Sentences with phrase «community organizations met»

Now the campus is putting some cash into 17 community organizations meeting an array of needs and opportunities.

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During the day, I am often moving between meetings, about 50 percent with City government colleagues and partners working on City tech projects, and 50 percent with startups, organizations, and individuals in the tech community.

Whether delivering an address to the entire organization — or within a one - on - one meeting — Quantum Leaders convey a sense of community.

Co-founder of Appstori.com, a crowdfunding platform, makes the following four predictions: (i) Vertical platforms will emerge to focus on select market segments; (ii) Crowdfunding platforms will evolve into «full - service» communities to better meet the needs of their members; (iii) Creativity and innovation through online crowdfunding will be supported not just by individuals but by organizations as well; and (iv) Benefits - based crowdfunding will complement equity - based platforms

Join us on May 10th at Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech startup incubator in the U.S., to hear a variety of success stories and lessons learned, meet organizations at the forefront of impact investing, and see curated group of startups from the Greentown Labs community share how their innovations are impacting our clean energy future.

The space will give you a vibrant environment to meet with supporters, collaborate with co-workers, brainstorm ideas, and engage your organization with the community that lies within the space and the community that exists outside its walls.

Starting in the 1990s, Rosen and others began sketching out ways for news organizations to listen to their audience's concerns — through surveys, focus groups, and community meetings — and to shape their coverage accordingly.

As the Americares response team on the ground identified needs in affected communities, the organization coordinated and worked with its network of local health centers, free clinics and response partners in Texas, meeting requests for water, medications and supplies with emergency deliveries.

Hoover urged private charities, and the organizations of local communities where hunger existed, to step up to meet the need.

«The International Association of Genocide Scholars, over 200 members of Congress, and over 70 human rights experts and organizations, spanning the nation's religious and political spectrum, have raised their voices that the treatment of these communities by ISIS meets even the strictest definition of genocide under international law, and must be treated as such,» said Kirsten Evans, executive director of In Defense of Christians (IDC).

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

To maximize the fulfillment of human potentials, the organizations of a community — schools, churches, agencies, and others — should develop small groups designed to meet the growth needs of persons at each of the eight life stages.

No, to sell it to yourself, a few members of the church could start a non-profit organization that is dedicated to meeting a certain need in the community.

This means pounding the pavement and stopping into local businesses and organizations to introduce yourself, your business and your goals, placing phone calls, attending community meetings, posting fliers in - store and at local organizations and following up with emails.

We will consider requests to support social, community, civic, educational and economic endeavors if these support corporate business goals and meet contribution guidelines and / or if the organization's staff is involved in the governance of the organization.

«After spending time with police officers on ride - alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grassroots organizations fighting for human rights, it's clear that our criminal justice system is still crippling communities of color through mass incarceration.»

You're anecdotal «I've met these fighters therefore...» has no basis for this discussion because these fighter's characters are not being judged here, (and your one brief experience with them would have little value there either) their specific behavior is being discussed in relation to not only to how other major sporting organizations treat similar behavior, but also with sensitivity to the growing LGBT community, which is also a significant percentage of women's MMA fighters.

Officers take an active role with affiliate organizations, regularly attend special community meetings and are contributing members to the law enforcement community as a whole in Kane, Kendall, Will and DuPage counties.

«Together, with our national benefactors plus the support of the local business community and volunteers, we can meet our mission of providing a welcoming space that celebrates, nurtures and empowers the LGBT community and our friends and neighbors in South Florida while setting an example for other national organizations.»

Afterschool programs are typically provided by licensed school age care programs, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, teen centers, community organizations and schools, in a format that meets families&raquCommunity Learning Centers, teen centers, community organizations and schools, in a format that meets families&raqucommunity organizations and schools, in a format that meets families» needs.

She was the founding ED of a major mentoring agency; transformed and reorganized underperforming agencies into dynamic organizations with new programs and funding resources to meet community needs, and she successfully led diverse groups of board members, volunteers, staff and community groups to achieve goals through strategic thinking and effective communication.

Park district staff visited sites in other suburbs with established programs, then held meetings with Fire and Police Departments and other community organizations to enlist their cooperation.

Look for parent / baby groups, support groups, or organizations in your community where parents with common interests can meet and get to know each other.

Here are resources that can help make ends meet, including child support, WIC, TANF, food pantries, mortgage assistance, free school lunches, and community organizations.

Her participation at the 118th Annual Meeting of Mass Audubon reaffirms the link between federal environmental policy and citizens at the community level, said Henry Tepper, President of the 100,000 - member organization.

In an effort to meet the needs of the Broome County Department of Social Services (BCDSS) Welfare to Work (WTW) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Broome County Urban League (BCUL) along with several community based organizations have come together and will offer their expertise and resources with work experience activities (WEP) leading to employment and self - sustainability.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

The City should provide planning and community organizing resources to organizations such as the Chinatown Working Group, which has brought together many of Chinatown's diverse stakeholders, in order to allow them to undertake a community - based process for meeting Chinatown's traffic concerns and related planning issues, with cultural and linguistic sensitivity to the area's unique character.

Last Wednesday night, several of the groups, including the Real Rent Reform Campaign — made up of organized tenants, labor organizations and community groups that advocate for «progressive» pro-tenant legislation — held a well - attended town hall meeting in Brooklyn (they estimated the crowd at about 200 attendees) while the board of the influential Tenants PAC met separately and decided on endorsements for state legislative races.

Each Community Partner organization will provide space for the MSW interns to meet with clients and answer questions about applying for help with food, heating bills, SNAP, WIC, legal assistance, home weatherization, health care, and other social services programs.

The Legislature approved $ 5,000 at the annual Budget Meeting to assist the organization in its efforts to aide frail and vulnerable individuals who live in underserved communities.

The Legislature approved $ 5,000 at today's annual Budget Meeting to assist the organization in its efforts to aide frail and vulnerable individuals who live in underserved communities.

At 1 p.m., Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson holds a meeting with local LGBT organizations to discuss what his office is doing to keep their community safe after Orlando and stop easy gun access, 350 Jay St., Brooklyn.

I have had three recent opportunities to observe the great man at relatively close quarters — twice at Akure, and once in a meeting in his Lekki Phase 1, Lagos home and on all occasions, the attributes that you observe are always the same - boldness; direct and forthright communication without mincing words; a willingness to challenge and even to confront; and of course his irrepressible energy and vigour, which for a man who has lived a very full and active life in journalism, political party organization, law practice, community affairs, pro-democracy advocacy and agitation, and to the ripe, old age of 90 is truly remarkable.

Kaplan said last week that the Monday meeting is needed to help businesses owners and community organizations find ways to attract visitors and jobs.

The May 11 meeting, part of the Inwood NYC Neighborhood Study that launched last year, is meant to bring together «community board members, heads of local nonprofit organizations, social service providers and small business owners and people who have invested and put their effort in the community,» said Russell Murphy, Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez's interim chief of staff.

Two weeks ago, Espada showed up at a Community Board 6 meeting and presented checks to the board itself and two other local organizations.

Several community organizations have also held meetings and launched a petition to try to stop the rezoning, including a rally on Saturday.

Local parents and community activists organized through the nonprofit organization Advocating For Change met at the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley at 7 p.m. on the evening of January 7 to address problems faced by students in the East Ramapo School District.

The group, a nonprofit advocacy organization formed in 2001 and historically funded by teachers unions, has long offered itself as a voice for parents and communities of color and, as such, has also been a thorn in the side of successive state and city governments, consistently pushing for more funding in the state budget to meet the needs of underserved schools and fighting against school closures and charter schools.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Local parents and community activists organized through the nonprofit organization Advocating For Change met at the First Baptist Church of Spring Valley at 7 p.m. on the evening of January 7 to address problems faced by students in the East Ramapo School District.

On Tuesday morning, several of Brooklyn's precinct councils, community organizations that work with local precincts, met to discuss the police killings.

The Indian Lake Community Development Corporation and the Chamber of Commerce are working with the Town Supervisor Brian Wells to host an Adirondack Challenge Town - wide Informational Meeting Thursday, May 12, in the Byron Park Meeting Room, starting at 7 p.m. Interested individuals, business owners and organization leaders are invited to attend the mMeeting Thursday, May 12, in the Byron Park Meeting Room, starting at 7 p.m. Interested individuals, business owners and organization leaders are invited to attend the mMeeting Room, starting at 7 p.m. Interested individuals, business owners and organization leaders are invited to attend the meetingmeeting.

The VA holds the meetings so that veterans, their families, veteran service organizations and other members of the community can share their thoughts with the agency.

UPDATE: On Wednesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said his office scheduled the Friday evening meeting at the request of Richard Hurley, president of the Crown Heights Community Council, an organization of block associations in the neighborhood.

Together, these organizations will meet the community's unmet healthcare needs by providing high quality patient care and experiences; offering unique patient, provider, staff, and student education; fostering interprofessional learning experiences; and achieving many other benefits to each organization through collaboration, resulting in healthier communities.

By Tuesday evening, Heastie had attended 11 events: a meeting with Syracuse mayor Stephanie Miner and Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli; visits to a pre-school, Syracuse University, three hospitals, the city's Near Westside neighborhood, a community center, a research and development company; the blood drive; and, finally, an event hosted by a group of Syracuse - based organizations.

Congresswoman Kathleen Rice last week called a private meeting with leaders of Nassau County's traditionally black churches and organizations to discuss the safety needs of their communities in a post-Charleston era.

The AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program serves as the Secretariat and supports the Coalition through the facilitation and coordination of its activities; organization of meetings; maintenance of a repository for Coalition documents and materials; facilitation of links with the human rights community; coordination of the listserv; recruitment of qualified interns; and fundraising.

A: At the G7 meeting, Dr. Bernice Dahn, [the Liberian minister of health], said when governments pay international [nongovernmental organizations] to go and do the delivery of service, the people in the community trust these organizations that take care of them instead of the government.