Sentences with phrase «by engaging citizens»

By providing outreach to ocean users and by engaging citizens in planning and stewardship efforts, our chapters play an important role in ensuring the long - term success of MPAs.

FACE differs from other area animal welfare organizations in that we focus on keeping companion animals in the home, reducing animal overpopulation, and striving to make Indianapolis a «no - kill» community by engaging all citizens in the process.

By engaging citizens, the signs will also help city leaders make more informed decisions.

By engaging citizens in a wider discussion, it is shaping a certain type of Romanian citizen, a critical one, capable of engaging in civilized discussions with his fellow citizens, of taking action whenever needed and of holding the political leaders accountable for their actions.

Given the powerful, well - funded interests behind the plan, no one would describe it as the kind of grassroots effort the Founding Fathers had in mind when they dreamed of a dynamic democracy driven by engaged citizens.

Not exact matches

As the White House engages in a fierce fight to restrict travel into the U.S. by citizens of some Muslim - majority countries, a record number of Americans are voluntarily renouncing their citizenship.

The bill's introduction also comes amid various actions and statements by the Trump administration, including a fourth round of sanctions that restrict Venezuela and Petróleos de Venezuela SA, a state - owned oil company, from issuing new debt or from engaging in other financial dealings with U.S. citizens.

In this regard, Entrepreneur India personally interacted with Revathy Ashok who is not only associated with the Indian Angel Network but is also Chief Executive Officer and Managing Trustee at Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) which works at improving urban governance in the city by engaging both elected representatives as well as citizens.

A recent survey on corporate reputation conducted by the Corporate Responsibility Association (CRA) showed that nearly 50 % of the companies who responded had been targeted by activist citizen groups, and now engage with these non-governmental organizations in order to help improve public perceptions.

All we can ask is for our governments and security agencies is to deal with them judiciously — say, by not appointing a foreign minister with strong historical family ties to a foreign government supported by fascist sympathizers engaged in a civil war with their fellow citizens.

The arrival opens a new era of U.S. - Cuba travel with about 300 flights a week connecting the U.S. with an island cut off from most Americans by the 55 - year - old trade embargo on Cuba and formal ban on U.S. citizens engaging in tourism on the...

Although written by a supporter of Amendment 2 (which was overturned by the court in a decisionnow on appeal), the book provides a convincing analysis of the crosscutting interests and passions engaged when citizens attempt to hold government democratically accountable.

It has indeed caused «severe embarrassment» to the nation, as he laments, for the Senate investigation has laid before the public the elements of a terrible irony: that acts which are illegal and unethical for citizens to engage in at home are condoned, even aggressively pursued, by American law - enforcement officers and secret agents both at home and abroad.

The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The Great Treasury Raid by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws of this country have been manipulated by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage of the large majority of less privileged citizens.

We have seen in particular how these laws are used by the government in an attempt to compel citizens to sacrifice their deepest convictions on marriage and what it means to be male and female, people who serve everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, but who can not promote messages, engage in expression, or participate in events that contradict their beliefs or their organization's guiding values.

The same citizen was, beyond dispute, actively engaged in encouraging espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union, and to his dying day advocated the revolutionary replacement of the American government by a Communist regime.

Earlier this week, NBC News leaked an unclassified white paper, drafted by the U.S. Justice Department, outlining the legal arguments in favour of the U.S. government's right to engage in targeted killing of U.S. citizens abroad when such citizens are deemed to be actively involved in plotting terrorist attacks against the United States.

Similarly, an article promoting the use of such tools, entitled «How to use social networks to engage with citizens «by Kelly Dempski of Accenture appears in Computing of 10 February 2011.

Among the three professionals employed by the Federal Government of Nigeria are: Professor David Olowokere, a US citizen who is the lead Analyst at Loumos Group LLC, a technology and oil and gas auditing firm based in United States of America and Jerome Stanley, a counsel in the law firm of Henchy & Hackenberg, a law firm based in United States of America and head of the legal team engaged by Loumo Group LLC.

All kinds of normal behavior have been criminalized, to the point that average citizens are constantly being harassed by the police for engaging in harmless behavior.

Big Ed, you were a tough but reasonable mayor of New York City for three years, and now you are engaged on another tough undertaking which, if successful, will benefit the State and all its citizens by cleaning up the redistricting mess bred by old and discredited politics, which still haunt us all.

«Is it not correct to suggest that your administration acted on the basis that it was essentially unrestrained by international or Nigerian law in engaging in or encouraging the apparent diversion and sharing of the over $ 2 billion meant to purchase arms for Nigerian soldiers in order to protect them against attacks from Boko Haram and to enhance their ability to defend the territorial integrity of the country and provide security for its citizens?»

While the party's executive committee is dominated by major labor unions — it includes leaders of SEIU 1199 and the Communications Workers of America — most state committee people are engaged and active citizen activists.

The First Amendment prohibits Congress from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens, for engaging in political speech -LSB-...] Although the First Amendment provides that «Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech,» § 441b's prohibition on corporate independent expenditures is an outright ban on speech, backed by criminal sanctions.

I expressed my views in this regard on WhatsApp last weekend, «Any country in which its elites consider re-electing a president like Buhari just as thousands of citizens are murdered across the country with not a single person arrested; a president who can not make an intelligent conversation on any policy or global issue with other global leaders; a president whose EFCC and DSS engage in open confrontation; a regime which crippled the economy and relies on cyclical movements in oil prices as its sole economic lever; a regime under which 10 million jobs are lost; and key accusations against top officials are treated with levity; just as the regime appears complicit in the invasion of its senate by thugs and seizure of mace... such a country is in serious trouble, that is if it isn't doomed.

The statement re-emphasize that the command will not stand idly and allow any person or group of persons to violate the laws of country by engaging in conducts that are perilous to public peace and order as well as the lives and properties of other law abiding citizens, please.

According to Citizens Union executive director Dick Dadey, «registration with the Charities Bureau is one existing mechanism that can help shed light on 501 (c)(4) organizations engaging in this political activity, though campaign communications and expenditures by veiled third - party entities and individuals should be disclosed in a manner similar to candidate campaign committees.»

develop services which are shaped and co-produced by both service providers and the citizens and communities who receive and engage with those services.

In fact we recall how on August 20th 2015 a group of NDC activists engaged the media to communicate how they had been financially resourced by the leadership of the NDC, led by its General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia to ILLEGALLY recruit over 10,000 Togolese CITIZEN»S to register on the Ghana electoral roll in 2012.

According to the facts of the case, Baffoe - Bonnie, Tevie and Osman, a former Deputy National Security Coordinator, were allegedly aided by a private citizen, Oppong, to engage in the act.

By Nathaniel Gana Social media giant, FACEBOOK and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have agreed to explore ways to expand voter education and engage citizens -LSB-...]

The group implored all aggrieved political parties, stakeholders and candidates to be mindful of their utterances, seek redress if any by engaging the legal framework as provided for in the constitution in pursuance of their grievances without heating up the polity, which it noted may result into endangering the lives of innocent citizens and bring into disrepute the nation's democracy.

Zephyr will be a strong and persuasive voice for moving the country toward greater equality in earnings for women and the 99 %, increasing the minimum wage, and helping more citizens engage in electoral politics by supporting public funding of elections.

Citizens the world over were engaged by the astronomical achievement, and now the European Space Agency and NASA are eager to learn as much as possible about the critically important celestial body of ice.

The goal of this blog is to inform, educate and engage the citizens of Eureka in our mission to improve Eureka by improving the quality of life though citizen engagement and crime control.

The goal of this blog is to inform, educate and engage the citizens of Eureka in our mission to improve Eureka by improving the quality of life though citizen engagement and crime control.

For more suggestions about teaching students to become citizens of the world, download a free copy of Educating for Global Competence: Preparing Our Youth to Engage the World (PDF) by Veronica Boix Mansilla and Anthony Jackson.

In order to engage as citizens, to vote at the local and national level, they need to understand how local issues — such as the rising cost of gasoline or environmental degradation — are shaped by world events.

Back for its fourth year, our popular Oxfam Water Week is designed to help young people become active and engaged global citizens by taking informed, responsible and meaningful action.

That all young people become civically informed and engaged global citizens by participating in service - learning during their formative years.

By refusing to lay out the true nature of Connecticut's financial problems, Connecticut citizens won't have the information necessary to engage in an honest and thoughtful discussion about the challenges and issues facing the state.

«By connecting with and engaging each member of the learning community, Hickory Public Schools will ensure a high quality education for all students preparing them to become responsible, productive citizens in the 21st century.

Union leaders invite «all concerned Chicago citizens to unite in a day of action by: withholding your labor; withholding your dollars; boycotting the Magnificent Mile... engaging in nonviolent direct action protests...» against Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Bruce Rauner and Illinois» school funding formula.

Hebrew Public is a growing network of intentionally diverse elementary and middle schools in New York that is reimagining their learning environments by focusing on graduating global citizens, engaging with middle eastern language and civilization, and integrating strong practices from places like Ramapo and International Baccalaureate.

To produce results, it is important to learn from the past as we engage citizens, develop public policy and promote truly accountable schooling (see «From «Dropping Out» to «Holding On» — Seven Lessons from Texas,» by Robledo Montecel).

Engage the Community The level of community involvement by our region's educational institutions, community based organizations and citizens will directly affect the success of our children and our region's economy.

They are doing this by engaging as public citizens who are leading student organizing, participating in community - led school transformation and other active protest movements.

BCPS's commitment to ensuring that all students have equitable access to a library program staffed by strong staff and supported by community partners continues to define our work to create engaged citizens and lifelong learners.

In an accountable system, students are engaged in meaningful learning, taught by competent and caring professionals, and supported by adequate resources to ensure that they graduate with the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective citizens and contributors to a democratic society.

For instance, schools that would be run by religious «cults» that lack particular institutional credentials could be excluded, or schools that engage in discriminatory practices or that engage in teachings that citizens find offensive could be disqualified.