Sentences with phrase «prominent voice for»

I'm extremely disappointed that neither Andrea Rene (a prominent voice for women in the industry) or Steven Spohn (head of the AbleGamers community) were able to get up so that we could continue the recent history of recognising those looking to engage in real conversations about the medium we love so dearly.

The Missouri Legislature is in session from January through May, and the Alliance IS THERE serving as the prominent voice for the animals at our state capitol.

This organization emerged as the prominent voice for social justice and the nascent Indian Independence Movement.

She writes science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories for adults and children, and is known as a prominent voice for the asexual community.

-- that I've become a prominent voice for our cause.

Less than a week after the tragic shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, some of the surviving students — who are barely old enough to vote — have become some of the loudest and most prominent voices for gun control reform.

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For that celebration, Google included the voices of Oprah, Laverne Cox, Alicia Keys and other prominent figures to honor Angelou.

He became a prominent national leader for African Americans and a leading voice for former slaves and their descendants.

It's safe to say I have written well over 1,500 blog posts, columns, Quora answers, guest blogs, eBooks, and more (and that's not counting the high volume ghostwriting I now do for other prominent voices).

Sen. Ron Wyden (D - Or) is the most prominent voice in Congress for digital privacy, and his knowledge of technology makes him well - respected by journalists and by Silicon Valley.

«I believe everything my church teaches,» Nicholas Cafardi, a prominent Catholic lawyer, said on the call, voicing support for the birth control rule.»

His evangelical ties: Floyd was nominated for the SBC presidency by Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and one of the most prominent voices in the denomination.

In consequence, Christian voices were prominent among those who served as mouthpieces and who created entire networks of political support for these regimes in the West.

Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!

We hope that other civil society groups and prominent persons in this country will add their voices to this purposeful call for we are all involved in building our motherland Ghana.

«I hope that the State Senate will listen to the voices of Republicans and Democrats, listen to my two predessesors, Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Guiliani who agree as I do that we need mayoral control of education, listen to over 100 prominent business leaders who yesterday signed onto a letter calling for renewal of mayoral control,» he said.

For the two years before his federal indictment, Lipsky was one of the most prominent voices in defending Willets Point United, a coalition of small business and property owners in Willets Point who have sought to fight the city's plans to replace the 62 - acre district of auto repair shops and factories with a $ 3 billion development project.

This month, the governor hoped to capitalize on anti-Trump sentiment and emerge as an early frontrunner for the nomination by hiring prominent former Clinton staff and fundraisers, taking well - publicized trips abroad, and asserting himself as a national voice against RyanCare.

A prominent campaigner for remain, the former education secretary has used her position at the helm of the Treasury select committee since losing her cabinet position to press the government over its plans for leaving the EU — often acting as a voice for business in parliament in her efforts to prevent a no - deal Brexit.

His chorus of dissent was joined later in the day by Patrick Ruffini, a prominent online voice for Republicans.

And while I sympathize with his frustrations regarding «the holes in his roads and in the county budget», for most in the community know that I, as a minority legislator, have been one of the most prominent voices in county government trying to stop financial missteps over the past few years.

To boot, he was one of the first prominent voices to call for Mr. Silver to resign, which will be a significant selling point to the body's growing reform caucus.

Fox, a prominent voice in the campaign for Brexit, surged from fifth placed in the site's December poll.

Lord Heseltine is one of the most prominent pro-European voices in the Conservative Party, having argued for the UK to ditch the pound and adopt the euro.

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Some of the voice actors, like Justin Timberlake's prominent turn, strike the viewer as being cast for name recognition over value - adding performances.

Another prominent voice has called for Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige to include a Black Widow solo film in its upcoming slate of movies.

Jeff Nichols has been steadily becoming the prominent American writer / director voice for the rural American male after the masterful psychological nightmare of Take Shelter and the open - hearted fable of Mud.

Encouraging those voices is important, since «most educators — just like most Americans — don't have personal experience with the military,» says Mary Keller, the longtime leader of the Military Child Education Coalition, a prominent advocacy and resource center for teachers and parents, and one of the sponsors of the OEE campaign.

Among the interviewees were many prominent voices in fields of education and social welfare, such as Thomas Fordham Institute President Checker Finn, M.A.T.» 67, Ed.D.» 70; Forum for Democracy and Education Director and Advisor Debbie Meier; Education Sector Managing Director Bill Tucker; Economic Policy Institute Research Associate Richard Rothstein; HGSE Professor Tom Payzant, M.A.T.» 63, C.A.S.» 66, Ed.D.» 68; and Harvard Sociologist William Julius Wilson.

Likewise, many of the ideas we regard today as education reform's conventional wisdom - linked standards and assessments, consequences for poor performance, testing new teachers, paying some teachers more than others, and charter schools - were given prominent public voice by a teacher union leader, the late Albert Shanker of the American Federation of Teachers.

The characters for the series are voiced by prominent Indigenous actors including Deborah Mailman, Miranda Tapsell and Aaron Fa'aoso.

Prominent voices in education policy, including Jeannie Oakes of UCLA and Linda Darling - Hammond of Stanford, reject on principle the practice of separating gifted students from their peers for instruction.

National organizations such as EdChoice (formerly the Friedman Foundation, established in 1996) and the American Education Reform Foundation (founded in 1998) and Alliance for School Choice (founded in 2004), which later became affiliated with the American Federation for Children (founded in 2009), were the most prominent voices in state capitols, providing early leadership on choice - related policy and working to counter choice policy myths.

At first, it may seem counterintuitive to suggest that a massive, well - intentioned education - reform effort — supported on both sides of the political aisle, by major philanthropic foundations, and by some prominent voices in the civil - rights community — could be anything other than a blessing for American education.

Since winning a Minnesota Senate seat in 1992, the teacher - turned - legislator has become a prominent advocate for equitable school funding and a leading voice for improving public schools.

Other prominent voices in the civil rights movement, Judith Browne Dianis, John H. Jackson and Pedro Noguera, wrote in Education Week, «Today's status quo in education is annual assessments that provide no true path toward equity or excellence... It is time for a change.

Karina is doing all the right things for her projects, and we hope to amplify her already prominent voice in the marketplace as a result of what we're able to bring to the table that's just out of her reach as a self - published author.»

A prominent voice in the publishing industry and an advocate for educating authors and publishers about crowdfunding, she is a regular contributor to The Future of Ink, Business Banter and more.

Karen Pryor was largely responsible for introducing clicker training to the dog world in the 1990s, and remains one of the most prominent public voices in the field.

First of all, the most prominent upcoming addition to the iOS version of Fortnite is the inclusion of voice chat in the game, that will also have a mute button in handy to ensure a safe experience for players.

Skylar Fein, born and raised in New York, was planning to be a doctor before the experience of Katrina made him instead opt for being an artist, and in a relatively short time he has become one of the city's most prominent artistic voices, with works ranging from the monumental Remember the Upstairs Lounge to more recent projects focused on music, youth and political revolution.

The fair's description for this panel reads, «Assembling some of the most prominent and influential voices on art and art writing for the web, this panel will address new modalities of looking at, thinking about, and critically engaging with contemporary artistic discourse.»

The website invites users to add their voices to the dialogue by offering their own visions for a 61st panel in the series or creating poems using words from prominent Harlem Renaissance poets.

Prominent voices in Brazil... have weighed in against the new Forest Code, including the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science, two of the country's leading scientific groups.

Some of Tol's proposal for internal review and reform of the IPCC deserve serious consideration, but I believe outside regulation or externally imposed standards of «two - sidedness» would be a step backwards (in saying this, I'm presuming that the prominent competing voices are not similarly to be constrained).

U.S. climate action was on full display during COP23, with over 100 prominent leaders from U.S. state and local governments, private sector and academia gathering in Bonn to voice support for the Paris Agreement and buoy confidence in the negotiations.

Bringing together some of the most prominent voices with leading experts and pioneering entrepreneurs, this panel will explore the future opportunities and challenges for sustainable sourcing for the fashion sector.

Thanks in part to the success of ClimateMama and her training as a Climate Reality Leader, Harriet has become an increasingly prominent and active voice for climate solutions, speaking to thousands of people around the U.S. and emerging as a national spokesperson for parents on climate issues.

Adler's thumbnails of positions on climate policy and economics voiced by prominent conservatives including Ross Douthat, Charles Krauthammer, Reihan Salam, Greg Mankiw and 11 others make for a fascinating and informative read.