Bronx / Westchester) held a roundtable discussion keynoted by the Honorable Jonathan Lippman, former Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals who has been an outspoken advocate on the issue.

As an outspoken advocate on education, she hopes to bring fresh perspective and thought leadership through her work as a board member of a public charter school and as a spokesperson for statewide public school funding campaigns.

Grenier is an outspoken advocate on the marine debris crisis.

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He has been outspoken about the state of venture capital on his widely read blog, «Above the Crowd,» where he advocated for rigorous vetting among start - up investors, and supported public accountability for technology companies.

This explains why there are some pastors who are outspoken temperance advocates and yet carry on effective counseling ministries with alcoholics.

Spong has been an outspoken advocate of gays in ministry, but as bishop he was also the author of several books on Christianity that present a sharp critique of Christian tradition and a decidedly unorthodox view of Jesus and Mary.

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.

Justin says that, too often, outspoken Christians on the traditional side give the impression that the Bible supports hostility toward LGBT people, while pro-gay advocates reinforce this assumption by arguing that the only way to treat LGBT people with respect is to throw out the Bible altogether.

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.

-LSB-...] While vocal advocates can be powerful (as school food blogger Bettina Elias Siegel recently discussed on The Lunch Tray), you certainly don't have to be an outspoken, fist - waving proponent -LSB-...]

Kate Adamick, a nationally recognized school food consultant who is an outspoken advocate of eliminating flavored milk from schools, both because of the hazards posed by added sugar in flavored milk and because it costs schools more to buy it, dismissed the study on the same grounds.

While vocal advocates can be powerful (as school food blogger Bettina Elias Siegel recently discussed on The Lunch Tray), you certainly don't have to be an outspoken, fist - waving proponent of healthy school food to further the cause.

Email blasts from the two liberal organizations note that Avella used to be an outspoken opponent of charters — and co-location in particular — and yet voted «yes» on the Senate one - house budget that education advocates say pushes more of the controversial co-locations and hikes state aid to charters at the expense of traditional public schools.

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

Outspoken Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. has been labeled a bigot by LGBT advocates and their allies for his anti-gay marriage stance, and the Bronx Democrat has taken some fairly controversial positions on a variety of other issues, too, including, but not limited to, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino.

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 party took a surprising and confusing stance on the state attorney general race at its convention Saturday, throwing support behind both Letitia James, the city's public advocate, and outspoken law professor Zephyr Teachout.

Schneiderman, who had been an outspoken advocate of the #MeToo movement, was accused by four women of physical abuse in a New Yorker article that came out on Monday, leading to his resignation and investigation into the alleged incidents.

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

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

Perhaps a result of his outspoken nature, Faulkner believes the Comptroller should be a constant, vocal, independent advocate on behalf of taxpayers.

Currently, Mark Sircus, Ac., OMD, DM is one of the most outspoken advocates of magnesium for healing and writes widely on the subject:

And I've been an outspoken advocate of not using the pill on the Bulletproof blog, since the very beginning of this, and there's very specific reasons.

Alfie Kohn, an outspoken advocate for taking homework out of schools, joined us for our talk on whether homework raises attainment.

Rep. Graig Meyer, an outspoken public schools advocate from Orange County who sits on the House Education Committee, said most teachers believe the governor's pay proposal is «too little, too late.»

«Education savings accounts are another example of taking public taxpayer dollars and allowing it to be spent on private schools with no accountability and no transparency,» Rep. Graig Meyer, an Orange County Democrat and outspoken public school advocate who sits on the state House education committee, complained Wednesday.

Ellis» ideas were mirrored by outspoken public education advocates in the legislature, who poured it on McCrory this week, arguing the governor needs to show a stronger commitment to funding schools and teachers.

At first a fiercely determined adversary of the fledgling faith, after his dramatic conversion experience on the Damascus road, Paul became Christianity's most outspoken advocate.

Pickens has been (but not any more due to strides in technology have altered the energy landscape) outspoken on the issue of peak oil, and advocates alternative and renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.

Ellen is an outspoken advocate for education on animal welfare issues, and is active in visiting schools and libraries with her rescues in order to inform people about issues such as animal welfare, adopting versus buying animals, and the importance of spaying and neutering pets.

Mariellen is a well - known expert on travel in India and an outspoken advocate of solo female travel.

The organisers tell us it is, «Not so much a «line - up of Lecturers» as a great sharing of new ideas from passionate advocates for change, outspoken controversialists and a dozen leading practitioners — the people making change happen on the ground now.»

He is a prominent advocate of adherence to due process in such proceedings and is an outspoken critic of the Bar Standards Board, the Bar's regulator, especially on issues of non-disclosure of evidence.

Outspoken bitcoin advocate Marc Andreessen sits on the board of eBay.

Amidst the backlash from privacy advocates over the revelations about the Cambridge Analytica data - mining operations, outspoken tycoon Elon Musk announced (on Twitter, of course) that he was joining the #deletefacebook movement in a response to WhatsApp founder Brian Acton.

Mariellen is a well - known expert on travel in India and an outspoken advocate of solo female travel.

On campuses and online, in statehouses and courts, in local communities, and in the media, Planned Parenthood is an outspoken, passionate advocate for policies that enable all people to access comprehensive reproductive and sexual health care, education, and information.