Sentences with phrase «cultural community at»

Roslindale Open Studios sponsorship creates value in a vibrant, cultural community at the local level.

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Each magazine covers several communities with well thought out articles and discusses characteristics such as: Median Housing Price City / Town Profile Arts & Cultural Activities Recreation & Outdoor Activities Continuing Education Opportunities Hospital Airports Tax Info Climate & Weather At the end of the articles, key characteristics are bulleted in a quick read section.

In any case, inroads into the ethnic communities are often cut by someone (not necessarily the pastor) who is able to shift back and forth at different cultural and linguistic levels.

But it came to be associated not only with religious but also with caste political overtones, and came into conflict with the anti-Brahmin movements of depressed castes who were organizing separately for separate political strength to bring about cultural and social change aimed at elevating their status in the body politic; it also made the conversion into other religious communities, of the depressed sections of Hinduism as well as of the Tribals partially Hinduised and moving more fully in that direction, to be seen as a weakening of the Hindu community and a strengthening of other religious communities as political entities.

Word happens at the confluence of author / speaker, community of faith, and cultural context.

The main theme of the Conference was, «Christians in Technical and Social Revolutions of Our Time», and its purpose was to look at the problems of the modern world in technological revolutions as it affects the economic, political and cultural life of the peoples, communities and states and to consider the challenge and relevance of theology to the social revolutions of our time.

At the same time, our distinctly Christian codes of personal ethics do not reveal the only meanings in MASH, and, as Christians, we also have to be sensitive and aware of the wider cultural meanings, meanings in the programs, meanings that may or may not also be Christian — the anti-war message, the compassion, the community, the healing, and, of course, the humor — and celebrate, criticize and enjoy them as well.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

With quiet resolve, with love even for those they oppose and concern for the human values at stake, such a group can make the difference between a community in which the church is merely a cultural parenthesis and one in which it is a factor to be reckoned with.

At present the effort to hold together in one country two quite distinct cultural and linguistic communities seems to be succeeding.

The people of Riverside County, along with those in the communities of Temecula, Murrieta and Lake Elsinore, enjoy an exceptional quality of life, a mild climate, good air quality, reasonably priced land and building sites adjacent to the I - 15 and I - 215 corridors, affordable housing at all levels, a highly skilled labor force, quality educational facilities and programs and cultural, entertainment and recreational activities for every lifestyle.

The Master Baristas at Le Méridien San Francisco leads all coffee - related initiatives and standards at the hotel and serve as a coffee cultural ambassador, maintaining knowledge of current coffee trends while raising the local community's awareness of coffee.

«Zaza New Cuban Diner will complement the rich and diverse cultural restaurant mix that the community has come to embrace at Waterford Lakes Town Center,» said Jamie Fraser, director of marketing and business development at Waterford Lakes Town Center.

father - child relationships — be they positive, negative or lacking, at any stage in the life of the child, and in all cultural and ethnic communities — have profound and wide - ranging impacts on children that last a lifetime.

• Georgia Equality PO Box 95425 Atlanta, GA 30347 - 0425 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected] Website: www.georgiaequality.org / Hawaii • COLAGE Oahu, Oahu, Tom, http://colageoahu.blogspot.com • Ohana O Ke Anuenue (Family of the Rainbow), Oahu, Paul 808-728-3140 • Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation Website: http://hawaiilgbtlegacyfoundation.com/ Contact us directly at [email protected] or just send us a letter at: Hawaii LGBT Legacy Foundation P.O. Box 23300 Honolulu, HI 96822 • Aloha Pride Center (serving Hawaii's LGBTQIA communities) call 545-2848 for info Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation, 941-0424, ext. 18 PFLAG - Oahu (Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays), 672-9050 American Friends Service Committee (Gay Liberation Project), 988-2184 Camaron • Big Island Pride 301 Keawe Street, Hilo, HI 96720 [phone] • Marriage Project PO Box 11690 Honolulu, HI 96828 Phone: [phone] Email: [email protected] Website: members.tripod.com/~mphawaii/ Idaho

We also have a very vibrant and creative community of Barefoot Books Ambassadors who market and sell our books and gifts in their community — at farmers» markets, school fairs, fundraisers, cultural festivals, home events and online, bringing art, story and adventure along the way!

Gause is one of 25 «Grandma, Please» volunteers, who will be honored Monday in a 10 a.m. awards ceremony at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Started 10 years ago as a service for senior citizens by the Uptown Center Hull House Association and supported by the Chicago Community Trust, the program handles at least 800 calls a month from youngsters who come home after school to an empty house and want to talk to a grownup.

For example, the School Food Initiative set out to improve food on the plate at local public schools, and soon learned that such improvements also required us to influence cultural shifts within school districts as well as increasing food literacy throughout the community.

It is also the case that the national airlines of many emerging economies, unless there are special reasons encouraging services into UK provincial airports (such as cultural and community links), prefer London, and Heathrow if at all possible, as their primary UK destination.

County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, in partnership with the Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR), is seeking nominations from the County's arts community and the public for the 24th Annual County Executive Arts Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 at the Cultural Arts Center at Rockland Communitycommunity and the public for the 24th Annual County Executive Arts Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 at the Cultural Arts Center at Rockland CommunityCommunity College.

Rockland Community College's upbeat musical performances of «Godspell» will be featured at the Cultural Arts Theater this month.

Also at 9:45 a.m., NYC Councilmembers Jimmy Van Bramer and Steven Matteo and members of the cultural community rally for increased funding for cultural organizations in the FY 2017 budget, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

New York Botanical Garden President Gregory Long and long - time community garden activist Karen Washington were guests at the White House on Friday, where Michelle Obama «presented the 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Services to The New York Botanical Garden and nine other cultural institutions.

At 3 p.m., LG Kathy Hochul joins SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher to co-chair the first Community College Council, Rockland Community College, Faculty / Staff Dining Room, 1st Floor, Cultural Arts Center, 145 College Rd., Suffern.

Also at 6 p.m., Sen. ose Peralta and the NAACP Corona - East Elmhurst branch will celebrate African - American History and Heritage Month, honoring NYCPublic Advocate Tish James and community leaders and activists, Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, 100 - 01 Northern Blvd., Coronacommunity leaders and activists, Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, 100 - 01 Northern Blvd., CoronaCommunity Library and Cultural Center, 100 - 01 Northern Blvd., Corona, Queens.

In addition, he gave the organization another $ 51,000 as a local initiative to support cultural programming and operations at the Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, which offers arts and youth programs to the Uptown cocultural programming and operations at the Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, which offers arts and youth programs to the Uptown coCultural Center, which offers arts and youth programs to the Uptown community.

County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, in partnership with the Arts Council of Rockland (ACOR), is seeking nominations from the county's arts community and the public for the 24th Annual County Executive Arts Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 at the Cultural Arts Center at Rockland Communitycommunity and the public for the 24th Annual County Executive Arts Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013 at the Cultural Arts Center at Rockland CommunityCommunity College.

In his words at the public hearing on constitution and electoral reform held at Ogun State Cultural Centre, Abeokuta today, Governor Fayose said; «Even when it inherited a working system that conducted elections adjudged as free and fair by local and international communities, INEC has failed consistently to replicate the inherited working system due to overzealousness and rabid passion to work as appendage of the federal government.

In this budget we were able to provide funding for several keys assets in our community including the Orchard Park and North Collins American Legions, a new sign in Springville for the Southtowns Scenic Byway and funding for the Memorial Wall at the Orchard Park Veterans Memorial amongst many other cultural and community programs.

Yet the County Executive and the County Legislature think it's a dandy idea to put your tax money into another pavilion for pop music without any consultation with the arts community, or the community at large, as to how cultural investment dollars should be spent.

Cultural expertise was «key in the support I was providing to the interrogator to develop a relationship with the detainee», said Julia Bowers, principal senior analyst for human terrain at SCIA, a company based in Tampa, Florida, that provides socio - cultural services for the military and intelligence community, at a conference in San Antonio, Texas, on 16 Cultural expertise was «key in the support I was providing to the interrogator to develop a relationship with the detainee», said Julia Bowers, principal senior analyst for human terrain at SCIA, a company based in Tampa, Florida, that provides socio - cultural services for the military and intelligence community, at a conference in San Antonio, Texas, on 16 cultural services for the military and intelligence community, at a conference in San Antonio, Texas, on 16 October.

Immigrant students facing language and cultural barriers are another part of the mix, adds Paris Svoronos, chair of the chemistry department at Queensborough Community College in Bayside, New York.

Lisa DeCamp, M.D., M.S.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the study's senior author, noted that although parental surveys of this kind have weaknesses in terms of parent responses reflecting the breadth of traumas children may be exposed to, the findings, published in the Oct. issue of the journal Pediatrics, offer new insight into potentially higher childhood resiliency among immigrant families supported by strong community networks and a strong sense of cultural identity.

These additional groups were more diverse than that at MAF, which serves primarily Latinos, showing the program can be replicated across different cultural communities.

«People around the world are starting the week with intentions to quit smoking — if we can connect those people at school, work and communities we can make a regular «Monday Quit» the cultural norm.»

Corine Wegener, cultural heritage preservation officer for the Smithsonian Institution, said that organizing an international research community to study the primary causes of damage to cultural heritage in times of conflict will be critical to intervention efforts in Syria — a goal to be discussed at the September 19 meeting.

In the paper «Having their say: Patients» Perspectives and the Clinical Management of Diabetes,» Dr. Leonard Jack, Jr., Ph.D., M.Sc., Director of the Division of Community Health at the National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion, and his co-authors Dr. Leandris C. Liburd, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.A. and Dr. Pattie Tucker, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. and R.N., propose that healthcare providers can offer more effective diabetes support to their patients by understanding the cultural perspectives that explain their health behavior, to promote adherence and improve health outcomes.

The Neotoma Paleoecology Database and Community — which takes its name from one of nature's premier accumulators, the pack rat — is one of many research projects based at the Springfield - based museum, which houses extensive collections showcasing the natural, cultural, and artistic history of the state.

As Pickering says in his book Constructing Quarks (Edinburgh University Press, p 413): «It is unproblematic that scientists produce accounts of the world that they find comprehensible; given their cultural resources, only singular incompetence could have prevented members of the (particle physics) community producing an understandable version of reality at any point in their history.»

She is currently Principal at The Praxis Department, a consultancy that helps start - ups and non-profits drive positive cultural change in the workplace and community using agile research and participatory processes.

So there will be huge economic impacts in terms of loss of fisheries, loss of sustenance for all the cultural communities and loss of tourism... These changes could all happen within the next 30 or 40 years — by 2050, at the current rate of change.»

Igbo cultural day at Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive in Dunston,.

MARKET WATCH - Nov 4 - JDate and 92nd Street Y, the nonprofit community and cultural center in New York, announced a strategic partnership aimed at furthering their shared mission of building and strengthening Jewish communities.

With an international community at their fingertips, people of all ages are exploring the social atmosphere and cultural environment of contacts made half way across the world.

The boldest provocation of Mitchell's sweet, tender and gently funny film may be its exuberant celebration of community and togetherness at a cultural moment rife with fatalism and disconnect.

Lelio understands that the community at the center of the film is rooted in old - school tradition, but as it's physically rooted in a cultural capital of the world, no one here is a stranger to gays and lesbians, and so the reactions to Ronit and Esit's rekindled love affair never rise to the level of the hysteric.

A New Orleans based cultural organizer, philanthropy strategist, and curator with 13 years experience at the forefront of the arts and culture sector, her organizing and advocacy is focused on building spaces for the most marginalized to create work, and redirecting resources to communities of color as a matter of justice.

At the heart of our company is a global online community, where millions of people and thousands of political, cultural and commercial organizations engage in a continuous conversation about their beliefs, behaviours and brands.

After the success of the made - for - British - TV movie The Naked Civil Servant, which was based on his memoir, Crisp is commissioned by a small theater in Manhattan's Bowery to perform a one - man show; word - of - mouth spreads about his unfiltered wit and shrewd observations about the gay community and cultural zeitgeist at large, which lands him gigs on late - night TV chat shows via his newly acquired agent (Swoosie Kurtz).

The drama Dede (pictured, below), a tradition - defying love triangle set in the Caucasus Mountains from director Mariam Khachvani (pictured, above: centre), was chosen to represent the Asia Pacific film community before UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee as recipient of APSA Cultural Diversity Award; a special screening of the film will be held at UNESCO's Paris headquarters on December 12.