Sentences with phrase «aid society which»

Since you indicate you are unemployed and low on funds you might want to see if there is a local legal aid society which can provide a lawyer, or some legal advice, at no cost or low cost in addition to getting a no - cost initial consultation.

With respect to legal aid, professional lawyers, in nearly all cases men, created legal aid societies which worked to progressively take over the legal work done by the women's social services organizations.

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Another thing people don't realize is that Christians began the first societies to aid the disabled, because they felt even those that were blind and deaf and such should be able to read the Bible, which was the first primer for almost all schools.

Stop the Traffik is a global coalition which already numbers more than 350 organisations including churches, community groups, other faith groups, businesses and NGOs (including Oasis Trust, Salvation Army, Tearfund, World Vision, JFCI, Christian Aid, Bible Society and Spring Harvest).

Still another problem which Wolf seeks to resolve with the aid of his «hierarchical» model of structured societies is the issue of the duration or length of time required for the concrescence of an actual occasion.

«The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilization».

In many black churches the healing function in pastoral care — i.e., the function in which a «representative» Christian aids another in restoration to wholeness, including a new level of religious insight — is greatly aided and abetted by the message of black theology, which motivates black people to claim their personhood despite the massive attempts of a racist society to deny their humanity and set in motion a vicious self - hate syndrome.

Frances and Derek Baars sued the Children's Aid Society (CAS), which provides child protection services on behalf of the province, after the agency took away their two foster children and banned them from fostering and adopting in the future.

The church which has fallen into this temptation seeks to supply the societies upon whose approval it depends with supernatural grace or with religious aid of one sort or another.

Jesus thought of love neither as a virtue which belongs to the perfection of man, nor as an aid to the well - being of society, but as an overcoming of self - will in the concrete situation of life in which a man encounters other men.

What's coming is an administration in which the U.S. Agency for International Development, which dispenses billions of dollars of foreign aid, will continue to condition that aid on recipient nations» bowing to the LGBT agenda — thus making enemies for America in traditional societies and cultures that will learn to equate «democracy» with libertine bullying.

Mass Audubon is asked to provide financial aid to the struggling and all - volunteer Belize Audubon Society, which was charged with managing the country's park system.

A crass Facebook exchange among three lawyers of the Administration for Children's Services, the city's child welfare agency, and one from the Legal Aid Society, which represents many children and parents in court proceedings, is under scrutiny.

Mr. Speaker, I have every confidence that with all of us working together under the President's leadership, we can march forward to a Ghana beyond aid in a new, more matured, and mutually beneficial relationship with our external partners, and advance towards our national vision of building: «An optimistic self - confident and prosperous nation, through the creative exploitation of our human and natural resources, and operating with a democratic, open and fair society, in which mutual trust and economic opportunities exist for all».

The board also approved a $ 14 million two - year contract for the Legal Aid Society, which represents the indigent in court.

«We are deeply disappointed that the City Council passed a flawed Right To Know Act which will do little to end deceptive and often abusive NYPD searches,» said Tina Luongo, Attorney - In - Charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society.

«Governor Cuomo and the legislature could today pass legislation which would close landlord loopholes,» said Judith Goldiner, Supervising Attorney of the Legal Aid Society's Law Reform Unit.

Tina Luongo, attorney - in - charge of the Criminal Defense Practice at The Legal Aid Society, which has supported closing Rikers Island, applauded the reduction but warned more work still needs to be done.

«This takes an emotional toll on the kids, and puts them even further behind their peers,» said Susan J. Horwitz, Senior Staff Attorney at The Legal Aid Society, which represents several of the families involved in the suit.

Carr was referring to the July 2015 decision by Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice Alice Schlesinger, who ruled in favor of the Legal Aid Society, which had sought a summary of the accusations that were lodged against Officer Daniel Pantaleo prior to Garner's death in 2014 and substantiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

«The city has the ability to designate a developer and tie the hands of the incoming administration,» Steven Banks, attorney - in - chief of the Legal Aid Society, which is representing the tenants, told the New York Times.

Last week, the petitioners, which also include the Legal Aid Society, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the New York Civil Liberties Union, submitted a motion for preference to the appellate court, asking that arguments in the case be heard by the end of June.

The court's second ruling ended a suit by the Legal Aid Society, which had sought the release of the disciplinary records from the Civilian Complaint Review Board of one officer in particular: Daniel Pantaleo, who had placed Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, in a chokehold moments before he died on a Staten Island sidewalk in July 2014.

«Although we have continually asked NYCHA to fix these problems, NYCHA has refused,» said Robert Desir, a staff attorney at Legal Aid Society, which is representing the plaintiffs along with Legal Services NYC.

The International AIDS Society (IAS), which stages the biannual international meeting that attract more than 20,000 attendees, says it is considering holding the 2012 gathering in Washington, D.C..

Funders over the years have included Soros's Open Society Institute, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Eli Lilly and Company Foundation and, since 2004, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, which gave the local health authorities a five - year, $ 10.7 - million grant.

The findings, which could lead to new treatments for a disease that kills more HIV / AIDS patients than tuberculosis, appear in mBio ®, the online open - access journal of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM.)

Dukhovlinova recently obtained a joint HIV & Drug Use Fellowship from the International AIDS Society and NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse, which she will use to fund a postdoc with Swanstrom.

Snake's war against a shadowy organization controlling the world, known as the Patriots, uses its near - future technology to ask questions about personal freedom, the role of technology in our society as a tool to aid or even control us, even how media can influence and even trick us (a major role in the post-modern technological shit - show of a tale that is Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, which attempts to tackle the power of information as a memetic tool of control).

To give her life some meaning, Edna sets up the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society, which specializes in caring for illegitimate children and offering them for adoption.

It also paints a rare picture of the complexities of the HIV / AIDS crisis from a personal perspective — a disease which has been largely ignored in Hollywood, despite its devastating impact on societies around the world.

The community school at IS 218, along with the other nine New York City schools with which the Children's Aid Society has partnered, is based on a simple but powerful notion: Children can succeed academically only when all of their health, nutrition, emotional, and developmental needs are met.

Buery, the former president and C.E.O. of the Children's Aid Society, which manages community schools in New York, said he's most interested in seeing how Cincinnati has integrated the community schools into its overall educational system.

Jane Quinn at the Children's Aid Society can talk about New York City's Success Mentors program, which improved attendance for chronically absent students.

Jane Quinn, vice president of community schools at The Children's Aid Society, which partners with 22 schools in New York City, says the push for more community school is an «equity issue.»

Over the past 12 months, TCF has supported organizations such as Best Friends Animal Society, H.E.L.P. Animals, Inc., Washington County SPCA, Humane Society of the United States, Animal Aid of Tulsa, Tulsa SPCA, Morris Animal Foundation, Forrest and Jenny's Place, Alaska Raptor Rehabilitation Center, Humane Society of Tulsa, Oklahoma Alliance for Animals, Spay Oklahoma, Inc., Animal Rescue and Kare, Developmental Wings and its partnership with a therapeutic riding center near Sallisaw, Oklahoma, and the American Therapeutic Riding Center in Sand Springs, which has a marvelous center for children, youth and adults with disabilities.

The Dog Aid Society of Scotland do not have kennels and rehome dogs via a home to home adoption programme which alleviates stress for the animals.

PLEASANTON, CA --(October 4, 2016)- Maddie's Fund ®, a national family foundation based in Pleasanton, CA, awarded $ 383,000 to Nevada Humane Society (NHS) to outfit the new Carson City shelter, which will aid in their lifesaving mission and allow them to adequately provide for the community.

October 4, 2016 Maddie's Fund ®, a national family foundation based in Pleasanton, CA, awarded $ 383,000 to Nevada Humane Society (NHS) to outfit the new Carson City shelter, which will aid in their lifesaving mission and allow them to adequately provide for the community.

The Atlanta Humane Society (AHS) has been working with Acadiana Animal Aid, of Lafayette, to help save animals affected by the natural disaster, which caused damage to more than 40,000 homes.

EA are also donating their portion of profits to the chosen charities which are the Human Rights Campaign, Watsi, American Red Cross, American Cancer Society and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

Not only have they created a unique environment which helps socialize and prepare its participants to re-enter society, but they now offer special programs aiding the particularly troubled.

A humanitarian and philanthropist, Knight is devoted to various worthy causes, including the American Diabetes Association, for which she is a national spokesperson, the American Cancer Society, the Boys & Girls Club of America, the Minority AIDS Project, amfAR and Crisis Intervention.

In the context of American society and culture rooted in the idolization of youth and health, HIV epidemic became a braking point which lead to the stigmatization of LGBT community and the quick response in the form of political art and activism, coming from the artists who started to experience the AIDS epidemic from the first hand.

Law societies across Canada are considering a shift from a regulatory system that focuses on individual lawyers to one that looks at the collective lawyers work in, whether that's a law firm, an in - house legal department, or a legal aid organization Unlike the current regulatory model, which takes reactionary steps whenever lawyers engage in wrongdoing, regulators are considering a more proactive model that should help prevent transgressions in the first place.

As Moore further notes «Osler also recommended that legal aid be transferred entirely from the Law Society to a publicly appointed board which might be more open than the lawyers to other innovations in delivery of legal services».

The overall annual budget for the Legal Services Society, which administers legal aid in B.C., is expected to be $ 79 million this fiscal year.

The probability of wrongful convictions is increased by increasing numbers of defendants in the courts without lawyers, which is due to: (a) very poor government funding of legal aid programs; and, (b) law societies» failure to attempt to solve the unaffordable legal services problem — the one aggravates the damage done by the other.

... The Law Society's irritation moved it to consider reclaiming the name «Osgoode Hall» from the law school, but clinical legal aid (the phrase which soon replaced «poverty law») proved irresistible.

Because two of the three legal aid sources are predominately supported by lawyers, decision makers should consider the potential impact on access to justice if lawyers were to dramatically reduce their time / financial support of pro bono services and legal aid programs, which is likely as competition increases and the social contract under which lawyers and society have operated Vis a Vis the state sponsored monopoly continues to unwind.