Sentences with phrase «communities take on the responsibility»

That's fine — so long as our governments and communities take on the responsibility of preparing for these kinds of known vulnerabilities.

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It's a fraction of the social outreach Noront has taken on to promote education, training and mining, says Kaitlyn Ferris, the company's corporate responsibility manager, as she wrapped up a Christmas trip to Webequie, Ont., another aboriginal community.

It would not be an uncoordinated free - for - all; the community, for the most part, would need to agree on the direction the project would take and on who would be given responsibility for a task.

But emphasis on the personal responsibility of blacks takes the political pressure off those outside the black community, who also have a responsibility, as citizens of this republic, to be actively engaged in trying to change the structures that constrain the black poor in such a way that they can more effectively assume responsibility for themselves and exercise their inherent and morally required capacity to choose.

In accepting public funds for rendering public services, church - related agencies take on responsibilities to the public that reach beyond the church's faith community.

(The primary responsibility for taking care of one's neighbor was on the individual, the community, and the parish.)

The revelations now take on the form of regulations for community living — laws of inheritance, responsibilities in marriage, care of orphans and the helpless.

An educated and worldly Muslim community leader like Rauf wants to build Muslim center close to ground zero, while the war and other thing is going, is this a common sense or decency have been exercise or just Muslims self - absorption and taking no responsibility of their own community conduct, they should not be crying like a spoil baby, when a ripple affect from their own conduct come back toward them (The Burning of Koran and fire attempt toward Muslim community were coming from his fake and insincere agenda on this building issue).

So on this happy day, as the students of the class of 2014 celebrate a milestone achievement with their families, their friends, and their teachers, I come to congratulate you, to wish you well, and to address each of you as a person who has received the good turn of a fine education, and who should feel a responsibility to repay the debt of that education by living well as a person, mindful of the personhood, the individuality, and the good of others around you, in the various communities through which your life will take you.

The Nigerian army has taken responsibility for the attack, which resulted in burning down of houses in a Benue community on T...

Scenario 2: A woman destroys her husband's state of mind through her infidelity and subsequent gas lighting, coldness and blaming leaving him suffering from PTSD - like symptoms for the rest of his life and everyone in the counselling community is like: «well he needs to reflect on what his responsibility is in nurturing the circumstances for the affair to have taken place».

Through our emphasis on community and interdependence, campers learn to take personal responsibility for their world through responsible farming and the conservation of wild open spaces.

The initiative is based on a model that helps motivate the children to stay in school and inspire them to take on responsibility in the community and the classroom.

This approach allows us to implement environmental change at the appropriate level and means that rather than forcing our will on individuals and communities, we empower them to take ownership, and thus responsibility for the work, thus creating sustainable change.

In his letter, Batcheller said it's the responsibility of the city and the surrounding communities to reach a consensus on what approach they want to take — and to take responsibility for carrying it out.

From sponsored runs to taking part in a community event, young people are often enthusiastic about making a difference, working together and taking on responsibility.

Vice President Joe Biden called on the Syracuse University community to take responsibility for sexual assault on campus.

The DEC responded that it was the responsibility of the city and the surrounding communities to reach a consensus on what approach they want to take — and to take responsibility for carrying it out.

We will take them on field trips, and they will learn about community activism and civic responsibility, how their neighborhoods work (or don't), who has power, who doesn't and why.

We invite you to explore the many ways Stein Mart ® and its associates take on a Social Responsibility within our community through time, donations and causes we believe in.

Care and involvement Following on from community comes care, care for each other and learning to take care of plants, which fosters a sense of responsibility and maturity.

The responsibility of each citizen and community to ensure meaningful decision - making that is based on the twin principles of ecological integrity and socio - economic equity, conditioned in the interim by a «common but differentiated responsibility» in which those currently rich within the country take on a greater role and / or are incentivised or forced to to give up their excessively consumptive lifestyles in order for the poor to have adequate levels of human security.

Although the paper acknowledges that not all the pressures on the education system stem from the complexity of coinciding government roles and responsibilities, it says that improving the allocation of roles and responsibilities could make it easier for governments to identify what the problems are, who is responsible for fixing them, and empower teachers, parents and the wider community to hold the appropriate level of government to account for taking the action necessary to improve outcomes.

Parents also take on such responsibilities as serving as the room parent, coordinating outings, or maybe even arranging for people in the community to come speak to classes.

In an initiative now being piloted in six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gap.

The gripping stories of those individuals hold the attention of students and motivate them to look for others who share the same sense of responsibility for their community, even encouraging them to take on service projects themselves.

Multiple studies have demonstrated that organizations that prioritize a performance - management system that supports employees» professional growth outperform organizations that do not.25 Similar to all professionals, teachers need feedback and opportunities to develop and refine their practices.26 As their expertise increases, excellent teachers want to take on additional responsibilities and assume leadership roles within their schools.27 Unfortunately, few educators currently receive these kinds of opportunities for professional learning and growth.28 For example, well - developed, sustained professional learning communities, or PLCs, can serve as powerful levers to improve teaching practice and increase student achievement.29 When implemented poorly, however, PLCs result in little to no positive change in school performance.30

Volunteering to take on additional responsibility within her school as well as involvement with her community are also very important to Xiong.

Under the bill, the regional commissioners would take on the responsibility for making academy orders, and the requirement for potential academy sponsors to consult with the local community would be scrapped.

[12] The Scottish Government intend to establish the Education Workforce Council for Scotland (EWCS), which it is proposed will replace and take on the responsibilities of the GTCS, the Community Learning and Development Standards Council and register others working in education.

Sadly, far too many Connecticut Superintendent of Schools appear to be turning their backs on their students and communities and are, instead, taking on the responsibilities of following inappropriate orders and directives.

For instance, it has most recently been using a program called Caring School Community, which establishes mentoring programs and classroom lessons on taking responsibility, showing care toward others, and how to behave on the playground.

The establishment of an Education Workforce Council to take on the responsibilities of the General Teaching Council for Scotland and the Community Learning and Development Standards Council and to register other education professionals.

Jerry Jenkins» Christian Writers Guild has taken on the responsibility of providing this valuable tool to the Christian writing community.

If the owner can't be found, the next step would be to take on the responsibility of the cat like the Berkowitz's or try and find him / her a permanent home through a shelter, rescue or within your circle of family, friends and community.

These golden nuggets of the community who join the separation anxiety relief team willingly take on the responsibility for ensuring the dog is not left for any time longer than he is comfortable while he is in their care.

This focus directed our organization to take on the responsibility of establishing a Free Spay and Neuter Clinic for community owned dogs and cats.

Educating the community on animal welfare, pet overpopulation, pet owner responsibility, and pet health is something we take very seriously.

My expectations with the arrival of Valka were that we would get one of two things, either the typical conflict between Hiccup and his mother before achieving resolution or that her presence within such an amazing community of dragons would act as a catalyst for further arguments between Hiccup and Stoick, with Hiccup coveting the sort of freedom his mother has over the responsibility Stoick is expecting him to take on.

About six months ago I took on the additional responsibilities of Community Manager, so now I help make the company's online presence search engine friendly, administrate and edit four blogs, and participate in online social networks on behalf of the company.

They know how to work with nature, otherwise the next flood would take them, and they also know how to work as a community due to the communal responsibility of the dikes, where you depend on your neighbour.

Robert, Since not one AGW community policy or law has worked to reduce CO2 or change the climate at all, it is odd but not surprising for you to rely on a figment of your imagination - your delusions about the «right» - to blame instead of taking responsibility for your own failure.

NEW YORK: Community members have «a joint responsibility to take more action» on climate change, says Jenny Bofinger - Schuster, Sustainability Director, Siemens AG, in a Climate TV interview filmed at Climate Week NYC in September.

- Read this blog from Dr. Roland Busch, Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG, on the joint responsibility of businesses, communities and cities to take action on climate change

An out - take of James Hansen from 2009 about civil resistance, moral responsibility, inter-generational injustice, and comment by KA on the scientific community thus far: http://youtu.be/gEQ7cOUjwgM?t=15m50s

As a side note — someone remarked about the welcome lack of moderation on this site — what is interesting, is it not, is how the community tends to take responsibility and self - moderates, when you give it that trust?

A surety is someone who agrees to take responsibility for an accused while they are on release in the community.

All links hosted on our domain are by community members and third parties and by clicking on any of the listed links you are accepting the risks of using the third party domain and taking responsibility for any losses, damage or other issues using said domain.

Responsibilities to family and the community and to a current job can take up so much time that job searching (or interview preparation) ends up on tomorrow's to - do list.

On - call rotation with the Safe Place crisis line, one week night, every fifth weekend, and two mahor holidays; required problem - solving in the midst of a crisis, advocacy for placing youth in safe situations, resourcelfulness for solutions, empowering the youth to make choices and take responsibility, and communications with other agencies to maintain healthy / beneficial relationships within the community based upon integrity.