Sentences with phrase «lefrak city youth»

Although not strictly biographical, Waithe and co. weave experiences from Chicago's South Side into something that's not only entertaining, but an effective counterpunch to the idea that poor, inner - city youth have a genetic predisposition toward violence and chaos.

«Far too often the case is like... «I have a heart for inner - city youth, so I'm going to create a program and go implement it, but I didn't grow up in that context» or «I don't know what specifically the needs are.

Once again this year, Chicago Neighbors Unitedhttp: / / chicnu.org /, a community based organization which provides educational scholarships to inner city youth, is happy to be the beneficiary.

CNU is a non-profit, community based organization which provides educational scholarships to inner city youth residing in the 27th Ward of Chicago and assists with various neighborhood programs throughout the year.

The JRW Little League was founded in 1971 by Joseph Haley, a teacher who, troubled by negative influences creeping into his South Side community, wanted to provide inner - city youths with a positive outlet.

Then in 2008 he was jailed for assaulting a 16 - year - old in Liverpool city centre, which he then topped up by stubbing out a cigar on the eye of a City youth team player in Thailand.

The former - Manchester City youth, perhaps not wanting to prevent his former side from winning the Premier League title, elbowed and kicked City striker Sergio Aguero to receive a red card 10 minutes into the second half.

The German has had a spell in England previously, having been a part of the Manchester City youth setup for over two years.

The former Manchester City youth scored a debut goal from slightly closer in against Charlton Athletic two weeks ago, and it appears Byrne is enjoying somewhat of a revival with John Sheridan's side having joined on loan from Wigan Athletic.

In this case, the city youth sports programs were the only ones available to the children of the community.

The committee will draw its members from the Park District, city officials, Chamber of Commerce, Police Department, city youth workers and citizens.

October 22, 2014 --(Altadena, CA) Piece by Piece instructor and mosaic artist Leigh Adams and her colleague Bea Jones, a retired psychiatric social worker, worked with our children through a special grant from the Marion Brucker Legacy Trust via Piece by Piece, which helped bring mosaic artistry to inner - city youth.

Other council members appealed to Mr. Fuleihan for improvements to existing city agencies, notably jobs programs to employ city youth over the summer months.

Still, I say, go with Obama, the man who wants to send more Bronx and inner city youth of color to Afghanistan, and leave the Bronx already!

And he added that the city is spending $ 31 million on Close to Home, a juvenile justice program that places city youth whom family courts determine need a period of out - of - home placement in residential programs closer to their families and communities — a program that used to be funded by the state.

As our Public Health Department knows, these drugs are non-discriminatory: they affect poor inner city youth, blue collar rural families as well as wealthy professional suburbanites.

With a month to go before his second State of the State address and with a possible special session this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a broad jobs package that includes an overhaul of the state's tax code, casino gaming, infrastructure improvements and jobs for inner city youth.

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.

Now all city youth will have the opportunity to get a government - funded job, thanks to the progressive leadership and good stewardship of the budget process by Julissa Ferreras - Copeland and the rest of the Budget Negotiating Team, etc etc..

David Jones: President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Service Society of New York; Chair, Advisory Board, New York City's Independent Budget Office; former Executive Director, New York City Youth Bureau; former Special Advisor, New York City Mayor Koch.

The Police Athletic League, together with NYPD and the law enforcement community, supports and inspires New York City youth to realize their full individual potential as productive members of society.

The Police Athletic League, together with NYPD and the law enforcement community, supports and inspires New York City youths to realize their full individual potential as productive members of society.

We are targeting new tax credits to hire inner city youth and reduce unemployment in some of the poorest areas of our state, as well as providing direct aid to communities struggling to recover in the wake of this year's severe storms.

The Governor and the legislative leaders agreed to create an inner - city youth employment program and a $ 25 million tax credit for employers who hire unemployed youth between 16 and 24 years of age over the first six months of 2012.

The NY Works Agenda also includes pursuing a comprehensive gaming plan and enacting a new tax credit to incentive the hiring of inner city youth.

Perez Williams has called for the hiring of more police officers and the establishment of job training programs for city youth to combat high crime rates.

We welcome the support of businesses and individuals who are committed to improving college access for city youth.

Our New York City youth, who reflect the great diversity of our nation's largest cities, are the future change - makers who will lead this charge.»

• $ 25 million in tax credits for hiring unemployed inner - city youths.

Nearly $ 37 million in funding will be provided to critical jobs programs for inner city youth.

The governor and the legislative leaders agreed to create an inner - city youth employment program and a $ 25 million tax credit for employers who hire unemployed youth between 16 and 24 years of age over the first six months of 2012.

Multiple Council members also addressed what they see as underinvestment in city youth, particularly the Summer Youth Employment Program and afterschool programs under School's Out New York City (SONYC), key issues the Council had highlighted in its preliminary budget response.

Blake, a former chief of staff to state Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry (D - Corona) and president of the Lefrak City Youth and Adult Activities Association, is acting as Rahman's consultant and believes the path to victory is to mobilize the large blocs of voters in LeFrak City, the Sherwood Village co-ops and some of the residential towers in the sliver of Rego Park the 25th District encompasses.

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).

And a plan for improving the lives of city youth.

They'll also talk about the program to offer tax credits to employers who hire inner - city youth and what else her office is doing to support workers and employers in the state.

He also wants a job training program for inner city youth, and more money for regional economic development.

The Council identified eight major priorities in its response: increased investment in city youth; investment in healthcare, education, jobs and legal services for immigrants; specific funding for the diverse communities; capital investment in infrastructure; creating a Rainy Day Fund and adding to existing reserves; baselining essential city services; expanding criminal justice, community support, and human services; and more accurately tracking city agency performance.

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.

The Shine Project employs at risk inner city youth to help give them hope for a brighter future.

I got to check out a new (and gorgeous) jewelry store in Oakley, helped set up / attend a lobster bake benefitting an awesome inner - city youth orchestra, co-hosted an event at Nordstrom and attended the Cincinnati Food + Wine Classic for the first time.

During the late»80s, a terrible fad, wilding, came into vogue among troubled inner - city youth.

It's rough and sometimes raw to visit with, blending sharp insights into the world of inner - city youth with a weakness for melodrama and touches of silly humor.

What they do, almost better than anyone else in Indiewood, are character studies steeped in regionalism and neo-neorealism: the mix of Brooklyn hipsters and inner city youth in Half Nelson, the corn - belt small town playing host to a Dominican minor - league baseball player in Sugar.

The support of Sundance labs has helped shape this into a special piece of material that will take on the many unspoken issues that are dealt with by inner city youth while pushing social boundaries in the wake of the current Time's Up movement.»

It's about a troubled inner - city youth turned seething young man, Adonis (Michael B. Jordan, the fiercely alive lead from Fruitvale Station), who knows his impulse to fight comes from his out - of - wedlock father, heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, who died before they ever met.

The dialogue often feels improvised or slightly forced and there's only so many ways to frame a story of city youths getting lured into crime.

Whitaker continues to show why he's one of the most reliable character actors in Hollywood with yet another nuanced turn, this time playing Titus «Tick» Wills, the prickly gym owner and inner - city youth mentor who has his own demons to wrestle from a career he saw end just when it seemed about to begin.

She elaborated in her own journal (I refused to keep one): «In order to let our son attend his first snowboarding night with the City Youth Department, I volunteered to babysit.

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.