Sentences with phrase «city urban youth»

In addition to school and private practice, she has led groups focused on building attachment and social skills using Theraplay ® techniques at The Kansas City Urban Youth Center, a youth center in Kansas City's urban core.

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When Mama Miti moved to the city, remembering the beloved trees of her youth, she plants trees to brighten her urban environment.

When black and Hispanic leaders bemoaned the lack of a promised «urban agenda,» Cuomo appointed a number of minorities to administrative posts and created a jobs fund for inner - city youth.

Also at noon, Urban Youth Collaborative, Desis Rising Up and Moving, The Point, Girls for Gender Equity, and Rockaway Youth Task Force are joined by NYC Councilman Antonio Reynoso to protest what they describe as «the unrelenting over-policing of students of color in New York City,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

A panel consisting of former Assemblyman Michael Benjamin (D - Bronx), student Betty Mahmud of the New York City Urban Debate League and Terryl Demendonca of the Misunderstood Youth Center argued that corrupt politicians come and are prosecuted in all colors and ethnicities.

The Urban Youth Collaborative called the bill «an unprecedented step to subsidize private education using the public's money,» noting in its release that according to the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, «New York City schools are owed $ 2.3 billion» under court judgements against the city and state for not providing a minimum adequate education in the public schoCity schools are owed $ 2.3 billion» under court judgements against the city and state for not providing a minimum adequate education in the public schocity and state for not providing a minimum adequate education in the public schools.

Agencies receiving Operation Primetime funding in 2012 include: Access of WNY, African American Cultural Center, Back to Basics, Be A Friend, Bob Lanier Center, Boys & Girls Club of East Aurora, Boys & Girls Club of Eden, Boys & Girls Club of Holland, Boys & Girls Club of the Northtowns, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo Prep, Buffalo Urban League, Butler Mitchell Association, Child & Adolescent Treatment Services, Community Action Organization, Computers for Children, Concerned Ecumenical Ministries, Cradle Beach Camp, Elim Community Corporation, Erie Regional Housing Development Corp. — Belle Center, Firsthand Learning, FLARE, Girls Sports Foundation, Greater Niagara Frontier Council — Boy Scouts, Jericho Road Ministries, Justice Lifeline, King Urban Life Center, Lackawanna Sports & Education, Making Fishers of Men & Women, National Inner City Youth Opportunities, North Buffalo CDC, Northwest Buffalo Community Center, Old First Ward Community Association, PBBC Matt Urban Center, Peace of the City, Police Athletic League, Schiller Park Community Center, Seneca Babcock Community Association, Seneca Street Community Development, Town of Tonawanda Recreation Department, UB Liberty Partnership, University District CDC, Urban Christian Ministries, Valley Community Association, Westminster Community Charter School, Westside Community Center, Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education, WNY United Against Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Young Audiences, Community Action Organization (Detention), Firsthand Learning (Detention), Willie Hutch Jones Sports & Education (Detention).

The indictment states the fraud took place between 2012 and 2016 and involved defrauding various agencies, including the New York City Council, New York City Department of Youth and Community Development, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the New York City Build it Back Program and a federal bankruptcy court in Brooklyn.

His projects include the Urban Yogis, which provides yoga and meditation access to inner - city youth, and trains them to be yoga teachers; Breathe, Move, Rest, a public education health and wellness non-profit; and most recently, The Breathing App, a free app that teaches resonance breathing for stress and anxiety reduction.

I switched my academic major at the University of Wisconsin from pre-medicine and nutritional sciences to urban education and spent the next decade working with city youth.

Having spent time as a program director at Directions for Our Youth, Inc. in New York City, Gonzalez is looking forward to taking what he learns at HGSE and applying it to urban schools.

Michael Nakkula developed his «invention - based» counseling model while working with urban youth in schools around the city of Boston.

Inner - city youth have to combat many negative influences such as pervasive substance abuse and gang rivalries, but the greatest obstacle that challenges urban students is often the «street mentality.»

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«Working with our community and district partners, the Teach Indy campaign will enable us to attract and retain talented teachers in our city, ensuring quality education is accessible to youth in our urban core.»

Already, the demands have been adopted by a number of groups leading youth - led campaigns to end the school - to - prison pipeline, including Leaders Igniting Transformation in Milwaukee, the Urban Youth Collaborative in New York City, and otyouth - led campaigns to end the school - to - prison pipeline, including Leaders Igniting Transformation in Milwaukee, the Urban Youth Collaborative in New York City, and otYouth Collaborative in New York City, and others.

«We summarily reject this narrative that if you just identify the kids that don't deserve to be in school then everyone else is going to thrive,» says Kesi Foster, a coordinator with the Urban Youth Collaborative, a youth - led group focused on the school - to - prison pipeline in New York Youth Collaborative, a youth - led group focused on the school - to - prison pipeline in New York youth - led group focused on the school - to - prison pipeline in New York City.

Urban Transformations: Youth Organizing in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC Kohei Ishihara, January 2007, Funders» Collaborative on Youth Organizing

«For Safer City Schools, More Counselors, Fewer Cops» is the name of a fantastic commentary published in the Gotham Gazette earlier this month and written by Roberto Cabanas with the Urban Youth Collaborative and Kate Terenzi, with the Center for Popular Democracy.

Rhythm Factory's location in the city's popular Bangladeshi quarter — on Whitechapel Road, just around the corner from the East End's well - known Brick Lane — has historically been home to successive waves of immigrants and forms an eclectic urban melting pot with a flourishing youth culture and infectiousvibe.

Several students, faculty, and an alumna from Pratt Institute's Urban Placemaking and Management program in the School of Architecture appeared on a panel titled «The Social Inclusion of Cities» at the United Nations 2018 Winter Youth Assembly in New York City on February 16.

The city as canvas: How self - expression, politics, and protest reclaim the streets Made in collaboration with its featured artists, Trespass traces the rise and global reach of graffiti and urban art, not just as a fringe visual movement but as a social phenomenon and central expression of youth.

1976 Andrews becomes the art program director for the Inner City Roundtable of Youths (ICRY), an organization comprised of New York City gang members seeking to combat youth violence by strengthening urban communities.

Honorary Chairs Robert Klein John Patrick Shanley Artist Chairs Dillon Cohen Katie Holten Tim Rollins Co-Chairs Laura Blanco Olivia Douglas Marilyn Greene Ruth Corn Roth Location: Conrad New York 102 North End Avenue New York City (Between Murray and Vesey Streets) Special Guest Performer Kevin Harris Jazz Pianist and Faculty at Berklee College of Music Master of Ceremonies Lynda Lopez Journalist; Anchor, CBS Newsradio — AUCTION Featuring Artists Diana Al Hadid Miya Ando Alexandre Arrechea Jared Aufrichtig Donald Baechler Claudia Baez Patrick Berran Janet Biggs Julien Bismuth Ernesto Burgos Alberto Casado Willie Cole Caetano De Almeida Shepard Fairey Tony Feher Ramiro Fernandez Jake Fernandez Dan Finsel Tony Fitzpatrick Fragments Jewelry Mary Frank Jane Freilicher Richard Garet Theaster Gates Leon Golub Dan Graham Joel Greenberg Clinton Hill Steven Hirsch Katie Holten Carl Holty Michael Joo Anna K.E. Tim Rollins and K.O.S. Maira Kalman Betsy Kaufman Mike Kelly Keizo Kitajima George Kovacs Thomas Lanigan - Schmidt Lisa Leone Dean Levin Jeff Chien - Hsing Liao Rubén Torres Llorca Hew Locke Vivian Maier Gordon Matta - Clark Mary Mattingly George McNeil Jessica Mein Sean Mellyn Jose Toirac and Meira Marrero Pat Moser Richard Mosse Isamu Noguchi JJ PEET Karlos Pérez Jon Pestoni Elizabeth Peyton Chloe Piene Liliana Porter Jon Pylypchuk Jon Pylypchuk Lee Quinones Raquel Rabinovich Pedro Reyes Katrin Saigurdardottir Emilio Sanchez Jessica Sanders Kate Shepherd Alan Shields Harriet Shorr Samara Shuter Amy Sillman Xaviera Simmons Michelle Stuart Rachel Sussman Swoon Jorge Tacla Tats Cru Henry Taylor Ana Tiscornia Gladys Triana James Turrell Nicola Tyson Manuela Viera Gallo Darren Waterston Madeline Weinrib Stanley Whitney Timothy Woodman — Benefit Committee Rae Alexander - Minter ** Eric Appel * Augusto Arbizo * Sigmund Balka ** Laura Blanco ** and Robert F. Shainheit Holly Block ** Linda Blumberg ** Marianne Boesky Laura Bohn * James - Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach Deborah Buck Victoria Cabanos ** and Philip Hecht Ellen Cantrowitz * Katherine Chan * Fiona Cibani James Cohan Alessandra DiGiusto ** Olivia Douglas ** and David DiDomenico Dana Emmott Lea and Stephan Freid * James Fuentes * Liz Goldman Gail Gregg Marilyn and Stephen Greene ** Horacio José and Julia P. Herzberg * Susan Hinko ** and Carl Batlin Joyce Hogi ** Jeanna Hussey ** Susan and Steven Jacobson Keesha Johnson Nicole Klagsbrun * Liz Klein * Alice Kosmin ** Serge and Ian Krawiecki Gazes Joan Krevlin ** Ashley Leutner, Paddle8 * Cher Lewis Teresa Liszka & Martin Weinstein Candice Madey * Mary Beth Mandanas ** Diane and Adam Max Cormac McEnery ** Lisa Melmed Cohen Joseph Mizzi ** Nathan Newman ** Ifeoma Okoronkwo Aitkenhead ** Wendy Osloff * Debra Palma Meredith Palmer Penny Pilkington * Lesley and Jonathan Plotkin ** Nancy Portnoy * Simon Preston * Stacey Richman Tim Rollins ** Ruth Corn Roth ** Mary Sabbatino Don Savelson ** Abigail Scheuer Carole Server ** and Oliver Frankel Lauren Sharfman Manon Slome ** Joshua Stein PLLC ** Lybess Sweezy and Ken Miller Sarah Sze Frederieke S. Taylor Leslie Tonkonow Madeline Weinrib Kate Werble * * Art Auction Committee ** Trustees List in formation About the Teen Council The Bronx Museum Teen Council, comprised of a group of high school students working closely with educators in the Museum's Media Lab, was created in 2005 to make contemporary art and culture accessible to urban youth.

In 1976, he became the art coordinator for the Inner City Roundtable of Youths (ICRY)-- an organization comprised of gang members in the New York metropolitan area who seek to combat youth violence by strengthening urban communities.

The role involves working with adults and young people who enrol on the Gallery's Public Programmes, with schools, with Urban Youth on city estates, with the elderly and on a variety of city Reach - Out programmes for which Dulwich Picture Gallery is famous.

Firstly, the RUAF Foundation cooperates with urban producers, local NGOs, public administrations and other relevant stakeholder groups in setting up of concrete short chain marketing initiatives, for example within the framework of the Market - oriented urban agriculture project in Gaza (implemented in cooperation with Oxfam) agricultural value chains in various specific product groups are supported in a market - for the poor - perspective; The From Seed to Table programme supported 30 urban farmer groups in 17 cities to innovate their local production systems, engage in value - adding activities and establish innovative short marketing channels; The projects in Freetown and Makeni in Sierra Leone implemented in cooperation with COOPI helped to establish various youth - led agro-enterprises (in pig raising and slaughtering; milk and fruit processing and waste management).

COOPI (Italy, project coordination) and RUAF Foundation (the Netherlands), in cooperation with institutions and organisations involved in the Freetown Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (including the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security; Freetown City Council; Ministry of Land, Housing and Environment; Ministry of Health and Sanitation; National Association of Farmers in Sierra Leone (NAFSL); Sierra Leone Youth Empowerment Organisation (SLYEO); Njala University; and other stakeholders).

Examples of what we have accomplished include our Green Cities initiative to encourage environmentalism across India, visiting local schools to engage youth, and tree plantings in both urban and rural areas.

Griffin Cloud Levine, high school student, sustainability activist, urban gardener and Co-leader, New York 2 New Orleans Coalition (NY2NO) is a youth - led, consensus - based organization made to create a network of young people who are interested in organizing and mobilizing across New York City.

Started by the members of one urban community garden in 1992, Nuestras Raíces has grown to a network of community gardens through the city, secured thirty acres of prime farmland along the Connecticut River, organized farmer training and youth leadership programs, assisted in the creation of 25 food and agriculture businesses, community - led environmental and food policy councils and provided opportunities for hope, employment, healthy foods, and cultural celebrations in this Puerto Rican community.

Due to effects of multigenerational poverty, limited educational and economic opportunities, high levels of drug use and trade, and pervasive community violence, urban youth in Baltimore and many US cities are at increased risk for exposure to a variety of stresses, including early life stress, recurrent and chronic stress, and exposure to significant and / or recurrent traumas.

This review seeks to investigate the relation between attachment styles and the internalization and externalization of symptoms associated with witnessing community violence among African American youths who live in a lower income urban portion of the inner city.

One, the primary source in this review, is the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS), which offers data on parents of children born in urban hospitals in twenty large cities between 1998 and 2000.7 A second is the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (especially the 1979 panel, NLSY79), which now provides data from 1979 to 2006 on the cohort of individuals aged fourteen to twenty - one in 1979.

One book cited by Hill in support of the relationship between crime and single parent homes described gang members as having a «stronger need than other urban inner - city youths to distance themselves from inept or uncaring home environments.»

However, because the participating schools were mainly situated in urban areas, we were concerned with an overrepresentation of children living in the city at the expense of youth from more rural areas.