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• Recyclebank Launches Sustainability Advisory Council ; Thought Leaders From Sustainability, Business and Nongovernmental Organizations to Help Recyclebank Expand Its Reach; Ian Yolles Appointed to Chief Sustainability Officer

NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Recyclebank(R), a sustainable action platform that motivates individuals to make a collective impact on the environment, announced today it has established the Recyclebank Sustainability Advisory Council to advise the company in its mission to realize a world where nothing is wasted. The group, with members representing an intersection of environmental, sustainability, business and nongovernmental organizations, will counsel Recyclebank on the latest environmental issues and how to evolve the company's products, partnerships and sustainability programs to help realize its mission. In conjunction with the formation of the Council, Recyclebank has also appointed previous Chief Marketing Officer Ian Yolles to the newly formed role of chief sustainabil...

• U.S. Newswire
• February 08, 2011

• 31 CFR 537.523 - Authorization of nongovernmental organizations to engage in humanitarian or religious activities.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury

• 7 CFR 3015.157 - Authorized form for nongovernmental organizations.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 7: Agriculture

• 31 CFR 538.521 - Registration of nongovernmental organizations for humanitarian or religious activities.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury

• 22 USC 6414 - Sec. 6414. High-level contacts with nongovernmental organizations

• US Code - Title 22: Foreign Relations and Intercourse

• 31 CFR 545.511 - Registration of nongovernmental organizations for humanitarian or religious activities.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 31: Money and Finance: Treasury

• From Rights to Claims: The Role of Civil Society in Making Rights Real for Vulnerable Workers

This article examines the contextual factors driving legal mobilization of workers in the United States through an analysis of national origin discrimination charges under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (2000-2005). Consistent with previous studies, this analysis confirms that high unemployment levels and weak labor protections promote legal mobilization. The findings also highlight the positive role that civil society may play in promoting claims-making. I argue that nongovernmental organizations fill the gap in places where organized labor is weak, and may help support claims-making particularly in places with a larger vulnerable workforce. The article concludes by offering suggestions for a renewed sociolegal research agenda that examines the role of 501c(3) civil society org...

• Law & Society Review
• Vol. 43 Nbr. 3, September 2009

• Moving the Debate Forward: What California Can Teach Us

California, America's most populous state-with the dimensions, economy, power, and international ties, if not the sovereignty, of a nation-can and should play a leading role in attempting to break the U.S. legislative impasse on immigration policy and in forging policies to integrate immigrants more successfully into twenty-first century America. A first step in this direction might be to convene a non-governmental, bipartisan and multisectoral commission to make recommendations for consideration by the governor, the California Senate and Assembly, municipalities, California's congressional delegation, and the citizens, firms, labor unions, and other nongovernmental organizations of the state.

• Americas Quarterly
• Vol. 2 Nbr. 3, July 2008

• Remarks Following a Meeting with Iraq and Afghanistan Nongovernmental Organizations

We're talking today to people who have decided to try to help improve the lives of folks in Afghanistan and Iraq. And I just marvel at the fact that Americans from around our country have heard a call to help somebody realize the benefits of freedom. And you know, governments can help, and we will help. And obviously, we've got a brave military trying to secure freedom in Afghanistan and Iraq.

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
• July 27, 2009

• Iranian transactions and Iraqi sanctions regulations: Humanitarian activities by nongovernmental organizations; authorization,

• FR, March 12, 2003
• Rules
• Foreign Assets Control Office