Sentences with phrase «confront national issues»

The answer depends on whether you think the federal government can play a catalytic role in forcing local authorities to confront national issues.

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Those evangelicals of national and international prominence have been too silent on a lot of issues confronting this nation.

In a quick rebuttal however, the communications director of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Henry Asante said the ruling party must concentrate on the bread - and - butter issues confronting Ghanaians than on trivialities.

That members of the PDP has agreed to rise up beyond personal interests to confront crucial national issues that affects us as a race especially the thriving menace of the Fulani herdsmen.

Back in the clinic, doctors are confronted with the issue of resources again, with many of them feeling that the chronic underfunding of the National Health Service gives them less and less time to spend with patients.

To prepare, student competitors must look at the issue through a nonpartisan lens or from multiple perspectives, thereby gaining a deep understanding of issues that confront our national (and world) leaders.

In these roles, she leads and grows a national network of charter school attorneys known as «The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing environments.

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the National Association of State Boards of Education Annual Conference, where State Board of Education Members from around the country gathered to discuss important education policy issues, build relationships with other policymakers from around the country, and learn about emerging education issues confronting students in Washington and around the country.

Alÿs confronts issues of globalism through Sisyphean episodes: pushing a block of ice down the streets of Mexico City until it is melted completely (Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing, 1997); walking the streets of São Paulo and Jerusalem with a dripping can of paint to mark national borders (The Green Line (Sometimes doing something poetic can become political and sometimes doing something political can become poetic), 2005); and shoveling a mound of sand from one side of a dune to the other in Lima, Peru (When Faith Moves Mountains, 2002).

ICON fosters understanding and discussion of Issues Confronting Our Nation, including fiscal responsibility, excellence in education, energy independence, effective national defense and foreign policy, and restoring individual freedom and personal accountability.

What this means is that you, like so many other leaders through history, will find yourself confronting the fact — so easy to overlook these past few years — that the health of a nation's food system is a critical issue of national security.

«Some of the most serious legal issues confronting companies today relate to cybersecurity and national security law,» said Mark D. Wasserman, Eversheds Sutherland (US) Managing Partner and Co-CEO of Eversheds Sutherland Ltd. «These issues affect the critical infrastructure supporting the US and global economies, and Michael will be of immediate value to clients as they face increasing pressure to have best practices and policies in place to protect customer and sensitive business information.»

It is the first time the Maryland Court of Appeals has confronted the question of online anonymity, an issue that has surfaced in state and federal courts over the past few years as blogs and other online forums have increasingly become part of the national discourse.»

Key Findings From a 2009 National Parent Survey: Implications for Infant - Toddler Public Policy (PDF - 42 KB) ZERO TO THREE (2010) Explores issues and challenges that parents of young children confront today, where gaps in knowledge of early development exist, what sources of information and support these parents turn to, and what factors influence their approach to parenting.

The National Indigenous Working Group is extremely disappointed that the Australian Government has failed to confront issues of discrimination in the Native Title laws and implicitly provoked the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to pursue concerns through costly and time consuming litigation, rather than through negotiation...

The only national issues we are confronted with are Federal Legislation, CMHC, and the Competition Board.