Sentences with phrase «from urban communities»

The goal: To secure job training for 250,000 workers from urban communities for the emerging green job market, a two - prong attack on social injustice and environmental degradation.

Indeed, there are substantially more points on which we have been attempting to give the criminal law assignment help to the researchers from the urban communities.

My mission is to influence the educational system by ensuring children from urban communities receive an excellent education regardless of their financial status.

At the close of the 2018 — 19 school year, the diocese of Memphis will withdraw its schools completely from the urban communities it has served for decades.

From July 16 — July 23, 10 high school students from urban communities visited Harvard through Quang's program to...

From July 16 — July 23, 10 high school students from urban communities visited Harvard through Quang's program to get an initial taste of the college experience.

Not exact matches

Hence: barely sweetened iced tea and totally biodegradable tea bags (Honest Tea Inc.); garden, home, and pet products made from recycled or organic materials (WorldWise Inc.); organic, shade - grown coffee with a guaranteed base price for growers (Sustainable Harvest Inc.); Web development using urban workers (CitySoft Inc.); nonsexist, nonviolent toys (Wild Planet Toys Inc.); revitalized communities and neighborhoods (Village Real Estate Services); and recycled paper products (New Leaf Paper LLC).

The NUA itself emerged from a consultative process, whereby UN-Habitat collected the inputs of a diverse community of urban scholars, leaders, planners and activists.

But what I do know is this: From that sharing of tips, tricks, rumours and urban myths emerges a gaming experience with more sense of community than anything I've seen in years.

Urban Station developed a proposal that combines specially designed spaces and services with a physical platform where freelancers, entrepreneurs and companies from different industries can conduct their activities in a flexible manner, concerning themselves only with their work, with the possibility of joining a community charged with entrepreneurial energy in an ecosystem that brings together entities like Endeavor, Tedex, Start Up Chile with entrepreneurs from every sector, multinationals and local companies, transcending borders and strengthening the network.

The Anacostia Community Museum offers visitors a chance to explore the history and culture of urban neighborhoods from Washington, D.C. to South America and other places across the globe.

The new cabinet is largely comprised of ministers from urban ridings, which means the government will have to make a concerted effort to ensure the importance of rural communities to the Canadian economy is properly reflected in their policies.

First, we used the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural - Urban scale (also called Beale Codes), from 1, for counties in metropolitan areas with 1 million or more in population through 9, for counties where there is no community larger than 2,500 and the county is not adjacent to a metropolitan area.

You can be from the wrong side of the tracks or the gated community, suburbs or urban or rural.

We may have something to learn from them about transforming our urban battlefields into communities that nurture life instead of throttling it.

From the rural plantation he migrated to the urban industrial community.

«We know from what at least two diocesan bishops have said that in less than ten years we will see a threat to the presence of church in communities across rural England and some urban areas as well.

During this program seventy - eight clergymen from twenty - three urban and rural communities participated with eighteen persons from medicine, psychiatry, social work, and psychology as co-participants.

, an annual community event that focuses on healthy eating and urban agriculture, and L.A. Times Food Bowl are bringing pizza makers from all over the world to the Hollywood Palladium for the pizza fest... A Tutta Pizza!

GRAIN believes that the solution to reducing GHGs is an industry - wide transition from «factory farming and agribusiness» to small - scale producers and local food systems that provide moderate production level of meat and «do so in a way that regenerates soils, provides livelihoods to rural and urban communities and makes crops and animals resilient to the vagaries of an unpredictable climate.»

Urban Farmer Denver will distinguish itself from the other three locations with a menu and décor that are both thoughtfully tailored to the local community.

«Hyatt Union Square New York is located in downtown Manhattan's central Union Square neighborhood, and every detail of the hotel — from the design, to the amenities and dining options — is focused on enticing today's sophisticated urban travelers, and complementing the community's dynamic atmosphere and energetic spirit» said Chris Holbrook, Hyatt Union Square New York General Manger.

Tressa Eaton from Serious Eats says, «Urban fruit - harvesting engages a community, makes community members aware of their own local (and often organic) food resources, provides an opportunity for neighbors to meet over the boughs of fruit trees, and brings up important questions about public space.

Committee members will also include: Brian Brady of Mikva Challenge, Dr. Byron Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus, Sarah Cobb of Neighborhood Parents Network, Guillermo Gomez of The Healthy Schools Campaign, Timothy Knowles of the Urban Education Institute, Karen Lewis from the Chicago Teachers Union, Phyllis Locket of New Schools for Chicago, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's Church, Juan Soto of Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Alderman Latasha Thomas, Robin Steans of Advance Illinois, Senator Kimberly Lightford.

Next we heard from Mark Terry, who gave a compelling comparison of his old school district — a low SES urban district with a high ELL population, an 85 % free / reduced qualifying rate, and a high need for meal and nutrition education services — and his current district, which is more affluent with a much lower free / reduced qualification rate and a community of parents who have high expectations for student success and a healthy lifestyle.

The Waldorf School draws from urban, rural, and suburban communities in and around Baltimore.

Presentation topics ranged from partnering to achieve large - scale land protection and revitalizing urban rivers to supporting green communities and promoting farms and agricultural landscapes.

The project is moving forward with more than $ 1.3 million in resources from New York State, including $ 930,000 in Urban Community Investment Fund and $ 385,000 from Empire State Development, the state's economic development agency, through the state's Consolidated Funding Application (CFA).

«From the Unemployment Strikeforce to the Urban Youth Jobs program, we are making smart investments to tackle unemployment in communities where it is most pervasive, and connect tomorrow's workers with the skills they need to succeed in a 21st century workplace,» said Cuomo at a bill signing ceremony held at Hostos Community College.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Stony Point — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef presented a total of $ 2.67 million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to various municipal and not - for - profit groups at an award ceremony held ironically in Stony Point, the town that traditionally receives the least amount of support from the Community Block Grant -LSB-...]

US Sen. Chuck Schumer said NYC would be awarded $ 176 million in federal funding for the proposed project, through a national contest created by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to help communities recover from disasters and better prepare for them.

Brown earned a doctorate in education from New York University, served as president of Bronx Community College and later directed the CUNY Center for Urban Education Policy.

Stony Point — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef presented a total of $ 2.67 million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to various municipal and not - for - profit groups at an award ceremony held ironically in Stony Point, the town that traditionally receives the least amount of support from the Community Block Grant Program.

Representatives from the For the South Bronx Coalition (4DSBXCoalition), the Urban Justice Center, and the Freedom Party joined Lebron in demanding data from the Yankees baseball club that accounts for commitments the club made in signing a Community Benefits Agreement in 2006.

The meeting, organized by Community Board 12, will include 33rd Precinct Deputy Inspector Wilson Aramboles, 34th Precinct Deputy Inspector Reymundo Mundo, Parks Department Manhattan Borough Commissioner William Castro, Urban Park Service Assistant Commissioner Michael Dockett, Manhattan District Attorney Community Affairs rep Jennifer Araujo, Uptown Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Levine, and a representative from the FDNY.

Several of the project's units are directly across from Rochester Rhinos Stadium and it was recently named a finalist by The Community Design Center Rochester for the 2016 Robert Macon Award for Urban Innovation.

«This $ 2 million award from the Rural and Urban Community Investment Fund marks a major step toward making theREP at Livingston Square a reality,» said Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan.

According to the organization, the goal is to transform the building from a deteriorating, inefficient community service facility into the Lower East Side's quintessential urban community center, to serve families for the next century and beyond.

According to findings from the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, of Participatory Budgeting voters surveyed:

According to preliminary findings from the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, of Participatory Budgeting voters surveyed:

The $ 3 million grant, from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, will provide the resources for the Erie County Department of Health («ECDOH») to work with NYSDOH and community partners to assess 180 homes for lead - paint hazards and correct them where they are found.

Alexa Kasdan, director of research and policy at The Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center, said in a statement participatory budgeting «engages people who are disenchanted with politics and traditionally excluded from civic affairs.»

Silver was referring to the Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, which moved from the East Village to 26 Broadway last year, and the former Greenwich Village Middle School, which moved in this year and became the Lower Manhattan Community Middle School.

Lifestyles range from vibrant urban and suburban communities in the southern and western parts of the County to the quiet, pastoral settings of our northern and eastern rural communities.

Over the last several months, as the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area planning process chugged forward, we've sat through countless community board meetings, interviewed dozens of local residents and decision - makers and published op - eds from various players invested in the proposed residential and retail project.

NEW YORK, NY (04/04/2012)(readMedia)-- Council Members Brad Lander (D - Brooklyn), Melissa Mark - Viverito (D - Manhattan), Eric Ulrich (R - Queens) and Jumaane D. Williams (D - Brooklyn) came together on the steps of City Hall Wednesday with partners from Community Voices Heard, the Participatory Budgeting Project, and the Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project and dozens of local organizations to declare the results of the groundbreaking participatory budgeting vote held last week.

With his interest piqued, he then went on to educate himself on zoning law as well as the civic community, earned a masters of science in urban affairs and planning from Hunter College and helped form the North Flushing Civic Association.

Even when psychologists include kids from other communities, too often they use experimental procedures originally developed for urban children.

Most research on children's understanding of the natural world has come from middle - class, European American children living in urban or suburban communities, typically located close to universities.

The study reveals ecological knowledge in 4 - year - old children from urban Native American, rural Native American and urban non-Native American communities.