Sentences with phrase «stated social agenda»

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Rejecting traditional campaign techniques in favor of social media, the party pushed its agenda of, first, ending the generous state subsidies and salaries paid to Italy's political parties and elected politicians and, second, replacing them with a vaguely conceived Internet - based representation system.

«they» are a very scary disgusting group AND the main reason I will vote democrat no matter the nominee — I figure if a republican gets into office the social agenda that no one wants to «talk» about (instead stating the conversation shld.

Having endured for half a century a Court that seized authority not confided to it to lay down as unalterable law a liberal social agenda nowhere to be found in the actual Constitution of the United States, conservatives must decide whether they want a Court that behaves in the same way but in the service of their agenda.

In order to convince the confused and alienated masses, we must be able to demonstrate that Catholic social thought treads the middle path between theocracy — the ambition of strict Islamist ideology — where the spiritual authorities simply subsume the powers of the State, and the atheist secularist agenda, which eventually leads to the State assuming God - like powers, yet without the compassion and respect for human freedom that is characteristic of the true God of Love.

The historical forces now pushing those issues toward the top of the social agenda — and therefore toward serious consideration by the churches — are different from those of the turbulent 1920s and «30s, when the masses of working people in the United States were struggling for the basic right to have a union, a decent wage and tolerable working conditions.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

«Instead of respecting the right of citizens in every state to make the laws they wish regarding marriage, and instead of focusing on the serious economic problems confronting our state and our nation, Kirsten Gillibrand has chosen to focus on a national campaign pledging to, in her words, «take this fight all across the country,» in an effort to impose her own personal social agenda.»

It's no wonder that cities like Buffalo have become wards of the state after having their wealth systematically drained to pay for the liberal social agenda.

But when graduation rates are still stuck at 61 percent and the city itself is in a state of decline, the association should broaden its agenda past social justice to actual service.

Few believe the Democrats will gain a majority in the Senate this year, leaving Spitzer with two years to amass a record of success on his governmental - reform agenda of lowering taxes and balancing the state budget before attempting to take on a controversial social issue.

Levi noted that legalizing same - sex marriage was one of the few social issues the governor mentioned in his State of the State address and also is one of just three agenda items he'll be pushing on his People First Tour.

The new Liberal Party would «pursue a progressive agenda on social and economic issues that is far broader than the WFP's,» the source stated.

Gov. Cuomo tried to placate the left wing of the Democratic Party Thursday, promising the faithful at the state convention that he would complete an unfinished progressive social agenda in...

MELVILLE — Gov. Andrew Cuomo accepted his party's nomination to run for re-election today at the State Democratic Party Convention, proclaiming that he had revived New York from a state of political and fiscal crisis and slamming national Republicans for having an «ultra conservative» social agState Democratic Party Convention, proclaiming that he had revived New York from a state of political and fiscal crisis and slamming national Republicans for having an «ultra conservative» social agstate of political and fiscal crisis and slamming national Republicans for having an «ultra conservative» social agenda.

The causes are many... A failure to put money aside in the good times... A banking system that lost all sense of prudence during a state - sponsored credit boom... A collapse of British society that has produced a dependent and dysfunctional population and cries out for David Cameron's social reform agenda.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER In the face of shock, chagrin, and some withering criticism both on social media and from past executive directors, top staff and board members at the Empire State Pride Agenda pushed back against the notion they had declared «Mission Accomplished» in their December 12 announcement that they were winding down major operations -LSB-...]

For years, the Republican «Long Island Nine» in the State Senate stayed out of the way when Cuomo looked to pass liberal social policies like gay marriage and gun control, and supported his fiscally conservative agenda on taxes, education, public sector unions and regulation.

The union's repeated threats to strike over pay and pension issues in recent weeks have evolved into a labor - led fight against Rauner's anti-union agenda, and a call for new revenue amid a state budget impasse that has jeopardized social service programs and public universities.

Emphasize social - emotional learning as a top priority in the state's public education agenda, highlighting the importance of social - emotional skills and competencies as essential to our students» academic, personal, and career success.

His department continues to churn out extralegal directions to states for his liberal, social agenda.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, delivering his State of the State address along with a budget proposal heavy on infrastructure, laid out an ambitious social agenda on Wednesday that focuses on problems not so easily solved with cash: the erosion of confidence in the criminal justice system, public schools and teachers that he said were failing students, and a creeping sense that economic mobility is not what it once was.

Her ethnographic research agenda has three broad areas of focus: (1) Theories of the state and state - society relations; (2) Social movements, critical pedagogy, and learning; (3) Latin American education and development.

NCFL is internationally recognized as the leader in the field of family literacy and family engagement and is well known for placing family literacy - parents and children learning together - on the agenda for social change in states and communities nationwide.

Committee for Children focused on one aspect of our state legislative agenda for Advocacy Day — promoting Social Emotional Learning.

The IPCC, a Political body formed by the people that gave is the oil for food scam, began their agenda with the stated goal of achieving social change.

If you drill down on that site and it's links, the agenda of the New Age, Gaia Worshipping, neo-marxist social democratic Western intellectual utopians becomes quite clear: * Wilful policy to crash world population down to the sub 1 Billion arena * Legalization of Eugenics * An attempt to create a global version of the utopian state depicted in the 1970s book «Ecotopia.»

IG Metall called on state premiers, particularly from northern German states, to put the issue high on the agenda during exploratory talks to form a government of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU / CSU block and the Social Democrats (SPD).

Our Aboriginalities have been pathologised by the State and is evidenced in an array of Indigenous social policy agendas from the Northern Territory Emergency Response to the various Close the Gap initiatives that are visited upon us every day.

Over many years Mary has contributed to Australia's national health and social care reform agenda through her work with state and commonwealth agencies.

The Ministerial Taskforce Charter outlines the government's long term agenda for Indigenous policy while at the same time focusing on the strategies to be put in place urgently to improve outcomes.23 As the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, stated «every dollar spent on Indigenous projects and services must contribute to improved outcomes».24 The Ministerial Taskforce Charter stresses the urgency of improving social and economic well being for Indigenous Australians focusing on housing, health, education, employment, family violence, increasing economic development, improving community safety, and law and justice.