Sentences with phrase «civic activists in»

Delegates will deploy in two - person teams to regional capitals across Ghana to meet with election administrators, parliamentary candidates, domestic observer groups, and political and civic activists in these localities.

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Bertha Lewis, a black activist with deep ties to de Blasio, is giving a civic award to NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, raising eyebrows in political circles because Stringer is being mentioned as a possible challenger to the mayor's 2017 re-election.

Community Voices Heard, a community activist organization started by single mothers on public assistance in NYC more than two decades ago, was at the forefront of the #NoCuts Coalition rally, along with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, State Senator Marisol Alcantara (D - 31st Senate District), and the leaders of several dozen grassroots, civic and labor organizations.

With an annual budget of over $ 130 million, CPC is one of the largest Asian multi-social service non-profit in the U.S. Founded in 1965 by a few civic minded community activists as the first social service agency to serve Chinese - Americans in New York, CPC currently serves over 8,000 clients each day with over 50 programs in 30 locations throughout New York City.

But in November of 2017, Hikind suffered a setback when his son Yoni Hikind lost a bid to replace Greenfield to Kalman Yeyger, a civic activist.

Dozens of civic activists, religious leaders and elected Democratic officials rallied Wednesday in Mineola to criticize GOP County Executive candidate Jack Martins for a political mailer that contends his Democratic opponent, Laura Curran, «will roll out the welcome mat» for violent street gangs.

While he's not exactly the new kid on the block of civic activists, as of November 22 he's raised zero dollars in his campaign finance account.

Evelyn Vossler has been a community activist for over 20 years, dedicated to improving the lives of Riverside and Black Rock residents through her civic and church activities at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Buffalo.

«We don't need a bridge to nowhere that will foul up Long Island Sound for generations,» Marcellino said during a news conference at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay as a bevy of environmental and civic activists and current and former GOP and Democratic elected officials surrounded him.

«I am proud to have the support of these local Democratic elected officials and civic activists from every corner of our community,» Miller said in a release.

Civics often takes a backseat in schools, but educators say the Marjory Stoneman Douglas students - turned - activists are setting a powerful model for civic engagement.

Two days a week, we've traded in lessons about World War II for discussions about how to become local civic activists.

Activists pressure schools to redefine «civic education» in terms of influencing public policy and engaging in political activity - while giving short shrift to being a good parent, dependable neighbor, and conscientious member of the nongovernmental institutions that compose civil society.

From prescient feminist Lynn Hershman Leeson to Cuban artist - activist Tania Bruguera to the female - led collective Futurefarmers to social practitioners Suzanne Lacy and Andrea Bowers, YBCA champions women who are creating new civic imaginaries and redefining what it means to work in the public realm.

In June 2017, YBCA and renowned artist and activist Tania Bruguera will embark on a wide - ranging collaboration in which the art center performs the functions of a civic institutioIn June 2017, YBCA and renowned artist and activist Tania Bruguera will embark on a wide - ranging collaboration in which the art center performs the functions of a civic institutioin which the art center performs the functions of a civic institution.

The accompanying publication considers how photographers, architects, activists, performance artists, and filmmakers turned conditions of urban crisis in the 1960s and 1970s into sites for civic discourse and artistic expression.

Research is beginning to explore how activist groups in the U.S. [1] and Canada [2] are using social media to facilitate civic engagement and collective action.»

While documenting the very real threats faced by environmental activists in some of the world's most dangerous countries for civic participation, the report also gives a set of recommendations for national governments, companies and investors.

Because of the work we do, we spend our days in the company of urban designers, architects, civic boosters, enviros, developers, politicos, city staffers, preservationists, community activists.

Because of the work we do, we spend our days in the company of urban designers, architects, civic boosters, enviros, developers, politicos, city staffers, preservationists, community activists.

«Certainly, community - wide initiatives focused on aging in place can be initiated by civic leaders, community activists, and nonprofit organizations.