Sentences with phrase «take on an advocacy»

Some outlets, like Time Magazine, (and The Times editorial page and columnists like Tom Friedman) have taken on an advocacy role.

And I see again and again in the countless defenses that have been offered for Schneider's odious take on advocacy.

Not exact matches

With critics blasting CKE's treatment of employees, Puzder has taken to blocking labor advocacy groups on Twitter, BuzzFeed reported.

This «Cheat Sheet» provides a straight - forward 1 page of bullet points on the steps to take to successfully building social brand advocacy and social word - of - mouth.

The Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project (NEDAP), which brought the suit against Chase on plaintiffs» behalf, says banks shouldn't be willing to let online payday lenders take money out of customer accounts in states where such loans are illegal.

Here's our take on why advocacy is important for your company:

Ministry has taken on the models of advocacy, nurture, and escapism.

This particular plane was planned by Ultraviolet, a women's advocacy group; it was reported they would be flying their banner during the U.S. Open on Saturday to protest the U.S. Women's Open taking place at Trump National Golf Club on July 13.

MF: We think that folks will be taking these courses for different reasons depending on their role in school food or advocacy.

You will be a hard act to follow, Bettina, but hopefully among your vast readership, there are some HISD parents who have been inspired by your passion and advocacy on behalf of HISD's students, and who will be willing to step up and take your place, to keep trying to move forward with better school food.

Homebirth advocacy is based on many myths and lies and one of the biggest lies is that homebirth advocates take responsibility for their decisions.

Advocacy Leading voices in the parenting industry give us their personal take on the question soon - to - be parents are all in some way seeking: What's the best parenting advice you've ever heard?

Advocacy On the silver screen, TV's best - known nanny has taken on her share challenging caseOn the silver screen, TV's best - known nanny has taken on her share challenging caseon her share challenging cases.

This clarification was necessitated when our Global Council, on behalf of IBFAN, had to take a strategic decision whether or not and under what conditions IBFAN should participate in two new initiatives by UNICEF and WHO, WHO NetCode, and the UNICEF Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, both receiving funding from the BMGF, which has direct links and gets its returns from the baby food industry and also engages with entities such as the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) that create situations of risk of conflicts of Interest in infant and young child feeding.

My good friend Anne, famous for taking the Burka pictures that got me started on the topic of hyper - tzniut, has begun her own blog for Israel advocacy known as Anne's Opinions.

Let's take a trip to the Big House with our friends from PowerThru Consulting, who've been kind enough to contribute several previous articles on email advocacy and list - building in the past.

Re: IDI's take on virtual worlds (SL included)-- We view them as a complement to, not a replacement for, traditional advocacy tools.

The folks over at the Hatcher Group have taken on an interesting project: they've surveyed 30 advocacy groups working on state - level issues to find out how they're using the «net in their work.

But let's keep an eye on future developments, and also on how folks take advantage of this in the advocacy space.

Solicitors are taking on more and more advocacy work, mostly to barristers» irritation.

K Street Café contributors are practitioners and observers in the public affairs realm and are well - known for staying on top of the major transformations taking place in the advocacy world.

The latest executive actions have bolstered Cuomo's support among engaged liberal advocacy groups, ranging from LGBT organizations thrilled with his plan to write regulations to protect transgender New Yorkers to labor groups who have pushed him for years to take action on the minimum wage through the previously little - known power of the Department of Labor wage board.

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Members of a new advocacy group, Brooklyn Voters Alliance Action, gathered outside Governor Andrew Cuomo's New York City office Tuesday afternoon to deliver a petition urging the governor to take action on voting reforms.

For the advocacy group, Take Back NYC, today's event is an opportunity to question the Speaker about her silence on the Small Business Jobs Survival Act, which would give commercial tenants leverage in battling rent increases from their landlords.

President Mahama who is the Co-Chair of the SDG Advocacy Group of the UN will take his audience through the importance of information and media to sustainable development, with a focus on Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda.

Join us for the Center for American Progress Action Fund's Internet Advocacy Roundtable, in collaboration with the PCDC, or Progressive Communicators of DC, from noon to 2:00 pm on Thursday, September 24, 2009 for a brown bag lunch (we'll provide the cookies, you bring your lunch) that will train you to take full advantage of the power of Twitter.

It has been Cuomo and the state Democratic Party to take this year the more traditional approach of budget advocacy, paying themselves for an extensive television and radio campaign on his behalf.

At 11 a.m., members of progressive advocacy groups will deliver turkeys stuffed with cash to the Trump building on Wall Street, «highlighting how Trump's tax plan will take massive sums of money from working people to benefit the richest Americans,» 40 Wall St., Manhattan.

At 11 a.m., amid a growing flood of reports of lead in school drinking water around the state and the country, a coalition of New York public health, environment, and healthy schools advocacy groups will call on state government leaders to take action, LCA Press Room (130), Legislative Office Building, Albany.

Of these, Margarita López has taken the strongest advocacy role on behalf of persons with disabilities.

Partnership for Student Advocacy (PFSA): An advocacy organization that closely collaborates with schools and school communities, PFSA takes an inventory of local elected officials and reaches out through letters, phone calls, and personal visits to enlist the active support of key leaders on behalf of the schools itAdvocacy (PFSA): An advocacy organization that closely collaborates with schools and school communities, PFSA takes an inventory of local elected officials and reaches out through letters, phone calls, and personal visits to enlist the active support of key leaders on behalf of the schools itadvocacy organization that closely collaborates with schools and school communities, PFSA takes an inventory of local elected officials and reaches out through letters, phone calls, and personal visits to enlist the active support of key leaders on behalf of the schools it serves.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Even as New York State adopts new regulations interpreting the Human Rights Law to provide transgender nondiscrimination protections and the city issues a new, stronger guidance on its municipal transgender rights ordinance, 30 activists and advocacy groups from the trans community are taking aim at the Empire State Pride Agenda over its -LSB-...]

«Public assistance is not that much money to take care of the family,» said Lee, a member of the advocacy group VOCAL - NY, prior to a City Council committee hearing on the issue Monday.

The annual Go Blue 4 Kids Candlelight Vigil, organized by the local non-profit McMahon / Ryan Child Advocacy Center and the Onondaga County Crime Victims» Rights Coalition, took place at Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday night.

The members took to the principal streets of Accra on Monday morning, distributing flyers to get citizens involved in the advocacy to get the Bill passed.

On a more serious note, as intern - advocacy group Internocracy pointed out last year, employers often believe there is a «grey area» around internships and the minimum wage laws that allows them to take on unpaid interns as long as both sides understand it is a voluntary positioOn a more serious note, as intern - advocacy group Internocracy pointed out last year, employers often believe there is a «grey area» around internships and the minimum wage laws that allows them to take on unpaid interns as long as both sides understand it is a voluntary positioon unpaid interns as long as both sides understand it is a voluntary position.

It's also a bad idea because when you take an opioid on a regular basis, they can become ineffective,» says Andrew Kolodny, director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing, a national advocacy group.

Mitchell Warren, head of the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition based in New York City, noted that the timing of the speech was key, too, as World AIDS Day is coming up on 1 December and the next international AIDS conference will take place in Washington, D.C., in July 2012.

«In 2003 Soon said at a US senate hearing that he had «not knowingly been hired by, nor employed by, nor received grants from any organisation that had taken advocacy positions with respect to the Kyoto Protocol or the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.»

Therefore, advocacy groups such as ASAPBio offer an excellent opportunity to take the cumbersome publication process in the life sciences to a new direction and focus once again on the actual quality of research work instead of mere impact factors.

«Cutting back on alcohol represents a real step that a breast cancer survivor can take to reduce her risk of recurrence,» says Marisa Weiss, MD, the president and founder of the advocacy group Breastcancer.org.

According to John Cannell, head of the Vitamin D Council (a California - based advocacy group promoting Vitamin D), when it comes to popping that Vitamin D pill, «take it on a full stomach, take it on an empty stomach.

When journalist Gina Pera married a man with undiagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), she embarked on a wild ride that took her from frustration and confusion to understanding and advocacy.

The «Black Panther» star took to Instagram on Wednesday to voice his advocacy for inclusion riders in Hollywood.

The film's off - and - on social advocacy becomes abruptly dominant in the final act, as Taylor offers scene after scene depicting the terror of human trafficking, and a film that had previously been impossible to take seriously suddenly starts taking itself very seriously indeed.

Education Week takes no editorial positions and has no advocacy agenda, but is guided by the conviction that the goal of ensuring a high - quality education for all children is advanced by a reliable flow of first - rate news, information, and analysis and a robust yet civil exchange of views on education issues.

However, consciousness for a new thinking in education is evident in different countries besides where educators have begun to take on board what academics and advocacy groups have highlighted for years.

[14] The headline writers are getting their take from Heckman through the advocacy materials on his website, The Heckman Equation.

I felt like I dug deep in taking the Close Examination of Student Work: Investigating Learning and Teaching by Adjunct Lecturer Tina Blythe and got breadth through the AIE core class on understanding the world of arts in education through practice, research, policy, and advocacy and taught by Steve Seidel.