Sentences with phrase «years of advocating»

After 8 years of advocating for other orphans and families, the Adamsons unexpectedly began another adoption journey.

That's over 30 years of advocating for indie voices in the traditional publishing industry.

As a result of years of advocating for a focus on third grade reading proficiency, the city of Oakland, Oakland Unified School District, and community partners have aligned and are committed to our shared ambitious goal of improving third grade reading proficiency to 85 % by the year 2020.

After 5 years of advocating for flipped learning and later starting this site, where I hosted blog posts and online workshops, I was honored in the summer of 2016 to accept the role of Community Administrator for the Flipped Learning Network.

After the Blue Wave of Democratic - progressive victories across Westchester last November, Mayer decided to run for State Senate because she said she believed she could represent this group of energized voters based on her years of advocating the same progressive ideals.

After years of advocating for this new station, the MTA Board approval means we are yet one step closer to not only ensuring local residents have the transportation options they deserve but also making sure Elmhurst lives up to its full economic potential.»

In all my years of advocating for plant based wellness, I've tried a myriad of powders of everything you can imagine.

Not exact matches

The news was particularly surprising, considering Klein herself was a chair of the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) that last year supported an anti-fraud intitiative backed by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), «the oldest international organization devoted to investor protection.»

In January, a committee of the federal Liberal party, following a vote in favour of decriminalization a year earlier at the party's convention, came out with a 38 - page paper advocating full legalization.

Widely viewed as one of the first tech leaders to come clean about what many now view as an epidemic in the industry, the 49 - year - old has become an outspoken advocate for openly addressing the still - touchy topic.

Many are advocates of striking out on your own, educating yourself along the way and ditching the conventional four - year approach in favor of experiential learning.

Sir John A. Macdonald, who would have turned 200 this year, advocated a single central government for Canada, without the bother of provincial legislatures: «one government and one parliament... for the whole of these peoples,» he argued during debates over Confederation.

In an essay for Time earlier this year, Jay - Z announced that he would be donating to organizations like Color of Change and Southerners on the New Ground to advocate for the release of jailed fathers who have not been convicted of a crime but are unable to afford bail.

«We don't want to look up 20 years from now and say, «Oops, we used up all our water,»» said Jason Banes of the Boulder, Colo. - based Western Resource Advocates.

He added, «It's a simple concept that's been advocated for years and is based on enforcement of our immigration laws that includes requiring employers to use the federal E-Verify program.

Many advocates of the bill have said it would boost gross - domestic - product growth by 0.4 percentage points a year.

In recent years, the senator has shifted from advocating comprehensive immigration reform to a stance that puts border security first, though with the possibility of a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants after 10 to 12 years.

Representation of white women in leadership roles improved by 17 % over the nine year period, but for black, latino, and Asian men and women, percentages declined across the board, according to research by the nonprofit Ascend Foundation, an organization that advocates for Asians in business.

The 3 percent withholding tax due to take effect at year - end has unleashed a groundswell of opposition among business owners and advocates.

As I've chronicled extensively, Exondys is an extremely controversial treatment, and the FDA's decision to approve the therapy over the objections of the agency's own scientific staff stunned many observers last year, raising questions about whether or not the FDA had succumbed to a well - orchestrated and heart - wrenching PR campaign by patients and advocates.

In the 13 years since he left office, President Clinton has been a relentless and forceful advocate for a number of causes: the fight against HIV / AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, and the need to stem greenhouse gas emissions.

Adam K. Levin is a consumer advocate with more than 30 years of experience and is a nationally recognized expert on security, privacy, identity theft, fraud, and personal finance.

With more than 40 years of experience helping restore men and women behind bars, Prison Fellowship advocates for federal and state criminal justice reforms that transform those responsible for crime, validate victims, and encourage communities to play a role in creating a safe, redemptive, and just society.

Trump hosted a series of meetings with advocates for the corn and oil industries at the White House since late last year aimed at reforming biofuels regulations in a way that cuts costs for refiners without reducing overall biofuels demand.

The La Pietra Coalition, a group of leaders advocating for women's advancement that last year launched The Third Billion campaign to support the scores of women entering the workforce, identifies four challenges that stand between women and equal opportunity.

So too was the call for a review of earnings guidance practices, which the CFA Institute and a panel of the Business Roundtable advocated ending 10 years ago.

While it's possible the terms of his employment agreement with (and departure from) Facebook could prevent him from taking an active role at a competitor (or any company in the virtual reality space) for several months (or even years), he could reassume his public presence as an advocate for VR technology and its larger potential.

The study ascribed this dearth of research to restrictions — namely a 21 - year - old congressional appropriations bill called the «Dickey Amendment» that stipulated «none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun control.»

Thousands of high school students and other gun - control advocates gathered in Washington and across the U.S. Saturday to demand tougher firearms restrictions from an older generation that's delivered little change after years of mass shootings.

Roughly 800,000 low - income New Yorkers would save $ 726 a year if a proposal by the New York City Council and advocates to fund half - priced Metrocards for the poorest New Yorkers is adopted as part of the city's final budget.

«Folks from all over this city — including many Council members, including the public advocate and the comptroller — have been fighting for Fair Fares for years now and just this week, we've taken an enormous step forward thanks to the members of the City Council, [and specifically] Speaker Corey Johnson,» he said.

The repeal followed a similar legislative defeat in Santa Fe, New Mexico earlier in the year and was seen at the time as a loss of momentum for soda tax advocates.

Jean - Paul Agon, chairman and CEO of cosmetics giant L'Oréal — who last year signed a petition advocating a greater contribution from the rich — expressed displeasure at the 75 % gouge.

We're also expecting an up - and - down year for political donors, and great one for advocates of legalized marijuana.

Kenidra Woods, a 17 - year - old junior from St. Louis, was already advocating for more discussion of self - harm and mental health among teens before Parkland, after which she sprang into action to help conduct a walkout at her school in February in solidarity.

So it came as a particularly harsh blow to advocates of work - life balance when Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly scrapped the company's ROWE policy earlier this year, calling it «fundamentally flawed from a leadership standpoint.»

Advocating a reduction of 2 per cent per year without identifying programs to be eliminated / reduced will not result in the proposed savings.

Last week, Laura Ingraham, Fox News» queen of snark, tweeted that David Hogg — a 17 - year - old who survived the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., and has been among the eloquent advocates for gun control — «whines about» being rejected by four universities...

When I interviewed local community advocate Sean Sheppard last year about Game Changer, his program that uses sporting events to bring members of law enforcement and the community together to talk about racism and other thorny issues, we met at Starbucks.

Summers was also a major advocate of new requirements that banks hold more emergency funds in reserve — a position he had been pushing years before the crisis.

For more than two years, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has been a leading voice advocating for the introduction of ridesharing in B.C. and the modernization of the taxi industry.

Jane Kirchner has spent more than 20 years helping save open lands and advocating for the protection of wildlife habitat.

In addition to shipping, McCoy also advocated the creation of Bourbon and spirits clubs in HB 400 so distilleries can continue sending bottles to visitors throughout the year.

Roper and other consumer advocates argue that conflicted advice is deeply engrained in the brokerage business model, echoing the concerns outlined in a recent leaked White House policy memo in which officials concluded that «the current regulatory environment creates perverse incentives that ultimately cost investors billions of dollars a year» in the form of unnecessary rollovers of 401 (k) plans into costly IRAs, and «excessive churning (repeated buying and selling) of retirement assets.»

In the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas shooting that claimed the lives of 17 students and staffers — including her 14 - year - old daughter Alyssa — Lori Alhadeff has become a leading advocate in the fight for school safety.

As of the year 2014, it became malpractice to claim your organization is «omni - channel» while ignoring employees and advocates as a channel.

An extra treat in this year's report is an exclusive interview with Dr. Judy Shelton, one of president Trump's economic advisors and a strong advocate of upgrading gold's monetary role.

«The Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce has been an advocate for the business community for more than 50 years and my goal is to modernize our approach to better meet the needs of our membership and distinguish ourselves in the Baltimore region.»

On June 19, NSBA honored five exceptional small - business owners for the 2017 Lewis Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year Award, including past SBEA Chair David Ickert of Air Tractor,

... The argument that gun control allowed the rise of Hitler has circulated among gun - rights advocates for several years.