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Jewish advocacy visits Sale Lake City, promotes Iran deal

2015-08-03 10:53:58| Food - Topix.net

The Salt Lake Tribune) Bob Goldberg, Director of the Tanner Humanities Center, History, University of Utah listens as J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami speaks at the Salt Lake City Jewish Community, Sunday, August 2, 2015. J Street is an organization promoting discussion on Israel and advocating for a peaceful two-state solution.

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Peterson Brothers share message with 4-H kids about ag advocacy

2015-07-22 01:05:01| Beef

As county fair season gets underway, lets remember to instill the six pillars of Character Counts in todays youth responsibility, respect, trustworthiness, fairness, caring and citizenship. Perhaps one more pillar needs to be added to the 4-H program, which encourages 4-H youth to become leaders as adults; that pillar would be advocacy. Kansas farm boys, the Peterson brothers, share why advocacy is so important at an Oklahoma 4-H event. Content Classification: Curated BEEF Daily read more

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Valerie Hayes Jester to receive advocacy award.

2015-06-29 14:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

ELFA has selected Valerie Hayes Jester, President of Brandywine Capital Associates, Inc., to receive the 2015 David H. Fenig Distinguished Service in Advocacy Award, which honors individuals who have made significant contributions to association’s advocacy efforts to promote sound public policies for the equipment finance industry. Jester has been an active participant in ELFA for more than two decades and was the first woman to serve as Chairman of ELFA, a position she held in 2007.

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Australia prepares tax penalty attack environmental advocacy groups

2015-06-13 16:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Ecologist: It's fine for 'green' groups to plant trees, or rescue baby flying foxes, write Susan & Bill Laurance. But when they campaign for the environment, right wing politicians see red, Moves are now afoot to strip advocacy groups of their charitable status, reflecting a broader clamp down on eco-activism across the Asia Pacific region in China, Cambodia, Lao and India. This war of environmental attrition isn't just confined to Australia. There are alarming changes happening all over - most notably in...

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