Sentences with phrase «representatives of advocacy groups»

Toronto's Book Summit 16, at mid-month, was presented by the Book and Periodical Council and Humber College, and brought together several representatives of advocacy groups for a needed exchange on authors» prospects in a fast - changing business.

More than 100 scientists, animal welfare officers, representatives of advocacy groups and stakeholders from different countries met for a 2 - day conference in San Francisco to discuss how to improve transparency and to increase the public understanding of the essential contributions that animal research makes to modern life science and biomedical research.

Not exact matches

Representatives of two gun control advocacy groups, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety, plan to speak at more than 20 pride events around the country this weekend, according to a statement from the groups.

Most recently, the advocacy group held a Blockchain Education Day event in Washington, DC, in which members of Congress mingled with representatives from more than 70 leading companies in the blockchain industry to promote the use of new innovations like blockchain and distributed ledger technology.

These Advocacy Groups are made up from leading MNCs in each area plus Committee representatives from our European Chamber of Commerce members.

Holder frequently meets privately with advocacy groups, minority representatives, and others wanting the ear of the nation's top law enforcement official.

Featured speakers include: Pennsylvania Representative Mike Vereb, James Weber, Michael Meyer, MS, ATC, LAT, of California University of Pennsylvania, Larry Cooper, MS, ATC, LAT of Penn Trafford High School and PATS Secondary School Committee Chair, Darren Sudman, Co-Founder of the heart advocacy group, Simon's Fund.

But Faso has come under fire from liberal advocacy groups after backing the passage in the House of Representatives of the American Health Care Act, the bill that would dismantled the Affordable Care Act.

Despite years of work by individual senators, representatives and and advocacy groups, global warming bills have always stalled in the Congress, killed off by well organized interest groups, industry coalitions and congressmembers from districts seen as being harmed.

«I want to thank the unprecedented alliance of elected officials, led by Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio, as well as the representatives of organized labor and New York's advocacy groups, for campaigning so effectively that the will of the people be properly recognized,» she said.

Representatives of several good government advocacy groups also joined the Council members at the press conference to promote the plan.

In a statement, Stewart - Cousins thanked the «unprecedented alliance of elected officials, led by Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio, as well as the representatives of organized labor and New York's advocacy groups, for campaigning so effectively that the will of the people be properly recognized.»

A bill introduced to the House of Representatives in June could change that, but the task of changing teaching practices has fallen mostly to advocacy groups like Code.org and the Computer Science Teachers Association.

The Group's members include academic scientists, ethicists, and theologians, religious leaders of different faiths, and representatives from consumer and patient advocacy groups, government, and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

This morning, representatives from several science and justice advocacy groups held a small protest in front of CDC's Washington, D.C., office.

On November 10th, the SMA Foundation held a meeting with over 100 SMA researchers, clinicians, and patient advocacy group representatives to discuss the potential impact of SMN upregulation outside of the central nervous system (CNS).

Ying Qian next moderated a discussion with members of the SMA Foundation Patient Advisory Board and representatives from several SMA patient advocacy groups in order to hear patients» perspective on SMA as a whole body disease.

Members included representatives of the State Special Education Advisory Committee (SSEAC), parents, school division personnel, school division directors of special education, other state agencies, the Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), Training / Technical Assistance Centers early childhood specialists, transition specialists, various advocacy groups, and VDOE staff Advocacy Training Center (PEATC), Training / Technical Assistance Centers early childhood specialists, transition specialists, various advocacy groups, and VDOE staff advocacy groups, and VDOE staff members.

Beginning in 2013 we met monthly with the PMF Task Force, comprised of representatives from charter schools and charter advocacy groups.

Our campaign includes more than 50 education advocacy organizations plus teachers and school administrators, representatives of charter schools and traditional public schools, urban and rural interests, business and organized labor, faith - based groups and community groups.

National participants included representatives of major interest and advocacy groups, philanthropists, scholars, commentators, journalists, and leaders in cities pursuing similar reform models.

The diverse coalition that included undersecretaries of education from the Clinton and both Bush administrations, representatives from the NEA and AFT, and individuals leading a broad aray of education advocacy groups came together around a bold new direction.

The group is comprised of six Republican state legislators and three of their Democratic counterparts, along with five representatives from public and private schools, school advocacy group and UW - Madison.

GAO interviewed Education officials, representatives of borrower advocacy groups, and visited 6 selected collection agencies, based on their loan volume and geographic location.

Danielle Léger, representative of the new advocacy group explains that cities located in the Laurentians seem reluctant to initiate any dialogue on this matter.

The EPEAT Advisory Council draws volunteers from all of EPEAT's stakeholder groups, including representatives of manufacturing, purchasing, environmental advocacy, recycling, government, research, retail and reseller interests.

In the test case that came before the Supreme Court in 2010, Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, the Court held that it was constitutional to prohibit a group of humanitarian legal professionals (including a retired U.S. judge) «from engaging in certain specified activities, including training PKK members to use international law to resolve disputes peacefully; teaching PKK members to petition the United Nations and other representative bodies for relief; and engaging in political advocacy on behalf of Kurds living in Turkey and Tamils living in Sri Lanka.»

Partner Ashley Campbell addressed the NC Equal Access to Justice Commission informing the group of the advocacy and representative work of the Campbell Community Law Clinic.

Bitcoin Guru Andreas Antonopoulos was a witness, as were many of the representatives from the Bitcoin advocacy groups which included Michael Perklin and Stuart Hoegner from the Bitcoin Alliance, Jill Friedman from the Bitcoin Foundation and Guillaume Babin - Tremblay and Francis Pouliot from the Bitcoin Embassy.

A coalition of over 50 advocacy organizations, professional associations, faith communities, representatives of diverse racial and ethnic communities, and business groups dedicated to promoting safe infant sleep and breastfeeding.

However, the Report on greater regional autonomy found «wide support for the retention of a representative and democratically - elected body at the national level to address Government and to coordinate Indigenous advocacy [and]... to provide «balance» between different Indigenous groups and interests across the country.»

The Bureau received over 2,800 comments on the TILA - RESPA proposal during the comment period from, among others, consumer advocacy groups; national, State, and regional industry trade associations; banks; community banks; credit unions; financial companies; mortgage brokers; title insurance underwriters; title insurance agents and companies; settlement agents; escrow agents; law firms; document software companies; loan origination software companies; appraisal management companies; appraisers; State housing finance authorities, counseling associations, and intermediaries; State attorneys general; associations of State financial services regulators; State bar associations; government sponsored enterprises (GSEs); a member of the U.S. Congress; the Committee on Small Business of the U.S. House of Representatives; Federal agencies, including the staff of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Bureau of Economics, and the Office of Policy Planning of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC staff), and the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA); and individual consumers and acadvocacy groups; national, State, and regional industry trade associations; banks; community banks; credit unions; financial companies; mortgage brokers; title insurance underwriters; title insurance agents and companies; settlement agents; escrow agents; law firms; document software companies; loan origination software companies; appraisal management companies; appraisers; State housing finance authorities, counseling associations, and intermediaries; State attorneys general; associations of State financial services regulators; State bar associations; government sponsored enterprises (GSEs); a member of the U.S. Congress; the Committee on Small Business of the U.S. House of Representatives; Federal agencies, including the staff of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, the Bureau of Economics, and the Office of Policy Planning of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC staff), and the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA); and individual consumers and acAdvocacy of the Small Business Administration (SBA); and individual consumers and academics.

While developing the proposed forms and rules to integrate the disclosures, and throughout its qualitative testing of the prototype disclosure forms, the Bureau continued to conduct extensive outreach to consumer advocacy groups, other regulatory agencies, and industry representatives and trade associations.