Sentences with phrase «civic affairs at»

«Villaraigosa has a record and history of making education front and center and charter schools being part of that vision,» said Gary Borden, senior vice president of civic affairs at the California Charter Schools Associations, which runs the Super PAC supporting Villaraigosa.

The second reason is the critical significance of the race question in American civic affairs at the present time, particularly in the field of public education.

Senate appointee Abe Lackman is a senior officer for civic affair at the Simons Foundation, the charitable organization founded by James Simons, the former head of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund.

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If their elders remain aloof from civic affairs, at most engaging in detached observation and criticism of the politicians, it is hardly cause for wonder that the young should learn to leave the decisions of state to others and thus prepare the way for the loss of their liberties.

In normal times the people may be content with representation and constitutional judicial review, while they largely focus on private affairs; while at times of what Bruce Ackerman calls constitutional politics the level of civic action may become extraordinary (Ackerman, 1991).

Due to the lack of experience of the administration they have made clumsy mistakes which look, at first glance, to demonstrate a lack of understanding of the US Constitution, political affairs, legal structure and general all - round US civics.

Alexa Kasdan, director of research and policy at The Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, said in a statement participatory budgeting «engages people who are disenchanted with politics and traditionally excluded from civic affairs.»

Miner, visiting scholar at New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, will speak about the importance of involvement in civic affairs, especially for young people.

In the Rio Grande Valley of rural Texas, where half the students at Edcouch - Elsa High School are children of migrant farm laborers, kids are reclaiming their heritage through oral histories, compiling a local business directory, and producing a monthly civic - affairs newsletter in Spanish and English.

The Department of Local Affairs challenges traditional approaches to tourism by amplifying the voices of local tenants, workers, and civic participants who are already integrated in the community at the neighborhood level.

She is currently the Special Projects Manager for the Commissioner's Unit at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs where, in addition to managing several other new initiatives, she launched and co-directs the new Public Artist - in - Residence (PAIR) program that embeds artists in city government in order to address pressing civic challenges through creative practice.