Sentences with phrase «do citizens of community»

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As a federal court stated in a 2011 decision upholding the foreign national prohibition statute and regulation — a decision affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court: «It is fundamental to the definition of our national political community that foreign citizens do not have a constitutional right to participate in, and thus may be excluded from, activities of democratic self - government.»

CNN: 2 communities linked to polygamous sect sued for alleged religious discrimination Two communities dominated by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints and its jailed leader Warren Jeffs have been sued by the federal government for alleged religious discrimination against citizens who don't belong to the polygamous sect.

This ethnic tension did not hold for the other Greek Jewish communities, and the large proportion of Jews of the rest of Greece survived, not least because of support from their Christian fellow - citizens.

If the children are mean or rude or disrespectful, the leading citizens of the community will cluck their tongues and say, «The acorn doesn't fall far from the tree.»

Many persons who are not likely to join groups in churches and schools may do so if they're made available in family counseling agencies» mental health services, youth organizations, business and industry, fraternal groups, self - help groups (such as A.A., P.W.P., Alanon, etc.), and in the many organizations devoted to special needs of the handicapped, ex-prisoners, ex-patients, unwed parents, minority groups of all kinds, senior citizens, community action groups, ethnic organizations.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

Yet I argue that participation in initiatives to restore a civil society in America, with appropriate reflective self - understandings, could meet the needs and activate the worldly spirituality of precisely those millions of middle - of - the - road citizens looking for the sorts of moral meanings, the kinds of religious roots, these communities used to represent and in some ways still do.

While this system has broken down, it has decayed not simply because the animal spirits of Wall Street did not temper their zeal with a respect for greater community, but because American citizens embraced the pact that was offered them: an endless supply of baubles from citizens in chains so long as they refused to speak out in the pulpit against the notion that greed is good, that profit maximization is the chief end of man.

By 1997, he expects that more than 100,000 citizens will be serving their country, receiving education and training benefits in return, and hundreds of thousands more will be doing vital community work, able now to afford the time for such satisfactions because the need to repay their college loans will no longer «block their way.»

Two years ago, the Czechs were in the streets of Prague facing Russian tanks, not because of compassion for human want and misery, but because they were not free; the Vietnamese continue to resist America, as they did Japan and France before us, not because of hunger for food but hunger to determine their own destinies; black militants are in the streets of our cities today, not because they are famished — though poverty and want still stalk our land, particularly black communities — but because black citizens, more than any others, have been politically isolated and impotent, unable to act in their own governance.

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

I know, I know, this sounds stupid, but I wonder, perhaps it would be a good idea to have communities where the citizens of the community share the same values of life — whatever it may be, after all, don't we have ghettos now, and there doesn't seem to be anybody being «jailed» for it.?

We believe we have a duty to do our part in maintaining and improving this natural beauty while being good business citizens of our community.

When one race of citizens feels as though their lives don't matter; when refugees successfully escape the horrors of war only to be further brutalized on foreign soil; when the already - traumatized victims of conflict are violated by international peacekeepers who were sent to ensure their safety and wellbeing, then we as leaders, we as a world community must stop being silent and start taking action.

In his speech, Poloncarz says even more can be done to promote projects in small villages and communities, improve Main Streets and continue to provide transportation to senior citizens in rural areas, but he says that could be threatened thanks to the proposed elimination of community development block grants by the Trump Administration.

«This type of trickle - down development, which OCIDA continues to support time and time again, does not benefit our citizens and instead takes money away from the poorest people in our community to further enrich wealthy developers,» she said in a statement.

«Unfortunately, «Citizens for District 13» — a group that my office has never heard of in the many years of dealing with community organizations — appears more focused on furthering a counterproductive anti-Independent Democratic Conference agenda than taking any action that has to do with a healthy and constructive debate about the future of this district,» he wrote.

Rodriguez said his support for Diaz Sr. is based on «three particular areas» — what he's done for senior citizens and the aging community, being a champion for the taxi industry, and his support of Adriano Espaillat, the first Dominican to be congressman.

[31] Maude argued that like most people he was doing things which could be defined as «volunteering with a capital V» but are part of being «an active citizen in an active community».

There's so much more than can be done and should be done, because it's not fair to the citizens of this community to have a board that is fully owned, lock, stock and barrel, by the (teacher) union that is its chief adversary.»

When we do have pollution events there's a higher likelihood that first responders and citizens will be better informed about what's going on and what sort of actual risk there might be in their community.

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Members of the OAIE can share resources and engage in online discussions, and, in doing so, will enhance stakeholder interactions and build well - informed communities working to respond and adapt to ocean acidification.The OAIE invites anyone working on ocean acidification to join, including but not limited to government, tribal, and academic research scientists, citizen scientists, experiential and formal educators, NGO employees, marine resources managers, policy makers, concerned citizens, aquaculturists, people in the fishing industry, technology developers, and data managers.

In order to effectively run its insular society, the government has chosen to divide its citizens into what they naturally do best: the meek who look out for the well - being of others are in the ruling faction of Abnegation, the happy / friendly people are in the agricultural community of Amity, those who speak the truth work within the law as Candor, those who seek adventure and thrills enforce those laws and protect the community as Dauntless, and the highly intelligent folks serve the city as Erudite.

It is important to note that while Accountable does expect Obama to deliver, it very well concedes that to do so he will need the support of not only Congress, but also governors and other state officials, community leaders, faith - based organizations and ordinary citizens.

The school's Principal, Mrs Fran Reddan, said the long journey originally started as a vision to be an Australian school with an international outlook that prepared global citizens, and it had already been doing work to bring the importance of being internationally - minded to the school community.

At the same time, there are still citizens — especially dual - income households without children who tend to populate cities, as well as those concerned with other issues — for which education policy doesn't weigh in as a deciding factor largely because they see little concrete connection between low graduation rates and the levels of crime in their communities.

What communities need, in terms of citizens and contributing members, doesn't matter.

Although annual intake numbers persist in the 4400 - 5000 range and will continue to do so until every citizen spays or neuters their pets, FOTAS has paid for the spay / neuter of more animals than any other organization in the County: 476 pets and community cats through October of this year, for a total of 1411 since 2013.

So I ask you, as a citizen of this community, is it your will that we kill the vast majority of pets that are unfortunate enough to find their way to a municipal shelter; or, is it your will that everything that is feasible be done to ensure life of the helpless and innocent?

If you want to ensure a safe dog environment in the community of Dayton, why not address the real issue and step up to do the work that is needed to facilitate a safe environment for your citizens.

Citizens often don't understand the rate of shelter killing in their own communities, or understand what being a No Kill Community means.

Hurley now tells shelter directors that taking in (and killing) cats does not resolve citizen complaints, it does not reflect the community's concerns or values, it does not help reunite lost cats with their families, it does not help cats find new homes, it does not end suffering (in fact, it perpetuates and intensifies it), it does not mitigate harm or reduce the number of cats, and it is not cost - effective, all the traditional excuses for why animal shelters do so.»

Mushroom Kingdom citizen Toad, a prominent member of the Toad community, is speaking out against what he calls a «wackification» of a «perfectly sensible way of doing things».

If citizens cant understand the necessity of implementing sustainable development within their own communities, even as they face water shortages and increasing costs for remediation of environmental pollution, how do we expect them to support a world wide movement towards sustainable development?

«Kerry will call on the global community, not just countries but individual citizens around the world, to do more now because addressing the threat of climate change will require a global solution,» a senior state department official is reported as saying.

Much remains to be done to demonstrate the viability of this approach to the citizens and communities of this region of Lake Erie.

«I think having these fossil fuel projects here or having them being supported here has given the wrong message to businesses (and) industries that are looking for places with good quality of life, both to do business here and for the employees to work and live here,» said Diane Dick, activist and member of Landowners and Citizens for a Safe Community.

«The best - case scenario here is that it does well,» said Caroline Golin, who specializes in Southeast policy for the advocacy group Vote Solar, «and you have enough customer engagement where the citizens of North Carolina push for greater options for community solar, and that opens the doors for low - income communities.»

Citizens object to the appearance of wind turbines in their communities — as they do in the US — and have repeatedly thwarted plans to build turbines across the country.

Currently, EU citizens are exempted from the provisions of the Immigration Act 1988 by section 7 (1), which states: «[a] person shall not under the principal Act require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in any case in which he is entitled to do by virtue of an enforceable Community [Union] rights or of any provisions made under section 2 (2) of the European Communities Act 1972».

It is not sufficient to answer, as the State does here, that whatever repressive effect compulsory disclosure of names of petitioner's members may have upon participation by Alabama citizens in petitioner's activities follows not from state action, but from private community pressures.

«The Citizens team has listened to the needs of their clients in the legal community and done a great job coming up with an innovative solution that helps law firms ensure the fairness of our legal system by contributing to civil legal aid for low - income and vulnerable Ohioans,» said Angela Lloyd, Executive Director of the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation.»

If so, what does it intend to do to prevent the abuse of immunity rights and defend the EU citizens» and employees» rights and the community acquis in organisations such as EPO which while exercising judicial functions is at the same time breaching the European legal order rules?

A senior citizen may do the same when they take a tour of their adult living community.

It does not matter if you are a student living in a dorm on campus, a senior citizen living in a retirement condo community or a family of four living in a large house, anyone who is currently renting can benefit from the added level of protection and sense of security renters insurance can bring.

ACT is the World's solution to this imbalance of power — it can amplify citizen voice and it can drive resources at any speed and any scale from a global community to ensure that schemes such as Miller Argent's do not go ahead».

«As essential community providers, we understand firsthand what happens when patients can not access the preventive services they need,» said Lynda Sampson, chair of the MA Family Planning Association and director of Family Planning at Citizens for Citizens, Inc. «Not only do these cuts deprive low - income women the ability to access the basic health care they need and deserve, these cuts are counter to Governor Baker's goal to reduce government spending.»

In many areas selling a mobile home in a senior citizen community may be difficult to do many times of the year.