Sentences with word «communities»

Why not go out of your way to gift books to underfunded and underprivileged communities that continue to be marginalized and maligned by policies put in place by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos?»

«The brand rallying against the impersonal nature of the world and bringing people and communities together is the point of view that Tim's has always had and will continue to have.»

«We should all feel safe walking in our cities and communities,» he said.

Initial homesteading communities pioneered our country.

There, wells and communities are often in close proximity, and pushback from locals has all but banned the practices of flaring (burning atop a standing pipe) and venting waste gas straight into the atmosphere.

We intentionally engage with communities such as Women Who Code, Grace Hopper and Lesbians Who Tech to build relationships with talent who might otherwise not be familiar with our company.

Golda Manuel, CEO and co-founder of Care Anywhere, a remote medical - jobs search engine, in San Mateo, Calif., said she trusts her team to go out into their communities to promote the company culture.

For example, the coalition said, «the conditions proposed in the draft order do not fully prevent Charter from using its dominant position in the marketplace to thwart competition from streaming services and to stifle competitors in underserved, rural communities.»

We feel very strongly as a company that our role and responsibility in addition to making money and building shareholder value, as you know, is to demonstrate a level of social impact in the communities that we serve.

NEW YORK — Facebook has enlisted two outside advisers to examine how it treats underrepresented communities and whether it has a liberal bias.

We want our employees to reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.

The company holds quarterly town hall meetings and produces monthly newsletters, and both are filled with praise and testimonials from the communities it serves.

Others said they used their military service as an escape from pressures to conform within their communities.

We can tell them that America remains a beacon of hope, but we must stay humble and serve our country, abroad and in communities, to earn her freedoms,» he wrote.

In adopting its Cannabis Equity Program, the City of Oakland made a clear commitment to ensure access and equity in legal cannabis for communities most negatively impacted by the drug war.

A stock photography company focused on showcasing people of color and other underserved communities.

However, when social media gave neglected communities a voice, beauty brands were among the first to court and cater to them.

Duncan, whose work involves developing new precision ag tools in partnership with farming communities, predicts the farm of the not - so - distant future will be entirely remote - controlled.

«For us to be successful, our men and women must reflect the diversity of the communities and cultures in which we operate.

CIMB private banking economist Song Seng Wun said Chinese New Year always brings a «short - term lift for consumption for Chinese communities around the world from Beijing, Jakarta, London, Los Angeles, to Singapore.»

«You can clearly see that these industrial zones are absolutely favorable to the Chinese investors, but not to the local communities or the local private investors,» he said.

SBA CDC / 504 Lending is a long - term financing tool designed to encourage economic development within under - served communities and among minority - owned businesses.

This creates jobs — a sign of a functioning economy — and provides opportunities for others through paying a fair wage and bettering the surrounding communities in which the company operates.

As a result, the city is now serving as a role model for other cities and communities around the country to learn from and replicate as they seek to ensure equity.

Expanding the company's networking - reach into various communities breaks open the talent pool.

These efforts are about all of us, and the initiative has inspired more than 200 communities to redouble efforts to create pathways for all youth and led to more than $ 500 million in private - sector commitments to do the same.

Proceeds from the sale of Craig's personal car will go toward The Opportunity Network, which helps students in underrepresented communities excel in college and in their careers.

«With Medicaid growing rapidly and individuals increasingly receiving care in their communities rather than in institutional settings, effective administration of [personal care services] takes on heightened urgency,» the Inspector General said in the latest report.

In 2018, there are reasons to surrender to hopelessness: mass murder in schools, domestic terror paralyzing communities, and a climate of fear that tears families apart.

An increasing level of mistrust between immigrant communities and the Trump administration in recent months has only exacerbated concerns that DACA recipients could be easily targeted for deportation, according to Reaz Jafri, an immigration attorney at the firm Withers Bergman.

And this year I plan to lift up the many businesses that have figured out that doing right by their workers ends up being good for their shareholders, their customers, and their communities, so that we can spread those best practices across America.»

The early, organic communities served as really great focus groups.»

In this way, the bill «empowers cities and municipalities in California to pass whatever rules are best for their communities including where to ride an e-scooter,» Kenneth Baer, a spokesman for Bird told Business Insider in a statement via email.

The properties that have shown the most resilience have been those with pristine resources located near high - end resort communities — a double threat that's hard to find.

The jobs you create are local, the taxes you pay benefit your local community, and the profits you earn go back into the local community — not lining the pockets of corporate CEOs.

This pronouncement, along with Johnson's (and executive chairman Howard Schultz's) apology, meetings with community leaders, and enlisting the guidance of civil rights leaders such as former Attorney General Eric Holder and the NAACP's Sherrilyn Ifill, ensures that this incident and the specter of racial bias will remain in the public's mind beyond a few days.

Rep. Brian Bosma, the speaker of the state House, said that the law does not allow discrimination against «any segment of the Hoosier community.»

Miller Lite has also aligned with community partners that focus on entrepreneurship and technical resources, including the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Milwaukee Urban League, Chicago Urban League, Urban League of Greater Dallas and North Central Texas, the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the National Association for Asian American Professionals.

He finds more elaborate ways to involve his community in his activities.

There's nothing wrong with opening a bike shop in your hometown and making a living serving a community of local riders.

We were a nation of joiners, sewing clubs, bridge, girl and boy scouts, church or other religious groups and bingo nights at the local community centers.

She, along with several of her classmates, have held gun control rallies in their Florida community and called on government officials to act now to prevent future mass shootings from taking place.

Brent and Melissa Windsor relocated to the Arizona desert to provide their new community with window - washing services through the franchise.

In working in these three directions, the U.S. policy community would be employing the best sense of Ronald Reagan's «trust but verify» strategy regarding new information about the nuclear deal.

«The business community, by and large, has consistently communicated to lawmakers at every level that such laws are bad for our employees and bad for business.»

Were Mahbod's annotations posted by a new Rap Genius user, it would be up to our community leaders, who set the tone of the site and our approach to annotation, to delete them and explain to the new user why they were unacceptable.

This includes forums, small community sites where users happily give something back and, of course, porn sites,» a Coinhive representative said in an email.

Sanghavi updated the community of Kickstarter backers in early November that production was underway and the jackets were being produced.

But Joshua Zerkel, Evernote's former director of global community, offers one approach:

In California, Contreras - Sweet noticed that the Hispanic entrepreneurial community was growing faster than the businesses serving them.