Dana Hepper leads
the policy advocacy work at the Children's Institute in Oregon.
The recent convergence of scholarly research, program development efforts, and
policy advocacy work have all pushed in the direction of a fresh «ecological» framework for learning that nests more responsibility in the nonschool hours.
Not exact matches
Celebrating over 50 years of excellence, education and
advocacy, IFA
works through its government relations and public
policy, media relations and educational programs to protect, enhance and promote franchising.
His
advocacy work includes direct communications with company leadership, investor education and awareness, filing shareholder proposals, and public
policy advocacy at the municipal, state and federal levels.
AWEA Wind Power on Capitol Hill is a rare opportunity for AWEA members and others who want to help advance wind energy to participate in
advocacy training and then put that training to
work to educate legislators and their staff on the wind industry's top
policy initiatives at both the state and federal level.
A useful piece on the «new» Danish Economy and why it
works by Jonathan Cohn, a senior editor at the (American) New Republic and a senior fellow at Demos, a US - based national, non-partisan public
policy, research and
advocacy organization.
Jacob helps coordinate
policy efforts and political
advocacy support for Blue Haven and
works on select outside projects, including organizing student and youth engagement activities.
In comparison, gun control advocates are motivated by more abstract notions of reducing gun violence — although, Goss noted, the victims of mass shootings and their families have begun putting a face on these
policies by engaging more actively in
advocacy work, which could make the gun control movement feel more relatable.
Adrienne Silnicki is the National Director of
Policy and
Advocacy at the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC), a non-profit organization that
works to protect, improve and expand public health care in Canada.
Today, we look at how the resettlement process
works, with the help of Jenny Yang, vice president of
policy and
advocacy at World Relief.
They are so wedded to this connection that when President Trump reinstated the Mexico City
Policy, which denies American aid to any NGO that provides, counsels, or refers for abortion, or that promotes a change in a country's laws towards permitting access to abortion, not a single NGO (as far as I am aware) agreed to sever its contraception
work from its abortion
advocacy.
Through our
advocacy efforts and investments, we seek innovative solutions to agricultural
policy challenges and we
work to foster the political will and public support to solve them.
Breastfeeding
advocacy groups like the National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy (NABA) are working to encourage the United States to adopt similar p
advocacy groups like the National Alliance for Breastfeeding
Advocacy (NABA) are working to encourage the United States to adopt similar p
Advocacy (NABA) are
working to encourage the United States to adopt similar
policies.
In February, SNS
worked with the Academy's
Policy Initiatives and
Advocacy staff in Washington, D. C.in development of a survey sent to SNS members February 21 to help assess the impact implementation of the 2010 Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act (HHFKA) had on school nutrition programs.
BPNI seeks to
work towards optimal nutrition of women and children, especially on enhancing breastfeeding rates in the country through countering commercial influence, capacity building of health and nutrition care providers,
advocacy for maternity entitlements and other national
policies.
Currently, she is a MSW Intern with Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee, focusing on social
work skills on a macro level, like community organizing,
policy, and
advocacy.
* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public
Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director,
Policy &
Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social
Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change
She is excited to
work alongside the incredible API team;
working to develop
advocacy materials to educate parents and raising awareness among
policy makers and influencers to move towards a more child - centered society.
Recognized for her expertise in the areas of infancy and child development, mindfulness and emotional intelligence, and parent - child interactions, she is involved in research, consulting,
advocacy and child
policy work.
Survive & T hrive Global Development Alliance Survive & Thrive is an allian ce of government, professional health association, private sector and non-profit partners
working with country g overnments and health professionals to improve health outcomes for mothers, newborns and children through clinical training, systems strengthening and
policy advocacy.
Since then she has
worked to eliminate the high infant mortality rate for babies of color, through
advocacy and
policy.
As a takeaway for the participants in our online
advocacy panel on Friday, below are a ton of articles on various aspects of the question of spreading a message and
working to change politics and
policy online.
Over the first year of the
Policy Council, we began
working with many associations and corporations to build microsites that put their best foot forward in terms of their
advocacy messaging to Congress.
Advocacy blogs seem to
work best for organizations that have either a very strong
policy side (and hence a good stream of content) or a particularly strong voice or personality.
The staffers include Ben Kalish, the group's former director of development, who has left to
work at the Fortune Society, and Jamin Sewell, the firm's director of lobbying and government relations, who has left to serve as counsel and managing director of
policy and
advocacy at the Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies.
She's also a member of Make the Road Action Fund, a grassroots
advocacy group which
works among
working class Latino communities to promote
policy solutions.
We look forward to
working with Senator Klein to ensure that New York State makes the investments necessary to ensure high - quality early childhood education for New York's children,» said Gregory Brender, the Co-Director of
Policy and
Advocacy for United Neighborhood Houses.
Ortiz is a past president of the Stonewall Democratic Club of New York City, the state's largest LGBTQ political club that
works with elected officials in all five boroughs and is active in
policy advocacy at City Hall and in Albany.
After 25 years of
advocacy and major
policy achievements, the Empire State Pride Agenda's
work is done.
Two people familiar with the Democratic Party's new efforts emphasized that even if its new message is aimed at federal
policy, «no
advocacy work will be focused beyond the borders of New York State.»
Our students participate in the dynamic interplay between science, technology, and US public
policy, though hands - on, research - oriented summer
work at agencies,
advocacy groups, corporations, and legislative and executive offices.
McDowell foresees two groups
working in the organization: «one that is effecting
advocacy and communication between junior scientists and the rest of the community; and another that is
working with data about the system and driving evidence - based
policy changes.»
Stachowiak also includes a discussion of how evaluators, advocates, and funders can apply these theories to
advocacy and
policy work.
«That means there would be tremendous benefit to patient
advocacy groups, health care organizations, providers and policymakers
working together to develop clear guidelines and
policies around the responsible, positive use of open recordings.»
Bethany currently
works in Government Relations for the American Institute of Physics (AIP) managing the government relations
advocacy services and administering tailored, nuanced strategies to educate, inform and constructively influence
policy and
policy - makers.
While at the AAS, Bethany managed the public
policy activities including, creating and managing a federal and local grassroots
advocacy program designed to
work with association members to effectively communicate with
policy makers and successfully leading a coalition,
working with Congressional leaders, and drafting legislation to secure millions of federal dollars appropriated for the restarting domestic production of Plutonium - 238 as a fuel source for planetary exploration.
Nationally, she is involved in
advocacy work as an alternate delegate to the American Medical Association and Chair of the health
policy committee of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society.
Fellows will be expected to make substantive contributions to the
work of their organization, including conducting
policy research and analysis; drafting reports and analyses; attending government and industry meetings and conferences; and participating in other
advocacy activities.
The
Working Group generates estimates of R&D investment that can be compared year to year across options and strategies and funding sources, helping assess the impact of public
policies aimed at accelerating scientific progress and to provide facts for
advocacy.
Derrell Bradford is the executive vice president of 50CAN: The 50 - State Campaign for Achievement Now, and the executive director of its New York branch, NYCAN, with more than fourteen years
working in education reform
policy and
advocacy.
How many of my
policy and
advocacy colleagues, I wonder, know the names Tim Shanahan, Nell Duke, Isabel Beck, Judith Hochman or anything about their
work?
The vast majority of EP alumni
work for other education organizations, including high - performing charter school networks and education nonprofits, state and federal agencies that allocate billions of dollars across the sector and impact millions of children, education
policy and
advocacy organizations, and ed tech companies.
HDP graduates are putting their Harvard degree and experience to
work at all levels of the education sector — public and independent schools, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies — as well as pursuing careers in public health, social services, child
advocacy, and social
policy.
* Capacity - building workshops: how to implement Quality Assurance in NFE, and how to enhance the impact of our
policy and
advocacy work towards recognition of NFE.
I felt like I dug deep in taking the Close Examination of Student
Work: Investigating Learning and Teaching by Adjunct Lecturer Tina Blythe and got breadth through the AIE core class on understanding the world of arts in education through practice, research,
policy, and
advocacy and taught by Steve Seidel.
The organization
works alongside the Ministry of Women's Affairs and the Ministry of Higher Education and carries out
policy advocacy, counselling and legal support as well as mentorship programmes.
In California, TNTP
worked with state senator Jack Scott and local
advocacy groups to pass a bill for the reform of teacher transfer
policies, changing the dynamics of teacher hiring for some 3,000 low - performing schools statewide.
Research on promising practices and barriers to success also plays a critical role in this
work: it guides our thinking, shapes our ongoing theory of action, and provides the basis for our programs,
policy, and
advocacy work.
The ERL's plan for action is complex with several components: field
work, research,
policy and
advocacy.
Hailed as one of the intellectual godfathers of the charter school movement, Chester Checker E. Finn, Jr. has been
working on charter school
policy and
advocacy since the 1990s.