Sentences with phrase «community working hand»

Public education in this country really needs the serious, consistent support of parents and the community working hand - in - hand with our children's teachers and other school staff.

Teachers, facility staff, parents / guardians, and the community working hand - in - hand assure that we are helping our children learn the skills to become leaders for tomorrow.

Not exact matches

The international community, on the other hand, could clip the loonie's wings by working together to prop up the U.S. dollar.

As always, our team worked with local partners to carefully assess the damage and identify communities with the greatest need for help» noted Erik Dyson, C.E.O. of All Hands and Hearts.

All Hands Volunteers will work together with the local communities to meet their long - term needs and rebuild hope.»

When Hurricane Harvey came through Aransas Pass, he left behind a lot of destruction of homes, businesses, and lives, but in the aftermath, a group of volunteers came in to work hands - on in the community and help it rebuild.

Become a leader in the arts in your community, all the while acknowledging the Creator's inspiration and guiding hand in your work.

We go to church, we participate in leadership meetings to shape the conversations of our communities, we pray for our friends, we make meals, I write posts and articles and books about God, we wash our minivans, we set up the sprinkler for the neighbourhood kids and hand out freezies to hopeful hands, we go to work, we talk about the people we know.

It encourages either cozy feelings of assurance that the Lord makes everything work to our benefit, or else cozy communities assured that they are God's only hands and feet in the work of peace and justice.

To be truly beneficial these changes would go hand in hand with increasing productivity and declining work hours, reversing recent trends, so that family, community, and civic concerns might flourish.

So while I would do pastoral work anyway, I think it is important — especially as a community grows — to either pay a staff or step up to the plate and become an engaged community with all hands on deck.

Christians should use every opportunity to join hands with their neighbors, to work together to be communities of freedom, peace and mutual respect.

What needs to be underneath them is a simple foundation they can build their existence upon (ie: Jesus teachings)-- where that all goes from there is in the hand of each individual and team - work exercise (even community decisions).

On the other hand, most of our rural communities are dramatically oversupplied with Protestant houses of worship, which might be good places to use for work of this kind.

Sustainability and empowerment: When World Vision begins working in a community, the goal is to maintain presence in that community for fifteen years and then slowly make a transition so that all the programs, systems, and opportunities it provided are handed over to the community to maintain.

«Oh, I have to work,» I excused myself, which was true, but I also thought Mexico hardly needed one more group of rich North Americans performing bad mime on their street corners, and the money spent going would be better spent in the hands of on - the - ground community development.

From seasonally inspired menus and creative cocktails, to our hands - on classes and events, we work to educate our community on food.

We work hand in hand with tens of thousands of volunteers, advocates, and supporters around the region to pursue protective policies, advance on - the - ground action, and educate our communities.

Through demonstrations and hands - on opportunities, staff experts work together to create an upscale community center where residents and visitors alike can meet with friends and family to «educate, excite, and entertain.»

Touch - a-Truck is an educational community event that provides children with a hands - on opportunity to meet the people who build, protect, and serve Durham and Orange Counties and to see and touch vehicles from law enforcement, fire departments, public works, emergency medical services, construction machinery, farm equipment, and more.

Teen volunteers can help maintain hiking trails, hand out water at a marathon aid station, pull weeds at a community garden or work with young kids as a camp counselor.

And there are teachers and non-profits working tirelessly to get meals into the hands (well, mouths) of students in our community.

Fixing school food in every community — the relatively wealthy Boulder and Berkeley, as well as the outright destitute parts of the country devastated by the housing debacle and unemployment — requires all of us to work together as one to get the fedreal government to fund school meal programs in a way that provides fresh nutritious food for all students, not just those lucky enough to live where people can afford to take matters into their own hands and make a local fix.

«The latest polls are welcome indications of the strong backing for the SNP we are seeing in communities across Scotland - while Labour are continuing to pay the price for working hand in glove with the Tories during the referendum, and lining up with them at Westminster to vote for more cuts.

Blue Labour sees immigration going hand in hand with neoliberalism which, for the last thirty years, has wrought enormous changes upon communities and individuals ill - adapted to cope with them.

«It's particularly meaningful to me to have the endorsement of CODA members with whom I have worked closely for so many years, because I've experienced first hand CODA's tenacity in standing up for residents of our community and our progressive ideals.

«Our states collectively already have better gun safety laws than the federal government, and by working together to share information and bolster enforcement, we will keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals and better protect our communities.

She added that people in the SU community have to work together to raise awareness about sexual assault prevention and it's not going to come from handing out pieces of paper.

We have to work together with the business community, with the labor community, with all parties, with the mayor hand in hand, and I think we can do it.

And this requires not just the security measures I have outlined but that we work with all communities and all countries through debate, discussion, dialogue and education as we tackle at root the evils that risk driving people, particularly vulnerable young people, into the hands of violent extremists.

What we have in Freshdirect is an opportunity to expand a diverse economy in The Bronx, to create new jobs on an underutilized industrial waterfront, and to develop the blueprint for corporate America to work hand - in - hand with elected officials, community organizations and the people of this borough to make sure those jobs go to Bronx residents.

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Accountability and control will move out of the obscure network of Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities, and into the hands of recognisable, visible members of the community: that is, local GPs, working with local nurses and hospital consultants.

«I look forward to working hand in hand with you in your districts, communities and neighborhoods,» she said to colleagues.

We can't turn back the hands of time and change what has already been done, but we will persevere together and make our community a better place to live, work and play.»

Governor Cuomo says the state is responding aggressively as the storm develops and working hand - in - hand with our local partners to keep communities safe.

Once folks understand how easy it is to volunteer for Hearts and Hands, we can get to work helping those in need in your community.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

This expanded process will give thousands of New Yorkers a hands - on role in making taxpayer dollars work for our communities.»

This process gives everyone an opportunity to be hands on in regards to budgeting and proves that our communities are stronger when we work together,» said Council Member Elizabeth Crowley.

Whether it is working hand - in - hand with community leaders to empower minority candidates running for office or working to ensure that African - Americans have access to quality health care, schools and employment, I feel privileged to have the opportunity to lift up our communities and work with and for African - Americans in the Bronx and across New York.

Environmental Advocates of New York, and all New Yorkers, stand ready to work hand - in - hand with Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg to fight climate change, decrease our state's contribution to this global problem, and keep our communities safe when the next super storm event comes knocking.»

Ray Halbritter, Oneida Nation Representative and Nation Enterprises chief executive officer, said this new investment in Central New York «will continue the success we have had in working hand - in - hand with the local community to create good jobs and generate public revenues.

Ultimately, if scientists «do good work, and do what scientists are supposed to do well, i.e. communicate their findings, vision, plans, results, etc. to their community, they do not have to write numerous proposals and put the fate of each in the hands of a single review panel.

The mission is another milestone for the space community, showcasing how commercial endeavors can work hand - in - hand with research goals.

«The music research community has been working for decades on hand - crafting sophisticated audio features for music analysis.

«This is a fantastic example of STEM - based science bringing together the ecological and climate modeling communities; two sectors which rarely work hand - in - hand,» said Prof Pitman.

In November 2016, scientists reported that the vaccine works just as well if it has been kept for 3 months at 30 °C or for 6 months at 25 °C, potentially enabling remote communities to keep vaccines on hand and immunize their dogs by themselves.

Hand emphasizes that, from an astrobiology standpoint, Europa is considered a premier target in the search for life beyond Earth; a NASA - funded study team led by JPL and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have been working with the scientific community to identify options to explore Europa further.

Clipboards in hand, a cadre of social - work students from the University of Alabama at Birmingham worked their way door to door through a section of the neighboring community of North Titusville.