Sentences with phrase «work time advocating»

These days, Rittelmeyer spends his work time advocating for people with disabilities who might otherwise lack meaningful access to the legal system.

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Heitkamp has generally advocated for working with the president and his administration when possible and, in a meeting last spring, called the anti-Trump «Resistance» movement «a waste of my time.»

Chika Oduah — Freelance: Oduah's work has been published in the New York Times, Huffington Post, The Atlantic, CNN, and many more, and she serves as an outspoken advocate for women's rights in Africa.

In his book «High Output Management,» Andy Grove, founder of Intel, advocates that «a manager should use his calendar as a «production» planning tool, taking a firm initiative to schedule work that is not time - critical.»

They do the hard work of advocating because that involves conflict resolution, time and effort, and maybe even some emotion.

«This is a conversation that obviously needs to be had,» Franco said on the program in reference to the issue, as well as to the criticism he received online for wearing a pin advocating for the Time's Up movement of women in Hollywood working against sexual misconduct and gender imbalance in the industry.

Both Jay and I are long - time advocates of partnering with nonprofits whose values align with our work.

Chris is a long - time journalist and a hard money advocate and through his tireless efforts at GATA he is working to expose the manipulation of the gold and silver markets.

While he may decide to give Congress time to come up with a permanent resolution, immigration advocates and economists warned that the possible demise of DACA could lead to the deportation of as many as 800,000 people, many of whom are working legally in industries across the United States.

Latterly, both John A. T. Robinson and James A. Pike have been advocating a ministry that earns its living somewhere else and works for the church on its «nonreimbursed time.»

The various institutions we have formed and called churches over the years have at times been powerful advocates for such works of love.

Her work has appeared both nationally and locally in The Advocate, Curve Magazine, The Gay and Lesbian Times, and In The Loop.

She was a hairdresser who owned her own salon, called Gifted Hanz, on the South Side of Chicago, and she worked part - time as a mentor for a group called Youth Advocate Programs, which had been hired by the Chicago schools department to provide intensive mentoring services to students who had been identified as being most at risk of committing or being a victim of gun violence.

It is challenging to work twenty - four hours, seven days a week and dedicate sufficient time to being an advocate for you to our legislative leaders.

The authors of «Overloaded and Underprepared» advocate for some form of modified block or non-traditional bell schedule that allows students to start school later in the morning, have work - free breaks and more time for hands - on learning and collaboration.

Advocates for Grant Park said the price of the work and the reduced time that the fountain would be working is worth the effort to restore it.

Having started my business with a little person in my lap or crawling around my feet, I am an avid advocate for parents who want to bring a baby to work for a period of time after returning from maternity leave.

After my posts garnered attention (and a retraction) from the USDA, I was contacted by Rep. DeLauro, a long time food safety advocate, and asked if I'd like to work more on this issue along with dedicated advocacy groups like Food and Water Watch and the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention.

I mean I guess I just have to, I have to say, you know from my perspective as a fertility specialist, where I work with reproductive partners, we are actually really strong advocates of one healthy baby at a time.

While this extinction method (popularized by Dr. Marc Weissbluth, this method is often associated with Dr. Richard Ferber who actually advocates a modified extinction method where parents check on the baby in timed increments) does work, but it doesn't work for everyone (Me included.

We are keen to talk to mums who have given up work in favour of full time motherhood and are passionate advocates of this gentle parenting philosophy.

So I advocated hard for the second time to do things a little differently and it just happened to work out for me.

Some parents choose to go cold turkey and that has worked for them, but I am personally an advocate for providing night time protection until they are ready.

Although attachment parenting espouses the benefits of «one or both parents» caring for their children at all times, according to Attachment Parenting International, many AP advocates mouth platitudes about how everyone can attachment parent, even working parents.

Jodine is a long - time breastfeeding advocate who, as a volunteer, works for many breastfeeding related causes including advocating for the re-establishment of milk banks and amending policies and legislation to protect breastfeeding rights.

Even though my natural childbirth plans didn't work out (breech baby), my hubby helped me relax with massage, he advocated for our baby while in the hospital and knew what to do when first - time breastfeeding troubles arose (call our Bradley instructor who came running: — RRB -.

She resides in Birmingham, Alabama where she works full - time as a domestic violence advocate.

Sandy's efforts to serve children extend far beyond her work in the cafeteria; she is a long - time volunteer and advocate for special needs children.

Read what this full - time working mom and advocate, Jennifer Scoby, has to say in her article Are You an Attachment Parent?

In the 1960s, John Bowlby, whose work on infant attachment has informed so much of current attachment theory, promoted the idea that children used their blankies as a calming substitute for their key attachment figure, and by the 1970s, even eminent childcare writers like Dr. Spock and Penelope Leach were actively advocating the introduction of comfort objects to help babies manage times of separation.

Now he devotes his time to advocating for adoptive families, mental health activism and working with teenagers.

Advocates can expand the Afterschool Meal Program and obtain federal reimbursement using proven outreach strategies, including promoting the program, building relationships with afterschool and out - of - school time provider networks, connecting sites to available community resources, and working closely with the state agency.

A frequent speaker on parenting topics and an advocate for free, unstructured play in homes and schools, she has a special passion for nonprofits; before turning to writing full - time, she worked for The Nature Conservancy, Audubon Society, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, and many others.

He did, however, report the views of non-breastfeeding advocates such as Thad Jackson, an immunologist who formerly was a full - time employee of Nestlé and now works for them as a consultant.

During his time as a radio announcer at WNEW, Justin jumped into labor activism and served as shop steward where he represented and defended the interests of his fellow employees and advocated to get all union members retroactively paid for decades of overtime work on weekends and overnights.

At the same time, Cuomo may face a primary challenge from Cynthia Nixon, an actress and public education advocated who has worked with the Alliance For Quality Education.

It's past time to allocate the necessary funds to bring the signal system up to date and I thank Councilmember Lander, our colleagues in government, and the transit advocates who are working to bring this issue to the forefront through the #SignalFail campaign.»

Nixon, an actress and education advocate who has worked with the Alliance for Quality Education, could receive the backing of the WFP as early as this weekend in Albany, The New York Times reported this afternoon.

«In a time when national leaders fail to value our environment and what it means for our health and our economy, it is all the more important that New York leaders (from both sides of the aisle) work together to demonstrate true green leadership,» write the Environmental Advocates of New York and the Long Island Pine Barrens Society.

From his time working at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration to his work on the City Council to reform 421a and end discrimination against Section 8 tenants to his work as Public Advocate to crack down on bad landlords, no one has done more to fight for affordable safe housing for all New Yorkers.»

CITY HALL — Advocates of a mandatory paid sick leave bill upped the pressure on City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to a fever pitch Wednesday, accusing her of being complicit in the death of a young father who died of stomach cancer — because he couldn't take time off from work to recover from his treatment, his widow alleged.

«It's hard times for the working families I advocate for — they don't have money to give to political campaigns — and I understand this,» Wan said.

«This ruling gives us more time to work with the Department of Health, elected officials and community advocates to develop alternative solutions that will keep LICH's vital services and good jobs in the community,» said George Gresham, president of 1199SEIU in a press release, who sought the restraining order along with the New York State Nurses Association, Concerned Physicians of LICH and others.

ALBANY — The Ruben Wills indictment comes at a bad time for Gov. Cuomo, the Working Families Party and other advocates of taxpayer funding for political campaigns.

De Blasio has been a progressive advocate for increasing the minimum wage — pushing for $ 13 per hour in New York City — even as approximately 150 interns in his office, many of whom work full - time, go entirely unpaid by the administration.

Those who worked for him at the time said Mr. de Blasio was a savvy opportunist, employing a robust press shop — future Cuomo spokesman Matt Wing was one top press secretary — that obsessed with trying to insert the public advocate into the headlines.

Fahy has been working behind the scenes to make sure the new Wadsworth is built in the city, and in February she wrote an opinion piece that was published by the Times Union advocating an urban campus.

Todd's work as a long time advocate for children's issues and rights has allowed him to see first hand the devastating impacts of child sex abuse.

It's a rite of passage, and today it is Bill de Blasio's turn: All of a sudden neck - and - neck with Christine Quinn for front - runner status, the public advocate is featured on the front page of the New York Times in an article meant to reveal what he's really like to work with, and how he gets — or doesn't get — things done.

Long - time North Country Working Families Party organizer Tom Wood said Wilson stands out as a «genuine North Country voice, advocating for the policies that will truly move the needle for her neighbors and reinvigorate our upstate community.»