Sentences with phrase «rally support for»

«It is important for us as a local business to rally support for these individuals; so to honour their commitment to our communities, we decided to re-light the Olympic Cauldron.»

Booster empowers anyone to rally support for a cause, loved one, group or project by selling custom t - shirts and collecting donations online.

Voting in the first semifinal match - up has begun, and you've got two days in this round to rally support for your favorite.

One may not be able to rally support for reforming parts of legislation without shaking people's belief in the usefulness of the legislation, or the parts of it under attack.

Business Forward, which represents companies such as Cheniere Energy Inc., Ford Motor Co., Google Inc. and Pacific Gas & Electric Co., hosted a call with McCarthy July 24 to rally support for combating climate change.

A cabal of climate change alarmists landed in Warsaw, Poland, last weekend, to hammer out terms and rally support for a new binding global agreement to «save the planet» from «dangerous global warming.»

Or is the «War on Coal» just another industry - backed marketing campaign created to rally support for a cause, similar to the «War on Christmas» or the «War on Soda»?

He met Martin Luther King, participated in the March on Washington and traveled to Fayette, Mississippi with Bearden and others to rally support for Charles Evers» mayoral campaign in 1970.

Suzanne Lacy discusses her 1980s «Boycott Performance», a multi-layered project that used a series of potlucks and banquets in New Orleans to rally support for the Equal Rights Amendment.

Three heroes, sworn to brotherhood in the face of tyranny, rally support for the trials ahead.

«So I just talked to whoever would listen to me at meetings» to rally support for the project.

She's launched a Facebook page to rally support for her cause and posted an updated advertisement on Craigslist, explaining the details of Riley's disappearance and subsequent adoption.

Heins speaks at a conference for mobile applications developers to rally support for BlackBerry 10.

#Arts #education audits in 6 cities revealed inequities and helped rally support for boosting access to arts learning.

They will collect data to contact individuals to rally support for their cause, raise awareness and fundraise.

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And that design work led to the equally important support and enthusiasm of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), which convinced Howard Keck, a trustee of the W. M. Keck Foundation, to rally support for the project with $ 70 million to build Keck I, then another $ 68 million to build Keck II.

The rapid change could also prove a victory for world leaders trying to rally support for climate policy.

Image credit: John Fekner & Don Leicht In an effort to rally support for healthcare reforms under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Barack Obama spoke today about how one requirement of his flagship law is already putting money back in Americans» wallets.

Miner complains that the council is a leaderless group of naysayers who delay her initiatives but fail to rally support for viable alternatives.

The mayor tried to rally support for his proposal at an annual conference of minority lawmakers in Albany in mid-February, the New York Daily News reported.

Washington (CNN)- President Barack Obama met Sunday with Senate Democrats to try to rally support for a sweeping health care bill undergoing a heated debate in the chamber.

The day before New York voters would cast their ballots in the Democratic presidential primary, former President Bill Clinton worked his way across Western New York in a last - minute effort to rally support for his wife, Hillary Clinton.

But Anthony Weiner's latest bid to rally support for his New York City mayoral campaign makes the case the candidate is ready to take tough questions head on — a quality he argues is necessary to helm the nation's largest metropolis.

At the Capitol Thursday, Senate Democrats held an event to rally support for the Child Victims Act.

Congressional delegation and then headed to CCSU in New Britain to rally support for raising the minimum wage, They are, from left: Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Rep. John Larson, Rep. Elizabeth Esty, Rep. Jim Himes, Rep. Joe Courtney.

In the weeks since Governor Andrew Cuomo mentioned a new all - crimes DNA database in his State of the State speech last month, the administration delegated Lieutenant Governor and former Rochester police chief Bob Duffy, to make the rounds, appearing with district attorneys all across the state to rally support for the expansion.

Former President Bill Clinton will be in Rochester on Friday afternoon to rally support for Representatives Louise Slaughter (D - Fairport) and Kathy Hochul (D - Amherst), as both incumbents are in close races according to recent Siena polls.

Responding to the report published today by Policy Exchange arguing for reform of the public sector pay and pensions frameworks, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, said: «This report appears to be another example of supporters of the Coalition Government seeking to rally support for localised pay in the face of a dearth of evidence to back up the Coalition's proposals for the abolition of national pay frameworks for public services.

But it's a symbolic gesture to rally support for «net neutrality» - equal internet speed for all

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie campaigned in Connecticut on Monday to rally support for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley.

Gov. David Paterson has reached out to former Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno to rally support for the same - sex marriage initiative.

The video series, which was organized by the advocacy group Human Rights Campaign, is intended to rally support for a possible legislative effort to legalize same - sex marriage in New York, according to an earlier statement from the group.

The group is due to storm campuses and corporate organizations to rally support for the President His Excellency John Dramani Mahama and the Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur.

The incident happened as Mr Farage arrived in Nottingham to rally support for his East Midlands candidates for the European elections.

PORT RICHMOND — A Democrat from Staten Island claims he lost his party post because of his age and has started to rally support for the chairman to resign.

A variety of unions, community groups, policy advocates are planning a major push to rally support for the bill.

But what the president said yesterday is right, he has to go around the country and rally support for it.»

Assemblyman creates www.Spiritof76NY.com and «Spirit of» 76» Facebook page to rally support for legislation to curb power of legislative leaders and empower rank and file members

Prominent members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, have declared intention to rally support for the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar for presidency...

Make no mistake: Albany is not in great shape fiscally; rather, the system is rigged to trick the public and rally support for as much spending as possible.

That was readily apparent on Monday, when Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo visited Niagara Falls for the ribbon cutting on a new DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton and used the occasion to try to rally support for the second phase of his Buffalo Billion plan.

Cuomo has designated Lawrence Schwartz, his secretary and the former deputy Westchester County executive, as his personal «on - the - ground representative» to rally support for the project in Westchester and Rockland counties, where Republican executives have been demanding a more pricey project, administration sources said.

President Fernandez - Kirchner is likely to seek a second term in «La Casa Rosada» and is likely to reach for a comforting and well - used political crutch in the run up to polling day to help rally support for her re-election - the «Malvinas» question.

U.S. Senate Republican leaders scrambled Sunday to rally support for their health care bill as opposition continued to build inside and outside Congress, and as several Republican senators questioned whether it would be approved this week.

Speaking at an annual conference of minority lawmakers in Albany, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio sought to rally support for his «DemocracyNYC» agenda, including calls for the enactment of early voting and same - day registration across the state.

It plans to hit 23 cities and rally support for «traditional marriage.»

On my end, I'm going to see if I can rally support for a coordinated donation program in my own district.

They represented the «other» Alex Ramos, Lugo, and wanted to rally support for an old pro to get one last chance.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions