Sentences with phrase «political advocacy work»

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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.

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.

Nonprofit's work — supporting farmers with grants and political advocacy — is vital, but the nutrition industry must be more involved.

* 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

A frequent speaker and acknowledged expert in the field of internet communications, Delany has worked for two decades to help advocacy groups, companies and political campaigns leverage the power of online tools.

Since then, Delany has worked as a consultant to help dozens of political advocacy campaigns promote themselves in the digital world, and between 2003 and 2007 was the Online Communications Manager at the National Environmental Trust.

More and more, political advocates are learning the power of TARGETED communications with their supporters, with potential advocacy partners and with the actual targets of their advocacy work.

Time to update that list of open source software shops specializing in nonprofit / advocacy / political work — June of 2007 was a while ago.

Many other political communicators working in both the electoral and advocacy spaces have found search / contextual ads to be extremely effective for list - building, and they're likely to be a first consideration for online political advertisers over the next few years.

Since gaining acclaim during the 2008 presidential election through its Obama campaign work, the integrated digital marketing agency has veered away from political candidate campaigns and broadened its clientele to encompass more advocacy groups, non-profits, unions, sporting organizations, educational institutions, and corporate clients.

Campaign consultants are often accused of lagging behind their counterparts in the commercial marketing world and even the political issue advocacy world, but a major reason is that they HAVE to use methods that are known to work — when you have very little time to get your candidate elected, you're going to be biased toward tactics that you know you can trust.

But as we think about social media and the work ahead, what could 2017 hold in store in the political and advocacy worlds?

Meanwhile, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the governors of the 36 states to work together in tackling the menace of the herdsmen's killings and invasions, and not be distracted by their political ambition.

But Jenkins lamented that the commission, now full of Astorino political appointees, is not acting proactively as it was intended to, lacks a full - time executive director and added that he would work to re-establish advocacy offices for minority groups, which, he said, have also been marginalized under the Astorino administration.

Under the direction of a political advocacy group backed by Colorado software mogul Tim Gill, two former top Senate Republican aides and a former legislative adviser to the Log Cabin Republicans are working behind the scenes to capture crucial votes in the GOP - led Senate.

A former staffer in the Texas Legislature, Delany has worked with advocacy groups and political campaigns to maximize their gain from digital communications tools since 1996.

Since then Delany has worked as a consultant to help dozens of political advocacy campaigns promote themselves in the digital world, and between 2003 and 2007 he was the online communications manager at the National Environmental Trust.

Our staff has worked in targeted communications for political and advocacy campaigns for decades and we're ready to hit the ground running.

«In the current political campaign environment, the presidential campaign finance system doesn't work at all and can not work,» said Craig Holman, who lobbies Capitol Hill on ethics and campaign finance issues for the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Public Citizen.

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.

Until Thursday afternoon, the governor's campaign website touted 51 endorsements, from prominent labor unions, Democratic clubs, progressive advocacy groups, and political parties like the Women's Equality Party and the Working Families Party.

Maria Urbina, national political director of the Indivisible Project, lauded Balter's health care advocacy and her work as an activist with the Central New York Solidarity Coalition.

Watkins and others like her see themselves as having moral commitments outside of academia; they want to do work that brings political engagement and the advocacy of social justice to the cannon of anthropological literature.

Ironically, the advocacy and organizing approach of these organizations mirrors the early work of the PTA, which was part of a nascent progressive political reform movement that changed the world of child welfare and children's education programs.

One development that followed on the heels of ED in ’08 is that most of today's leading advocacy groups have created 501 (c)(4) arms that allow them vast new freedom to engage directly in political work.

At times you come close to denigrating the people who are doing the work of political advocacy on the reform side.

The goal of the study was to highlight the work of teachers unions, which often goes beyond traditional collective - bargaining duties and includes advocacy and political lobbying, said Dara Zeehandelaar, one of the co-authors.

Prior to leading Mastery's work on race, culture and class, Erin led Mastery's family and community engagement and political advocacy.

Prior to joining SCORE in 2010, he worked in public relations and political consulting, providing clients and candidates with campaign consulting, issue advocacy support, and public affairs and communications strategy.

Milwaukee Teachers» Education Association (MTEA) blended teacher quality and standards programs with political advocacy, internal growth and strength work, and led with partnerships and coalition building in the community.

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And through the political advocacy arm of GO Public Schools Oakland Advocates, the affiliate has played a key role in elevating the work of the school board, bringing community members together to elect school board leaders committed to advocating for all students, and helping to pass measures to provide needed services and funds to schools.

Building Political Power Elections; Parent / Community Engagement; Holding Elected Officials Accountable; Leadership Development; Renewal Advocacy; Your Role in Sacramento: Working with State Agencies and Public Officials; Preparing for CCSA Advocacy Day

According to Federal Election Committee reports, in addition to his work with the Connecticut Association for Achievement Advocacy, Inc., (ConnAD),, Robert Furek has been a major fundraiser and donor to the campaigns of George W. Bush for President, John McCain for President, Romney for President, Paul Ryan for Congress, Rick Santorum's U.S. senatorial run in 2006 and two extraordinarily controversial political action committees; Progress for America Voter Fund, a primary vehicle for the Koch Brother's assault on America and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

Yesterday's blog focused on the fact that since 2004, The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, Inc (ConnCAN) and its relatively unknown political advocacy organization, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Advocacy, Inc. have worked to frame theadvocacy organization, the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Advocacy, Inc. have worked to frame theAdvocacy, Inc. have worked to frame the debate.

Kathy is also the founder and director of Wisconsin Voters for Companion Animals, a grass - roots political advocacy organization that works towards advancing humane legislation while preserving animal owners rights.

She began her career working in advocacy, media relations, and electoral politics and has directed over 60 political campaign races throughout Nevada and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Just prior to joining Emancipet in 2010, Jill worked for a Chicago - based political consulting firm on direct mail campaigns for unions, political candidates and advocacy groups on issues ranging from women's health to immigration reform.

Union Baptist Church's reputation for Civil Rights advocacy and political empowerment expanded in the 1960s as they championed the desegregation of Gywnn Oak Park, the election of Congressman Parren J. Mitchell, and the work of the «Goon Squad» civil rights group.

After working for several years in political advocacy, Ian is now an associate at Richard Gray Gallery, the preeminent 50 - year - old mainstay known for modern and contemporary masters.

Her creative practice and community advocacy work often dovetail into work that addresses political, social, and environmental concerns through writing and the visual arts.

His work explores political issues, particularly animal rights and advocacy.

To make our cities more sustainable, we need vibrant advocacy groups like Local Spokes that do the hard work of finding solutions to problems and then pushing them through the political process.

We'll always keep doing the important advocacy work we do at Food & Water Watch, but by supporting our political fund, you can help us fight corporate special interests more effectively on all fronts.

Food & Water Action is a political advocacy organization supporting the educational work of Food & Water Watch.

But it wasn't until this spring, when the official leader of the Democratic party used her heft within the caucus to urge other Democrats to help ensure payday lenders could evade regulation nationwide, that her long advocacy for 400 percent interest rates and endless debt traps for the working poor became a political liability.

Today we're working tirelessly to protect your rights as a cyclist in today's changing political climate, while advancing advocacy through our Smart Cycling, Bicycle Friendly Community and Leadership Institute programs.

The intent for the program's three - person team, all of whom previously worked at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) at Columbia University, is to continue science, outreach, and advocacy work on climate change but without the limitations that come with a federal job, like working on agency priorities, managing a big lab, or avoiding political activities during work.

They provide research and policy leadership on issues that impact all working people, political advocacy for policies and programs that improve the lives of all Canadians, education programs and community organizing.