Sentences with phrase «civic group in»

Every chamber of commerce, college, and civic group in medium and large cities.

«Seven years ago I don't know that I would have been a real early education advocate,» Gerry Barousse, chair of the boards of both Educare New Orleans and the civic group in charge of the redevelopment, the Bayou District Foundation, told a recent group of visitors.

Buffalo, NY — Governor David Paterson joined state legislative leaders and civic groups in Albany Wednesday for «Albany on the Record» — a public conference on state government reform.

Edited by James Harvey and Paul T. Hill, this book identifies roles for foundations and civic groups in defining strategies for big - city school reform, and ensuring that promised changes are implemented.

Through my group in Gainesville, Florida, authors are invited to speak on panels for community events, share writing in critique groups, publish in the group's literary journal, and collaborate with schools and civic groups in the area.

First, Spriggs set up an exchange of mailing lists among the several hundred church and civic groups in the Harlem area.

Participated in three separate community rejuvenation projects, working with civic groups in helping at - risk youth create murals in public areas

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In a letter sent to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, leaders at 73 civic groups from cities across the U.S. made some demands on the e-commerce giant.

I also believe that the more religious groups stick their noses in civics, the stronger the argument becomes to tax them like everyone else.

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.

The overall decline in civic participation cuts across virtually all social and demographic groups.

This will be taken to Include political organizations; fraternal organizations; college and school groups; labor groups; industrial, business and professional organizations; religious orders; civic clubs, memorial and patriotic societies; philanthropic and reform societies (Anti-Tobacco League, for example); athletic organizations; women's groups, etc., which are in good standing.

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.

There the Brunner Foundation, in cooperation with the theological faculty of the university and various church and civic groups, is sponsoring a series of lectures and festivities which began in early November with three public forums, followed by an «Emil Brunner Faculty Day» on November 29.

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

But the vast majority are not affiliated with any specifically religious organization (even though they may be up to their ears in civic, political, and cultural groups).

Two weekslater a group of local civic leaders staged a protest in downtown Sacramento byeating the same Six Dollar Burger at a press event to mock the playboybrothers» requests for public assistance.

Forget the suggestion box in the front office.The Pasco County school district has sent out an online all - call to schools, cities, civic groups and other entities, asking for ideas for how it can do better.ThoughtExchange went live Monday.

In preparation for the referendum, Park District Director Steve Schelten said the committee will be conducting presentations for homeowners associations and civic groups, holding neighborhood gatherings, telephoning voters and displaying yard signs.

At the Park District meeting, civic groups opposed to the plan and residents who live across from the proposed museum site raised previous concerns that the structure would go against long - standing court rulings that restrict such construction in Grant Park.

A frequent lecturer for professional and civic groups, «he was a very good speaker and could just entertain you with his way of promoting any activity that he was involved in,» his daughter - in - law said.

Joseph Franz Schneller, owner of Schneller Furniture Co. for more than 30 years, first opened his furniture store in Chicago in 1948 and eventually moved it to Arlington Heights, where he was active in civic and community groups.

Meanwhile, who is providing community services and representing their interests at community and civic group meetings — and who is in charge of those people?

Meetup.com helps interest groups formed on the Web to get together in person — and a remarkable number of groups do so for civic purposes.

These have long been left for well - meaning civic associations and nonpartisan groups, but were taken up again and pursued with considerable energy and finesse by the Bush campaign among conservative Christians in 2000 and 2004, and by the Obama campaign among African Americans, Latinos, and college students in 2008 on the basis of new forms of political targeting.

«Its proposed new government structure would dilute and disenfranchise people of color and other underrepresented groups at a time when greater participation in our civic process must be encouraged rather than diminished,» she said.

Consensus, a state - funded civic group, is expected to recommend within months ways governments in Onondaga County can consolidate, but the group has not publicly said it will urge the city and county to merge.

Reinvent Albany joined civic groups, Brooklyn Democrat Senator Dan Squadron and Manhattan Democrat Brian Kavanagh and dozens of other state legislators in calling for the closure of the infamous «LLC Loophole.»

Recommendations for Using Everyday Information Technology to Open Up Government At a news conference on Thursday, March 22 at 1 PM, leading civic and government watchdog groups will call on the Governor, Legislature, Attorney General, and Comptroller to use the explosion in affordable Information Technology to make NY State government more transparent, responsive, and accountable.

Comptroller DiNapoli Addresses Business and Civic Leaders in Buffalo Last week, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli was in Buffalo to speak to a group of business, civic and philanthropic leaders about the need for reforming our state's campaign finance laws.

«I've had a wonderful opportunity to serve the public in city and state government for almost 15 years and I've served the community,» said Tabone, a Bayside resident and attorney for John Catsimitidis» Manhattan - based Red Apple Group with a long career of civic involvement.

In a letter sent today to Governor Cuomo and the two legislative leaders, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, the civic groups urged immediate action to enact comprehensive and significant solutions on the following matters of state ethics:

Leaders from more than a dozen eastern Queens civic groups met in Bellerose last week, demanding their communities be united by the state task force that will redraw the area's legislative lines for the coming decade.

The group works to train recent immigrants for civic leadership opportunities, and Ms. Mark - Viverito said her speech would focus on immigration and «some of the great work we're doing here» in New York.

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell said he believes the civic group will be helpful to the town by gaining community feedback on different issues, especially since the town is in the process of drafting the land use portion of its comprehensive plan.

State Senator, and 13th Congressional District candidate, Adriano Espaillat was endorsed by a group of Mexican - American business and civic leaders in East Harlem today.

All over the world, groups and individuals are using technology in a variety of innovative ways to increase government transparency, fight corruption, open data, hack on civic problems, strengthen economic development, address environmental problems, improve public health and education, and advance the conditions of women and children.

Nearly 100 civic and community groups called for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to create a blue - ribbon panel akin to the shuttered Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and clean up the «pay - to - play» culture they said rules real - estate development in New York City.

The proportion of Hindus and Muslims participating in civic engagement and formal volunteering is the lowest of all religion or belief groups, at 44 % respectively.

Newberry said more resources from foundations and other funders would enable civic and advocacy groups to do more work in the community.

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.

Good - government and civic groups are joining forces to press for a constitutional convention in 2019, with a vote on whether to hold a convention set for this November.

Local governments, community organizations, not - for - profits and civic groups across Ulster County have been lining up behind the proposal to convert the former resort into a casino and spa, declining in the process to back a proposal to create a casino at Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson.

In a stunning slap at Mayor de Blasio, one of the city's leading civic groups announced Monday that it is not making an endorsement in the mayor's race for the first time in a half century because of «troubling» ethical issues hounding the administratioIn a stunning slap at Mayor de Blasio, one of the city's leading civic groups announced Monday that it is not making an endorsement in the mayor's race for the first time in a half century because of «troubling» ethical issues hounding the administratioin the mayor's race for the first time in a half century because of «troubling» ethical issues hounding the administratioin a half century because of «troubling» ethical issues hounding the administration.

This means that New Yorkers — probably journalists, and budget experts in businesses and civic groups — will be able to rapidly crunch the numbers in the budget, and draw their own conclusions about what is being proposed and debated.

In other districts informal civic groups will organize a slate of «reform» candidates for school board, and in at least one exurban Colorado school district, a bunch of people who were also leaders in the county Republican party where the school district was located put together a slate of unofficially Republican school board candidates to square off against a teacher's union slate of candidateIn other districts informal civic groups will organize a slate of «reform» candidates for school board, and in at least one exurban Colorado school district, a bunch of people who were also leaders in the county Republican party where the school district was located put together a slate of unofficially Republican school board candidates to square off against a teacher's union slate of candidatein at least one exurban Colorado school district, a bunch of people who were also leaders in the county Republican party where the school district was located put together a slate of unofficially Republican school board candidates to square off against a teacher's union slate of candidatein the county Republican party where the school district was located put together a slate of unofficially Republican school board candidates to square off against a teacher's union slate of candidates.

Good government and civic groups have been working on this for several years now, but the Republicans in the Senate roadblock it every time.

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.

Participatory budgeting began in Brazil in 1989, when civic groups demanded transparency and a more direct saying in city government.

In addition to the cuts, Bloomberg announced several new local initiatives, ranging from new grants for civic groups to waving fines for any restaurant that receives an «A» grade.