Sentences with phrase «community voices concerns»

Scientific community voices concerns about emphasis on commercializing biomedical research

Among other issues, Senator Klein and the community voiced concerns that co-location of a high school with a middle school would be inappropriate, forcing children as young as 11 and as old as 18 to share the same facilities.

Despite this, members of the veterinary community voiced their concerns that moving to the three year vaccine would confuse pet owners and they would «forget» to vaccinate their animals.

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A senior Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, acknowledged that the international community - and in particular, the Europeans - needed to do more to voice their concerns about Iran's behavior.

This Friday December 29th at 6:00 PM members of more than two dozen New York City and other community groups who are seriously concerned about the situation in Puerto Rico, now that more than 100 days have passed since the devastation that hurricane Maria brought to the island, will converge on the south side of Union Square to have their voices heard.

Thank you Jeremy for allowing my message concerning adoption to be posted above, the voice of adoptees critical of adoption practices is rarely allowed to be heard outside the adoptee community, especially by abandoning mothers and adopting parents.

But while experience shows that the Catholics» answer to the fundamentalists lies in the base communities, only a minority of bishops have strongly pushed for them because of the Vatican's frequently voiced concern that they are too «horizontal» — meaning that they are a democratic influence on a hierarchical church — and liable to become involved in social and political issues.

Sojourners (formerly called the Post American) gives voice to another opinion in evangelicalism concerning social ethics, one increasingly being felt by the wider community.

Parents are often the most invested in school district concerns, but every community member in the district has a voice, and various groups represent different perspectives.

He ticked off a list of school governance reforms the union is pushing for in Albany: don't allow the citywide Panel for Educational Policy to be controlled by one person; give Community Education Councils a real voice, especially concerning co-locations; and require that the schools chancellor be an educator.

Chelsea residents have repeatedly voiced concerns over the plans, believing it is out of context with the low - rise neighborhood and would further erode a residential community decimated by luxury high - rises and High Line tourists.

«Children do not have a strong voice alone and rely on the members of the community to be observant and speak up when there are concerns that a child is not being cared for or is mistreated.

It was founded to fight for all LGBT rights, and to create a strong voice within the Democratic Party that would represent the interests and concerns of the LGBT community.

But Gersteman, who also does other volunteering work in the community, said she hopes she can serve as a voice for other newcomers to the neighborhood, and tackle quality - of - life concerns.

Community Board 3 has voiced their concern about Victor Jung.

«Despite generally welcoming Espaillat as a much - needed young, energetic voice with roots in Washington Heights» Dominican community, local activists... are concerned,» the newspaper reported.

Community Voices Heard (CVH) members and other Yonkers» residents will speak face - to - face with Mayor Spano, urging him to consider the concerns of low - income community members Community Voices Heard (CVH) members and other Yonkers» residents will speak face - to - face with Mayor Spano, urging him to consider the concerns of low - income community members community members of color.

Concerned with the proposal community members voiced their concerns.

I'm running for Congress to give people their voices back so together we can address the real concerns facing our communities,» said Teachout in her announcement statement.

The Senators of the Hudson Valley Delegation will next hold two public hearings to assess the priorities and impacts of the SFY 2010 - 2011 budget, to give a voice to the needs and concerns of the residents, communities, organizations, and elected officials of the Hudson Valley.

Several community members and business leaders have criticized and voiced concerns for the plan, with the Manufacturers Association of the Southern Tier (MAST) coming out and saying it will legally challenge the proposal.

In Battery Park City, said Maloney, Rajkumar has fought «to preserve usable open space in the community and to save the North Cove Marina» and «has built a permanentgrassroots network to continue voicing the community's priorities and concerns to the Battery Park City Authority.»

SAVE Saratoga co-founder Colin Klepetar told WAMC at the time: «We're concerned with the fact that bringing a casino to Saratoga Spring without any local control or local voice or local say is not a part of the Democratic process... Most other communities are fully embracing brining a casino to their community and Saratoga Springs does not.»

Residents, activists, elected officials and preservation officials voiced concerns about an affordable housing crisis above 155th Street at Community Board 12's Housing Task Force meeting Thursday.

She says community members have voiced concern about a potential decline in home values and services, increase in property taxes, and impacts on area businesses.

«I believe that if the community speaks up and voices their concerns, that the board majority will listen.»

Other issues included the importance of diversity within black, Asian and minority ethnic minority representation so that all communities felt they had a voice, and concerns about the deselection of councillors.

Prior to the vote, community board representatives voiced their concerns to Councilman Stephen Levin, who represents the affected area, Flateau added.

A handful of boutique owners in NoLIta previously voiced concerns about the rowdy atmosphere and loss of business brought on by the 10 - day event, spurring Community Board 2 to ask the mayor's office to end it at Kenmare Street.

Make a difference by your attendance and give Assemblyman Zebrowski and his colleagues the boost that they need so that the State of New York does not hand over your tax dollars for this inappropriate project and give encouragement to those in New Square who are also not in favor of this project to voice their concerns within their own community.

Several dozen members of various community groups organized under the coalition of «Real Affordability for All» gathered on the steps of City Hall to voice their concerns about Mr. de Blasio's housing program, which aims to build and preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next decade.

According to one source familiar with the effort to pass the bill, despite the unambiguous limits on it, Senate Republican leaders pointed to concerns some religious communities voiced about their freedom to counsel young people unfettered by the state.

It was a sentiment sounded by the AAAS Board of Directors when it adopted on April 16, 2010 its position that «Recognizing that this right lies at the heart of the AAAS mission and the social responsibilities of scientists, AAAS will pursue opportunities to collaborate with the global scientific community so that the voice, interests and concerns of scientists can be brought to this process.»

Responding to concerns voiced by his advisory committee and the larger scientific community, Harold Varmus, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has decided not to continue with plans to create a graduate school at the NIH.

LiveChats on Twitter open up a forum for parents and community members to voice their concerns or share successes.

In the first, entire classrooms come together in community - building circles to talk about problems and voice their concerns, which encourages peer - to - peer respect.

They have the ability to voice their opinions and concerns in a safe and supportive community atmosphere.

Hearing these divergent voices helps us understand better what different groups mean when they talk about school reform: policymakers and business leaders want new skills and higher standards; parents in disadvantaged communities worry about their children's lack of hope and eroding values; teachers and principals want the central office to take their concerns seriously; students want schools to be more respectful and engaging.

The board should take deliberate steps to ensure that diverse voices from deep within our communities are heard and that their concerns are addressed.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

As the 20th century edged closer to completion, the business community began to publicly voice concerns over skills gaps among its new hires — skills such as collaboration, creativity, and problem solving that an increasingly global, interconnected, and innovative workforce needed.

Led by the Charter Community of Silicon Valley (CCSV)- which represents Santa Clara County's charter public schools and serves as the voice for over 30,000 charter public school students in the region - CCSV members, collectively engaged principals, teachers, parents and students to call, write letters and personally meet with Senator Beall to share their positive experiences with charter public schools and concerns about the bill itself.

Significant concerns raised by these experts include grief and loss, issues of transition, schools as community cornerstones, inclusion of student voice, and lack of adequate mental health services.

It is the community's chance to voice their concerns and take action.

«Today, we've heard several friends in the Scribd community who have voiced concerns about our commitment to the romance genre.

As the convener and representative of the largest animal welfare community in Canada, CFHS advances the welfare of animals with a strong national voice that promotes the interests and concerns of animal welfare to government, policy makers, industry and the public.

As the convener and representative of the largest animal welfare community in Canada, we advance the welfare of animals, with a strong national voice promoting animal welfare interests and concerns to government, policy makers, industry and the public.

Although you'll already be aware of this if you've been keeping tabs on the Community Tracker, the internet has been doing a lot of talking during the past few days about a few tidbits of news concerning Brutal Legend «s voice talent.

Here at IPLAYWINNER we felt like getting people who represent: different parts of the country, different games, different types of gamers and areas of expertise; to give the community a place to voice their concerns about major topics happening in the FGC.

In 1996, he added sound and motion to the projections, and began to collaborate with communities around chosen projection sites — giving voice to the concerns of heretofore marginalized and silent citizens who live in the monuments» shadows.