Sentences with phrase «through advocacy work»
The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association is working to bring the veterinary profession to the forefront of animal protection through our advocacy work and direct care services.
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The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports UNICEF's work around the world through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States.
Celebrating over 50 years of excellence, education and advocacy, IFA works through its government relations and public policy, media relations and educational programs to protect, enhance and promote franchising.
WISE offers a platform for women working in startups to address the gender - specific barriers to entrepreneurship through mentoring, fundraising, and advocacy.
With a background in civil rights advocacy, Amina has a special appreciation for the impact of working for social and economic justice through investing and shareholder engagement.
I did this professionally for so many at IBM through the employee advocacy program I created called the IBM Select Social Eminence program, affording me the amazing opportunity to work with social business leaders across the globe.
Justice For Children International (JFCI) works toward the abolition of child sex trafficking and exploitation through advocacy, prevention and aftercare.
MCl's mission statement links their work directly with Evangelium Vitae by «improving the lives and health of mothers and babies both born and unborn, through new initiatives of service, training, research, and advocacy designed to reduce the tragic levels of abortion worldwide and maternal and perinatal mortality, morbidity in developingcountries.»
Sanford, Fla., is home to the Kids House of Seminole Inc. at the Wayne Densch Children's Advocacy Center, which works «to end child abuse and neglect through treatment, prevention, program development, education, community outreach, research, children's advocacy and trainingAdvocacy Center, which works «to end child abuse and neglect through treatment, prevention, program development, education, community outreach, research, children's advocacy and trainingadvocacy and training.»
Through monitoring and advocacy, the association works with agencies such as the TTB and the FDA to reduce the regulatory burdens on small and independent brewers.
Through our advocacy efforts and investments, we seek innovative solutions to agricultural policy challenges and we work to foster the political will and public support to solve them.
OTA's members work together through networking, advocacy, and other initiatives to encourage and protect organic farming practices, and to share messages about the positive environmental and nutritional attributes of organic products with consumers, the media, and policymakers.
Through food donation, community service, financial investment and advocacy efforts, the FoodShare program is working to help end hunger from all sides.
It will also work to expand advocacy efforts and through new partnerships ensure conservation of entire landscapes in priority regions from India to Indonesia and Brazil to Vietnam.
(USBC) is a multi-sectoral, nonprofit coalition of more than 40 national organizations working to «advance breastfeeding on our Nation's agenda through Collaboration, Leadership, and Advocacy.»
Breastfeed Chicago www.breastfeedchicago.wordpress.com A mom - powered organization established to support mothers in breastfeeding, works to build a cohesive and sustainable support network for breastfeeding mothers through the connection of resources, cultural normalization, and institutional advocacy.
BPNI seeks to work towards optimal nutrition of women and children, especially on enhancing breastfeeding rates in the country through countering commercial influence, capacity building of health and nutrition care providers, advocacy for maternity entitlements and other national policies.
* 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
Survive & T hrive Global Development Alliance Survive & Thrive is an allian ce of government, professional health association, private sector and non-profit partners working with country g overnments and health professionals to improve health outcomes for mothers, newborns and children through clinical training, systems strengthening and policy advocacy.
MI - AIMH works across Michigan to equip and support professionals who serve infants, young children and their families through specialized in - service training, advocacy and Endorsement ®.
The National Safety Council eliminates preventable deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the road through leadership, research, education and advocacy.
Through education and awareness, athletes now have a team of parents, coaches, administrators, doctors and trainers working together as an advocacy team on behalf of every athlete to identify and treat head impacts.
Since then she has worked to eliminate the high infant mortality rate for babies of color, through advocacy and policy.
Klein, a Bronx Democrat who leads the growing, seven - member conference, sharply rebuked the efforts over the last several days by mainline Democrats to unify the conference by involving Cuomo and putting public pressure on him through various left - leaning advocacy groups and the Working Families Party.
Since gaining acclaim during the 2008 presidential election through its Obama campaign work, the integrated digital marketing agency has veered away from political candidate campaigns and broadened its clientele to encompass more advocacy groups, non-profits, unions, sporting organizations, educational institutions, and corporate clients.
New Yorkers Against Gun Violence is a statewide advocacy group working to reduce gun violence through advocacy and education.
«Tony was a leading voice in the successful effort to pass real ethics reform in Albany, and has been a true friend to working New Yorkers through his vocal advocacy for raising the minimum wage.»
Today, we serve more than 2,000 at - risk youth each year from more than 300 zip codes in New York and throughout the tri-state area, and an additional 8,000 young people through outreach efforts — as well as countless lives changed by our advocacy, training and capacity building work around the world.
We serve our members through business advocacy, value - added services and benefits, commerce & tourism promotion, and support for economic development — working together with our Partners & Affiliates.
Fair Wisconsin Inc. works to build a fair, safe, and inclusive Wisconsin for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people by advancing, achieving, and protecting LGBT civil rights through lobbying, legislative advocacy, grassroots organizing, coalition building and electoral involvement.
«SERAP fears that the overbearing bill would inhibit and obstruct the ability of Nigerians to work collectively through local and international organizations on any human rights, transparency and accountability research or advocacy that may be deemed contrary to «the national interest» of Nigeria, or not «consistent with the programmes of government.»
Councilwoman Annabel Palma noted that «Rafael Salamanca has consistently demonstrated his commitment, advocacy, and leadership for the South Bronx, through his work as District Manager of Community Board 2.
Throughout her career, Olivia has worked to prepare scholars to lead, serve and change the world, focusing on creating intercultural understanding and advocacy through education.
Let's Talk Science: This is a national organization working to «develop a society that is scientifically literate and globally competitive through innovative educational programs, research, and advocacy.»
Our work is focused solely on addressing the needs of those facing cancer today, improving their quality of life and health outcomes through free support services, programs, tools, resources and advocacy efforts.
The American Physical Society is a non-profit membership organization working to advance knowledge of physics through research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy and international activities.
APS is a non-profit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities.
Dr. Azziz has made major contributions to the field through his research and clinical work as well as his support and advocacy for PCOS patients.
Dallas, TX About Blog Black Trans Advocacy, a black trans lead social justice organization working to overcome violence and injustice in the world through the power, value and love of all people.
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NJCEDV performs its work through advocacy for survivors of domestic violence collaboration with state agencies.
As the Ambassador of Hope, Portman has proved to be a globally aware and dedicated individual who supports the work of FINCA through her advocacy and visits to FINCA International programs in countries such as Guatemala, Ecuador and Uganda.
Redford was acknowledged for his work as actor and director, his decades long involvement in nurturing independent voices in film and the arts through the Sundance Institute, Sundance Film Festival, and overall advocacy on behalf of artists, as well as his work as an environmental activist over 40 years.
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.
Gone are the days when expectations were created to challenge, and one equated success with self - advocacy and the strength that came through trial and error, determination, hard work and consequence; here are the days where expectations are written with an emphasis that there is no such thing as failure, when ones» personal realities are substituted with accommodations, and culture has been replaced with conformity.
Through my work with OU Advocacy, I have traveled throughout the United States and have met Jewish day school leaders across the country to discuss the potential support government funding could provide.
Recently, E4E teachers have ramped up their work in ending disparities in school discipline through both local and federal advocacy.
The Prichard Committee Student Voice Team is comprised of over 100 self - selected students, fifth grade through college, working to integrate young people as education research, advocacy, and policy partners in efforts to improve Kentucky schools.
MCAN selected Dr. Patrick O'Connor, the associate dean of college counseling at Cranbrook Schools, because of his leadership and outstanding work to further counselor education through MCAN's counselor course and advocacy for legislative acknowledgement of the need for professional development.
Policy Advocacy: Through our work with families and communities, we identify trends and system - wide barriers that we address through our policThrough our work with families and communities, we identify trends and system - wide barriers that we address through our policthrough our policy work.