Sentences with phrase «with local coalition»

Cisco, who has long worked with local coalition partners and environmental groups, is excited for the economic boost the designation will provide the area — and what it means to his heritage as well.

She will be in touch with the local coalitions to determine breastfeeding resources to be added to the directory.

UWGS works in partnership with local coalitions and nonprofits to ensure youth feel valued and empowered, demonstrate improved decision making skills, and show a reduction of high risk behaviors.

Not exact matches

With more than 20 federal agencies, 94 U.S. attorneys» offices, and state and local partners, it is the broadest coalition of law enforcement, investigatory and regulatory agencies ever assembled to combat fraud.

«Additionally, LCEDC created a FlexJobs partnership for telecommuting opportunities, led efforts for the first annual Manufacturing Day with over 150 students visiting local manufacturers, and founded the Eastern Plains Economic Development Coalition to strengthen the perception of opportunity across Eastern Plains.»

Our shelter is supported with charitable contributions from a local corporate coalition managed through the area Chamber of Commerce, and we say God Bless Them!

Coalition, a group of several local organizing factions, with plans to hold a forum and to create an educational fund for Clark's kids, and try to «support transformational change.»

Each year, members of the Connecticut Elks Association work with local Safe Kids coalitions to host safety events at schools, churches, Fire Departments, Police Departments and elsewhere.

Be picky about who you work with Designers do it (Donna Wilson recently worked with local school children to design Aberdeenshire Tartan), pop stars do it (Pharrell has practically built a career on it), Rob Ryan and Tatty Devine did it, politicians do it (remember the Coalition?)

The coalition has been awarded three grants over the past five years: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Pulmonary Disease Grant with the goal of increasing the number of policies and practices that promote and support breastfeeding - friendly environments; Business Case for Breastfeeding Grant to educate employers on how to comply with the Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act and a Women Infants and Children (WIC) Local Agency Breastfeeding Special Project Grant.

The Chicago Food Policy Action Council (CFPAC) has been working with the Mayor's Office to bring the Good Food Purchasing Program to Chicago over the past three years and building support for the policy through a local coalition made of a broad representation of the voices of Chicago's food system.

As the executive director of NYSHEPA, Nancy ran an 800 member - strong coalition and advocated at the local, state and federal level for numerous nutrition and physical activity measures including school nutrition standards, calorie labeling, trans fat ban, Complete Streets, breastfeeding bill of rights, nutrition standards for fast - food kids» meals sold with toys, Safe Routes to School, nutrition standards for foods marketed to children, and the sugar - sweetened beverage tax.

Maryland Hunger Solutions collaborates with public and private partners through various coalitions, partnerships, and state and local food policy workgroups.

The Healthy Start Coalition of Santa Rosa County, Inc. is a local, non profit, 501 (c) 3 organization that works with moms and babies to ensure they have the services and care they need to live a long and healthy life!

And speaking of the Brooklyn Food Coalition, look around to see if there is a local group — a food policy council, a chapter of Slow Food, a food bank, a public health department, Kiwanis, Rotary, the Junior League, maybe a social justice organization — that can provide you with a home and some support.

If you don't have a local coalition, this might be the perfect time to form one as you work with health care providers and others in your community on WBM activities!

However, a local area pub, Blackwater Draw, has partnered with the Brazos Valley Breastfeeding Coalition for the first «Bottoms Up...

«The TUC's March for the Alternative on 26 March promises to be one of the biggest events that we have ever organised, but local campaigns and protests that do not hit the national headlines could well make just as much an impact in those constituencies where there are coalition MPs with small majorities.

Its practical application, and that of the Coalition's Localism Bill, can be seen to have shifted responsibility for delivering services and managing budgets onto the local and community level, while effectively withholding power through enforcing cuts and strengthening government oversight, as with Gove's current dominion over education provision.

Party discontent with the coalition will get an airing during the conference, though Lib Dems will have one eye on the local elections next year.

Dafis was a Member of Parliament for Ceredigion from 1992 until 2000, having been supported by a coalition of local Plaid Cymru and Green party activists, the latter of which had worked with him on a number of environmental initiatives.

Miliband launched Labour's campaign for the 2012 local elections with a speech in Birmingham, accusing the coalition government of «betrayal», and claiming that it «lacked the values» that Britain needed.

Corona has been singled out as having the highest rate of childhood obesity in the city, but City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D - East Elmhurst) joined with local business owners and a new coalition last Thursday to say Mayor Michael Bloomberg's soda ban is the wrong way to fight it.

To a point, it does seem to be doing this: the cities and local government devolution bill and, with it, George Osborne's Northern Powerhouse policy give coalitions of local authorities the opportunity to negotiate devolutionary «deals» with the centre.

The budget squeeze isn't easy but it is forcing local government to innovate (which the Coalition has given it unprecendented freedoms to do so) and also merge functions with other councils or public sector institutions.

This, combined with the coalition's decisions to abolish Regional Development Agencies, the 27 per cent of cuts to local government services and cuts to higher education funding, leaves the arts at serious risk.

The left - leaning Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argued that although the localism agenda was promising, it will be largely meaningless unless the coalition delivers «real powers with new funding streams that give local people more control over how their taxes are spent».

Over the following four agonising days, the party watched as first the local and then the European election results brutally revealed the cost of entering into coalition with the Conservatives.

The Liberal Democrat leader was on the brink of an expected disaster in local and European elections the following month — the voters» roar of disapproval at his decision to go into coalition with the Conservatives.

The party can now campaign as the most viable local opposition in these seats, looking to win over a broader coalition of voters angry with the government.

Even long - established incumbents with powerful local machines such as Simon Hughes and Vince Cable could not undo the damage done by going into coalition.

Those groups formed a coalition this year with the goal of stripping away mandates in order to comply with the 2 percent cap on local property tax levy increases.

HCR joined the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and Rockland Housing Action Coalition, along with county and local officials recently to celebrate the completion of Hyenga Lake Senior Housing.

There are a number of local Liberal Democrats less than enamoured by the cuts agenda of the Coalition, and already there is talk of finding a high profile candidate to carry the banner for a more recognisable Liberal candidate, who local supporters with their long non conformist tradition might buy into.

INWOOD — An Uptown coalition composed of local organizations and community groups hosted a public hearing with City Council members to discuss the mayor's plan to rezone city neighborhoods to create and preserve affordable housing.

The 2014 Local Elections saw a Labour Party — which was part of a coalition government with Fine Gael — fare poorly, with its national share of the vote dropping to just over seven percent and with its position as the leading left wing party being usurped by a major contender for this position, namely Sinn Fein.

In collaboration with the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and local pro sports franchises, Mark - Viverito has launched #NotAFan, a campaign of video public service announcements (PSAs) that denounce domestic violence.

The 1985 Local Elections saw a Labour Party — which was part of a coalition government with Fine Gael — fare poorly, with its national share of the vote dropping to just over seven percent and with its position as the leading left wing party being usurped by a major contender for this position, namely the Workers Party.

The Act enjoys very wide popular support with over ninety national organisations signed up to the Local Works campaign coalition.

This time, however, and faced with a local Labour surge built in part on Labour supporters who had voted tactically for the Lib Dems but felt betrayed by the coalition with the Conservatives, Hallam's Lib Dems changed tack.

Elections coordinator Antony Shuster said local people had called upon parties to work together, adding: «We met with the Chair of Lewes Lib Dems and were given an absolute assurance that the Lib Dems will not form a coalition with the Tories post-election.»

The Political Economy of the Northern Powerhouse (co-edited with Craig Berry)-- the first volume to critically assess the coalition and Conservative governments» Northern Powerhouse agenda since 2014 and associated efforts to devolve power to local authorities across the North.

The idea of the Conservatives being in coalition with anyone seemed not to sit well with the education secretary, who commented: «I don't think the Conservative Party should form coalitions with anyone», and he also warned of the dangers of reading too much into UKIP's ascendancy and the Tory slump at the recent local elections.

There might well be further over-riding factors in Lib / Lab margainals - such as where Liberals are pushing through regressive measures in coalition with the Tories at local authority level.

Sampson, along with a coalition of business groups and chambers of commerce, is in Albany today to lobby for the 2 percent cap on local property taxes as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The move would significantly diminish local council's power over the town centre but it would chime with the coalition's «big society» agenda.

Also at 10 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about the challenges facing New York State's infrastructure, along with Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo and other local elected officials, members of organized labor, environmental organizations, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, will be holding a press conference.

Also at 10:30 a.m., Rebuild NY Now, a broad - based coalition seeking to raise public awareness about New York State's infrastructure needs, along with other local elected officials, members of organized labor, Chambers of Commerce and private local businesses, North Greenbush Town Hall, 2 Douglas St., Wynantskill.

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Sue Rosenberg, who has helped to coordinate local efforts of the Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipeline, a group organizing opponents to the project in both New York and New Jersey, said she was pleased with Wednesday's turnout.