Sentences with phrase «public awareness group»

«Pavement Patty,» as she's been dubbed, is part of a $ 15,000 safety program led by the BCAA Traffic Safety Foundation and the public awareness group Preventable.ca, and she will remain in place until Sept. 22.

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As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

Nor do I see any awareness among American Jews of the irony inherent in religiously identifiable groups arguing against the place of religion in public life.

WASHINGTON - In response to the passage of Senate Bill 1492, which directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to build a public awareness campaign to promote online safety tactics to protect children on the Internet, while also setting up a working group on the issue.

WASHINGTON - October 1, 2008 — In response to the passage of Senate Bill 1492, which directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to build a public awareness campaign to promote online safety tactics to protect children on the Internet, while also setting up a working group on the issue, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), Stephen Balkam, made the following statement:

Berna Diehl of Fairfax, VA, asked her local International Cesarean Awareness Network group, of which she's now public relations director, to refer her to a breech - friendly physician for her third child.

Earlier this month, in connection with Breastfeeding Awareness Month, Lee joined 50 other nursing moms, members of a group called the «Badass Breastfeeders of Atlanta,» for a «Big Latch On» event where they nursed together in public and were joined by their families and other bystanders.

The cycling group has also suggested a public awareness campaign could include advice on safer road positioning for people cycling.

The Internet Advocacy Center was launched in partnership with turner4D in 2005 to provide leading edge digital and social media consulting to advocacy groups, media outlets and other organizations seeking to leverage online channels to change policy and public awareness.

Cuomo says he will try to sway the public to support campaign finance reform, working with a coalition of reform groups to «raise awareness» in the coming months.

The group will keep working, Murphy said, to educate members of the public and promote awareness about government consolidation.

At 1 p.m., Gun Violence Awareness Month is launched at press conference with Mark - Viverito, NYC Councilman Jumaane Williams, NYC Public Advocate Tish James, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, anti-gun violence advocates and a coalition of cure violence and intervention groups, 1 Centre St., Manhattan.

In a statement, jointly signed by Mr. Francis Asong, the Executive Director of Voice Ghana and Nana Kugbeadzor - Bakateyi II, the Chief Executive Officer of Global Action for Women Empowerment (GLOWA), the group stated that the United Nations» International Day of Democracy is annually held on September 15, to raise public awareness about democracy globally.

In an attempt to get government to act on preserving water bodies across the country, the group said it will launch a public awareness march in the coming weeks to ensure the agenda on making Accra the cleanest city streamlined among the policies of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is realized.

A group of Buffalo - based professionals have joined together to form the Nickel City Professionals, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and donations for the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System.

The organization Fair Elections for NY, which is calling for public financing of campaigns, has for weeks now been trying to raise awareness about the current system by revealing the donations that state lawmakers have recieved from corporations and interest groups.

This year, the conversation moved from wonkish to very public, with Gov. Andrew Cuomo declaring that upstate needed ride - hailing because «upstate matters» and with special interest groups pouring money into public awareness campaigns to try to either have the bill killed or passed.

A coalition of labor groups and lawmakers seeking to raise public awareness about the issues impacting New York's infrastructure continued its campaign today in the Capital Region with a news conference in Wynantskill.

Formerly a project director Florida Atlantic University's Center for Environmental Studies, Hammer has consulted with Union of Concerned Scientists and now serves Florida field manager for the Moms Clean Air Force, a group seeking to «further the public's awareness of climate change on children's health,» the White House says in a blog post.

Dr. Pandya also serves as medical director for the DFW Vitiligo Support Group, whose mission is to educate those with vitiligo about the diagnosis and treatment of vitiligo, to provide support for those affected by vitiligo, and to increase awareness of this disorder in the general public.

All have been affected by mental illness and its stigma and have been brought together as part of a national public awareness campaign sponsored by McLean Hospital, in collaboration with Boston Logan International Airport and several mental health advocacy groups.

The ASHG Advocacy Award, new in 2015, honors individuals or groups who have exhibited excellence and achievement in applications of human genetics for the common good, in areas such as facilitating public awareness of genetics issues, promoting funding for biomedical research, and integrating genetics into health systems.

During the past ten years, AWFJ has also hosted screenings of films by and about women, presented and served on panels at film festivals and other events, expanded our membership base to include women film journalists in Canada and the UK, mentored young women film journalists and offered them publishing opportunities, forged alliances with other groups concerned about disparities pertaining to women and film and raised awareness within the industry and in the public arena about the need for change.

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The group uses its web site, issue alerts, grass roots organizing and media outreach to increase its numbers and raise awareness about the orchestrated threat to Florida public education.

It was the product of IEL's School Leadership for the 21st Century initiative, which raised public awareness about the critical problems facing education leadership by engaging partners from education, government, business, civic groups, and other organizations.

Many of the families became involved in advocacy groups, working to increase public awareness, encourage the development of full - time special classes in the public schools, and lobby for appropriate legislation.

This year, the union has added «Illinois Is Broke» to its blacklist because the group helped spread public awareness about the state's pension debt.

Released in September 2013 and updated in September 2014, this brief describes the steps that states can take to reduce chronic absence including: building public awareness, tracking and publicly reporting chronic absence rates for schools and districts, using attendance as a metric in school improvement efforts, sharing best practices with educators and parents, and enabling interagency efforts among schools, public agencies and community groups.

Groups within the community, such as Favela Tour and Favela Tourism Workshop, are working to raise public awareness, to provide favelados with jobs as tour guides, bring in tourist dollars, and help fund community schools with revenues.

Specifically, the website informs relevant stakeholders about the outcome of CALLISTO conferences and expert group meetings, it promotes awareness on objectives and activities of the think tank in order to increase general public awareness of the impact of companion animal zoonoses, and to obtain the support of political stakeholders in combating zoonosis outbreaks and diffusion at a European and National level.

We have attended hundreds of community events, raising public awareness in smaller groups and on a one - on - one basis.

The group has been organized to provide a more efficient means by which to find and identify quality facilities in which to place homeless, abused or abandoned animals, facilitate the exchange of information among animal caregivers, and to create public awareness of the national problem of homeless native and non-native wild and domestic animals.

Over the next several decades, shelters and rescue groups aggressively campaigned for more awareness, changing the language on spay / neuter literature and eventually the public's mindset.

The two organizations formed a coalition with other local animal welfare groups and launched a communitywide public awareness campaign.

Last year, the group instituted new member levels and services; a voluntary breeder certification program; a new spay / neuter fund; a new Specialty Ferret of the Year award (with the first awards banquet to be held in March of 2009); and ongoing fundraising and public awareness for black - footed ferret conservation efforts.

Thanks to NMDR, other dedicated groups, and a few high - profile puppy mill survivors, however, public awareness of the problem is growing.

PIJAC also regularly works with the Centers for Disease Control, the State Public Health Veterinarians and other stakeholder groups to assist with both public awareness and industry diaPublic Health Veterinarians and other stakeholder groups to assist with both public awareness and industry diapublic awareness and industry dialogue.

Not only does this tremendous community effort create a visually attractive beach for the enjoyment of visitors and locals but it also reduces vandalism through youth participation, increases interaction among various groups, promotes public awareness and education, maintains pleasant and attractive beaches, protects the environment, improves resource management, increases pride and moral, improves health standards, promotes tourism and prevents litter.

Friends of the Island Fox provides presentations to schools and community groups in order to create public awareness about the endangered island fox and to raise funds to support island fox related education, research, and conservation efforts.

«The London Group's mission statement is to advance public awareness of contemporary art and the Group is seriously committed to offering artists the opportunity for showing, nurturing and supporting the development of the art of the future.»

Despite public awareness campaigns, worldwide petitions, increasing press coverage and pressure on African governments, and large amounts of money donated to rhino conservation groups, the slaughter accelerates.

The Climate Impacts Group supports the development of climate resilience by advancing understanding and awareness of climate risks, and working closely with public and private entities to apply this information as they act to shape society's future.

For example, toward increasing public awareness of ecosystem services a decision - maker might «partner with key stakeholder groups to help develop and distribute key climate adaptation messages tailored for their interest groups.»

For polls see e.g., Brett W. Pelham, «Awareness, opinions about global warming vary worldwide,» Gallup (2009), online here; Leiserowitz et al. (2010b) and other work by Leiserowitz's group; Council on Foreign Relations, «Public Opinion on Global Issues» (2011)(no longer available online); Bruce Stokes et al., «Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting Emissions,» Pew Research Center, Nov. 5, 2015, online here.

The group of philanthropists who founded the ECF were deeply concerned over the lack of political action and the lack of general public awareness around the devastating future consequences implied by climate change.

The event's website described the purpose of ICCC - 4 as being to «build momentum and public awareness of the global warming «realism» movement,» which it describes as a group who «believe sound science and economics.»

But last week, over 60 international civil society groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.) by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.

For years consumer advocacy groups and others have fought, with little success, to increase public awareness of these product defect legal liabilities and require the manufacturers of fluoroquinolones to participate in these efforts.

a. increasing public awareness of the law and the justice system; b. providing education to groups with particular legal needs; and c. assisting in the academic and professional development of those providing legal services to ensure those services are of the highest quality.