Sentences with phrase «other public leaders»

Other public leaders, commentators, and scholars — U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, former Gov. Jeb Bush, Randi Weingarten, Diane Ravitch, David Coleman, E.D Hirsch, Checker Finn, Anthony Cody, and Jay Greene.

Not exact matches

An annual survey of public trust finds that CEOs and other business leaders rank low in the public's esteem — but there's still hope

Other strategies to further help cultivate this thought leader could be organizing webinars, public speaking opportunities and publishing e-books.

Politicians, religious leaders, and other public figures emerge to offer «thoughts and prayers» to those afflicted.

It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

The C.D. Howe Institute's National Council brings together a distinguished group of Canadian business leaders, academics, former public officials, and other experts to provide strategic perspectives relevant to the Institute's overall research program.

If there are large demonstrations or other forms of major public outcry when a leader takes undemocratic actions, then the would - be authoritarian can't get away with their attempts to consolidate power.

I'll be speaking at the second one, at 10:45 in the same room, along with the national leaders of NUPGE (representing provincial workers) and CUPE (representing municipal workers) about the contribution of public workers to greater equality by improving the lives of marginalized Canadians — the unemployed, the homeless, single parents, recent immigrants, senior citizens, and others.

Different organizations will highlight different issues: Some Jewish leaders will be most concerned with anti-Semitism, Vatican relations with Israel, and the Israeli - Palestinian conflict; others will focus on interfaith dialogue on theology and history; others will discuss social and economic policy, and the place of religion in politics and the public square.

In the second part of the talk, I described a church that sometimes in the past has led in dealing with public issues and sometimes responsibly followed other leaders, but is now ineffective even when it makes occasional pronouncements that are good.

On these and other matters, he would tell the bishops that, «as preachers of the gospel and leaders of the Catholic community, you are also called to participate in the exchange of ideas in the public square....

We need the virtue of public - spiritedness also in the leaders of corporations and other huge organizations.

«The real issue is whether denominational leaders, of whom Land is perhaps the most public right now... have any intent on sharing real denominational leadership with Luter or other non-whites outside the traditional networks of denominational power,» said Bill Leonard, professor of Baptist studies and church history at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

It is a hopeful sign that leaders of public opinion in other spheres of life are now recognizing the importance of the moral and spiritual dimension of life in society.

«Just as Catholics for a Free Choice and other such groups suggest to the general public that not all Catholics agree with positions adopted by their bishops on birth control, abortion and in - vitro fertilization, so will the Religious Right serve to suggest that not all Catholics accept the positions of church leaders in social justice matters,» writes Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.

Together with the top leadership of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and other public and private sector partners, MARD seeks the rapid and sustained growth of the agriculture sector, especially the rice subsector in which Vietnam is already a global leader.

This relatively new movement, which is also sometimes called student - centered learning, has its roots in the progressive strain of American educational thought, but its current incarnation is also based on the modern belief, common among corporate executives and other business leaders, that there is a major and potentially calamitous disconnect brewing between the historical structures and traditions of the American public school system and the labor - force demands of the 21st - century American economy.

This work is accomplished through the No Kid Hungry network — private citizens, public officials, non-profits, business leaders, and others, who provide innovative hunger solutions in their communities.

Many US action heroes are surprisingly popular worldwide, so this pleases and flatters other world leaders who exploit (or pander to) public affection for the genre.

My attention has been drawn to a video which captures the Member of Parliament for Dome / Kwabenya, Deputy Majority Leader and Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Public Procurement, the Hon. Sarah Adwoa Safo claiming in the said video that the Community Senior High School constructed and commissioned in her constituency during the tenure of President John Dramani Mahama was as a result of her personal intervention with the World Bank, that the Senior High School was not from the then NDC Government and that with the exception of the Dome / Kwabenya Senior High School project, all the other schools constructed during the previous NDC administration were executed in NDC strongholds.

Given that other public figures, like politicians, who actually have some power, were judged influential by only 38 %, it is no shock that religious leaders, who don't, scored so low.

Other Prime Ministerial powers include those to recommend the appointment of key figures, including peers, religious leaders, top judges and military heads as well as the chairs of public corporations such as the BBC.

While the size of an organization is not necessarily the prime measure for success on the Internet, a robust and strategic use of funds and other resources to sell a nonprofit's message to legislators, business leaders, potential donors and the general public, using all the online tools at one's disposal — even in conjunction with other communications media, like direct mail — is mandatory.

This White House invitation (sent through their Office of Public Engagement) is a classic example of blogger / online activist relations — they can't exactly give us exclusive information or the other usual goodies we online communicators use to entice online opinion leaders, but they CAN give us a seat in a meeting room in the White House complex, which is pretty damn cool all around.

I'm proud to join with Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and the entire Democratic Conference in calling on the State Senate to defend the public interest by bringing my tax disclosure bills to a vote this session, as is happening in 28 other state houses across the nation.»

Depending your specific strategy, you may be building your email list, converting social media followers into donors and volunteers, reaching the journalists, bloggers and other opinion - leaders who set the public debate, hiring a good lobbyist, creating a destination website, advertising to the right audience, meeting with the right Congressmembers, building the right partnerships... or any of approximately a zillion potential steps to help you to reach your goals.

The forum, which brought together chiefs, assembly and unit committee members and other opinion leaders, formed part of NCCE's lined up activities to enhance public awareness on the concept of the Local Governance System in the country.

Another of the women speaking up was Rep. Kathleen Rice, the first Democrat to call on Conyers to resign once the long - buried allegations against him were made public, even as other Democratic leaders, including Leader Nancy Pelosi, defended Conyers publicly.

The 2017 New York City elections are for the three citywide posts of Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller; the five Borough President positions; all 51 City Council seats; the Brooklyn and Manhattan District Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district leader positions.

They belong to all Americans and the public wants them preserved and protected, not sold off to multinational oil companies,» read the statement, which was signed by leaders of the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, League of Conservation Voters and other environmental groups.

Nigerians should also not lose sleep or express surprises over recent or ongoing public antics and pro-dictatorial comments of the Attorney General of the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami, SAN, and the likes of Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, and Senator Ali Ndume, Senate Majority Leader; rather all Nigerians, particularly the NBA and other democratic forces should concern themselves sleeplessly with how to rise up endlessly against the resurrected dictatorship and its destructive forces.

Leaders in business, law and other fields would be more inclined to run for public office and the entire city would benefit from the dedication.

Other critics charge the 11 - member commission, which would have appointees from the governor and leaders of the state Legislature, would discourage prosecutors from pursuing cases of public corruption.

Simon, who has served as Democratic District Leader and State Committeewoman with extensive experience on issues like Atlantic Yards and the Gowanus Expressway, scored the endorsement of the New York Times as well as NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Comptroller Scott Stringer, Assemblymember Joan Millman, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and many others.

Other areas of expertise include party leader TV debates in 2010, party election broadcasts, public opinion and voting behaviour, party election broadcasts.

Partnering with local farmers, public officials, business leaders and other institutions is a positive development that starts in local communities and has a ripple effect up through the regional economy.»

Less cynically, the leaders of ISIS may sincerely think that the Western way of life exemplified in rock concerts, large scale commercial banking activity contrary to Islamic law, and government institutions of countries that advance a way of life contrary to Islamic law in the world, is evil and that it is their duty to take action, on behalf of God, to punish this evil in a public way that discourages others.

Francesca Carlow is a scrupulously honest person who has lived in our district, raised her family, built a business and been a well known community leader for 30 years, a person who, while not a professional career politician, made the decision to get involved in public service with no goal other than to make long island and New York State a better place to live work and play.

Legislative leaders fought to keep the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was convened by Governor Andrew Cuomo, from subpoenaing records from their firms and others that employ legislators that would detail the extent of their work and their exact clients.

Republican Floor Leader Pat Kilmartin, R - Onondaga, suggested the Legislature study the history of salary increases and compare them to other public jobs and some private - sector salaries.

«But through a bipartisan effort, rules changes were adopted that strengthened the committee process, increased transparency and disclosure to give the public greater insight into legislative proceedings, and placed term limits on the length of time legislative leaders and committee chairs can serve, among other reform initiatives.»

Recently, the IDC Leader, Senator Jeff Klein, and the other conference members were joined by heads of the major public workers labor unions to promote bills to make it easier to join a union.

On the other, the public is much less keen on its leader, Ed Miliband.

The New York Public Interest Research Group, Citizens Union, the League of Women Voters, and Common Cause, are calling for an end to the long Albany tradition of closed door meetings between the governor and legislative leaders where they make key decisions on the budget and other issues, known as three men in a room.

(c) No subcommittee, except for the Committee on Ethics, shall cause to be made public or issue any report unless such report has the prior approval of the Executive Committee, nor shall the chairperson or any other officer or member of any subcommittee issue any public statements or make any public appearance in behalf of such subcommittee or permit the use of his title as identification in connection with any public appearance without the prior approval of the Executive Committee or of the County Leader.

I commend Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell and other town leaders for recognizing the reality of the situation and for their unwillingness to commit public dollars to construct and maintain «folly beach.»

The Action Plan is a culmination of the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative, a nine month community - wide engagement process consisting of over 30 meetings between residents, businesses, leaders and other stakeholders, and two public conferences.

The other day you stood at a public function and clapped heartily when our father and leader President Olusegun Obasanjo said that the way to stop the Biafran agitation was to offer the Igbo people a slice of cake?

On Oct. 27, the Bronx lawmaker and leader of the five - member Independent Democratic Conference held a press conference With New York City Public Advocate Tish James announcing the results of an investigation into Herbalife, which Klein and others contend is a pyramid scheme.

Others said Heastie and Flanagan had not only failed to deliver on their promises to open the Legislature's notoriously secretive processes to greater public scrutiny but also abandoned their pledges to reduce the near - dictatorial powers that leaders have over individual legislators.