Sentences with phrase «from affected communities»

Tomorrow, Saturday June 12, activists from affected communities in the Bay Area refinery corridor and along crude by rail blast zones will come together for the last of four Refinery Healing Walks, which have traced a path of pollution from oil refinery to oil refinery across the northeast San Francisco Bay.

Duncan's efforts on school overhauls — as well as his more unconventional ideas, such as a program that paid students for good grades — stirred up resistance from affected communities and teacher organizations.

«Our humanitarian response includes supporting local partners to run training workshops with people from affected communities, so they can build safer homes that can withstand earthquakes.

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«Since last week's approval, we have heard both support from the community, and concerns about how the pricing and reimbursement details will affect individual patients and caregivers, such as how it effects coverage of other Duchenne products, such as EXONDYS 51,» wrote Aronin in a blog post for a Duchenne patient advocacy site.

5) United Way of Puerto Rico Pictures from our past work and distribution trips includes: All donations to this fund will exclusively support the victims of the catastrophic Hurricane María and Irma in Puerto Rico and provide relief and aid the communities affected by this disaster.

Those Affected: — Primarily Community Banks that range in asset size from $ 10M to $ 1B.

target and maximum levels, assumed, for Mr. Hoyt's Wholesale Banking Group, continued double - digit loan growth and favorable credit quality; for Mr. Oman's Home and Consumer Finance Group, improvement in the home mortgage business due to cost control and expected improvements in the yield curve favorably affecting earnings from hedging activities; and for Ms. Tolstedt's Community Banking Group, growth in deposits, especially low or no - cost core deposits, continued loan growth, and stable credit loss rates.

A few days later, while arguing that his personal feelings on the matter should not affect the ultimate decision to accept or reject the proposal, he stated, «from my [point of view] it seems that the community's feeling on this issue isalready [sic] clear.»

Join one of our projects and experience the incredible camaraderie that comes from working side by side with fellow volunteers and local community members to help those affected by natural disasters to get back on their feet.

If we follow a barrel of bitumen from its source to the end user, how does it affect the communities and environments all along the way?

Fatherlessness is rife in our communities and it's severely affecting the development of young people, especially boys, from underprivileged backgrounds.

The symbiotic centers of the power nexus have shifted substantially from the nation state structures to the global corporate entities, deeply affecting the life of the people, and their communities.

In them, both the community of human experience and the ways of God with men found a focus, so that starting from them something happens to affect men and, if I may say so, God.

An educated and worldly Muslim community leader like Rauf wants to build Muslim center close to ground zero, while the war and other thing is going, is this a common sense or decency have been exercise or just Muslims self - absorption and taking no responsibility of their own community conduct, they should not be crying like a spoil baby, when a ripple affect from their own conduct come back toward them (The Burning of Koran and fire attempt toward Muslim community were coming from his fake and insincere agenda on this building issue).

Since our church, Mosaic, meets weekly in downtown, just blocks from Skid Row, we have had difficult moments with broken people who have been affected by tragedy and are under the influence of drugs, but we have also seen remarkable transformation partnering with those in our community who are experts in helping those who are homeless get the help they need.

They start by addressing the needs of children, and from there work to improve the conditions that surround them so that mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, siblings, and the entire community are all affected.

«Just three weeks ago at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, they called for richer countries do more to cut their own carbon emissions and increase their support to the most vulnerable and worst affected communities and countries who are least able to protect themselves from climate change.»

The certification from the Rainforest Alliance shows that Caribou Coffee is concerned about how its business impacts the world on a global scale, but the company is just as focused on how it affects the communities in which its stores are located.

Monies raised from ticket sales and other fundraising initiatives around the event will be passed directly to the London Community Foundation for allocation to the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund, distributing funds to survivors and the wider community affected by Community Foundation for allocation to the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund, distributing funds to survivors and the wider community affected by community affected by the fire.

Earlier this month Chelsea Football Club donated our match fee from Community Shield to the Grenfell Tower fire support fund, and at last week's Community Day we welcomed a number of those directly affected to Cobham where they watched training and met the first team squad.

This incredible Tizita bracelet trio is made from bullet casings and scrap metal by farmers in the Entoto mountains, a community of healing for those affected by HIV / AIDS.

UNICEF is quick to respond in emergencies to ensure affected communities are reached and provided with services from local governments and other service providers.

Other areas affected include Blackstone watershed communities along the 27 mile lateral from Medway to West Boylston.

I hope Dispossession is owned as much by the people affected by this crisis, and that it helps to raise awareness about what's happening to council estates across the UK, encourages people to defend their homes from demolition and preserve their communities.

Answer bans do not affect other privileges, such as commenting or voting, and there is no indication to the rest of the community that a particular user has been banned from posting.

In his statement, O'Neill said the NYPD affects a marijuana - related arrest or summons based on officer observations, 911 or 311 calls, and from meetings with community representatives such as tenant associations or community council meetings.

This epidemic affects mostly young children of color from low - income communities who live in poorly maintained housing, where windows, doors, walls and ceilings produce invisible lead dust that is ingested by infants and toddlers through hand - to - mouth behavior and inhalation.

The film, featuring interviews from experts and those in communities directly affected by flooding, explores how flood risk has been managed in the past and calls for authorities, organisations and communities to work together as the most effective method for flood prevention.

Mr Singh said: «I think it is vital that we hear straight from individuals and communities that have been affected directly and indirectly by the riots.

«There are a number of efforts taking shape to help the people in our communities who have been affected by the destruction from... Read more

But many of these committee meetings often address multiple issues affecting individual communities from Amityville to Orient, as well as issues that affect all Suffolk residents.

«I don't necessarily agree with Mr. Siragusa that it's a cost - free option, cause as you can imagine there would be a number of affected constituents, whether they be retailers or others in the community that could potentially try to seek some sort of damages from the enforcement of a law that was pre-empted,» Dias said.

From Molinaro's view, groups of people were leveraged against each other, whether it was county leaders seeking certainty for their finances, the New York City school system and how it's leadership structure is formed or the communities affected by flooding that are in need of aid.

Over 100 immigration reform advocates, many from uptown communities, gathered outside a Lower Manhattan court building this past Fri., Oct. 25th, for a candlelight vigil commemorating families affected by deportations.

The thing that pushed me along those lines was after that disaster last year, apart from working with TV3 and various partners at that time to actually provide relief for the various communities that were affected by the floods, we raised funds which was basically to help support all of that.

The fact that such a wide range of cabinet ministers are involved suggests the Government recognises that mental health affects every aspect of society — from our families and communities, to the health system, schools, business and the economy.

The information we received from that process will now be used to ensure we build relationships with those who are new to Parliament to ensure we influence decisions that affect shooting and help shape the future for the rural economy and rural communities.

Rebuffing efforts Donald Trump to cast doubt on Russian interference in the presidential election, top intelligence officials and senators from both parties issued a forceful affirmation of the findings, and took relentless aim at the president - elect's public skepticism and suggested he had negatively affected morale in the intelligence community.

The Health & Human Services Committee reviews and discusses matters, requests, and proposals from legislators, the County Executive and various community groups affecting health, mental health and welfare issues in Erie County.

A «boil water» notice continues for communities in the northtowns affected by Wednesday night's water main break, though there was positive news from the Erie County Health Department Friday.

«Since the first day we have been in office in 2013, there has been tremendous concern and outreach from our constituents about the potential impact which has caused great consternation both in the affected community and beyond.»

The localism agenda, which encourages the transfer of decision - making power from central to local government and, even further, to communities, is seen by those in government as an antidote to concerns about a lack of communication between decision - makers and those directly affected by their decisions.

They say the purpose of the hearing is to «explore the sources of water contamination, examine local, state, and federal oversight issues, and hear from experts, local residents, and others on what can be done to assist affected communities and mitigate future incidents.»

«It's also a great opportunity to hear directly from our legislators on issues affecting our community, local economy and business life.»

Picente, McNamara, and Maciol were joined by several other county officials and organizations today including Commissioner of Social Services Lucielle Soldato & her staff from Child Protective Services, Executive Director of the YWCA of the Mohawk Valley — Dianne Stancato & her staff, and representatives from the New York State Police, the Utica Police Department, the Rome Police Department, and the Whitesboro Police Department to kick off a campaign to make everyone aware of how child abuse & neglect affects those in our community and what we can do to stop it.

Premium Times reports that during a meeting with the village head of Abana, Nyong Etim Efa, a fact - finding team from the National Boundary Commission, led by Moses Onyoh, was told that the Government of the Republic of Cameroon had imposed taxes on Nigerians living in the 16 affected communities.

«I am proud to know that our community is welcoming to refugees from all around the world, including those countries directly affected by this order,» Higgins said.

Vet mitigation plans through a formal and collaborative environmental review and impact study and commit to getting approval from Community Boards in the affected neighborhoods before work begins.

Finn explained to attendees, many of whom were from affected areas, that Rockland County is poised to allocate $ 3 million in the first round of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).

Recovering from the devastation caused by Storm Desmond is expected to take affected communities months if not years, with many homes still uninhabitable.