Sentences with phrase «first group of leaders»

Education Week President and CEO Michele J. Givens begins the day recognizing our first group of Leaders.

He was part of Stanford's Pioneer cohort — the first group of leaders to engage in this leadership program.

Not exact matches

Short - sellers who placed bets that the shares of four big tech leaders, known as the FANG group, as spelled out by their first initials, were due for a fall have made more than $ 4 billion in profits over the last two weeks and more than $ 1 billion during the first two trading days in...

But joining her Sunday were leaders of major energy companies, environmental groups and First Nations.

Earlier in the day, Trump had retweeted inflammatory videos posted by a leader of Britain First, an ultranationalist far - right group that peddles anti-Muslim conspiracy theories.

The C.D. Howe Institute hosted a small group of thinkers drawn from Canada's foremost leaders in First Nations education on April 15, 2016.

While this isn't the first meeting between the leaders of its kind, sources say this one has been aimed at hashing out issues of leadership, the entity's technological progress and questions about what the priority should be for the Advanced Technology Group (ATG), the name of Uber's self - driving unit.

Ambassadors are a vital volunteer group of business leaders who welcome first - year Members into the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade by acquainting them with The Board's services and encouraging them to get engaged.

Although they say they do not intend for the minister to dictate his aims for the church, the thrust of Leading Congregational Change is that the pastor or transformational leader brings a vision that must be promoted, first to a chosen group of disciples, then to a «vision community,» and then — only when fully developed and plotted out — to the congregation.

In the first instance and frequently in the second, it is patterned after «secular» models (the father as leader of a cult - group, tribal organization paralleled by cultic set - up).

Glasgow's Archbishop Philip Tartaglia was speaking after the first meeting of the Scottish Leaders» Group on Welfare Reform.

With considerable difficulty I was able to persuade a dozen leaders of our youth group to attend the first rally.

A second group of leaders and churches (which do not practice these things) often accuse the first group of doing these miracles in the power of the devil rather than in the power of God.

(2) A growth - facilitating style of leadership is used — first by the designated leader and gradually by the entire group so that the group itself becomes an instrument of growth.

In l956 the leaders of most of the former colonies of the world met in Bandung to organize a «nonaligned» movement which established their group as a buffer between the proponents of capitalism (First World) and those of communism (Second World).

When a group convenes on the first evening, it is made up of twenty men and a few women who are usually strangers to each other; who come from different parts of the country or even of the world; who represent the doctrine and tradition of from eight to twelve different churches, Protestant and Catholic; and who are engaged in different kinds of ministries — education, local church, seminary leaders, denominational executives, and others.

As the young mothers gathered for the first session of their sharing group, meeting in the library of the church, the leader set the mood for their work together.

First of all the head leader of this group is supposed to have a direct commucation with God.

If the leader is affirmative of his or her own sexuality, a group can provide the first opportunity most youth have had to resolve hangups in this area.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

So when Chris Marlow, the leader of the Help One Now tribe, asked me to join him on a short trip to Haiti with a group of bloggers, my first instinct was a simple no.

The Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG), the leader in the certification of gluten - free products and food services, announced that it has partnered with SGS, a global inspection, verification, testing and certification company, to be the first certification body approved to audit in conjunction with GIG's Gluten - Free Certification Organization (GFCO) program standards.

Supported by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

Created by industry leaders and prominent environmental conservation groups such as The Nature Conservancy and World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the AWS Standard is the first comprehensive global standard for measuring responsible water stewardship, not just in terms of environmental criteria, but also social and economic dimensions.

First of all I want to make it clear that I do not expect Arsenal to overtake the current group leaders Borussia Dortmund and win our Champions League group.

After teeing off on the first hole a group ahead of round three leaders Nahum Mendoza and Rico Hoey of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Zalatoris exuded confidence in his quest to become champion.

According to defensive line coach Inoke Breckterfield, Sagapolu has already taken the reins «from the first day of winter conditioning» as the leader of the group, along with the likes of probable starters Isaiahh Loudermilk and Garrett Rand.

Jurgen Klopp's Group E leaders came into the game knowing they needed to avoid defeat to be sure of reaching the knockout stage for the first time since 2008 - 09 - and Coutinho gave them the lead with a fourth - minute penalty after Mohamed Salah was fouled by Georgi Dzhikiya.

The pastor knows that as leader of a mass Christan grouping, his first commitment to God is to stand for the truth.Ghanapoliticsonline.com

One of the first groups to push out its support for the Cuomo plan was the SUNY Student Assembly, which represents student government leaders on 64 campuses.

Hajia Mary Salifu Boforo, First Deputy Majority Chief Whip is the leader of the group, and Mr Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore, MP for Adentan, the originator.

This raises a legal conundrum, namely, what is the legal status of a boastful Twitter confession by separatist leaders of a state - sponsored rebel group containing first - hand accounts and admissions of responsibility for shooting down a plane in the midst of a conflict?

The first of six new Conservative policy groups has today been set up to help decide the direction of the party under its new leader, David Cameron.

The Kaminski focus reflects the fact that he is the leader of the group, rather than any member of it; but also, around Jewadbne, I think the particular nature of the language used about needing Jewish apologies first (and here I think I am somewhat generous to the Conservatives: they have stated that they disagree with Kaminski on Jewadbne, but have called it a position of that people of «goodwill» took.

Earlier this week, Massey said for the first time that he won't participate in the June 11 Puerto Rican Day Parade for its inclusion of convicted felon Oscar Lopez Rivera, a leader of the FALN terrorist group during the 70s and 80s.

During the past six years I have been first, deputy leader, and then leader of the Conservative group and vice-chairman of the LGA.

Andrea Stewart - Cousins is the first woman to head a legislative conference in the state legislature and the first black female Senate minority leader (now that a group of breakaway Democrats has disbanded).

In 1991, as group leader, he led the Lib Dems to victory in the District Council elections and became the first ever Lib Dem leader of the Council, a post he held from 1991 to his parliamentary victory in 1997.

The year began without Governor Cuomo, who abandoned the tradition of a State of the State speech on the first day of the session, in favor of a presentation on airport renovations in front of a group of business leaders in New York City.

«I am grateful to have the support of deputy SNP leader Stewart Hosie MP, former first minister Alex Salmond MP and the encouragement from colleagues across the newly - elected SNP group.

While the Fabians have become an immensely powerful institution, wealthy, stable, competitive, king maker to Labour leaders and Prime Ministers, the foundation stone of one of our finest universities, the Bow Group has increasingly become an also - ran, first in wealth and stability, and then inevitably in thought and influence.

A diverse group of celebrities, newsmakers and elected officials including Stephen Colbert, Whoopi Goldberg, Ken Burns, Giants coach Tom Coughlin, Brooklyn Nets, New York Islanders, New York Yankees, Carson Daly, Tom Brokaw of NBC Nightly News, George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, Rosanna Scotto of Good Day New York, Harry Belafonte, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Richard Blumenthal, New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, Police Commissioner William Bratton, Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein, are among the first to share welcome messages.

McGovern was first elected as a councillor for Brunswick Park in the London Borough of Southwark in 2006, later becoming the Deputy Leader of the borough council's 29 - member group of Labour councillors.

Trump had alerted his millions of followers to three video posts by Britain First, a small group of ultranationalists whose supporters march in front of mosques with crosses and whose leaders decry what they describe as a takeover of British Christian society by «foreign infidels» who want to impose Islamic law.

Trump retweeted an item from Jayda Fransen, 31, deputy leader of Britain First, who in an interview with The Washington Post expressed gratitude for what she said was Trump's endorsement of her and her group.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

Leaders of the Britain First group said there were no ties between the attacker and their organization.

Alan taught the first - ever college course on digital politics (1995), created and built the Center for American Progress's social media program (2007 - 13) and has trained more than 15,000 people across the world in digital & social media strategy, including civil society leaders across the Arab world in 2009; key staff at leading advocacy groups and news media outlets; Members of Congress and their staff; as well as political and business leaders from several countries, including a couple future kings.

First this week came the unveiling of the umbrella group NY Jobs Now, a coalition of unions, business leaders and elected officials who back the amendment.

When he became Tory leader, one of Cameron's first moves was to pull out the centre - right European People's party grouping and set up shop with a bunch of lunatic European proto - fascists in Strasbourg.