Sentences with phrase «for civic affair»

Senate appointee Abe Lackman is a senior officer for civic affair at the Simons Foundation, the charitable organization founded by James Simons, the former head of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund.

The states further delegate authority to local governments, thus keeping the responsibility for civic affairs as fully as possible in the people's hands.

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If their elders remain aloof from civic affairs, at most engaging in detached observation and criticism of the politicians, it is hardly cause for wonder that the young should learn to leave the decisions of state to others and thus prepare the way for the loss of their liberties.

(CNN)-- Linda Stephens has lived in her upstate New York community for more than three decades and has long been active in civic affairs.

Individual energy conservation is not a substitute for effective citizen participation in civic affairs, for industrial energy conservation or revamped government energy policies.

Miner, visiting scholar at New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, will speak about the importance of involvement in civic affairs, especially for young people.

A civic leader and staunch supporter of education, women's issues and environmental concerns, among other causes, Ms. Gund is the former chair of the Mayor's Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission of New York City and has served on the boards of such wide - ranging organizations as the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, the Frick, the Fund for Public Schools, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

She is currently the Special Projects Manager for the Commissioner's Unit at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs where, in addition to managing several other new initiatives, she launched and co-directs the new Public Artist - in - Residence (PAIR) program that embeds artists in city government in order to address pressing civic challenges through creative practice.

That organization, reMain Nantucket, is now up and running, and the two people staffing it and carrying out Schmidt's vision are both lawyers who have been active in the island's civic affairs for many years: Melissa Philbrick and Rachel Hobart.