Sentences with phrase «voices heard power»

In order to obtain up - to - date data on affordable housing need, members of Community Voices Heard Power partnered with Legislator Catherine Borgia and successfully won $ 100,000 in the 2016 Westchester County Budget to fund a new study.

The effort, organized by members of Community Voices Heard Power, Interfaith Clergy for Social Action, WESPAC, Working Families Party and the Westchester Workforce Housing Coalition, comes after a year of advocacy to secure this funding in the 2016 Westchester County Budget.

At the same time, the council is working with Community Voices Heard Power, which is described as an independent joint field effort.

At 2 p.m., Community Voices Heard Power protests outside the Newburgh office of Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney in response to his votes on the government shutdown, delaying ObamaCare's individual mandate, and $ 20 billion in food stamp cuts, 123 Grand S., Newburgh.

The statement was signed by Afua Atta - Mensah of Community Voices Heard Power, Karen Scharff of Citizen Action of New York, Javier Valdes of Make the Road Action and Jonathan Westin of New York Communities for Change.

Tomorrow's rally will include: Citizen Action of New York, Communication Workers of America, Community Voices Heard Power, Democracy for America, Moveon.org, New York Communities for Change, SEIU 32BJ, Strong Economy for All, Tenants PAC, United New York, and the Working Families Party.

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And yet people of faith don't seem to take this as an indication that they're hearing voices, not communing with some higher power...

I think we need to hear a much wider range of voices and dismantle our power structures.

, I doubt you have any special cognitive powers to hear any voices from beyond, so I can only conclude you are using the same thought process as I, but attributing your solutions to god

Miracles... rest not so much on faces or voices or healing power coming to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what there is about us always.

Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, «Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.

And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

For some reason, we tend to think that the people in positions of power, the people with titles, and the people who get their voice heard are the ones that God has blessed in this world.

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice: «Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!»

The book came out at the right time, but its power lay in Wiesel's ability to give voice to those whose voices had not been heard, who were thought to be forever mute.

It must be «a ministry of mercy, born of an act of Christ's own mercy» (in forgiving Peter's betrayal: 93) And it involves «the task, not of exercising power over the people — as the rulers of the gentiles and their great men do... [but of] «keeping watch» (episkopein)... so that through the efforts of the pastors the true voice of Christ the shepherd may be heard in all the particular churches» (94).

For example, a person who hears voices commanding him to kill his mother and eventually succumbs to their overwhelming power might understand that doing so is morally wrong but yet be unable to control his behavior.

It's about helping voices be heard and tapping into the power of participation.

Even the public apologies have become yet more platforms for the voices of the men in power to heard, to have if not the final word then at least a few more.

Moving upwards Coquelin got injured and Xhaka came on almost like some higher power heard the fan's voice and the Swiss international slotted in perfectly.

The power of service users» voices should not be under - estimated; it is important that these voices are heard and listened to.

The National Leadership Council represents a group with voting power that lets franchisees» voices be heard and has franchisee involvement in the decision - making process.

The findings highlight that hierarchies of power and gender discrimination hinder progress, but also demonstrate the great potential for improvements in quality of care when the voices of midwives are heard.

It's about helping voices be heard and tapping into the power of participation.

We have power in this relationship to make our voices heard.

While it seems clear that the young's concerns need to be voiced and heard, there are few young people in positions of power, including in parliament.

New Kings Democrats, our reform partners, and allies made our voices heard at the Kings County Democratic County Committee meeting Wednesday night, showing the power of what progressives can do working together.

The groups involved include some of the most active in New York City: Alliance for Tenant Power (an umbrella organization of eight other groups including New York Communities for Change, Make the Road NY, and others), Community Voices Heard, Vocal - NY, Citizen Action of New York and Manufactured Housing Action.

Senator Brian Kavanagh, Ranking Member of the Senate Elections Committee, released the following statement: «Voting is the bedrock of our system of government, and we must do everything in our power to ensure eligible New Yorkers are able to access the polls and make their voices heard.

«We asked residents to step up and make their voices heard on this important issue and the community responded in full force, ensuring that the state will have the power to better protect one of our area's greatest natural resources.

Unless we do everything in our power to make our voices heard, the change we seek will not happen.

«If NYSUT uses its political power... we've got to be at the table, we've got to be in the discussion and make sure our voice is heard,» Radford said.

«If elected mayor, I will do everything in my power to ensure the voices of all our citizens continue to be heard throughout the process, particularly those who feel they have been marginalized by our current system.»

Jennifer Pozner, founder and executive director of Women In Media & News, emphasized that net neutrality was crucial to ensure that women and minorities could continue to make their voices heard outside the mainstream media through the power of online communities.

The announcement also reminds supporters that Citizen Action joins the VOCAL - NY Action Fund, CVH (Community Voices Heard) Power, and NY Communities for... Continue reading →

In contrast, the lower fundamental frequencies of male voices can not compete as easily with the power of an orchestra; male singers, therefore, must often rely on their higher harmonics in order to be heard.

Use your power as a consumer and let your voice be heard!

You want the sound of life, of a voice summoning all its powers to shake a room and be heard, this recording is waiting.

In all of the turmoil, many have been waiting to hear something from Rowling, who is writing the Fantastic Beasts movies herself and is an outspoken voice when it comes to abuses of power on Twitter.

He's telepathic, but his ability to hear voices is of course the kind of power that borders on madness.

Either way, the absence of her voice is pointed: an extreme handicapping of a perspective that, given her gender, class and occupation, the power that be would be unlikely to hear anyway.

At the National Governors» Association (NGA), we have taken to using the following definition of governance from the Institute on Governance in Canada: «Governance determines who has power, who makes decisions, how other players make their voice heard and how account is rendered.»

When done well, spoken word has the power to move and enthrall audiences, and it can be an incredible tool for amplifying voices less heard in the mainstream.

Sometimes, they even hear students discover the power of their own voice.

«I really talked to kids on their own terms and tried to hear their voices,» she says, describing the visits she made to many college campuses while she was researching her book, Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus.

I prefer the more robust concept embodied in the sin of omission, which I would translate into these plain, secular, and very simple terms: If you have the power to help someone, if you have the ability to right a wrong, or if you have the opportunity to make your voices heard, you should rightfully feel bad when you fail to do so.

What we saw and heard last week was true «teacher voice,» emphatically speaking to those with the power to spread a school revolution that brings an Opportunity Culture to all.

As I marched down Independence Ave. I was among 500,000 people that day and as my actual voice chanted and chimed in with the sea of other women I was overwhelmed with the power of participating and in the hope of being heard.

«It's thrilling watching students embrace the knowledge that their actions have power and their voices can be heard.»

This type of dialogue allows students» voices to be heard while raising consciousness about the relationship between education, democracy, and power.