Sentences with phrase «citizens concerned with»

SDN is a global network of researchers, journalists, activists, policy makers and citizens concerned with the future of democracy.

As a global citizen concerned with infant health, I noted with great appreciation your statement on the occasion of the 2005 World Breastfeeding Week indicating UNICEF's continued commitment to the implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.

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In 2014, a federal appeals court sided with Verizon, seeming to open the door to paid prioritization and content blocking, and provoking an uproar from tech startups, entrepreneurs, and concerned citizens.

yet if i am to judge on past choices made by my fellow citizens, well then, i am left depressed with the knowledge of our enablity to make a rational choice concerning the governmentship of this country!

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

We wish to express our deep concern that the commission has issued a report, «Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Non-Discrimination Principles with Civil Liberties,» that stigmatizes tens of millions of religious Americans, their communities and their faith - based institutions, and threatens the religious freedom of all our citizens.

Greenawalt concedes that citizens of a secular liberal state have a legal right to vote their religious convictions, but he is more concerned with when and whether they ought to exercise self - restraint in the interests of good citizenship.

He is, rather, concerned with their moral force, that is to say, their capacity objectively to bind the conscience of citizens.

I am a little concerned that Mitt's only prior foreign affairs experience is having attempted to convince French citizens, one by one, that they should toss away the religion they had grown up with and convert to Mormonism.

His biographer said that he was «less concerned with the three per cent of American youth who are delinquent than with the ninety - seven per cent who will grow up to be good citizens.

State or local mental health associations can provide church social - action groups with current information concerning the problems and needs of their area, including mental health legislation which needs citizen support.

In the first place such education, now as always, is concerned with the nurture of men and women whose business in life it will be to help men to see their immediate perplexities, joys and sufferings in the light of an ultimate meaning, to live as citizens of the inclusive society of being, and to relate their present choices to first and last decisions made about them in the totality of human history by Sovereign Power.

In almost all cases, they have been established only after a protracted struggle with groups of concerned citizens.

Since republics go against gravity, so to speak, it is essential if a republic is to survive that it concern itself actively with the nurturing of its citizens, that it root out corruption and encourage virtue.

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.

Ben & Jerry's has teamed up with the International Rescue Committee to ask concerned citizens to contact European leaders and ask them to support legislation to help some of the world's most vulnerable people rebuild their lives in safety.

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.»

But when that parent bands together with other, like - minded parents, or when that one concerned citizen starts an online petition and garners thousands of signatures, then they become a force to be reckoned with.

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

The Northfield Township Conservancy, a citizens group concerned about the traffic congestion major development would bring, wants to see at least 300 acres preserved, with office buildings and shopping allowed on no more than 20 percent of the remaining buildable land.

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

To begin with, Facebook and Twitter were initially used a forum, where, moments after Mr. Arafat's resignation, concerned citizens were able to express their solidarity with Mr. Arafat and displeasure with the President's decision.

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

The woman, who is in a relationship with a UK citizen, was due to leave the country at the end of August, but is concerned that being forcibly removed by the Home Office could mean that any future visa applications she makes will be refused.

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

Martí's concerns are with the kind of political and economic domination of international institutions and corporations over citizens that has been established in the banking and euro crises.

A citizen is not only someone with a specific legal status, but is properly a participant in shared decision - making, with a concern for the common good.

«If you have the privilege to serve the citizens of NY - 19 in Congress, you owe them the decency to speak with them in person, listen to their concerns, and answer their questions,» Rhodes said.

These protest movements also voice a concern that democratic politics has become imbalanced in favour of corporations and the very rich and / or (as with the indignados) that politicians have become a class separate from ordinary citizens: concerns about the loss of genuine popular sovereignty.

A concern that a new settlement will be a stitch - up amongst the major political parties and the vibrancy of the referendum campaign in Scotland have energised campaigners to call for a convention that is either constituted fully by randomly - selected citizens (as with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Convcitizens (as with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional ConvCitizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Convcitizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Convention).

We establish alliances with other organizations as well as mobilize members of our group to persuade current officials to address community concerns and broader issues that impact the well - being of our citizens and environment.

Many of the polystyrene and plastic bag laws began when a concerned citizen organized their neighbors and approached their local elected officials with a plan.

Sponsored by NYSRPA and Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb the event brings together thousands of gun owners and concerned citizens from around the state to meet with their representatives and features exhibits and presentations by advocates and experts.

But the Concerned Citizens group says Cuomo's plan would have broken the state's contract with NYRA by taking away some of its gaming revenue.

Privacy campaigners are extremely concerned about the move, and point in particular to the danger of it being combined with the plans to keep a database of all phone calls, text and emails sent or received by UK citizens.

Also in this poll: New Yorkers are concerned the focus on the budget in Albany will imperil ethics and redistricting reform this year, and support for legalizing same - sex marriage continues to hold steady, with Republicans and senior citizens generally opposed.

The European Parliament's Brexit negotiator has said the UK's Windrush scandal has caused «a great deal of concern» in Europe, with people fearing it could be repeated for EU citizens.

«Every 10 minutes there's going to be another TV advertisement — Americans for America, Concerned Citizens for America — and they're going to be deluged with ads and political propaganda from all sorts of ways and I think they're going to say the system is out of control,» Cuomo said.

Citizens will have the opportunity to work together with experts and draft strong comments of concern for study for the project to submit to the Town Board and applicant before the March 22nd deadline.

Cruz, a native of Puerto Rico who considers herself a «community activist and concerned citizen,» said she was motivated to organize the march out of concern for the people who have died from the hurricane, and displeasure with the response of the Trump administration.

The purpose of the seminar is to address the various forms of abuse that threaten senior citizens on a daily basis, and to provide valuable assistance to victims, family members or anyone with a concern.

However, I have concerns with this executive order, including the fact that it could potentially deny entrance to our country to lawful, permanent residents and dual citizens.»

· Young Citizens (Lewisham, London) Founded by six year 7 pupils in Prendergast Ladywell Fields College, Young Citizens connects young people concerned about violence and crime with the individuals and organisations who can help, with the aim of improving the safety of the Lewisham community and the lives of those within it.

«We have a little over a month left, and I won't stop knocking on doors and meeting with concerned citizens until the polls close on Election day.

At 12:30 p.m., Rep. Kathy Hochul will «discuss her efforts to protect and strengthen Medicare as well as other healthcare concerns with members of the Wyoming County Senior Citizens Club.

«We stand with parents and concerned citizens across New York State in calling upon the state education commissioner to immediately remove Carl Paladino from the Buffalo school board,» NYSUT President Karen E. Magee said.

«In the last few hours we have received numerous calls from our party members, concerned citizens and well - wishers on our association or otherwise with the Advance Peoples Democratic Alliance (APDA) which was unveiled today at Abuja,» he said.