Sentences with phrase «young advocates for»

The sign was paid for by the Young Advocates for Fair Education, which has pushed city education officials to investigate yeshivas for allegedly failing to educate their students in nonsecular subjects like science, math and English.

Friday, Senator Carlucci was joined by young advocates for the free - tuition program.

It's refreshing to be reminded that not everyone who met the zealous young advocate for life in community and the Sermon on the Mount was equally impressed — Hardy Arnold, son of the founder of the pacifist Bruderhof near Frankfurt, thought Bonhoeffer a bit of a dandy and a romantic when Bonhoeffer visited there in 1934.

Not exact matches

«If we want young women to be strong and have voices and advocate for themselves, then we have to realize how much work we have to do,» she added.

«Young people often focus on today's cash flow, ignoring they have the work of their life ahead of them,» says Eleanor Blayney consumer advocate for the CFP Board, a non-profit that qualifies investment professional to become certified financial planners.

Teen Vogue put together this list of the women of Young Hollywood, «each of whom is breaking barriers, advocating for equality, and fighting for better representation.»

WE FOR SHE aims to increase the economic impact of women in the province of British Columbia and will be one of North America's largest gatherings of women's organizations, companies, experts, business leaders, advocates and young women.

Canada, an advocate of youth empowerment and gender equality, is in a good position to assist young and female Vietnamese entrepreneurs in gaining skills and knowledge for capacity building and improving the competitiveness of their enterprises via innovation and technology.

It is so incredibly difficult for parents of young children to take the time to advocate for child care.

Young Professionals unite for one night as the next generation of advocates, raising funds and awareness for homeless youth, not much younger than they are.

He is also a passionate advocate for youth, promoting the benefits of work - integrated learning and supporting the development of RBC Future Launch, a 10 - year, $ 500 million commitment to help young people build the skills and capabilities required to succeed in a changing world.

We're also a leading advocate for kids facing homelessness, defending the rights of young people at a local, state, national, and international level and working to affect the issues that drive youth homelessness.

Perhaps the most original take on the decline comes from Lee Siegel, himself a lover of literature and an advocate for the humanities, who nevertheless thinks that universities systematically destroy them for young people.

I'm not advocating for a particular party or style of politics, I'm simply pointing out the fact that Jeremy Corbyn has been the most successful leader in a long time to engage young people in his cause.

In such a situation, the «devil's advocate» approach profoundly undermines the position of the committed and practising Catholic young people, and effectively reinforces the loss of faith of the young people on the fringe of Catholic practice and just looking for an excuse to drop out.

We are also needed as public - policy advocates for the young people who are too often overlooked.

Just like the young women and men who fall victim to trafficking, unborn and unwanted children need others to advocate for their value.

And it is ironic that Mohler, who has been a tireless advocate for young earth creationism on the basis that «the straightforward and direct reading of [Genesis] describes seven 24 - hour days,» does not seem to think that a straightforward and direct reading of Jesus» teachings regarding violence is necessary.

After kicking around the idea of starting another business, the answer became clear to the young millionaire: advocating for atheism.

And in particular if you're under age 30, we hope Growing Young can be an advocate for you as you find your way in a faith community.

I am not an advocate of low fat for young children and I need the calories to keep up with a lively toddler so I have also made this cake with the full fat version too with fruit for her, both are equally delicious!

Call me a flip - flopper, call me this that and the third just because I may of written a couple columns either advocating for his arrest, or telling him to pull his pants up or questoning where the father is in his young sons life.

However, this does not mean that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has turned a blind eye on building for the future and the well known advocate of promoting young talent has now been touted to make a swoop for Barcelona wonderkid Sergi Samper.

Pediatricians, in their traditional role as advocate for the child and family, are ideally situated to positively influence the breastfeeding experiences of the mother and young infant.

He is quite clear on not advocating night - weaning at all for babies younger than 12 months and offers tips for the older baby or toddler.

Karen also served as the past president of the Broward Association for the Education of Young Children and is a lifelong advocate for developmentally appropriate early childhood education.

Authors Michael and Debi Pearl advocate for emotional conditioning from an early age, using physical abuse to teach even young babies limits of their small worlds.

If it's okay for animals to leave their young to their own devices in order to meet their needs, human parents need to be told this is ok too (within reason - I would never advocate leaving a baby or child on its own at home, for example).

And even advocates of «cry - it - out» strategies of sleep training warn that such approaches are inappropriate for young babies and children who are especially fearful or anxious (France and Blampied 1999; Owens et al 1999).

In my role as an advocate for athletes involving coach - athlete sexual abuse, athlete - on - athlete sexual abuse, athlete cyber-bullying, athlete sexual hazing as well as many forms of athletic abuse in general, much of the work I do with Safe4Athletes tends to be less with the athletes than with parents of young athletes who have been abused, bullied or harassed.

William Sears and his family (he and his sons are pediatricians, and his wife is a registered nurse) are known for advocating a gentle, nurturing approach for helping young children settle to sleep.

If a woman's mother advocate breast - feeding and if for friends are doing it, a young mother is more likely to support it.

Some policy makers are trying to get the public to believe that they should be starting formal education earlier, advocating Head Start programs for children as young as 1 year, hoping to take advantage of the time when the brain is growing more than ever.

First3Years is saddened to hear of the passing of Liz Francis, longtime member and advocate for young children.

Advocate for the implementation of sound national infant and young child feeding policies which include the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding and the timely use of appropriate complementary foods.

I'm a big advocate for parents learning from their kids and younger kids learning alongside their parents!

However, safety experts agree: Infants and young children should remain rear - facing as long as possible, based upon their size and developmental age, as well as the limits of the rear - facing infant seat,» says Sarah Haverstick, a safety advocate and certified child passenger safety technician for Evenflo.

Emery's response to our rejoinder did not address our major criticisms of their research; rather, he claims that absent strong evidence about the effects of infants and very young children spending overnights with each parent, the burden of proof lies with those who advocate for the co-parenting position, rather than with opponents of co-parenting.

The STOP Sports Injuries campaign highlights include teaching proper prevention techniques, discussing the need for open communication between everyone involved in young athletes» lives, and encouraging those affected to sign The Pledge to be an advocate for sports safety.

• The government official (who spoke to me off the record) who publicly and vociferously advocates for vaccines and has published peer - reviewed scholarly articles about the benefits of childhood vaccination but who privately chose not to vaccinate his youngest child.

A recent report by the March of Dimes provides the rationale and a blueprint for how to achieve this goal.9 In addition, program planners and managers can stimulate further progress by requesting evidence - based dietary guidelines for pregnant and lactating women, and young children, and by advocating for the research required to increase our understanding of the most critical needs and the interventions most effective in addressing these needs.

«WABA believes that programmes related to food and nutrition, health care and development and, especially programmes on infant and young child feeding, should be free from commercial influence and conflicts of interest» advocates Dato Anwar Fazal, WABA Executive Director; «this is especially since optimal breastfeeding, including early, exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and continued adequate breastfeeding for up to two years or longer constitute the primary intervention to prevent child mortality worldwide.»

«In the Romanian context, SNE advocates for a comprehensive and objective impact assessment of the proposed restrictions, taking into account the impact that these measures would have on breastfeeding rates, and the nutritional status of infants and young children.

The group's original mission statement read: «To provide a medium through which parliamentarians and organisations with an interest in religious education can discuss the current provision of religious education, press for continuous improvement, promote public understanding and advocate rigorous education for every young person in religious and non-religious world views.»

At 11 a.m., state Sen. Catharine Young and Assemblyman Matthew Titone join law enforcement officials and animal rights advocates to support Mitchell's Law, to establish harsher penalties for harming or killing a police dog or police horse, outside Senate Chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At 10 a.m., Sens. Cathy Young and Joe Robach and Assemblymen Sean Ryan and Andy Goodell join national highway safety advocate Stephen Eimers in calling for the state and federal governments to remove «X-lite» guardrail systems from roads across New York, Room 174, state Capitol, Albany.

Cat Smith shows that she's a passionate and popular advocate for not just young activism but young leadership.

In that time, he was an incredible advocate for the communities he represented, especially for the young, the elderly, and the most vulnerable of our neighbors,» Benjamin said.

In his statement Thursday, Molinaro said he will «focus on the important work we are accomplishing in Dutchess County, continue traveling the state advocating for those with disabilities, and my wife Corinne and I will continue raising our young family.»

Last night, the Brooklyn Young Democrats hosted a candidate forum in the little - noticed race for New York City Public Advocate.