Sentences with phrase «community as a sanctuary»

Another thing to consider is that it is possible that people who would prey on those outside of your community could use your community as sanctuary.

Today, that temporary shelter continues to serve the community as a sanctuary for 145 cats and dogs as well as hosting numerous humane education programs and affordable spay and neuter surgeries for the public.

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Using the found - footage style, Ti West evokes the horrors of the Jonestown massacre to create a thrilling story that follows Vice reporters as they go to a religious community and find it isn't the sanctuary its residents have made it out to be.

As we think of the women and children in these pictures, and all the ways in which this water will nourish and cool and cook and clean in their community, two prayers from Jan Richardson (In the Sanctuary of Women) come to mind.

Skyline's sanctuary windows overlook Redwood Park to Mt. Diablo Here we have a traditional Easter Service as a loving progressive and inclusive faith community.

At Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, we offer a multitude of fun and educational nature - based programs for students from Preschool to High School, as well as College and Community groups.

O'Neill, Larson and McKenna claim that the Park District is in a state of financial crisis and that a rash of resignations from key employees, such as Bill McCollum, longtime park director, and John Platt, manager of the Sanctuary Golf Course, is damaging the district and hurting the community.

«Our All Persons Trails initiative introduced at our wildlife sanctuaries has not only been a tremendous success statewide, it has become a national model, encouraging other groups and agencies across the country to engage their own communities as broadly as possible,» Clayton added.

The Sanctuaries 100th celebration on April 9 will present an opportunity to look back on how they've evolved as community resources for conservation, nature - based education, and environmental advocacy, and how they are positioned to inspire even more people to forge their own bonds with the natural world.

The issue is an acute one for cities in New York which have affirmed their status as «sanctuary» communities in recent months, including New York City, Syracuse and Albany.

On the same day the U.S. Department of Homeland Security rolled out plans to ramp up immigration enforcement, Rochester City Council members unanimously passed a resolution reaffirming their community's status as a sanctuary city.

The Bethlehem town board passed a resolution declaring the town a «sanctuary community,» affirming that the local government and police department would continue as it had been — not requesting a person's immigration status or citizenship unless necessary for the protection of public safety.

He pointed out that the smock industry and tourist destinations such as the Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary, the Gwollu Slave Defence Wall, the Bone - Setting Clinic, the Wa Naa Palace and other heritage sites continue to attract tourists to Upper West in spite of infrastructural and logistical constraints.

Several cities in New York have designated themselves as «sanctuary» communities, pledging to not coordinated with federal law enforcement when it comes to acting on immigration actions.

As a recent transplant to Tucson, YO has been a sweet sanctuary where I've been able to meet myself in a familiar place amidst a new, unfamiliar city, so I'm thrilled, grateful, and honored to be given an opportunity to teach at YO and to be a part of this amazing community.

The Sattva Summit is a boutique conscious gathering, offering the opportunity for Yogis from across the globe to gather as a community, for a week of deep healing, expansion and reasonless joy at The Sattva Retreat, a luxurious sanctuary nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas.

We are active in the local community and sponsor numerous charities and events such as the Simsbury American Legion Baseball team, the Ashford Sanctuary, My Sister's Place, Guiding Light Orphanage, the American Red Cross, and many more.

Larayn has honed her culinary skills at local restaurants, street food carts, vegan bakery internship, catering community events, and as the executive chef of the many fine dining charity events for the sanctuary.

She also serves animals as the co-founder of Panacea Animal Wellness Sanctuary (PAWS), a non-profit animal welfare organization that «exists to create a community in which there is no unnecessary animal euthanasia.»

Houston has since left Farm Sanctuary, however, and currently serves as the community liaison for the Thich Naht Hahn Continuation and Legacy Foundation.

Animal Care Sanctuary, as a no - kill shelter, gets dozens of requests daily to help animals in our community that need rescuing, for a multitude of reasons.

Since that time the organization has expanded to include domestic and farm animal rescue, adoption and sanctuary as well as humane education and community outreach programs.

The organization operates the largest private animal shelter in the Roanoke Valley, as well as a low cost Community Pet Clinic and farm animal sanctuary.

She has since transitioned to the Volunteer Engagement Division as Director of Volunteer & Visitor Experience, a role which works to ensure that supporters of the Best Friends animal sanctuary have a positive and inspirational experience that will offer them educational and research opportunities upon returning to their home communities.

This fundraising page is dedicated to supporting Forever Home Feline Ranch, a no - cage, no - kill cat sanctuary in central Illinois whose mission it is to provide or find a forever home for every stray or unwanted cat and to make central Illinois a no - kill community by ending euthanasia as a method of controlling the homeless feline population.

As we have no facility or sanctuary yet, we rely heavily on the community's support to save lives.

I love the Campamento Tortuguero Sayulita sanctuary there as it's very community oriented and welcomes everyone in the area to easily join in their activities.

Grand Baymen has two distinct communities for future residents to choose from: an off - beach sanctuary, Baymen Gardens, and the current Exotic Caye Beach Resort, also known as the future Grand Baymen Oceanside.

Often in collaboration with the Channel Islands Naturalist Corps (CINC) presenting information is provided in booths at community events in English and / or Spanish (as needed) about the sanctuary resources and programs, and on how we can all contribute to ocean protection and how we all benefit from the ocean.

Several smaller roads off either side lead to breathtaking gorges, friendly outback stations and lodges, freshwater swimming holes, camping grounds, Aboriginal communities and conservation sanctuaries with accommodation such as Mornington Wilderness Camp.

HI Pigeon Point Lighthouse is also a popular spot for whale watching, and a convenient base for exploring nearby coastside communities as well as the ancient redwood forests at Butano State Park, the bird sanctuary of Pescadero Marsh, and Año Nuevo State Reserve, breeding site of northern elephant seals.

The Four Seasons Resort is a 16 - hectare gated resort community, designed as a lush garden sanctuary.

Playa del Secreto is a sanctuary where you can find a beautiful residential community where villa owners are committed to preserving the area as an exclusive and well maintained location.

The role of community is not just end up there, at the sanctuary young people from the surrounding village are trained as staff in the clinic; bird handling and research procedures.

A large population of Black Howler Monkeys locally known as baboons are protected in a nature preserve called The Community Baboon Sanctuary as a result all other flora and fauna in this area are preserved as well.

Located 30 miles northwest of Belize City, Community Baboon Sanctuary was founded in 1958 to protect the black howler monkey, locally known as the «baboon».

Playa del Secreto is a sanctuary where you can find a beautiful residential community where villa owners are committed to preserving the area as an exclusive and immaculate location.

The Altun Ha, Lamanai and La Milpa Mayan ruins are accessible from Crooked Tree, as is the Belize Zoo and the Community Baboon Sanctuary.

Meg Shiffler presented several past and future projects that she organized at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery that highlighted local communities or sociopolitical circumstances such as the yearlong engagement (exhibitions and public programs) around the fact that San Francisco is a «Sanctuary City» and is defiantly refusing to comply with the Trump administration's request for personal documents related to its immigrant populations.

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) in partnership with the Office of Community Engagement and Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA) is pleased to announce Sanctuary City, a multiyear series of exhibitions and public programs featuring artists exploring San Francisco's status as a Sanctuary City.

A spokesperson for Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) said: «The exhibition references the gallery as former dwelling, but also the sense of YSP as a sanctuary for many and our continued work with hard - to - reach communities, including those who have made the region their home whether by choice or forced migration.»

The artist Theaster Gates is creating his first permanent outdoor commission ever, a structure in the form of a small, circular Renaissance temple that he hopes will serve as a sanctuary for the community.

This action begins in the church itself with programs such as a community garden, recycling and composting, and even pursuing LEED certification for the church's new sanctuary.

In doing so, West Coast LEAF joins Sanctuary and Solidarity City movements in Vancouver and across North America, as well as targeted community campaigns such as Transportation not Deportation.

My campaign is endorsed by dozens of elected officials and community leaders who serve Ward 3 residents and understand the needs of our community, such as Supervisor Sharon Bronson and Constable Bennett Bernal, who represent Ward 3 each and every day, and community leaders like Rev. John Fife, who is a renowned human rights activist and founder of the sanctuary movement and No More Deaths.

From Safe Sanctuaries to Strong Communities: The Role of Communities of Faith in Child Protection Melton & Anderson Family and Community Health, 31 (2), 2008 View Abstract Discusses the potential contributions of faith communities to child abuse prevention efforts, examines the role of religiosity as a protective factor, and describes two community initiatives that are engaging churches in child abuse prCommunity Health, 31 (2), 2008 View Abstract Discusses the potential contributions of faith communities to child abuse prevention efforts, examines the role of religiosity as a protective factor, and describes two community initiatives that are engaging churches in child abuse prcommunity initiatives that are engaging churches in child abuse prevention.