In 1987, the opposition parties who wanted to distance both from the Marcos & Aquino cliques formed the Grand Alliance for Democracy ( GAD ) headed by former Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Francisco Tatad.

As a social activist, Bono became a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, promoted National Coming Out Day, campaigned for the reelection of Bill Clinton for US President, campaigned against the Defense of Marriage Act, and served as Entertainment Media Director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ).

Key highlights of his tenure as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Policy ( 2001 – 2005 ) include the expansion of NATO membership in 2004, the consolidation and reconfiguration of the Alliance ’ s command structure, the standing up of the NATO Response Force and the coordination of European military contributions to U. S .- and NATO-led operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans.

Furthermore, the Alliance Defense Fund takes the view that the concept of " separation of church and state " has been utilized by the American Civil Liberties Union and its allies to inhibit public acknowledgment of Christianity and restrict the religious freedoms of Christians.

Former members of the Northern Alliance remained extremely influential, most notably Vice President Mohammed Fahim, who also served as the Defense Minister.

In 2011, the city gained national attention when attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund filed a lawsuit on behalf of a local church against the city of Medina for allegedly manufacturing a new zoning ordinance to prevent the church from building a new facility.

Brian Raum, counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian conservative legal organization representing the Camp Meeting Association, argued that " disaster relief is available to anyone " in defending the use of public funds to repair the Great Auditorium when it was damaged in an hurricane.

In 2006, a lawsuit by the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian group in the United States, was brought against the state of Washington when it permitted a public display of a holiday tree and a menorah but not a nativity scene.

On July 10, 2007, the Alliance Defense Fund Center for Academic Freedom and the Christian Legal Society filed suit ( Beta Upsilon Chi Upsilon Chapter v. Machen, 586 F. 3d 908, 911-912 ( 11th Cir.

* Election Defense Alliance, a voting integrity organization

* Alliance Defense Fund

Bright was a co-founder of the Alliance Defense Fund which funds high profile litigation cases on behalf of Christians ' First Amendment rights.

On September 9, agents working on behalf of the Taliban and believed to be associated with bin Laden's al Qaeda group assassinated Northern Alliance Defense Minister and chief military commander Ahmed Shah Massoud, a hero of the Afghan resistance against the Soviets and the Taliban's principal military opponent.

* Alliance Defense Fund

The X-Band radar and the THAAD will provide an " extra layer of defense ," supplementing Patriot batteries that are used to counter lower-altitude rockets, said Riki Ellison, chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance.

Clan Wolf-in-Exile provided a strong defense for the newly-formed Arc Royal Defense Cordon against future Clan Jade Falcon incursions, most notably fighting alongside Victor-loyal Lyran Alliance troops during the FedCom Civil War.

* Alliance Defense Fund, a US organization that engages in litigation on behalf of conservative Christian principles.

Major organizations promoting wise use ideas include Alliance for America, the American Land Rights Association, the Cato Institute, the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, People for the West, the Blue Ribbon Coalition, and the Heartland Institute.

He then meets with the Centauri Defense Minister and other government officials, but they tell him that they are only fighting a defensive war, have no knowledge of any Centauri warships raiding enemy territory, and are sure that the Interstellar Alliance has " framed " them.

After ending his almost eight year diplomatic career this January, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates awarded Schieffer the Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest civilian award the Pentagon has to offer for his work in strengthening the US-Japan Alliance.

In November 2002, he left the Freedom Union, in the protest against abandoning Christian Democratic International and electoral and local coalition with Democratic Left Alliance and Self Defense party in Warmian-Masurian Region.

Cuellar's ratings from various groups include the following: NARAL Pro-Choice America, 50 ; National Right to Life Center, 20 ; ACLU, 67 ; Human Rights Campaign, 70 ; American Conservative Union, 12 ; Americans for Democratic Action, 80 ; Drum Major Institute, A ; Family Research Council, 29 ; Children's Defense Fund, 100 ; League of Conservation Voters, 100 ; Numbers USA, D ; American Public Health Association, 89 ; Alliance for Retired Americans, 88 ; AFL-CIO, 81 ; National Education Association, A ; AFSCME, 86 ; BIPAC, 60 ; Chamber of Commerce, 72 ; Club for Growth, 9 ; National Federation of Independent Business, 73 ; Taxes & Spending Americans for Tax Reform, 15 ; Citizens Against Government Waste, 22 ; National Taxpayers Union, 7 ; Defense and Peace Council for a Livable World, 50 ; Center for Security Policy, 50 ; Friends Committee on National Legislation, 50 ; Peace Action, 23 ; Gunowners of America, C ; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, 0.

Attorney Randy Wenger, who is affiliated with the Alliance Defense Fund, and a close ally of the Discovery Institute, and one of the presenters at the conference advocated the use of subterfuge for advancing the movement's religious goals: " But even with God ’ s blessing, it ’ s helpful to consult a lawyer before joining the battle.

The Alliance was founded by the Rome based food agencies-the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO ), UN World Food Programme ( WFP ), International Fund for Agriculture Fund for Development ( IFAD ),-and Bioversity International.

These royalties are administered by The Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies for featured artists and copyright owners, ASCAP / BMI / SESAC for writers, Harry Fox Agency for publishers, and The AFM / AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distributoin Fund ( Joint venture of AFM and AFTRA ) for non-featured artists.

Since the 1990s Adams has supported the Ithaca Health Alliance ( IHA ), founded as the Ithaca Health Fund ( IHF ) by Paul Glover.

There, she interned with the Vaccine Fund of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where she conducted a study on immunization in Ghana.

Today, a number of grassroots organizations, such as The Exceller Fund, ReRun, The Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses ( CANTER ), and Old Friends, among others, take inspiration from Exceller's story as they work to purchase and retrain former racehorses for new careers.

The success of the protest led them to the creation of the M1 Alliance on 1 November 2000 in preparation for the next year's May Day events and the S26 Alliance, in solidarity with protest against the International Monetary Fund / World Bank meetings in Prague ( 26 September 2000 ).

In his memory The Terry C. Johnston Memorial Scholarship Fund was established at Montana State University – Billings, as well as donations were made to the Custer Battlefield Preservation Committee, and the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance.

He was also chairman of the Agricultural Diversification Alliance ( ADA ) and a public governor of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange in this period, and advocated changes to the federal Crow Equity Fund.

" The NAACP-Inc. Fund Alliance: Its Strategy, Power, and Destruction ," Journal of Negro Education 1994 63 ( 3 ): 323-335. in JSTOR

Mitchell Gold supports such grass-roots and national not-for-profits as the Human Rights Campaign ( HRC ), the Empire State Pride Agenda, the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS ( DIFFA ), Friends In Deed, the AIDS Leadership Foothills-area Alliance ( ALFA ), the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, and the Leukemia Society.

He was Chairman of the New Jersey State Investment Council and President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Leadership Council. He is a member of the executive committee of the board of directors of the Alliance for Climate Protection an advisory board member for the Toigo Foundation and a Senior Advisor for BSE US Bank Opportunity Fund.

In 1993 he started a campaign to collect funds for the " people's automobile " and created the AVVA venture, which stands for All-Russian Automobile Alliance ; the AvtoVAZ held a major share in the venture.

During his reign the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion was undertaken and Tenochtitlan started becoming the dominant partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance.

It was these collection of businessmen, middle class, doctors and other professionals who started The Alliance.

Early formal organizations run by converted Jews include: the Anglican London Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews of Joseph Frey ( 1809 ), which published the first Yiddish New Testament in 1821 ; the " Beni Abraham " association, established by Frey in 1813 with a group of 41 Jewish Christians who started meeting at Jews ' Chapel, London for prayers Friday night and Sunday morning ; and the London Hebrew Christian Alliance of Great Britain founded by Dr. Carl Schwartz in 1866.

" SST was followed by a number of other successful artist-run labels — including BYO Records ( started by Shawn and Mark Stern of Youth Brigade ), Epitaph Records ( started by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion ), New Alliance Records ( started by the Minutemen's D. Boon ) — as well as fan-run labels like Frontier Records and Slash Records.

The Arts Alliance of Three Rivers is the local arts organization, started in 1985, with many local artists and art patrons as members.

More recently, as consumer and retail demand for sustainable products has risen, organizations such as Food Alliance and Protected Harvest have started to provide measurement standards and certification programs for what constitutes a sustainably grown crop.

* December 18-According to a December 18, 2001, article published in the New York Times, the US and Northern Alliance had started to diverge over the American aerial policy.

In the aftermath of the 2004 election in the United States Progressive Christian leaders started to form groups of their own to combat the Religious Right ; The Center for Progressive Christianity and The Christian Alliance For Progress are two such groups that have formed to promote the cause.

The spin-off series started with Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance ; the game's success forged a sequel as well.

In October 2006 the Nashville Metropolitan Airport Authority started an extensive renovation of the terminal building, designed by Architectural Alliance of Minneapolis and Thomas, Miller & Partners, PLLC of Nashville, the first since the terminal opened 19 years prior.

Following relegation from the Cymru Alliance League at the end of the ' 09 /' 10 season, the 2010 / 11 season started badly with the club languishing next to bottom of the Welsh National League Premier Division in January.

The second copy was gradually dissipated and lost from the late 18th century onwards, until the roughly 800 volumes remaining were burnt in a fire started by Chinese forces attacking the neighboring British legation, or were looted by the Eight-Nation Alliance forces during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.

They were so in demand that they started to split their time between the AWA and the National Wrestling Alliance until finally leaving the AWA for big money contracts with the NWA and a huge push for the monster duo.

The liberal faction started the Alliance of Baptists in 1987.

However, the new Progressive Coalition ( now the Progressive Party ) started by former Alliance leader Jim Anderton won two seats, and remained allied with Labour.

The Jagged Alliance series ( started in 1994 ) was also a popular franchise.

The Democratic Alliance retained its position of Official Opposition while the NNP started to disintegrate as a party.

The DSP started as the orthodox Trotskyist Socialist Workers League, founded in 1972 by members of the radical Socialist Youth Alliance ( previously, and also currently, called Resistance ) which grew out of the student radicalisation surrounding the Vietnam War.

Jones started his football career in 1984 at Alliance Premier League side Wealdstone, during which time he combined playing football with being a hod carrier.

Łojek notes that historiography of the fall of the Triple Alliance is sparse, as it was overshadowed by the interest in issues related to the French Revolution ; as he notes, a war that never started is much less interesting than the revolution that changed the world.

Rajoy started his political career in 1981, as a member of the right-wing party People's Alliance ( AP ), becoming a deputy in the inaugural legislature of the Galician Parliament.