Sentences with phrase «support women and minorities»

Progressive liberal Democrats claim to be the party of tolerance and inclusiveness and insist that they support women and minorities far more than those bad, intolerant and mean conservative...

And outside the office, we're active in volunteer drives and local initiatives that support women and minorities» professional success.

Her mission is to support women and minorities in the legal industry, and she uses techniques and tools she developed in her career to help others turn their jobs into rewarding careers.

«As the country reacts to news of widespread sexual harassment in Hollywood, it is especially important that New York state support women and minorities in the television industry,» said Sen. Marisol Alcantara, a member of the Independent Democratic Conference who sponsored the bill with Democratic Assemblyman Marcos Crespo of the Bronx.

Data from top university researchers shows that there are a large number of women investors who are actively looking to support women and minority business owners through targeted investments through crowdfunding.

This is one of the reasons why the National Women Business Owners Corporation (NWBOC) plays such a critical role in supporting women and minority - owned businesses.

Not exact matches

As more companies begin to deliver remarkable products and experiences to women, people of color, and other minority groups that have largely been ignored or underserved in the past, they are responding with their support and loyalty.

WASHINGTON - Apple has told Republican leaders it will not provide funding or other support for the party's 2016 presidential convention due to its unease over Donald Trump's controversial comments about women, immigrants and minorities, Politico reported.

In tandem with the 100,000 Opportunity Youth Initiative, Starbucks has opened four stores with classroom and training space as part of its effort to support local economic development in diverse low - to - medium income communities across the U.S.. Each of these stores creates 20 to 25 new jobs with benefits, partners with a local women - and minority - owned supplier and contractor, and works with local nonprofits to provide job - skills training to youth.

Uber also has committed $ 3 million over the next three years to support organizations focused on underrepresented minorities and women in tech.

As part of the drive to support local women - and minority - owned businesses, products from Natalie's Cakes & More will be featured at the Starbucks in Ferguson.

Start Here, Little Rock seeks to create a measurable increase in connection and engagement between community entrepreneur support organizations and women and minorities in Little Rock.

«Start Here Little Rock provides a starting point for minority and women entrepreneurs by raising awareness and providing access to the resources and support already available in the thriving startup community right here in Little Rock.»

«The first step is to raise awareness among women and minority entrepreneurs — or would - be entrepreneurs — about what tools exist and work together to increase engagement by providing access to key resources, education and support.

seeks to create a measurable increase in connection and engagement between community entrepreneur support organizations and women and minorities in Little Rock.

BBVA Compass supports and encourages the growth and development of minority - and women - owned businesses (MWBE).

In a press release, the company explained that the technology supported by Citi and Mastercard will improve the organization's ability to promote digital financial access and inclusion for the more than 86,000 low - income minority women entrepreneurs across the United States.

According to Summit, a person who thinks evolution is a legitimate scientific theory, supports regulation of the free market, identifies with left - wing politics, and «seeks to empower the powerless, that is, women, minorities and homosexuals» is a postmodern secular humanist with some Marxist tendencies.

Some of the potential causes of poor breastfeeding outcomes among black and Puerto Rican women include breastfeeding ambivalence (7), the availability of free formula from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)(8), a high level of comfort with the idea of formula feeding (9), limited availability and lower intensity of WIC breastfeeding support for minority women (10, 11), and issues surrounding trust building and perceived mistreatment by providers women include breastfeeding ambivalence (7), the availability of free formula from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)(8), a high level of comfort with the idea of formula feeding (9), limited availability and lower intensity of WIC breastfeeding support for minority women (10, 11), and issues surrounding trust building and perceived mistreatment by providers Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)(8), a high level of comfort with the idea of formula feeding (9), limited availability and lower intensity of WIC breastfeeding support for minority women (10, 11), and issues surrounding trust building and perceived mistreatment by providers women (10, 11), and issues surrounding trust building and perceived mistreatment by providers (12).

In June 2012, CDC awarded a 3 - year cooperative agreement to the National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality to assist 89 hospitals, mostly located in states that have lower breastfeeding rates and that serve low - income and minority women, with improving maternity care practices to support breastfeeding and to move toward the Baby - Friendly designation.

Here's the issue: the entire four - day message of the Convention was not about expanding Trump's base of support among minorities or women (the 2016 GOP platform says nothing about providing «equal pay for equal work»; it was not about proposing substantive solutions to problems facing the nation; it was not even about making amends with traditional conservatives and moderate Republicans to achieve party unity (the Republican governor of Ohio, John Kasich, the Bush family, and all former Republican nominees for president, except one, did not attend).

Specialist domestic violence services that support Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority (BAME) women decreased by 17 % between 2010 - 2014.

Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo not ruling out supporting Republicans this year, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee Chairman Mike Gianaris remains upbeat, telling Liz last night on the show that Cuomo will ultimately settle with the minority conference given their agreement on bread - and - butter party issues such as women's» health and increasing the state's minimum wage.

... The first grants will support Computer Science for All and ScriptEd to expand access to computer science education in schools across the city, as well as remove barriers for women and minorities to join NYC's thriving tech sector (where less than 10 percent of professionals are currently minority women).»

As The Business Council has consistently stated, we support New York State's efforts to promote minority and women businesses» participation in government contracting However, we find that there are numerous problems in both the current system and the changes being proposed in the Executive Budget.

Broad support from women and minority voters has helped presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton open an early lead over Trump nationally, according to a new poll released today.

And should it be used to persecute a minority that is simply seeking equal rights?If you are going to selectively use your Bible to justify hating homosexuals and our quest for marriage equality, then why do you happen to ignore many many other parts of the Bible such as: the Biblical support of slavery (Luke 12:47 - 48, Ephesians 6:5, 1 Timothy 6:1 - 2), selling your daughters into slavery (Exodus 21:7 - 11), Biblical Incest (Genosis 19:36), Biblical polygamy (1 Kings 11:3), Forbidding women to speak in church (I Cor 14:34 - 35), stoning stubborn children (Duet 21:18 - 2), stoning your daughter if she loses her virginity out of wedlock (Deut 22:20 - 21) or killing the children born out of affairs (Rev 2:22 - 2And should it be used to persecute a minority that is simply seeking equal rights?If you are going to selectively use your Bible to justify hating homosexuals and our quest for marriage equality, then why do you happen to ignore many many other parts of the Bible such as: the Biblical support of slavery (Luke 12:47 - 48, Ephesians 6:5, 1 Timothy 6:1 - 2), selling your daughters into slavery (Exodus 21:7 - 11), Biblical Incest (Genosis 19:36), Biblical polygamy (1 Kings 11:3), Forbidding women to speak in church (I Cor 14:34 - 35), stoning stubborn children (Duet 21:18 - 2), stoning your daughter if she loses her virginity out of wedlock (Deut 22:20 - 21) or killing the children born out of affairs (Rev 2:22 - 2and our quest for marriage equality, then why do you happen to ignore many many other parts of the Bible such as: the Biblical support of slavery (Luke 12:47 - 48, Ephesians 6:5, 1 Timothy 6:1 - 2), selling your daughters into slavery (Exodus 21:7 - 11), Biblical Incest (Genosis 19:36), Biblical polygamy (1 Kings 11:3), Forbidding women to speak in church (I Cor 14:34 - 35), stoning stubborn children (Duet 21:18 - 2), stoning your daughter if she loses her virginity out of wedlock (Deut 22:20 - 21) or killing the children born out of affairs (Rev 2:22 - 23).

In the race to win the contract for the Aqueduct race track project, a group of more than 25 minority and women - owned business organizations have thrown their support behind the SL Green / Hard Rock development team, according to a release sent today.

Longer - term proposals range from employee training to supporting minority and women - owned businesses.

The Liberal Democrat conference has today supported tough new action to improve the party's representation among women and ethnic minorities.

I am running for Democratic District Leader for the 44th Assembly District to fight for a Democratic Party with a progressive agenda centered on economic justice, criminal justice reform and support for women, the LGBTQ community, immigrants and religious and racial minorities.

Ken Warner, upstate political director for Working Families, said Nicoletti has a long history of supporting progressive issues, including the hiring of minority and women owned businesses.

We must be the party committed to economic justice, criminal justice reform, voting reform, and support for women, the LGBTQ community, immigrants, and religious and racial minorities.

Rather than speculate as to how low a ceiling this places on Tory support, and whether it is lowest among ethnic minorities, northerners or women, Labour should be seeking to complete the decontamination project that the last general election confirmed we require.

I would support an investigation of the Office of Minority and Women - wone Business Enterprises rather than eliminating them.

The Beverly Gray Business Exchange Center, a proposed minority and women - owned business support facility championed by City of Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, requested $ 250,000 in support from the ECIDA, and the Board heard a detailed informational presentation by Buffalo Office of Strategic Planning official Rebecca Grandour.

In accepting Ms. James» support, Ms. Niou vowed to push for more opportunities for minority and women - owned businesses, often called MWBEs.

«If this arrangement was truly about helping minority communities, both the IDC and the Independence party would support a coalition government with the Democrats and help make a history by supporting the first black woman as a Senate President.»

The state's Associated General Contractors says it supports the policy of encouraging businesses operated by minorities and women, or MWBEs, on public projects, but it still questions whether the program is run fairly.

This awarding of contracts may mark the largest single project ever granted the M / WBE business program in New York State, an organization that supports the economic and entrepreneurial development of women and minorities.

«His support for the commercial revitalization of economically distressed areas, and expansion of opportunities for minority and women owned businesses created countless jobs and helped families struggling to get by put food on their tables and pay their bills,» he said in a statement.

In any case, the governor has relationships with those candidates, too: He appointed Thompson to co-chair his campaign and to his task force on minority and women - owned businesses, and he developed a relationship with Quinn, who supported his bid to legalize gay marriage in New York City.

Senate Minority Leader John Sampson released the full list of his ranking committee and leadership assignments today, revealing he is moving to shore up his support with three key constituencies within the conference: Hispanics, women and upstaters.

Rodriguez said he supports a bill by Brooklyn Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo that would mandate that the city track data on the number of minorities and women in government.

«We are sure that if the congresswoman were familiar with New York State Senate politics she would join us in calling on the Democratic Minority Conference to stand up and pledge their support on issues such as women's reproductive health, GENDA, single - payer health care, and the DREAM Act,» Giove said in a statement sent to the Observer.

So she was forced to rely on other local support systems: Christian organizations, other minority science graduate students, and the Association for Women in Science (AWIS).

Minority women scientist networks are scarce, so enter broader social and professional networks that can support you in your career, Ouali says.

said Hockfield, adding that supporting women and underrepresented minorities in science is crucial, because studies have dem - onstrated the importance of different perspectives in finding solutions to problems.

He praised O'Shea's efforts to build HHMI's support of physician - scientists and to provide research opportunities for women and underrepresented minorities.

Clinton — who held a slim lead in polls leading up to election day — scored strong support among women, minorities and college graduates, but that wasn't enough to overcome Trump's unexpectedly strong performance.