Sentences with phrase «support citizen action»

We support citizen action to expand television viewing options for the American public, particularly for children.

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The censorship made it impossible for citizens to assess, criticize or support the administration's actions from an informed standpoint.

This classic essay explains and justifies his refusal, arguing that each citizen has a duty to resist a government whose actions — in this case, supporting slavery, mistreating Indians and prosecuting the Mexican - American War — offend the higher law of conscience.

State or local mental health associations can provide church social - action groups with current information concerning the problems and needs of their area, including mental health legislation which needs citizen support.

«While state policies and the actions of extremist groups often mask the high levels of tolerance in the minds of ordinary Arabs, the typical citizen in this region expresses a great deal of support for tolerant policies,» said Michael Hoffman, who studied religious minorities as part of the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

Support by citizens of such action as will lift the living standards and the human dignity of the millions of underprivileged, nonwhite peoples of the earth is imperative.

Residents who belong to the group Citizens for Better Communities, which was formed to muster local support and to lobby government to prevent the land from becoming a gravel pit, were also on hand to thank Hoffman and members of the park board for their actions.

In January, the coalition — which includes Kavanagh, Hoylman, Simon, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, Giffords, Everytown for Gun Safety, Moms Demand Action, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence — announced its support for New York's ERPO bill.

(Albany, NY)-- New York State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon today joined advocates including New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords, the New York Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and Prosecutors Against Gun Violence, along with other legislators, to form a coalition supporting legislation (S7133 / A8976) that would establish a new court - issued order of protection to reduce gun violence.

To support public financing of election campaigns in the state of New York, modeled after New York City's system, and to join coalitions, including Citizens Action of New York, to support this reform.

The NDC is a political party and can not use its subordinate constitution to gag citizens from the exercise of their constitutional rights to speak against unconstitutional conduct and actions of a Government even if it supported it to come to power.

The Orthodox church in Greece protested loudly against the removal of religion from the ID - card, and yet I can not find any rational argument supporting their actions other than trying to hang on to the privileged position of that church and its followers in the Greek state - effectively hanging on to the ability to treat non Christian Orthodox citizens as lesser citizens.

Organizations Supporting the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act: 350.org NRDC Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Citizens Campaign for the Environment Clearwater Food & Water Watch Citizen Action of NY 350NYC NYS Council of Churches Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Citizens Environmental Coalition of NY Fossil Free & Green NY Green Education and Legal Fund Greenfaith Healthcare Without Harm Jews Against Fracking NY Interfaith Power & Lights People for Animal Rights Plan to Save the Planet, Albany Renewable Energy Long Island Rochester People's Climate Coalition Syracuse Cultural Workers Syracuse Peace Council

There foreign Policy was to be friendly to all nations and avoid alliances, fearing that they might have to commit to actions that compromised American ideals and may commit us to support a regime over a nation's citizens.

Citizens United Political Victory Fund, the political action committee affiliated with the group Citizens United, said today it will pay for the robocalls in support of Tenney's campaign.

It was with those students in mind, with their future at stake, and in the interest of the Commonwealth's economic vitality, that the governor engaged more than 200 citizens to develop an action plan, a series of recommendations spanning 10 years with an immediate focus on turning around low - performing schools and ensuring that students are receiving the support they need outside of school to take full advantage of improved teaching and learning inside of school.

The results show a clear worldwide support by citizens for their politicians to take ambitious action against climate change.

Launch of World Wide Views Global Citizen Consultation Results Report on Climate and Energy Strong Public Support for Political Leaders to Commit to Ambitious Climate Action Now The COP 21 Paris Agreement Needs to Open a Credible Path to Limit Global Warming to No More than 2 Degrees Celsius Citizens worldwide have given their leaders -LSB-...]

Rhee is also disliked by a large percentage of black D.C. citizens, who voted out former Mayor Adrian Fenty in part because of his unqualified support for Rhee's actions.

We urge all citizens of Sun Prairie and area residents to take action on this important issue and send a strong message of community support for Community Schools of Sun Prairie!

For more than three decades, the Committee and the many citizens and institutions who support our cause have called for policies and grassroots action that build a path to a larger life for all Kentuckians.

Still, we're thrilled to see the government take bipartisan action to support our citizens in improving their credit.

For instance, a recent poll from The Senior Citizens League shows that more seniors support raising the taxable maximum wage cap for Social Security from the current $ 118,500 limit over other actions like raising the full retirement age.

The Arts Action Fund's mission is to mobilize one million citizens in support of the arts and arts education around the country.

«Trump doesn't speak for America on climate change — not for the majority of U.S. citizens who support action on climate change, nor for the 2,500 cities, counties, states, businesses and universities that have pledged their support for the Paris Agreement goals.»

In February 2014, Environmental Defense Fund, together with the Climate Reality Project, Organizing for Action and Sierra Club delivered more than 120,000 citizen comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in support of a strong Social Cost of Carbon (SCC).

While some elected officials choose to ignore the threat climate impacts pose, cities, businesses, universities and citizens groups across Florida are calling for more aggressive action on climate change, including support for the Clean Power Plan, an open market for renewable energy and investments in resiliency.

In an act of support for climate action, the We Are Still In coalition in collaboration with citizen groups have planned events in more than a dozen US cities in 14 November as part of the Still In Day of Aaction, the We Are Still In coalition in collaboration with citizen groups have planned events in more than a dozen US cities in 14 November as part of the Still In Day of ActionAction.

CarbonWA can build on the support it has built for a nonpartisan carbon tax, and collaborate with Citizens Climate Lobby and other such efforts to make climate action something that people across the political spectrum want to support.

The policy has bipartisan support and is endorsed by over 50 University of Washington climate scientists, Audubon Washington, Citizens» Climate Lobby, and numerous other groups and individuals who believe we must take action now on climate change.

Mark your calendars now and plan to call your U.S. Senators and U.S. Representative on or before Friday, June 9, to support Citizens Climate Lobby's «carbon fee and dividend» proposal and other action to address climate change.

«Moreover this «100 moment» is part of an alliance of inspiring actions flourishing across the globe by corporations but also cities, regions, states, territories, investors and citizens — actions supporting and empowering governments to go further and faster with the Paris Climate Change Agreement,» added Ms Espinosa.

The public overwhelmingly supports the Clean Power Plan, especially here in the Northwest States of Washington and Oregon where citizens are demanding climate action and access to cleaner energy.

The 2018 Global Climate Summit, held in San Francisco, will bring together leaders from state, tribal, and local governments, business, and citizens from around the world, to demonstrate how the tide has turned in the race against climate change, showcase climate action taking place around the world, and inspire deeper commitments from each other and from national governments — in support of the Paris Agreement.

New research finds that citizens in the US and China systematically underestimate popular support for taking action to curb climate change.

During COP23 in Bonn, America's Pledge presented the official report on US climate action, analysing how US states, cities, businesses, citizens, and universities can support the Paris Agreement even without federal action.

Keya Chatterjee of the World Wildlife Fund discusses the ways WWF's Earth Hour City Challenge provides a model for how nonprofits and citizens can work with municipal leaders to build public support for climate action.

Majorities of Americans say that global warming and clean energy should be among the nation's priorities, want more action by elected officials, corporations, and citizens themselves, and support a variety of climate change and energy policies, including holding fossil fuel companies responsible for all the «hidden costs» of their products.

From readers in the Hollywood Hills and students at Stellenbosch University in South Africa who posed for a 350 photo - op to TreeHugger writers who formed the number five in London's South Bank and rallied in a climate change march in Fayetteville, Arkansas, global citizens participated on a grand scale in support of 350 and the International Day of Climate Action, Saturday, October 24, 2009.

Where an issue arises which demands court action, should not sympathetic citizens be free to give their support, financial and other wise?

However, if the Initiative does generate popular support, then in combination with institutional proposals such as the creation of «associate citizenship» then it may form part of a holistic package of Union action which may provide «a new hope» for UK nationals who wish to continue to rely on their soon to be rescinded status as EU citizens.

LTTI is committed to the idea the citizens have a right to represent themselves in legal actions and that individuals who are not licensed attorneys can provide important information support services to meet the needs of pro se parties.

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund compiles a scorecard to educate and inform citizens about members of Congress» record of support for women's health.

We support a global approach to action on poverty, inequality and climate change and for an Australia that is a compassionate global citizen helping to create a fair, sustainable and peaceful world, including through increasing our Australian aid budget.