Sentences with phrase «civic matters»

Dr. Kathy Nolan is a Shandaken resident who has been deeply involved in civic matters in the town for over two decades.

The state could have accommodated the church and modified their procedures, but they chose to do otherwise, thus removing the church from equal rights to participate in civic matters on account of religious beliefs.

Adams has been chair of a local community board since 2012, and involved in other civic matters as well.

Another recent study from researchers at Harvard University and Baylor College of Medicine reported U.S. counties with the lowest levels of «social capital» — a measure of connection and support that incorporates factors including people's trust in one another and participation in civic matters such as voting — had the highest rates of overdose deaths.

HOW HAS NEW MEDIA CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE COMMUNICATE ABOUT CIVIC MATTERS?

In addition to having the adaptive feature, it will have a variety of media including simulations and animations as well as pre - and post-assessments and behavioral surveys that «measure changes in students» attitudes and behaviors regarding a variety of civic matters.»

It promoted eugenic responsibility as a personal, religious and civic matter, something to be addressed in the home, parish and courthouse.

The NCCE, is a government of Ghana agency, responsible for the education of Ghanaians on civic matters.

As I understand it, this use of currently available services, a kind of bricolage, hopes to demonstrate the value of applying technology — readily available, fairly simple technology — to civic matters and, in so doing, to inspire developers to work in that area.