Sentences with phrase «service as advocacy»

She has received grants for her work from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, and in 2012 was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for her service as Advocacy Representative for the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

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Last week, Kozlowski, 69, was officially named chairman of the Fortune Society, a nonprofit social service and advocacy organization that helps ex-felons like Kozlowski re-enter society as productive members and works to promote alternatives to prison.

The Proxy Preview 2015 report was produced via collaboration between As You Sow, a nonprofit organization that promotes corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy and innovative legal strategies; the Sustainable Investments Institute (Si2), which conducts impartial research on social and environmental share - holder proposals; and Proxy Impact, a shareholder advocacy and proxy voting service for foundations, endowments and socially responsible investors.

It's no longer actually meant to regulate the financial services industry as it pertains to the treatment of Main Street — it has been transformed into an advocacy for the banks, credit card issuers, insurance companies, mortgage originators and brokerage firms against what it sees as overzealous regulation and job - killing oversight.

As of now (hours after the president's tweet), the official defense.gov website says, «Transgender Service members may serve openly, and they can no longer be discharged or otherwise separated from the military solely for being transgender individuals» and «This policy was crafted through a comprehensive and inclusive process that included the leadership of the Armed Services, medical and personnel experts across the Department, transgender Service members, outside medical experts, advocacy groups, and the RAND Corporation.»

In this area of law, prosecutors work closely with experts in this field as part of a multi-disciplinary team, which includes law enforcement, social services, child advocacy centers, medical and mental health providers, the school system and many other partner agencies.

In addition to my work as a doula, I also have experience conducting international women's health research, advocacy, and case management services.

The NATA Distinguished Merit Award (MDAT) recognizes NATA members who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to leadership, volunteer service, advocacy and distinguished professional activities as an athletic trainer.

Bolstering professionalism, morale, and confidence by offering trainings on topics such as communications, cultural differences, conflict resolution, marketing, advocacy, customer service, and financial management.

2013: CiC focused on consumer advocacy demanding the reopening of Labor and Delivery services at North Central Bronx Hospital as well as petitioning City Council for funds to expand access to doula care for at risk moms and babies.

The folks behind a dead anti-spam service called Blue Frog have decided to adapt their technology as an advocacy tool, which they're calling Collactive (get it?).

Groups in Uganda, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Nicaragua will be able to apply for advocacy grants as part of a three - pillar, $ 50 million package to support family planning services announced by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Her run for office is preceded by a decade of advocacy, national leadership, and service to the people of New York, interning for Congressman Joseph Crowley (D - NY), the Kings County D.A.'s Office, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, and working as Assistant General Counsel for Governor Cuomo's Office of Storm Recovery.

The Child Advocacy Center of Niagara, a service of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, will observe April as Child Abuse

In addition, ECDSS currently has Child Protective Services («CPS») workers assigned to Children's, Sisters, and Mercy Hospitals as well as at the Lee Gross Anthone Child Advocacy Center.

«Together with our Department of Social Services, the Child Advocacy Center, the Sheriff's Office, the District Attorney's Office, local law enforcement and community partners such as the YWCA of the Mohawk Valley, we work diligently all year long to raise awareness of child abuse, prevent its tragic occurrence and support victims.

The LOFT offers a wide variety of vital programs and services focused on Advocacy, Education and Celebration of the LGBT people, and the community as a whole.

In the crowded primary to succeed ex-Representative Tom Price, the Republican just confirmed as Donald Trump's new Health and Human Services Secretary, former Democratic Capitol Hill aide Jon Ossoff collected more than $ 500,000 through the liberal advocacy group Daily Kos.

This group, which gets funding from the Council to provide various services to immigrants (literacy classes, «outreach» on rights, etc.), controversially makes its clients attend organizational and advocacy meetings as a condition of receiving services.

Bobbie Sackman, director of public policy at LiveON NY, a senior citizen advocacy organization, said the Cuomo proposal would lead to a cut in the number of meals served to the city's aging population as well as a reduction in services, including social activities, eviction assistance and help with health care.

«As the national association and accrediting body for Children's Advocacy Centers across the country, our goal is to ensure that every victim of child abuse has access to high - quality services that result from professional collaboration.

As an accredited member of National Children's Alliance, the Oneida County Child Advocacy Center is dedicated to providing comprehensive, coordinated and compassionate services to victims of child abuse.

He, therefore deemed the involvement of service personnel (the youth) as a good advocacy, saying it sent a good message to the country, the rest of Africa and the world.

Dr. Rosa is a fighter for our children, and during her years of service as a member of the New York State Board of Regents she has demonstrated her passion on education through her advocacy on a myriad of issues.

According to him, any form of advocacy for gay rights in the country would be unnecessary as persons involved in same - sex relations are not denied services due to their sexual preferences.

This spending is listed under anonymous and undedicated funding lines cited as Community Service, Youth and Education, Economic Development, Advocacy and Environmental Protection and were all added to the budget by the Democratic legislators.

The Roman Catholic Church is using the two weeks running up to the Fourth of July for prayer and advocacy as it continues it's fight against the federal Health and Human Services Department mandate that would force some Catholic institutions to provide health insurance coverage that includes contraception.

Since Barrios - Paoli's resignation, health advocacy groups and homelessness services providers have whispered about Banks as the former deputy mayor's most viable replacement.

Both the Ali Forney Center, which serves LGBT youth, and SAGE, Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders, have their own spaces in Harlem, but the borough president agreed with others who spoke up saying a multi-purpose center serving as wide a variety of needs and interests as possible would be ideal.

Nancy Rankin, the vice president for policy, research, and advocacy at the Community Service Society, a leading advocate for the legislation, said her group estimates that 350,000 workers will be left out of the bill as a result of increasing the threshold from five to 15 workers.

The Family Advocacy Program offers a breadth of valuable services to families, such as parenting classes, child care services, and classes focused on a soldier's reintegration into home life.

-- The Director shall establish an advisory committee to be known as Consumer Advocacy Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the «Advisory Committee») to review rates, services, and disputes and to make recommendations to the Director.

The 2018 COSSA Distinguished Service Award will presented at a reception on April 30, 2018 as part of the COSSA 2018 Science Policy Conference and Social Science Advocacy Day.

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Elizabeth Munro and Claire Bonduro round out the festival team as staff with academic backgrounds in justice services, victims advocacy, and criminology.

HDP graduates are putting their Harvard degree and experience to work at all levels of the education sector — public and independent schools, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies — as well as pursuing careers in public health, social services, child advocacy, and social policy.

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Our multi-pronged campaign will permeate all aspects of our work: Advocacy, Children's Programs, Leadership Development and Membership Services, as well as the supports and services we provide members, including newsletters, social media, webinars, cohort communities, aServices, as well as the supports and services we provide members, including newsletters, social media, webinars, cohort communities, aservices we provide members, including newsletters, social media, webinars, cohort communities, and more.

Indeed, advocacy groups are typically tone - deaf to some challenges facing entrepreneurs — such as the need for human capital, better R & D, increased access to venture capital, back - office services, and incubation — and are thus unhelpful at cultivating the full set of reforms that might help entrepreneurial ventures to prosper.

As an association, TCSA staff members are working diligently to provide you leadership and value in the areas of charter school advocacy and quality member services for our great charter schools across the state of Texas.

Each KIPP regional organization is a separate non-profit that oversees their local KIPP schools and provides those schools with shared services in areas such as alumni support, teacher training, leadership development, advocacy, operations, and data analysis.

That work led to a deeper relationship with the Department of Defense and from 2006 - 2008, Leslye served as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy, having responsibility for policy, advocacy and oversight of quality of life programs for service members and their families.

Supplemental services may include, but are not limited to: English as a Second Language instruction; computer literacy instruction; family literacy; general education diploma (GED) preparation; and outreach / advocacy work to increase the quality of nutritional, health, and dental care.

As the owner of Minds That Soar, LLC, she specializes in providing academic advocacy services for gifted and twice - exceptional children and their families.

«I look forward to working with my fellow board members, including Executive Director and CEO Deb Delisle, along with ASCD members worldwide as we aim to establish an even stronger presence in advocacy; continue delivering innovative, high - quality programs, products, and services; and raise our collective voices to demand we educate the whole child.»

The Foundation also supports 24 organizations which provide supporting services to students and schools as well as six policy and advocacy organizations.

In recognition of her outstanding leadership as an advocate for children and student needs, Linda was honored with the Saddleback Community College Leadership Award in 2005, the Beta Foster Care Community Service Leader Award in 2005, and the Beta Foster Care Child Advocacy Award in 2014.

Child advocacy groups such as Children Now, meanwhile, say some districts didn't follow the intent of the new system by expanding services for high - needs students, didn't set measurable goals and didn't clearly identify the programs they will use to achieve those goals.

The United Arts Council also offers grants to organizations, communities and individual artists and provides services to the community such as advocacy, resource development, professional / leadership development and special projects.

At this meeting we will continue our focus on charter advocacy and what TCSA is doing as an organization, including the addition of our 501c4 Charter Schools Now under the TCSA umbrella, along with the latest information on our CEO search, the most recent news from the charter sector and TEA, and an instructional and quality service update.