Sentences with phrase «community justice efforts»

In describing the work of the panel, Mr. Lippman — an advocate for bail reform and community justice efforts — spoke broadly about problems and possibilities.

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Its effort to create community in the face of suspicion, its combination of idealism and despair, its testimony to the corruption of both oppressor and oppressed, and its tragic heroism in trying to actualize human values against impossible odds is a kind of microcosm of much of American history, but it would take a book to do it justice.

In fact, U.S. liberation movements are already under way in women's groups, community organizing efforts among the poor, the search for freedom by gay and lesbian communities, and in Native American, African American and Hispanic struggles against U.S. racism, and in a host of works for justice, peace and the wholeness of creation.

The roots of this distinction lie in Augustine's thought: the service of private ends by private persons manifests cupiditas — wrongly directed, self - centered love or motivation — while efforts by those at the head of communities to serve the good of those communities show the effect of a concern for justice informed by caritas, rightly directed love.

Many thousands of citizens, including many Christians, have been working for social justice for years — through nonprofit organizations, community organizing efforts, and justice - oriented churches.

Although justice and peace are finally God's, our joint efforts, together with those of other faith communities, will help bring the kingdom of God for which we hope and long.

With our country's pride burning bright thanks to our efforts on behalf of whales, and the International Court of Justice's decision, it's an appropriate moment to reflect on how hard our government fought to stop those killing boats — and what needs to happen in our community for the live export ships to stop, too.

In an effort to raise awareness of sexual and reproductive justice and expand community engagement efforts...

New York Communities for Change (NYCC): A vibrant community organization of working New Yorkers united for social and economic justice, NYCC has worked with the UFT on several organizing and social justice initiatives, including our historic campaign to organize New York City's 28,000 family child care providers and our ongoing effort to bring charter school teachers into the union.

«While we wait to see the action of the government in giving justice to all Nigerians, not least the Pastoralist community, we want to assure the president of our support and cooperation in his efforts to restore peace and normalcy across Nigeria.

In 2009, we were honored with the Health Care Justice Community Outreach Leadership Award for the New York metropolitan area and recognized by U.S. Senator Schumer for our efforts.

Embattled erswhile National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki stepped up his effort to challenge his continued detention without trial since December 2015 by dragging the Federal Government before the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice.

Environmental justice is a growing effort to address a dangerous divide: Minority and low - income communities tend to encounter far greater environmental risks and far less protection than more affluent, white communities.

Warren is interested in the development of community leaders through involvement in multiracial political action as well as the outcomes of such efforts in fostering community development, social justice, and school transformation; and is committed to using the results of scholarly research to advance democratic practice.

It is important to note that breaking the cycle of trauma will require a collaborative effort among leaders in the education, health, social services, child welfare, criminal justice, and community development sectors.

These efforts include: Restorative Justice (RJ): Approaches that build community and resolve student interpersonal conflict by getting to the root cause of an issue and repairing harm through respectful dialogue.

Her career spans from time as a front line bilingual adolescent crisis counselor, with La Raza Consortium, to spearheading national think tank efforts in education equity and social justice on the boards of Grantmakers for Education, the National Equity Project, and the National Coalition for Community Schools.

She grew up in Seattle when social justice issues made regular headlines and her family was part of activist efforts through the faith community to re-settle Hmong and Vietnamese refugees in the 1970s.

Miami, FL — November 19, 2014 Students, alumni, educators and parents represented the Dade Coalition for Education and Economic Justice at a meeting with the Miami - Dade School Board in an effort to end high - stakes testing and call for all low - performing schools to be transformed into sustainable community schools.

They have embraced the kind of solidarity mindset that stifle important efforts to transform America's criminal justice and public education systems that our children and communities need.

In 2009, the Justice Policy Institute noted that some states have begun to decrease the size of the prison population — thereby reducing spending — by providing community - based substance - abuse treatment programs, increasing rehabilitation efforts, improving parole mechanisms and services, and decriminalizing nonviolent offenses.105 States that intentionally decreased their prison populations saw crime decrease even faster than national averages.106 Other states should consider such reforms.

U.S. faith communities can become sister congregations and support these conservation efforts, building interfaith and international solidarity and promoting justice.

Are Walmart's significant efforts to make their product chain more environmentally friendly enough to enable them to be embraced, not just begrudgingly tolerated as the biggest retailer in the world (and therefore a force which has to be acknowledged), by the environmental community, let alone those people working for social justice and local businesses?

As for environmental justice, Democrats «will work to expand access to cost - saving renewable energy by low - income households, create good - paying jobs in communities that have struggled with energy poverty, and oppose efforts by utilities to limit consumer choice or slow clean energy deployment.»

Thanks to the efforts of community members — including two lawyers, a court administrator, and a retired provincial court judge — they now once again look down over the dispensation of justice in Pictou.

Advocacy Committee: The Advocacy Committee focuses on coordinating efforts to deal with, among other things, issues of barriers to the legal profession by internationally trained lawyers, diversity in the legal community, access to justice, and the role of Canadians in global legal markets.

Beyond the tremendous collaborative effort, Steps to Justice content will be available for justice sector and community organizations to embed on their respective weJustice content will be available for justice sector and community organizations to embed on their respective wejustice sector and community organizations to embed on their respective websites.

The website is the result of a collaborative effort involving the Nova Scotia Department of Justice, the Executive Office of the Nova Scotia Judiciary, the Nova Scotia Barrister's Society, the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Legal Aid, the Department of Community Services, the Canadian Bar Association — Nova Scotia Branch, and the Capital District Health Authority (Mental Health Program).

Please join ABA ROLI «s Country Director in Mali, Olivier Kambala wa Kambala, for a discussion on Mali «s transitional justice process, drawing from his most recent work to integrate community - driven priorities into national reconciliation efforts.

The Nova Scotia Barristers» Society is pleased to participate in the Access to Justice Co-ordinating Committee (A2JCC), a new collaborative effort among leaders in the province's justice and legal comJustice Co-ordinating Committee (A2JCC), a new collaborative effort among leaders in the province's justice and legal comjustice and legal community.

Those who provide such programs, whether supported by funding from Justice (Canada), provincial governments, law foundations or community - based funders, typically do so on the most minimal of budgets, relying heavily on both the pro bono efforts of the legal community and collaboration with other PLEI providers.

In response to new educational and professional challenges, law schools and the legal profession must join in a concerted effort to integrate social justice teaching into the classroom and expand social justice throughout the community.

In the article, which was strategically targeted for publication in a state legal journal widely read by 47,000 prosecutors, public defenders, human rights attorneys, judges, and law and policy makers, in the State of Georgia, I sought to exercise the Transformative Voice, in an effort to informally initiate public mediation among members of the statewide judiciary and criminal justice system, and the affected marginalized communities.

The importance of community - based intermediaries was also identified in the Manitoba Bar Association's 2010 Report and Summary: Town Hall Meetings on Access to Justice and resulted in recommendations to: enhance access to community based advocacy and legal support services; support efforts to enhance cooperation among and coordination of community based - services; and provide training opportunities for community service providers in relation to domestic violence and cultural awareness, in particular.

Earlier this year, several leaders in Nova Scotia's justice and legal community launched a new collaborative effort - the Access to Justice Co-Ordinating Committee (justice and legal community launched a new collaborative effort - the Access to Justice Co-Ordinating Committee (Justice Co-Ordinating Committee (A2JCC).

This Governor's Initiative (which was funded, administered, and supervised through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority and IL African American Coalition on Prevention) made it possible to hire three part - time administrative staff in each community to coordinate the effort and then provided part - time summer jobs for 50 parent leaders.

The Obama administration established the federal Responsible Fatherhood Working Group to coordinate federal efforts to support responsible fatherhood programs and father engagement.15 Led by the Office of Faith - based and Neighborhood Partnerships, the Office of Public Engagement, and the Domestic Policy Council, the group consists of members from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justices, Labor, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Corporation for National and Community Service and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Other types of prevention programs may be necessary to reduce more normative types of disruptive behavior among young adolescents.32 In light of the impact of this program on maternal and youth crime and corresponding government expenditures, 8,33 the US Department of Justice is now supporting an effort to make this program available to a larger number of high - crime communities.34

OJJDP accomplishes this by supporting States and local communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it maintains public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitation tailored to the needs of families and individuals.

Addressing the Needs of Multi-System Youth: Strengthening the Connection between Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice (PDF - 2580 KB) The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform & Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps (2011) Provides communities with a consolidated framework for serving crossover youth that incorporates the most up - to - date research, lessons from ongoing reform efforts, and an innovative collaborative management structure.

My clinical interests include working with diverse communities, developmental psychology, and supporting social justice efforts that cultivate healthy communities.

His volunteer efforts extended beyond real estate into the community including working with FACE (Forum of Accountability in a Circle Experience)-- a restorative criminal justice program dedicated to working with young offenders in the Midland / Penetanguishene area.