Sentences with phrase «public policy arm»

As the public policy arm of the nation's largest representative Orthodox Jewish organization «representing nearly 1,000 congregations nationwide «OU Advocacy works to promote Jewish values and protect Jewish interests in the public square.

«This money is mandated for services for pregnant teens and women - violence prevention, vocational training,» said Carrie Gordon Earll, a spokeswoman for CitizenLink, the public policy arm of the evangelical group Focus on the Family.

Dr. Russell Moore (no relation to Beth Moore) is president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the Southern Baptist Convention's public policy arm.

The group of bishops addresses many needs of the church, from how to handle changes in the liturgy to acting as the public policy arm of the church.

Richard Land, head of the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, criticized First Baptist's action.

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As a legislative policy arm, WIPP identifies important trends and opportunities and provides a collaborative model for the public and private sectors to increase the economic power of women - owned businesses.

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan church.

The trustee committee of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced two reprimands on Friday for Richard Land, who leads public policy efforts for the Southern Baptists, according to the official press arm.

«You can be granted bail with respect to one case and there can be other cases that public policy demands investigation,» he said referring to the ex-NSA, who recently released some details on arms procurement under him.

2016: Kurt Godfried — Dr. Gottfried, a recognized leader in the scientific community on missile defense and nuclear terrorism who was among the founders of the Union of Concerned Scientists, was honored for his long and distinguished career as a «civic scientist,» through his advocacy for arms control, human rights, and integrity in the use of science in public policy making.

Gottfried, currently a professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University, was honored by AAAS «for his long and distinguished career as a «civic scientist,» through his advocacy for arms control, human rights, and integrity in the use of science in public policy making.»

They were asked what types of guns they owned; reasons for ownership (protection, recreation, as collector's items); their attitudes on gun policies, such as bans, arming teachers and violence against the government; and the sources of violence, ranging from God's absence in public schools to media violence to insufficient mental health screening and background checks.

2016 Kurt Gottfried is honored for his long and distinguished career as a «civic scientist,» through his advocacy for arms control, human rights, and integrity in the use of science in public policy making.»

[Box 25] OIS correspondence, 1986 Foreign visitors, 1986 OIS staff meetings, 1986 OIS Committee on Arid Lands, 1986 China Exchange Program, 1986 Hewlett Packard project Interciencia Association Western Hemisphere Climate Program Denise Weiner PREP Meeting, April 1986 PREP, File «A» PREP, File «B» Science, Engineering and Diplomacy Fellows, 1986 Science Attache Programs Science Attache Seminars, File «A» Science Attache Seminars, announcements and invitations Science Attache, general Committee on Public Understanding of Science and Technology, 1986 National Science Week, Ben Franklin Lecture, 1986 National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists, 1986 Environmental Science and Engineering Fellows, 1986 Research and Development Budget and Policy Project, 1986 R and D Colloquium, 1986 Dean Wakefield Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellows, 1986 Mass Media Office of Opportunities in Science, 1986 Science, Technology and Education Committee on Arms Control and National Security, 1986 Program on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, 1986

In other cases, it has involved turning elements of civil society and the private economy into arms of government policy — by requiring compliance with policy goals that are foreign to many civil - society institutions or consolidating key sectors of the economy and offering protection to large corporations willing to act as public utilities or to advance policymakers» priorities.

The Alabama Best Practices Center (ABPC) ~ a professional development arm of A + Education Partnership ~ was created because its leaders believed there was great potential in forming substantial partnerships with educators at all levels in public education to help inform policy - making on the state level and address disconnects between the intent of policy and subsequent implementation.

Michael Hansen, a senior fellow in Governance Studies and director of the Brown Center on Education Policy, evaluates President Trump's recent proposal to arm public school teachers.

Grieving in public by pushing for changes in policy and laws, the Stoneman Douglas survivors ripped a collective scab off a host of issues — school violence, gun control and safety, arming teachers, mental health, the power of protest, race, privilege, technology and internet trolling — and thrust them into the local, state, and national spotlights.

Like the protesters at last year's Climate Camp who turned pages from a climate change study into gloves, and marched under the slogan «we are armed: only with peer - reviewed science `, the CCC seemingly wave science around to legitimise policies which will have far - reaching effects on society, and to justify the existence of a political elite which is increasingly estranged from the public.

The ARM Climate Research Facility safety policy states that all activities for which the ARM Climate Research Facility has primary responsibility will be conducted in such a manner that all reasonable precautions are taken to protect the health and safety of employees and the general public.

Alex Fitzsimmons was Manager of Policy and Public Affairs at the Institute for Energy Research (IER) and its advocacy arm, the American Energy Alliance (AEA), while also working as a «spokesman» and communications director for Fueling US Forward (FUSF), the Koch - funded campaign to bolster public opinion of fossil Public Affairs at the Institute for Energy Research (IER) and its advocacy arm, the American Energy Alliance (AEA), while also working as a «spokesman» and communications director for Fueling US Forward (FUSF), the Koch - funded campaign to bolster public opinion of fossil public opinion of fossil fuels.

«Responding to pressure from Congress and others for greater consistency, the conference — the policy - making arm of the federal judiciary — enacted new rules that spell how and when complaints against judges must be investigated and made public,» Mauro writes, promising more details to come.

Some individual publications cover the issue, from the old 1993 GAO survey, Homosexuals in the Military: Policies and Practices of Foreign Countries, to the recent Gays in Foreign Militaries 2010: A Global Primer (authored by various public policy researchers at the Palm Center, formerly the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military; the Primer includes a list of the 25 countries at page 137, including Canada, that allow openly gay military service), and Suzanne B. Goldberg, Open Service and Our Allies: A Report on the Inclusion of Openly Gay and Lesbian Servicemembers in U.S. Allies» Armed Forces (2011).

Thus, in Oscanyan v. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 103 U. S. 261, it was held that, where it was shown by the opening statement of counsel that the contract on which the suit was brought was void as being either in violation of law or against public policy, the trial court might properly direct the jury to find a verdict for the defendant.

And in September, EFF and the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at Berkeley Law, armed with a few particularly relevant examples of prior art, filed a request for reexamination with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), challenging one of ArrivalStar's dubious patents.

The Communications Manager will utilize traditional media relationships to enhance the visibility of Planned Parenthood in reproductive health politics and public policy, define the role of reproductive health care in electoral politics, promote positive movement for reproductive health politics and public policy through media narratives, and brand the organization as the statewide advocacy, public policy and electoral arm of the Planned Parenthood affiliates of Texas.

It can work to improve the quality of governance and influence public policy, while at the same time remaining at arm's length from government.