Sentences with phrase «citizens concerned for»

On July 4, 1873, citizens concerned for both the welfare of animals and children founded the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Ontario SPCA).

A court granted the Humane Society of Missouri and a Missouri citizen concerned for the welfare of dogs permission to enter a legal case as defendants in a challenge to the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act initiative.

Not exact matches

«It is time for scientists, science enthusiasts, and concerned citizens to come together to make ourselves heard!»

When asked if the tax disparity was fair to Canadian companies, Trudeau responded that his government's first concern is for citizens.

But as the practical reality of repeal began to sink in for the millions of Americans who stand to lose coverage, the voices of concerned, angry citizens soon took center stage at town halls across the country.

The government, military, and concerned citizens have turned to this type of software for help.

It should then be a cause for concern if citizens make important life decisions based on entirely unreliable astrological predictions.

There may be a small glimmer of hope for Chinese citizens concerned about their privacy, however — a recent report in the South China Morning Post found that China's notorious smog problem has rendered much of the country's expensive surveillance system «useless.»

So the broader issue concerns Iceland's ability to pay 250 per cent of its current gross domestic product — nearly $ 20,000 for each Icelandic citizen — to settle its Landsbanki mismanagement.

«The American people have been reminded this year of reasons to be concerned for their privacy,» says the group's attorney, Patrick Murck, referencing the recent disclosures about unwarranted government spying on innocent citizens.

Former forestry executive Jim Shepard is leading a $ 1 - million private - sector counter-offensive: the Concerned Citizens for British Columbia.

For another, citizens concerned about the plight of the poor, should, vigorously lobby the industrialized countries to lower their protectionist trade walls against LDC exports.

The fundamentalists were driving out Christians, who account for about half of the two million citizens in the islands, one of the strongest Christian areas in Indonesia.The violence has raised concerns in the international community and particularly in ecumenical circles in recent months.The woman told ENI that the Jihad warriors, shouting Islamic slogans, «attack and burn down Christian houses, shops and even entire villages, killing whoever comes in their way».

While we fully support and appreciate President Trump in his stated mission to protect U.S. citizens from harm, we are similarly concerned for the safety and protection of refugees — some of whom are Christian, most of whom are Muslim, and nearly all of whom come from the homeland of Jesus himself.

1) The opportunists — Those with no concern for justice or truth, who attempted to manipulate Ferguson's vulnerable citizens with inflammatory rhetoric.

The provenance of some of this concern is perhaps unsurprising given that the crowds who came (over 6000 to the Oxford Oratory, for instance) included a minority of Senior Citizens, who might possibly remember the cult of relics from their youth, but was mainly made up by the young and middle - aged.

We have a representative democracy which tends to validate religious belief instead of recognizing that they should have NO ROLE where religion is concerned other than to protect it's citizens, religious or not, and allowing all to live within the basic laws of the country which should have wide support and sound evidence supporting the need for them.

ESPECIALLY where it concerns women, whom the church has considered unclean second - class citizens for centuries... EXCEPT if they are married and procreating yearly and obeying their husbands.

The Constitution could not take for granted that its citizens would all be motivated by civic virtue and so its concern was as much to protect individuals and groups from abuse at the hands of the government and their fellow citizens as it was to involve all its citizens in genuine participation.

Chapter 5 concerns the unique ways in which the scientist, both as citizen and as specialist, can express the vocation to work for a better society.

That means, of course, that any public concern for virtue or the quality of citizens is....

But in the complex society in which we live, such intervention often is the only way for citizens to make their moral and ethical concerns matter.

The objective here is to humanize the structures which govern the media, both by encouraging persons within the industry to «do well by doing good,» and by insisting that the social and economic powers of the industry must be counterbalanced by governmental power which politically expresses the concern of citizens for the general public welfare.

The objective here is to humanize the structures which govern the mass media, both by encouraging persons within the industry to «do well by doing good,» and by insisting that the social and economic powers of the media must be counterbalanced by other kinds of power which express the concerns of citizens for the general welfare.

While Christianity is a bare ember of the fire it once was, the countries of Europe show more love and concern for their citizens in general than the «Christian» US ever does, and they do not parade their so called Christian values for all to see.

Diplomats in New York whose job it is to monitor the welfare of their citizens here say that as detentions of foreigners for investigations into terrorism drag on into the fourth month, they are frustrated by the dearth of information available to them on many cases and concerned by reports of mistreatment of some detainees.

Although the United States was spared any major assassination attempts during the past year, many Americans, both lawmakers and concerned citizens, are continuing to fight for gun control.

The only people that concern me are the ones that say «My personal relationship with God has never changed»... because what worked for them in 5th grade still works as a senior citizen?

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

But he is a citizen and it is obvious from his interviews that he loves the USA and cares for it and is concerned with many of its policies, etc..

StemExpress, a for - profit company partnered with over 30 abortion clinics, including Planned Parenthood, to harvest and sell aborted baby parts and provide a «financial benefit» to Planned Parenthood clinics, is attempting to use meritless litigation to cover - up this illegal baby parts trade, suppress free speech, and silence the citizen press reporting on issues of burning concern to the American public.

When it comes to being charitable and concern for the social welfare of American Citizens... you are one of the LAST people I would ever consider taking advice from!

To whatever degree «atheists» were involved, they were absolutely right to do so - as loyal citizens of the US concerned for the equity and welfare of ALL, not just the religious beliefs of some.

However, we would like to join the ranks of people, including the more than 6,000 supporters who have signed the petition to stop the destruction of field trials of GM crops, in calling for anti-GM activists and other concerned citizens to not take action that could delay the assessment and ongoing research of Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency and reduce the damage it can do to the precious vision and eyes of children.

While City — and particularly Sergio Aguero — appeared toothless in that match, the real concern for Pellegrini ought to come in defence, where the Citizens were particularly hapless — not too dissimilar to Chelsea's struggles in recent weeks.

Let's stop ignoring the calls for help of concerned citizens such as Don Reese before it's too late.

But it is a massive concern for punters, especially if the Italian doesn't resolve the issue in time for Saturday's trip to Aston Villa, where the Citizens will line up against a player they know all about in Darren Bent — the former Sunderland striker scoring the only goal of the game, from the penalty spot in stoppage time, when City suffered their very first defeat of the season away at Sunderland way back in August.

As with legislation at every level of government, successful utilization of the power of the permit depends not so much on concerned citizens committed to making youth sports in their local community safer (although they are, of course, important) as on the willingness of governmental officials themselves to sponsor bylaw changes and push for enactment, in other words, to serve as «safety champions.»

The whole idea behind the food revolution is to get people — parents, students, concerned citizens to ask for more, to ask for better from the foods available at school.

The Concerned Citizens for the Wellness Policy is an organization with a database containing each local wellness policy within the state of North Carolina.

Mass Audubon maintains the most comprehensive public database of bird distribution, abundance and trend information for the Commonwealth, a resource that is used by conservation partners and concerned citizens alike.

The Soccer Advisory Committee is a seven member volunteer based committee that, among other things, provides a forum for citizens to express their thoughts and ideas concerning the Arlington Aces program and to seek answers to all inquiries and problems.

The commissioners «decision was praised by citizens concerned about the environmental impact of the golf driving range on nearby Bakers Lake, a nesting spot for herons and waterfowl.

But meanwhile the Alabama Citizens Action Program and the Alabama Policy Institute said they had asked for this ruling on the grounds that they were «concerned about the family and the danger that same - sex marriage will have.»

Coffee with a Cop is a national program and provides the opportunity for citizens to talk about any topic or concern on their mind.

HOFFMAN ESTATES — Dozens of concerned citizens came out to the Hoffman Estates Park District board meeting this week to push for improvements to Colony Park and the playground next to MacArthur School.

An interesting point was raised in a recent meeting I had for the need for both protest groups and concerned citizens such as ourselves be prepared at future demonstrations of this magnitude for both the police spin and that parts of the media who will just pick up police press releases as undisputed fact.

Data centres for cloud computing can be located anywhere so there is some concern that data given by a British citizen may end up on the other side of the world without the individual's knowledge.

«Obviously, the vision is there, the plan is there but again it is not driven by anything than the citizens themselves and the area that we need improvement is for citizens to have trust or confidence that the taxes they are paying will be returned back in terms of infrastructure but I can tell you that I am also concerned; I see a lot of things I don't like but I am inhibited by the amount of money I have,» Governor Ambode said.

I am concerned with the future for all our citizens, gay, straight, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim and Agnostic.