Sentences with phrase «public history advocacy»

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Public Knowledge, a consumer advocacy group, said Pai had a «history of attacking consumer protections» and urged him to keep the FCC's recent initiatives intact.

Since 1887, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has a rich history of actively engaging in public policy development and advocacy to promote, enhance and facilitate the development of the region as a Pacific centre for trade, commerce and travel.

Former vice president Al Gore will launch a three - year, $ 300 million campaign Wednesday aimed at mobilizing Americans to push for aggressive reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, a move that ranks as one of the most ambitious and costly public advocacy campaigns in U.S. history.

Sidney Wolfe, MD, director of the Health Research Group at the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, notes that weight - loss products have a dismal history in terms of safety and efficacy.

NAF cited Schwartz's long history of advocacy for high quality school - to - career programs, especially in his current position cochairing Pathways to Prosperity, a foundation - funded initiative designed to increase public support for the creation of multiple pathways linking work and learning to enable more young people to successfully complete high school and go on to obtain a meaningful postsecondary credential.

Ford was a world history teacher at Garinger High, a predominantly minority school in Charlotte, but, last year, he accepted a position as program director for the N.C. Public Schools Forum, a public school research and advocacy group in RaPublic Schools Forum, a public school research and advocacy group in Rapublic school research and advocacy group in Raleigh.

Student advocacy has a long history going back to at least the 1930s, when a youth - led group called the American Youth Congress presented a list of grievances to the US Congress including public education.

Former Apollo astronauts Walter Cunningham and Harrison «Jack» Schmitt are listed as the main contacts for the letter, and both of them have a public history of advocacy against climate change science.

Some recent history: in 2011, the environmental advocacy groups Friends of the Earth and Public Citizen partnered with climate deniers at the Heartland Institute (which received funding from the Koch Brothers) under the watchful eye of the Taxpayers for Common Sense to produce the non-partisan Green Scissors report.

The effect of these changes on the injured worker, often in the worker's own words, is gathered from many sources: workshops and conferences, public consultations and hearings, injured worker groups, media investigations and coverage, participatory action projects, lobbying and advocacy activities, oral histories & personal accounts recorded in photos, poems and song.

The organization has a rich history of providing education, networking, and public advocacy to empower its members to achieve career success and financial security.