Sentences with phrase «activists in a given community»

But MPs, active councillors and even locally well known activists in a given community can have a huge impact on the fate of a planning application.

Not exact matches

The critical point is that the MyBO features give participating activists tools to organize in their own communities, for instance by throwing house parties and fundraising drives, BEFORE the campaign has begun to direct volunteer activities from above.

So there was a bittersweet feeling in the air at Mohonk Mountain House as the Gardiner Democratic Committee gathered community activists, current and former public officials, staff from various land trusts and environmental organizations and other local luminaries to review some highlights of Hinchey's career and give him a sentimental sendoff.

As part of the agreement, the Yankees also created a Community Benefits Fund, controlled by a volunteer board, that would give out $ 800,000 a year in grants to local community groups, $ 100,000 a year in equipment and merchandise, and 15,000 free game tickets.While some of these grants, merchandise and tickets have been distributed, activists at the rally said much of it remains unaccouCommunity Benefits Fund, controlled by a volunteer board, that would give out $ 800,000 a year in grants to local community groups, $ 100,000 a year in equipment and merchandise, and 15,000 free game tickets.While some of these grants, merchandise and tickets have been distributed, activists at the rally said much of it remains unaccoucommunity groups, $ 100,000 a year in equipment and merchandise, and 15,000 free game tickets.While some of these grants, merchandise and tickets have been distributed, activists at the rally said much of it remains unaccounted for.

Aggie Lane, a Syracuse community activist who's been pushing for a local - jobs agreement on the Inner Harbor project, said she couldn't help but wonder whether the staffs talk to each other in the office, given the rift among city and county leaders.

The Irish Echo reports that the Transportation Committee of Community Board 8 has given its OK to the naming of a street near Gaelic Park in Kingsbridge for the late human rights activist and lawyer Frank Durkan.

I am an activist and believe in giving back to my community

Yet education traditionalists, ivory tower civil rights activists, and dyed - in - the - wool progressives, still stuck on integration as school reform, would rather criticize charters for supposedly perpetuating segregation (even though most urban communities largely consist of one race or class) than embrace a tool for helping poor and minority families give their children opportunities for high - quality education.

IEL hosted a pre-conference workshop about what it means to be community scholars and use activist scholarship and an AERA presidential site visit that gave domestic and international scholars an opportunity to see a community schools initiative in action.

Meanwhile the ususal, uncompromising internet trolls and HSUS activists again showed up in the comments section — even accusing Dr. Herzog of just protecting his financial interests (which, to the best I can tell, he has no financial interest at stake here given the community in which he serves).

«ZANELE MUHOLI: Isibonelo / Evidence» @ Brooklyn Museum New York, N.Y.. Both an artist and an activist, South African photographer Zanele Muholi «creates visibility» and gives a voice to the black lesbian and transgender community in her native country.

Cirera has spent three years travelling through South America to give soy and the uncharismatic workings of agriculture a face, «along several trips I visited rural areas in those countries - leading exporters of soya, corn and beef - meeting with landowners, labourers, activists, jobless farmers and those affected by toxic pesticides put on the land, to understand and illustrate the complexities of land issues and its effects on the local communities.»

Here are the six winners of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize, an annual $ 175,000 award given to honor and support the efforts of activists working to restore or protect the environment in communities around the world — sometimes at substantial personal risk.