Sentences with phrase «representative voice for»

Nareit ® is the worldwide representative voice for REITs and publicly traded real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets.

Nareit is the worldwide representative voice for real estate investment trusts — REITs — and publicly traded real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets.

The Congress is a new national representative voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

«Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have been without a representative voice for too long,» Commissioner Calma said.

«Appointment of the Ethics Council members takes us one step closer to having a representative voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for the first time in five years,» Commissioner Calma said.

Creation of the new national representative voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was an incredible undertaking and accomplishment for the Steering Committee.

«Establishment of this new body means governments now have the opportunity to improve outcomes through policies and programs developed in an environment of the real and meaningful engagement that can emerge from a credible national representative voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples,» Commissioner Gooda said.

With representative voices for each period, from those who covered it to those who survived it, Belzberg illustrates how the early efforts of linguist - turned - activist Raphael Lemkin resonate through the modern attempts to curtail ethnic violence and establish a global framework for prosecuting its most egregious offenders.

Not exact matches

Calls have included asking representatives to vote against Betsy DeVos's nomination for secretary of education or asking Customs and Border Control to voice concern over President Trump's suspension of refugee immigration.

«For example, when Dell Inc. decided to use social media to launch Linux laptops, the effort yielded lackluster results, partly because Dell failed to recognize that the online voices were not representative of a larger customer base,» Kane writes.

«Our advisors are actively reaching out to their respective representatives to voice their opinions on potential implications for their clients,» the firm says.

This structural break coincides with the attainment of a voice in politics by ordinary people in developed economies: since voters rarely opt for economic pain, their elected representatives soon found they had to avoid it at all costs.

«As Independent Representative for Children and Youth she engaged in tireless advocacy and exposed serious problems in the Ministry of Children and Family Development, giving the province's youth in care a face and a voice demanding change.

In early November 2003, key representatives from Ontario's biotechnology industry gathered for a Roundtable discussion to define the framework for a provincial voice for biotechnology.

If I disagree with those laws, the way our healthcare system is set up, our care or lack of it for the poor and homeless, etc., there are avenues for me to contact my representatives and those whose voices are more likely to be heard than mine and plead my case.

The democracy they devised was a republican system of limited government, with checks and balances, including judicial review, and representative means for the expression of the voice of the people.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

With these unmatchable experiences, our annual Fly - In has become an increasingly popular event for our member companies to make certain their voice is heard with government representatives and those representatives enjoy it too, learning about issues of importance to the non-alcoholic beverage industry.

Last month White, the former boss of Coca - Cola Amatil's Australian beverages business, was appointed inaugural chief executive of Stone Advisory, a representative body set up IGA retailers a few years ago to act as a single voice for retailers.

Mixed in amongst these voices who were pointing to the need for truly transformative thinking, we had a couple of «info - mercials» from the corporate social responsibility officers ot the major supermarkets, endorsed by a representative from the World Wildlife Fund.

On Tuesday 21st January T and I set off extremely early in the morning to London joining the commuters on the train to one of the main London Stations and then onto the Tube for a trip to West Minster Palace to meet with other parent bloggers who believe strongly like we do that together we can make a change for these children with our voices, teachers, students, volunteers, representatives of Save the Children and Beanstalk, MP's from around the country and peers of the realm to talk about reading, books and how we can make a difference.

Under such a regulation, it may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves, convened for the purpose.

«Now more than ever, we must elect representatives to Washington who will stand up in support of labor's collective bargaining rights so that working men and women may have a voice on the job, a chance to negotiate for fair pay and safe working conditions, and the ability to a secure a comfortable retirement.»

Jordan, seeking to expand the Native voice in state government, ran in 2014 for the Idaho House of Representatives and beat an incumbent Republican.

Excerpt: «As our State Representative, Chris Gorsek will always stand up and fight for people like us — hard - working, middle - class families in East County who deserve a voice again in the State House.»

Though the bill must ultimately be accepted at the state level, a group of city council members, including Manhattan representatives Melissa Mark - Viverito, Robert Jackson and Ydanis Rodriguez, is voicing its support for the legislation via a resolution that was proposed to the council on Wednesday, saying the current law unfairly affects people in their communities.

For the public to regain their faith in politicians will take much work, but at least they could see that their representatives are not afraid of hearing their voice.

The Senate Democrats stand ready to continue the fight for more competitive elections so that New Yorkers will have better representatives, and — most importantly — a stronger voice in Albany.

A string of local politicians sent representatives to voice support for the proposed district.

Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo joined Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown, members of the Western New York State Delegation, Erie County Legislators, Buffalo Common Council Members, representatives of diverse sectors including tourism, business, education, cultural institutions, health care and developmental disability advocates at a rally at Kleinhan's Music Hall to voice their support for enabling ridesharing companies to operate throughout New York.

It is clear that we, the people of Benue South, do not have a representative in the Senate, more so, our voice as a people has for long been completely silenced in the red chamber.»

Former Senate President, Chief Adolphus Wabara has lent his voice to those calling for the resignation of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt..

Every New Yorker who is concerned about the waste of taxpayer dollars and who wants to ensure that they are fully exercising their right to vote should contact their state and local representatives to voice their support for a June primary.

Two days after Brooklyn Democratic boss (and New York Assemblyman) Vito Lopez was slammed for sexually harassing two women in his office this past summer, Governor Andrew Cuomo added his voice to the many already calling for Lopez's resignation — a list that so far includes Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and New York Representative Jerrold Nadler.

But — in response to a suit brought by a group of Staten Islanders — Eastern District Court Judge Jack Weinstein declared on Monday that governors do not have the power to leave New Yorkers without a voice in the House of Representatives without good reason, and demanded Mr. Cuomo set a date for the special election by today.

Balter added, «I believe that a congressional representative is a steward of the public good and that that's a sacred responsibility for an individual to stand up on behalf of your community and your neighbors and to amplify their voices and to ensure that nobody is left behind.»

However, the phenomenon is reminiscent of widely cited studies, for example, of members of the U.S. public who consistently support their own elected officials and the teachers of their children, while simultaneously voicing discontent with the larger contexts and systems in which the elected representatives and faculty are complicit.

During his 16 - year tenure as a member of the US House of Representatives, Mr. Kennedy was a tireless voice for access to mental health and addictions treatment.

House Education Committee Passes Special Needs ESA Bill February 26, 2015 by Grant Callen Today, the Education Committee in the House of Representatives passed The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act (SB 2695) on a voice vote.

The American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, applauds Governor Asa Hutchison and the Arkansas Legislature for a compromise that consolidates support for House Bill 1222, proposed by Representative Jim Dodson.

October 19, 2015: NSBA Joins NCPE in a Coalition Letter Opposing Reauthorization Legislation of the DC Voucher Program in the U.S. House of Representatives NSBA and 55 other organizations, as part of the National Coalition for Public Education, wrote this letter to the U.S. House of Representatives to voice opposition to H.R. 10, the reauthorization of the District of Columbia private school voucher program.

AFT: «The idea of representative democracy underscores our identity as a nation, yet for it to succeed, government must safeguard the ability of all individuals to make their voices heard,» said AFT President Randi Weingarten.

State Representative Ina Minjarez voices her support for Carpe Diem Innovative School — Westwood.

A sweeping bill has passed the State Senate and State House of Representatives that will give LSCs and the public a real voice in how schools are built in Chicago, which schools get repaired first, and the standards and procedures for closing a school.

The Edmonton Public Schools Student Advisory Council serves as the district's representative group for student voice.

Continuing a planning process that began several months ago, teams of 4 - 6 teachers collaborated with a representative from the U.S. Naval Academy to develop authentic, student - voiced learning opportunities for their students.

After the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed the federal tax reform bill, the American Federation for Children, the nation's voice for educational choice, released the following statement.

However, the most important thing you can do is to help the movement grow by reaching out to your local legislative representative to voice your support for charter schools.

June 9, 2015: NSBA Letter to Representative Rodney Davis and Representative Brad Ashford In this letter to Representative Rodney Davis and Representative Brad Ashford of the House Subcommittee on Nutrition, NSBA Executive Director Tom Gentzel voiced NSBA's support for the Healthy School Meals Flexibility Act.

On cue, Bush representative Patricia Levesque flew unannounced to the microphone overtaking Senators so she could handle comments for the duration, making it clear that Jeb's voice is the only one that matters.