Sentences with phrase «speak on behalf of our children»

«All of the folks who have been anti-marriage equality have been professing to speak on behalf of our children, but up until the point where we filed our first brief, nobody had actually thought to ask children raised by same - sex couples what their experience had been.

Speaking on behalf of the Children, the Leader of the Delegation and Chairman of the FCT Children Parliament Committee on Child Protection, Hon Habiba Diri applauded the FCT Police Command for being alive to its responsibilities and appealed for measures to be put in place to protect the rights of FCT Children.

The organization aims to provide «parents and families with a powerful voice to speak on behalf of every child while providing the best tools for parents to help their children be successful students.»

Add in your life experience and qualifications, your career experience and titles, your age and family status, your religious beliefs, and speak on behalf of your children, your circle of friends who agree 100 % with your views, your local community, and your descendants.

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on behalf of a man who was not denied his freedom of speech but merely his freedom from reproach for freely speaking hatred, Syrian families were being murdered, Honduran children were falling ill from unclean water, and American citizens were being denied equality.

While I can't speak on behalf of all NGOs who participate in such programs, I can now state with confidence that World Vision's child sponsorship program consistently exhibits the following:

«Helping vulnerable children and families in crisis is very important to my entire family,» shared Rich Webster, speaking on behalf of the Helen and Will Webster Foundation.

Ms Keates was speaking at the TUC Congress in Brighton on behalf of an NASUWT motion highlighting the devastating impact poverty has on the life chances of children and young people.

Tran spoke at Wednesday's public meeting on behalf of Children Now, a nonprofit advocacy organization that was part of a coalition that had sent a

Tran spoke at Wednesday's public meeting on behalf of Children Now, a nonprofit advocacy organization that was part of a coalition that had sent a letter to the state board before the meeting asking for «greater transparency» in the process of changing the dashboard.

But at the very moment that the children of the land face certain defeat, parents, teachers, the teacher's union (known as the Hartford Federation of Teachers) and other public education advocates rally together to speak out on behalf of their children, the school, the importance of public education and what is right.

PTA promotes parent involvement in all schools, and works to ensure nationwide access to quality public education — primarily by providing parents and communities with tools and resources to support their students, and by speaking with a powerful voice on behalf of every child.

«As the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom continue efforts for the third year, the history of success is encouraging and underscores the role food plays in helping our children grow into healthy and well - educated young adults,» said Princess Moss, Secretary - Treasurer at the National Education Association, speaking on behalf of the Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom.

On behalf of parents, students and teachers across Connecticut, we are publicly asking the Connecticut Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers — Connecticut Chapter and local teacher union chapters to end their silence and take immediate steps to speak out and support the growing effort by Connecticut parents to opt their children out of the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC test.

At the crux of the debate are questions about who gets to speak on behalf of racial minorities and low - income children, and what school accountability should look like in the age of Donald Drumpf.

Dumping the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium SBAC test is a critical part of derailing the corporate education reform industry's unwarranted attack on teachers, students, parents and public schools, but Connecticut's teachers unions should make it a priority to speak out on behalf of parents» right to opt their children out of the Common Core SBAC test....

In recent years, a significant portion of my time has also been devoted to writing, speaking, and advocating on behalf of children in the marketplace.

When Jonas is introduced to Rose, Christopher's mother, he meets a grieving parent who's determined to speak out on behalf of families with children in the military.

Tom Dahl, paralegal for the Ojibwe Child Welfare Department, spoke about Legal Files on behalf of his organization.

We welcome providers, home visitors, teachers, administrators, parents, students and supporters to all speak up on behalf of Illinois» children and families.

Put yourself in a group, raise your hand (despite feeling nervous) and speak up on behalf of the children and families you work with.

The branch achieves this through speaking on behalf of young children to parents, governments, educators, carers and the community.

Sometimes it is necessary to speak out on behalf of children to ensure that their voices are heard by those who have power in their lives.

Given that policymakers have been so blind to those needs, for so long, they should reserve seats at the education policy table for senior - level leaders who will advocate for the whole child, speaking up forcefully on behalf of SECD.

Speaking on behalf of YW Kitchener - Waterloo, Elizabeth Clarke, CEO said, «In 2017, YWCA K - W provided emergency shelter, a warm bed, food, crisis support and, most of all, hope for 720 people (including 163 children) experiencing homelessness in our community.