Sentences with phrase «raising awareness of this issue»

• A group of 28 swimmers swam across its salty waters to raise awareness of the issue.

EcoPeace Middle East, an international environmental group, organized the first - ever Dead Sea Swim to raise awareness of the issue and call for government action.

The first event she attended as a partner (employee) was the November 11, 2014, Concert for Valor, an all - star extravaganza in Washington, D.C., staged by HBO, Starbucks and Chase to raise awareness of issues affecting veterans.

The purpose of Bitcoin Women's Day can be broken down into three key goals: first, to celebrate the accomplishments of women in the space; second, to raise awareness of issues and barriers they face both within and outside of that space; and third, to promote Bitcoin as a means of addressing some of the issues that women face around the world.

These controversies are in nobody's interest, but at least they have raised awareness of the issues and serve as a reminder that customer interest should be at the heart of everything you do.

So if you want to do something, you can start with something real simple: raise your awareness of the issue.

Theresa John, who has been clean of drink and drugs for four years, said the Alcohol Health Alliance's findings highlight how churches should help raise awareness of the issue.

Driven by his passion to raise awareness of those issues, Rich has appeared on CNN, Fox, ABC, NBC, and PBS, and written pieces for the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and other media outlets.

The very public airing of the reason for Saatchi and Lawson's relationship breakdown has had one benefit: it has raised awareness of an issue that may have been quietly slipping us by for far too long.

Share Our Holiday Table is a progressive, seven - course, online dinner party, where more than 70 bloggers are dedicating their posts in order to raise awareness of the issue of child hunger as well as funds to fight the problem.

Then, raise awareness of the issue and that the problem can be addressed, both amongst consumers and the food and drink supply chain.

More inspiration and instructions can be found courtesy of Help A Mother Out, a small group of women who are working to raise awareness of this issue.

I told this story to raise awareness of the issue, it was a hard one to share.»

Fortunately, the Internet, television and media have raised awareness of the issues single women face in the adoption process, as well as the challenges they may deal with after placement.

Doctors and public health officials have been working to raise awareness of the issue.

Your stories help raise awareness of the issues surrounding stillbirth and neonatal death, and also help other bereaved parents to understand that they are not alone.

The kit was seen to be a valuable resource to both assist in the development of policy as well as to raise awareness of the issues surrounding balancing breastfeeding and work.

An EDM is an effective platform for raising awareness of an issue among MPs and those in the political arena.

That will raise awareness of the issue from its current low levels.

If Charlie Barron really wants to raise awareness of the issues facing the state's black constituents he should drop out of the race and endorse Paladino.

Foreign Office minister Lord Triesman explained that the department will be continuing its work with the launch of a two - year strategy on forced marriage, designed to raise awareness of the issue and available support.

«Although the number of electoral fraud cases reported last year is relatively low, we can't be complacent and we believe it is important to continue to raise awareness of the issue.

With a Change.org petition campaign launched at the end of last week, BetaNYC is hoping to raise awareness of that issue not only with the de Blasio administration, but also the incoming City Council.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency agreed this weekend to pay $ 100 million for new boilers at dozens of public housing developments damaged by Superstorm Sandy after Councilman Ritchie Torres, chair of the Council's comittee on public housing, held a Public Housing Committee hearing in a Coney Island NYCHA development last month to raise awareness of the issue.

The report, which was produced by Manpower, aims to raise awareness of the issues relating to people with disabilities and work.

As student at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Samantha Dempsey, an exhibiting artist, decided that she wanted to make art that could affect and raise awareness of issues in science, including extinction.

The researchers feel strongly that the study should be used as an opportunity to raise awareness of the issue and inspire discussion about why it is happening.

To raise awareness of these issues and stimulate a dialogue on sustainability within the jewellery industry, in partnership with Chopard, BoF hosted a panel discussion on how the industry can adopt the United Nations» 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), with Julianne Moore, Colin Firth, Arizona Muse and Chinese singer and actor Roy Wang at the Baselworld watches and jewellery fair.

Ann Coffey has written an article in the Huffington Post to pursue her point and to try and raise awareness of the issue.

What a movie can do is raise awareness of the issue and put a human face on it.

We want to raise awareness of this issue, as awareness is the first step to making change happen.»

«In addition to raising awareness of the issue through [public service announcements], ETS also is offering a brochure that is filled with tips for parents and educators to help them discourage cheating.»

This is a nice one to explore the perception of alcohol and raise awareness of issues, and can prompt some useful discussions with students.

The aim of the campaign is to raise awareness of the issue with funding problems within the education sector.

Determined not to «run up the white flag» on attendance when he joined his new school, principal Mike O'Connor devised a framework that he hoped would not only raise awareness of the issue in the community, but tackle it head on.

In their interviews, principals discussed the potential of social media for both teaching and learning and the need to work proactively in schools and communities to raise awareness of issues associated with the misuse of Snapchat.

With city officials, they would create a public service campaign to raise awareness of the issue within the broader community.

It is vitally important to raise awareness of the issue so that both the internal factors and external circumstances contributing towards the experience of stress by teachers can be addressed by both teachers as individuals and by the organisations they work for.

The Pan-Asian Coalition for Education (PACE)-- founded by HGSE students in 2008 as ACE (Asian Coalition for Education), and adopting its current name in 2016 — works to raise awareness of issues facing students of Pan-Asian descent in K — 12 and higher education.

We're partnering with Epson to raise awareness of this issue.»

, a viral video campaign to raise awareness of this issue.

In 2016, I wrote a paper called «The Pension Pac - Man,» attempting to raise awareness of these issues.

The following lesson focuses on raising awareness of this issue and includes practice exercises.

Read AzCAN's Action Plan to see how you can get involved in advocating and raising awareness of these issues.

Many of the pieces of work developed as part of this stage could be displayed at the expo or used as tools to raise awareness of issues.

Called «Dogs S.O.S.,» the campaign hopes to both raise awareness of the issue and help find homes for the 200 dogs awaiting adoption in city shelters.

«I am delighted to see that PDSA Pet Fit Club is continuing to make a real impact on pet obesity, by raising awareness of the issue and helping to transform the lives of many pets who were heading for an early grave due to the severity of their weight problems.»

This is perhaps the best possible use of a negative outcome story: raising awareness of an issue while paying homage to a pet that succumbed to an illness or disease.

Raising awareness of the issues we are up against and the specific risks that could come into play is a great step towards making a marked difference.

Raising awareness of the issue is the goal of the Cesar Millan Foundation.