Sentences with phrase «dialogue about citizens»

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The poor word choices, which resulted from the passion expressed by some, diverted the attention away from the legitimate concerns of the more than 500 hardworking mental - health workers, correctional officers, caregivers for developmentally - disabled individuals, administrative personnel and others who attended the rally to call for substantive dialogue with the governor about the direction we need to take the Empire State so that it serves all its citizens well, especially the most vulnerable among us.»

«Informing citizens about the health of the nation and discussing pivotal science and policy issues such as mental health, chronic and emerging diseases and other public health threats, and vaccine research are important to not only advance the national dialogue but also improve the country's overall well - being.»

Shale Network for the past six years has fostered a dialogue about shale drilling between concerned citizens, watershed groups, government regulators and personnel from large energy companies by focusing on publicly available water quality data.

With essays by three prominent, outspoken writers - Eileen Myles, Martha Nussbaum and Frank Rich - the book and the exhibition it accompanied (at SF MoMA) will help generate awareness and encourage dialogue about the discrimination many citizens encounter on a daily basis because, as Hughes wrote, «equality is in the air we breathe.»

Cooper Union / Institute for Sustainable Design received a Marfa Dialogues / NY grant in 2013 that supported Hardinger «s and Rebecca Smith's co-initiation of an exhibition and panel discussion about Manhattan's gas pipeline leaks, based on a report Hardinger and Smith initiated, conducted by Damascus Citizens for Sustainability.

Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President of NAS, explained on the Royal Society's website that the NAS and RS are two of the world's leading scientific bodies, and, therefore, had «a responsibility to evaluate and explain what is known about climate change, at least the physical side of it, to concerned citizens, educators, decision makers and leaders, and to advance public dialogue about how to respond to the threats of climate change.»

Because the day is about celebrating our common humanity and opening up a global dialogue, citizens of the world are encouraged to host or find a screening to watch with family, friends and neighbors.

«Being able to be in a public space with people and representatives in power, and being able to state your mind is what makes you a citizen,» the Beirut Green Project wrote in a blog post about the dialogue.

The Charter dialogue spoken about in law review articles is not limited to a dialogue between the courts and the legislatures, but exists in similar and distinct ways between lawyers and judges and between citizens as well as organizations.

This dialogue has occurred between the Australian government and and two UN treaty committees, on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (August 1999 and March 2000) and the Human Rights Committee (HRC)(July 2000); between Indigenous non-government organizations and UN committees on each of these occasions; between the government and Indigenous and non-Indigenous representatives before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Fund (PJC) in February and March 2000; and, at a broader level, among Australian citizens and a range of institutions, as part of a continuing debate about the meaning of reconciliation.