Sentences with phrase «civic group as»

• Enroll your dog in a local training class offered by a community college, park or other civic group as soon as all vaccinations are completed, including rabies.

Sin and waywardness, rightness and righteousness, characterize, therefore, the activities of civilizations and civic groups as well as citizens.

Some will speak to civic groups as well as calling residents, producing informational fliers and distributing them door to door.

Not exact matches

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.

First is strong voluntary associations, such as churches and civic groups, that bring people together around broad common agendas rather than narrow special interests.

I believe that its presence as a presupposition of efforts to generate a new civic culture can be signified and lived sacramentally in a variety of ways by religious groups involved in the dialogue.

As suggested earlier, the minority faith community or movement does not necessarily become a separate civic group, political group, but remains with its own original group.

Those who do not want to curtail their research work can find opportunities as citizens, in church and civic groups, and in political parties.

The openness of the civic culture has depended on the fact that these groups and traditions have functioned as teachers of virtue and morality, sustaining by their various lights a general predisposition toward acting well.

Around 6 a.m., they sealed the bulk pans, slid them into insulated boxes, and loaded them onto trucks or other vehicles for delivery by more than 150 churches, civic groups, shelters, and first responder organizations such as police, fire departments, Coast Guard, and the National Guard.

The Breakfast of Champions also serves as the induction forum for the Boys & Girls Clubs Hall of Fame, which honors individuals, civic groups and corporations that have strongly impacted the clubs.

Church youth groups, and civic groups such as the Girls Scouts and the Boy Scouts, can be very affordable to families on a budget.

Bre currently works as a Principal Digital Consultant for Civic Resource Group which develops software solutions for the public and civic sectors.

The rapid emergence of civil society organizations and civic activist groups was welcomed as indicative of the «liberation» process — gone are the days of the Qaddafi Foundation and its monopoly of civil society — and today Libya boasts a diverse civil society and civic activist space (See El Taraboulsi and Salah, 2013).

This will include social events and happy hours for members and guests all along the 73rd Assembly District, co-sponsored events with like - minded civic and community groups as well as the hosting of events that delve deeply into issues that the community is concerned about.

Manna has also served as Chair of the Rosendale Environmental Commission and Vice-Chair of the Ulster County Environmental Management Council, helped found the HV Green Building and Renewable Energy Working Group, was on the board of the Hudson Valley Materials Exchange, help start the Hudson Valley Biodiesel Coop, and is a long - standing member of the Mid-Ulster League of Women Voters and numerous other civic organizations.

«The Jamaica Now Action Plan reflects an exemplary collaboration by the Mayor, the Borough President, civic groups and the community that can restore Jamaica as one of the region's most affordable and attractive destinations for living, shopping and working,» said Regional Plan Association Chair Elliot Sander.

Speaking before a civic group two weeks after superstorm Sandy devastated the region, Ms. Quinn described flood protection as the «single most important infrastructure challenge of our time.»

As a district leader, I work with elected officials, businesses, civic groups, and non-profit organizations to make our neighborhoods livable.

Mr. Stringer, who was an assemblyman in 1999 and voted against the repeal, will describe his plan in a speech on Tuesday at a meeting of a prominent civic group, the Association for a Better New York, a regular stop for the city's presumptive mayoral candidates as they try to define themselves amid a crowded field of left - leaning progressives.

He's reached out to all local elected officials, who have said they will attend, as well as local community boards and civic groups to spread the word.

He, therefore, appealed to the members of the commercial transport organisations and individuals to see it as a civic responsibility and report to the police any individual or group that will attempt to cause mayhem on the voting day.

In his capacity as district director, Rosenthal has been Lancman's primary liaison with community groups, civic associations and nonprofit organizations, while also assisting constituents with problems and coordinating events and services.

Good government groups hail participatory budgeting as a powerful tool to increase civic participation and community engagement.

Pushing through such a plan would no doubt be hard — as former mayor Michael Bloomberg discovered when his own congestion pricing proposal, despite broad support from civic groups, crashed and burned in Albany in 2008.

As election approaches, we'll see more and more hispanic groups and civic leaders express their preference for Peter as the next Borough PresidenAs election approaches, we'll see more and more hispanic groups and civic leaders express their preference for Peter as the next Borough Presidenas the next Borough President.

Despite a recent uproar over the validity of civic - minded groups such as co-op and condominium organizations being allowed to meet in public schools, the city Department of Education assured them that the doors would remain open.

The announcement came as a welcome surprise for Queens groups like the Asian American Community Coalition on Redistricting and Democracy, an umbrella group composed of many civics that had been advocating for what is known as the Unity Map.

The Catholic Church, evangelical Christians, and concerned civic action groups who view embryo research as immoral are not likely to turn to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, the American Society for Human Genetics, the Hinxton Group, the Nuffield Council on Bioetics, or other scientific and medical organizations for their primary counsel.

At the same time, a group of civic and education organizations formed the Character Education Partnership, which now functions as the movement's clearinghouse and professional organization (and promotes its own «Eleven Principles» of character).

With three months left in Thomas W. Payzant's decade - long tenure as superintendent of the Boston schools, those charged with finding a successor are getting an earful from scholars, community groups, and civic leaders as they consider how much of a change agent the district needs.

Though Bersin's undergraduate degree at Harvard was in government, and he spent years as a corporate lawyer and federal prosecutor, he made a career shift to education in 1998 when a group of San Diego civic leaders asked him to consider becoming the school superintendent in that city.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

They explore how people interact across cultural boundaries and consider how factors such as group membership, traditions, customs and religious and cultural practices impact on civic life.

They consider how factors such as group membership, traditions, customs and religious and cultural practices shape people's identity and impact on civic life, past and present.

So instead of a nasty contest between interest groups, we get «how a bill becomes law» - a presentation of civics cleansed of all politics as well as of all possible interest.

A broad array of groups — including advocates for parents, students, teachers, administrators, and school boards, as well as business and civic organizations — agree: Michigan needs a more systematic way to support improvement of teaching and learning.

A pioneer in civic education, the Citizenship Education Clearing House (CECH - pronounced «check») has been conducting programs in citizenship education since the late 1960s, when Teresa M. Fischer and a small group of associates launched CECH as an independent non-profit corporation.

Its main focus is on how human activity including that of governments, TNCs and civic society groups as well as indigenous groups have a role to play in determining the Arctic Region's future.

This component must include all stakeholder groups, such as parents or guardians, business leaders, religious organizations, local governmental agencies, local libraries, civic clubs, etc., to collectively establish and support strategies that create and ignite enthusiasm for reading.

Another jolt for L.A. schools as civic group seeks a role in fixing school district latimes.com/local/educatio...

As a service to the community and in accordance with law, the Board of Education may allow community groups to use district facilities for educational, recreational, social, civic, philanthropic and other similar purposes when the facilities are not being used by the district or district - sponsored groups.

By teaching civics in tandem with experiential learning, YES Prep teachers, more often than traditional public or private school teachers, were «very confident» that their students learned «[t] o be tolerant of people and groups who are different from themselves,» «[t] o understand concepts such as federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances,» and «[t] o develop habits of community service such as volunteering and raising money for causes,» according to 2010 American Enterprise Institute Program on American Citizenship survey.30 As a charter network serving low - income students, its service - centered mission serves both the students and their communitieas federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances,» and «[t] o develop habits of community service such as volunteering and raising money for causes,» according to 2010 American Enterprise Institute Program on American Citizenship survey.30 As a charter network serving low - income students, its service - centered mission serves both the students and their communitieas volunteering and raising money for causes,» according to 2010 American Enterprise Institute Program on American Citizenship survey.30 As a charter network serving low - income students, its service - centered mission serves both the students and their communitieAs a charter network serving low - income students, its service - centered mission serves both the students and their communities.

The civic group also endorsed including value - added analysis — a statistical method that links student test scores to their teachers — in teacher performance reviews and cited a Times series on the subject as one reason they decided to weigh in.

As in previous years, enthusiastic staff from the civic - minded Warren Henry Auto Group got together over the last weekend of February to participate in the Tour de Broward.

Public Speaking There is an entire network of associations, professional organizations, trade shows, clubs, civic and religious groups, cruises (travel free as a lecturer!)

As a coalition of over 200 civil rights, consumer, labor, business, investor, faith - based, and civic and community groups, Americans for Financial Reform supports the Department of Education's announcement last month of a new competition for student loan servicing contracts.

Credit unions typically serve limited audiences, such as a company's employees and large civic groups, but some credit unions accept anyone who lives, works or worships in their community.

Beginning in New York around 1810 or 1820, merchants and civic groups began «discovering» old Dutch Christmas traditions (remember New York started as New Amsterdam) that surrounded family gatherings, communal meals and presents.

About 95 parade entries, made up of a multitude of schools, civic groups and social clubs, will don the theme of «Inside Santa's Workshop,» as they travel the 1 - mile parade route on Jefferson Avenue from Del Rio Road to Overland Drive.