Sentences with phrase «community feels put»

Still, it's not difficult to see why the game's community feels put out.

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Beyond being an incredible song, its chorus became a rallying cry of protesters in the United States — «a kind of comfort that people of color and other oppressed communities desperately need all too often: the hope — the feeling — that despite tensions in this country growing worse and worse, in the long run, we're all gon» be all right,» as Slate culture writer Aisha Harris put it.

I feel put in a special category by the image that many people in my congregation and community try to put on me (and it's hard not to feel it even if I don't see myself in this way).

A break in one connection, such as attachment to a stable community, puts pressure on other connections: marriage, the relationship between parents and children, religious affiliation, a feeling of connection with the past, even citizenship, that sense of membership in a large community which grows best when it is grounded in membership in a small one.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

«We are Australians and we feel an obligation to put back into the community.

I run a modest but pretty vocal community of people who take issue with the current state of breastfeeding promotion (as well as people who are totally cool with breastfeeding promotion, but ended up using formula for whatever reason and are willing to put up with the constant drama and debate because they have few other communities where they feel safe asking questions about formula feeding).

I also feel really sad that my small community is putting the needs of the kids in a secondary position.

After that, MLCA will put together a presentation for the community and Town Board with a plan they feel is doable, affordable and timely and will hold workshops for public input.

Members of the Latino community also don't feel the governor has lived up yet to his campaign pledge — born out of criticism over the all - white Democratic ticket — to put together the most diverse administration in New York history.

But she feels her advocacy work, which has centered around street safety and public education, puts her in the best position to listen to her community.

Science can often feel unapproachable for many people, kids and adults alike, he said, so getting scientists into classrooms and communities can put real faces to a sometimes - remote enterprise.

To put it plainly, if students don't feel included in the academic and scientific communities, they are more likely to leave science, and the diversity problem will remain unsolved.

A new study assesses a town - gown relationship as if it were a marriage: asking community members just how much comfort they felt with people from the campus community and how much effort they put into getting along.

«This study is of interest and fits with our feeling within the allergy community that many people have put themselves on gluten - free diets without any clinical evidence of gluten sensitivity.

Coming from a documentary background, Weinstein doesn't put a foot wrong: the entirely non-professional cast act out their community's rituals and rites in a way that feels totally real, and allows a story that plays with some big themes of identity and how much we should let ours be determined by those around us while never hitting you over the head with it.

We put a lot of work into the network and community feel of the event.

One charter leader put in stark terms how closing a district school and replacing it with a charter school can feel like a personal affront to a community if there hasn't been enough transparency about school performance:

We have to put the «home» back into homerooms and the feeling of community back into the schools by changing schedules and groupings.

Meanwhile, equating the teaching of basics with job training of «compliant workers,» he glosses over the fact that «many employers in the business community feel dissatisfied because,» in the words of the Committee for Economic Development's 1994 report, Putting Learning First, «a large majority of their new hires lack adequate writing and problem - solving skills.»

We therefore put significant emphasis on community - based learning and shared activities with partner schools so that our students can feel part of their community and develop life skills.

Other important factors — the extra hours put in by teachers preparing for class and grading assignments, the school spirit felt by families, the involvement in sports, arts, or other extracurriculars — are crucial aspects of a school community, but are not reflected on the Report Card.

The district hopes that by putting more Marshallese in classrooms and offices, as well as offering community services to Marshallese families outside of school, students will feel more comfortable and grades will improve.

With my recent release I've been really feeling the pressure to promote, do blog tours, etc all while planning the next one, editing a short story, researching for my blog, being active in the local queer community... ugh I'm to tired to list the rest but I get it and thank you for putting things plainly.

I always feel good about putting my own work out there until I'm around my writing community and see all the NYT Bestsellers who don't feel comfortable giving me a blurb or even the small press authors (who I'm selling more than) looking down their noses at me.

And while I agree with the heart of what this is getting at, I feel the way it is phrased puts all of the responsibility on shelters and none on pet owners and citizens of the community.

As a dog loving community if you feel strongly about this, we need to send emails, letters, twitters and whatever else is necessary to put our democratic opinions into play.

While European politicians and financiers continue to put their support behind the fossil fuel industry, the local communities that will directly feel the negative impacts on their lives are determined to stop projects like these gas mega-pipelines from ever being built.

«at's why we put so much faith in young people to try and build a connected community, starting in their school, branching out in the region so that they feel they're not alone.

Q: You put up a brave face, but some in the scientific community are feeling let down.

Aaron Street: If your future orientation or business creativity or tech savviness have made you feel a little bit alone in your law practice or in your legal community or if you've actually seen roadblocks put in front of you by old - school people who don't get it, let us know.

Many in the community feel that putting control of the transaction process into the hands of a powerful few is dangerous, and for Corem, represents a problem not only facing the bitcoin community but the hardware companies themselves.

How many realtors you know that will spend the whole weekend with you visiting homes in neighboring towns... On one Saturday we saw 16 homes in 3 towns... My wife and I wanted to get a feel for the communities being we were new here and she was superb to say the least... we were able to determine which town met our needs because of this... Signe and Ryan are the most honest and humble professionals we have ever team up with... they made our challenge theirs and were willing and were able to do whatever it took... the best part, they were able to negotiate a $ 30,000 discount from the sales price of the home... The home we bought was not in an area that would be considered a buyers market, it was a sellers market but they were still able to save us $ 30K... Now that is what the Denny Real Estate Group is all about... it's not about them, it's all about «YOU»... I wholeheartedly recommend this realtor for all your real estate needs... Oh and by the way, we wanted to have some work done on the home and they put us in touch with professionals that were fantastic and inexpensive saving us even more money...

«We just launched, and we are getting a brochure together and putting out a press release, but we feel there is a need in the community, and we all said this is worth doing.

By putting pen to paper, students have the opportunity to express their feelings and make a difference in their community.