Sentences with phrase «national gathering for»

Youth Action hosts an annual National Gathering for Youth Organizing in different parts of the nation, with one focus being on schools.

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Both Canada and Mexico will take the lead in producing medical marijuana for use in the U.S., Fox told those gathered at this month's National Cannabis Industry Association convention in Oakland, Calif..

During a press conference later that evening, press secretary Sean Spicer delivered a statement criticizing the media for allegedly underestimating the size of the crowds for President Trump's inaugural ceremony — saying that «photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed in a way, in one particular tweet, to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the National Mall.»

As activists from around the country gather in Washington to march for gun safety regulation, new data shows that the National Rifle Association has been aggressively resisting their message through online ads.

The results from the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), which are being released on Tuesday, show that teenagers in the U.S. slipped from 25th to 31st in math since 2009; from 20th to 24th in science; and from 11th to 21st in reading, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, which gathers and analyzes the data in the U.S.

In a statement made Wednesday, the RCMP said the Canadian investigation began in November 2017 after the United Kingdom National Crime Agency asked it for assistance in «gathering evidence after their investigation identified a possible link in Canada» to webstresser.org.

Focused on public - private partnerships and how we measure their levels of success, the briefing hosted a national gathering of informal STEM experts with on - the - ground knowledge and expertise, as well as professionals who have been examining the national trends and levels of success of informal STEM programs for students.

President Donald Trump presided over a National Day of Prayer event in the White House Rose Garden for the second year, pledging at the Thursday morning gathering to protect religious liberty all across America.

Cornell and his wife were among 120 Canadians who gathered prior to the National Hockey League game to explore opportunities north of the border at a networking event for tech expats sponsored by GoNorthCanada.ca.

At a meeting of administration officials and moderate Democratic Senators, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn pulled out his cellphone and took a call from Trump, who is traveling in Asia this week, according an account of the meeting from Sen. Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio)-- one of the Democrats gathered for a meeting organized by Sen. Joe Manchin III (D - W.

Nature does call for an «intense national conversation» on the subject — but that, we gather, merely would be to raise the public's comfort level with using embryos and, coincidently, confine the word embryo to those embryos researchers already find unacceptable for their purposes.

So for the past three years, dozens of Christians from GKI and HKBP have been gathering on Sundays to worship in a plaza near the country's national monument and presidential palace as a way to protest the local government's inaction.

When pastors from our synod gathered with our national leaders after the September 11 tragedy, I told them that we had been ordained and baptized for this moment.

This year's national gatherings will be bigger and better than ever, with plenty on offer for all ages, including a full programme of seminars, extended kids» work, a youth stream, sports and activities, cafés, art workshops, late - night entertainment, a marketplace packed with resources and volunteering opportunities, and a big family funfair!»

Growing, out of his rejection of «the purity» of doctrine as a norm for the church, Bonhoeffer admits that the state or «national» church and the «gathered» church belong together.

This evening at Westminster Cathedral people will gather for music, testimonies and speeches from Coptic Orthodox Bishop Angaelos of London, Neville Kyrke - Smith ACN's National Director and Mervyn Thomas from CSW.

Carl H. Esbeck, an emeritus law professor at the University of Missouri who gathered the National Association of Evangelicals, the Assemblies of God, the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, and other groups for an amici brief, believes that «specific religious - liberty protections» will be needed for churches, religious believers, and religious organizations.

«People feel marginalised, they feel voiceless and they feel angry, and some of those emotions were seen here last week in St Paul's Cathedral as people gathered for the Grenfell national memorial service,» she said.

It makes no sense to spread one's national charities in the Faiths concernments of all nationally gathered charities to try and make but token accolades toward other nations» infirmaties with no real saving graces for such otherly nations to be cured!

Dr Rachel Jordan, national mission and evangelism adviser for the Church of England, said: «The aim was to gather key Christian leaders to focus on evangelism; to understand the current trends in our population with regard to Christian faith and to commit to prayer and action together to help many more people become followers of Jesus.»

Francis Campbell sees Benedict XVI's message — especially as delivered to a gathering of MPs and leaders of civic society in Westminster Hall, a highlight of the State Visit — as central for today's Catholics, striving to make a positive contribution to national and community life in the 21st century.

Q Women held its first national event last year in New York City, and we are preparing to gather hundreds of women together for our second annual event, this time in Nashville.

While some Christian conferences and events face criticism for underrepresentation, our national gatherings are a refreshing exception.

(6) The setting for the dialogue was a national gathering of Presbyterians with deep concerns for issues of social justice and ecology.

Just in time for National Seafood Month, the mobile app also acts as a virtual recipe book providing everything from appetizers to entrees ideas for the next gathering.

To continue with our goal of highlighting new products for National Dairy Month, we've gathered some new cheese products that focus on snacking and convenience.

Nationals Senator Barry O'Sullivan says his push for a banking royal commission is gathering steam.

World of Beer (WOB), a neighborhood gathering spot for craft beer - lovers, has something special brewing this National Beer Day (April 7, 2018) with the announcement that it will be the first chain in the United States to serve personalized pints.

SAN ANTONIO — Before Michigan became the hottest team in college basketball and rode a 14 - game winning streak to a Big Ten tournament title and the national championship game against Villanova, the team's captains gathered at the end of a grueling summer looking for a bonding exercise.

FIFPro and its national affiliates are responsible for gathering votes from professional footballers worldwide.

We watched as hundreds of thousands gathered on the National Mall in the dark, waiting for the day to begin.

National School Breakfast Week offers the perfect opportunity to reach out to stakeholders and strengthen support for your school breakfast program — or to gather support for a new one.

«Everybody is trying to improve it for the kids,» said Pope, who last year gave a keynote speech at the convention of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, a gathering of college admissions officers and high school counselors.

In just a couple of weeks, school nutrition professionals from around the country will gather in San Antonio for the School Nutrition Association's 70th Annual National Conference.

Thanks to the National Alliance for Youth Sports and the Athletic Business Show, this event has become the premiere place for youth sports administrators to gather, learn and network.

A total of 31 Youth Sports and Fitness Directors and staff members representing U.S. Air Force Bases worldwide gathered in San Antonio, Texas, recently to complete two days of specialized training offered by the National Alliance for Youth Sports.

Around the same time, her sister connected with COLAGE, the national organization for people with LGBTQ parents, and invited Herman to one of their gatherings.

Addressing the gathering on the theme: «Investing in the Youth for Ghana's Transformation», the Bongo DCE, Alexis Ayamdor highlighted the critical role of the youth in national development.

About a week later Democrats gathered in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention.

Yes, progressive bloggers were vital for getting Lamont attention across the country and no doubt helped bring national news coverage and out - of - state donations, but the campaign itself stayed local: «focused on building a file of likely voters, organizing a turnout effort and circulating Lamont at events, including small gatherings in living rooms.»

The Deputy National Organizer told GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com that walking with members in the constituency also gives them easy access to him and the authorities of the constituency, in letting them know the truth about the better Ghana agenda of the president as well as gather massive votes for JM in the 7 Nov, polls.

The Director stated that given the experience Osun gathered in its introduction and implementation of the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme and the social welfare for Osun's most vulnerable old people called Agba Osun, the Muhammadu Buhari - led Federal Government has touched on the very aspects of national life that had contributed to youth restiveness, kidnapping, other crimes and care for the desperately poor.

Citi News has gathered that, the final report, which will be presented to the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting tomorrow [Tuesday], suggested among other things a new direction for the NDC on the election of executives and a flagbearer.

Another national co-chair, Carmen Perez, is the co-founder of Justice League NYC and executive director of the Gathering for Justice, a nonprofit founded by singer - advocate Harry Belafonte.

DCMJ, an advocacy organization that helped legalize marijuana in Washington, D.C. in 2014, is hosting the inaugural #Trump420 on January 20 where people will gather on the west side of Dupont Circle at 8 a.m. for coffee and tea and hand out 4,200 joints of legally grown cannabis as they parade down to the National Mall at 10 a.m..

According to data gathered by the National Institute for Latino Policy, of the 926 staff members in the City Council, 195, or 21.1 percent, were Latino in 2017, although that number includes elected Council members.

(CNN)- Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, announced Tuesday the party will holds its annual winter meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, the same city where Democrats gathered for their national convention in SeNational Committee, announced Tuesday the party will holds its annual winter meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, the same city where Democrats gathered for their national convention in Senational convention in September.

We shall select a three - member committee to coordinate party activities at the regional level by gathering updated information from all the former MMDCEs in the region about political and developmental issues to the Central Coordinating Unit (CCU) to be used by the National Executive Committee to formulate strategies, programmes and campaign messages for victory 2020 and beyond.

It was also gathered the State Governor since assumption of office has been paying for both West African Examination Council, WAEC and National Examination Council, NECO of the state secondary school students.

The Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) advocacy efforts for increased women's participation in the country's political process gathered momentum on 13th April in Abuja, when a delegation of women led by the United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Comfort Lamptey paid a courtesy visit to the commission's headquarters.