Sentences with phrase «encourage city youth»

Not exact matches

Dana Beyer, executive director of Gender Rights Maryland, said she is encouraging transgender people, and the parents of transgender youths, to move to «safe spaces» — cities and states with legal protections and a supportive culture.

Interested youth are encouraged to download an application and apply to serve a one - year term on 2017 - 2018 commission, which consists of 30 members from grades 9 - 12 chosen by a selection committee composed of the City staff members, peers and Durham residents.

He further appealed to the Minister of Zongo and Inner City Development to bring out initiatives that may encouraged Zongo youth to be entrepreneurs.

Notably, the legislation requires that no youth be placed on Rikers Island after October 1, 2018, but encourages the City to expedite this process to April 2018.

It tells the true story of Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence they were involved with.

It claims that academically adept students were encouraged to enroll in the system's «elite or selective schools,» while inner - city youths «were...

The new initiative grew out of The Wallace Foundation's years of work in youth development, including a dozen - year effort to encourage citywide coordination for afterschool that yielded more than 40 publications and found, according to a study by RAND, «that organizations across cities could work together toward increasing access, quality, data - based decision making and sustainability.»

Young people who are open to new experiences, eager to learn new skills, and interested in working with youth from all around the city are encouraged to apply.

Examples of what we have accomplished include our Green Cities initiative to encourage environmentalism across India, visiting local schools to engage youth, and tree plantings in both urban and rural areas.