Sentences with phrase «gives our group local»

The walk gives our group local exposure and further raises awareness of animal issues as we're always stopped by local residents and students with questions or praise.

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To give one example, Climate Mayors is a group of U.S. mayors committed to working with one another to boost local efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and support aims for «binding federal and global - level policymaking.»

I did the unthinkable and joined the local Toastmasters chapter where I was living, which was a group of professionals who would get together once a week to practice giving their pitches.

At the same time, environmental groups and local communities opposed to the project are not about to give up.

The Canadian Mining Association could form a similar partnership with Canadian banks, providing training on sustainable practices to Burmese natural resource firms while leveraging the trillions of dollars raised on the TSX for projects that give environmental groups and local residents a say.

When the renovation was complete, Ellis began to give tours to members of the community (not to mention the American Institute of Architects and local master gardeners groups) to show off his handiwork.

One officer is notorious for harassing local black residents, to the point where he has been given a street nickname of «Bro Stupid,» said Burnell Williams, who works with at - risk youth and ex-prisoners for the nonprofit group Against All Odds.

The policy director of a Koch - backed activist group discusses his opposition to local governments giving tax breaks to Amazon.

There wasn't even money available for stamps, so he used to hand - deliver press releases on a three - speed bicycle, Trained as a journalist, he first became aware of the power of the news media when a local paper refused to print meeting notices he wrote for a controversial group — but gave extensive news coverage to its refusal.

There wasnt even money available for stamps, so he used to hand - deliver press releases on a three - speed bicycle, Trained as a journalist, he first became aware of the power of the news media when a local paper refused to print meeting notices he wrote for a controversial group — but gave extensive news coverage to its refusal.

According to the Hindustan Times, Amreli police superintendent Jagdish Patel was arrested Sunday on suspicion that he helped a group of police officers detain a local resident after which he was forced to give up his bitcoin.

Daniel Zhang, Alibaba Group's chief operating officer, said in a press conference last week that he hopes the 11.11 sale will become a true global shopping event in five to 10 years as Alibaba's e-commerce ecosystem, once largely confined within China's borders, continues to expand internationally through collaboration with more governments, banks and postal services in order to give shoppers everywhere a seamless, «local» e-commerce experience — no matter where the merchants they patronize are located.

While I feel your intention at your proposal of giving to charity at a local and more direct level to be very good and would work possibly in smaller groups of people.

Burma does not acknowledge them as a local ethnic group and will not give them citizenship, even though they have lived in Burma for generations.

Such studies should be carried out for the smallest conceivable units (one family or clan, a local group at a given period of time, the occasional following of one cult leader, etc.).

This educational task might take place through interviewing the press, writing letters - to - the - editor, drafting petitions, giving talks to local groups, or writing semipopular accounts.

The local church or a group of churches may move into various forms of action that from the purist position may seem problematic, but at a given moment these may be actions of enormous importance in giving dignity and opportunity to the people of the various congregations and their neighbors.

The government's new plan says local areas will be given guidance on effective steps including «targeted interventions» and close collaboration between sexual health services and other relevant groups.

Staff from GreenPalm were joined by other local businesses to use their expertise to give a group of 80 Hull schoolchildren a lesson in global trade, during an event intended to help them learn more about International business.

The group has signed several local and international industry linkages to give macroeconomic push to the local food and beverage industry, that is, opening new economic avenues for local and regional companies.»

They still push the five - hour range, so, given the time difference, the last group is off just after 10 a.m. local time so the broadcast back in the east doesn't run too long.

We've written about that at greater length here, but in short, it enables local groups to nominate «vital community assets» — including football stadiums — and then, should the owner plan to sell, gives them an opportunity to bid for the property.

She told me about a local home schooling co-op and gave me the name of a Yahoo! Group of local home school support gGroup of local home school support groupgroup.

«In my own charitable giving, I try to focus on local groups,» Stam says.

This story was given to me as part of a story - gathering project that we did for an event co-sponsored by our local Moms Rising group.

Click here to see a sample of the full - color, glossy, and information - packed handout that would be great for your next Support Group meeting, parenting conference, or to give out anywhere local where families frequently visit.

The local groups page gives details of some of these, organised approximately by county within England, with the other countries in the UK at the bottom of the page.

Give it a really good effort, and seek out help from local babywearing groups.

There is also special attention given to strengthening and supporting woman - to - woman support groups, such as local La Leche Leagues or other community breastfeeding groups.

The WHO Global Strategy recognises that for breastfeeding to be successful mothers and families need the right support along the whole course of breastfeeding — from giving birth in a Baby Friendly hospital, to going home to find skilled local support from midwives, health visitors, GPs, and mother support groups throughout their communities.

The local groups for home educators listed below have sites, pages or groups which give support in the area, details of any meetings, and general information.

Find your local LLL group, go along to a meeting, read the information, chat to other mothers, and give it a go.

Village Health Committees mobilized «core groups» of women and men to identify barriers to recommended practices and implement local activities related to newborn healthb; trained grandparents, including grandfathers, to give counseling and deliver health education messages on key maternal and newborn health topics, including essential newborn careb

Mom's Nite Out unites over 10 million moms in social media groups, companies, local playgroups, mommy bloggers and mother social networks, giving them a well deserved night off.

Originally organized by Maria Bailey, CEO of BSM Media, author and Mom Talk Radio host, National Mom's Nite Out unites social media groups, companies, local playgroups, mom bloggers and networks in giving moms a well - deserved night off.

For breastfeeding to be successful families need the right support along the whole course of breastfeeding: from giving birth in a Baby Friendly hospital, going home to find skilled local support from health visitors, GPs, and having access to support groups throughout their communities.

I contacted the Leader of a local LLL group and she immediately gave me the following information.

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Trained local nurses with experience of breastfeeding gave 2 educational sessions, of approximately 20 min each, to groups of 2 - 4 women during their third trimester.

Members of local humanist groups attended talks given to parents in Milton Keynes, Wakefield and Bournemouth, and more recently, members of Feminist Action Cambridge (FAC) were able to attend a talk given to secondary pupils in a school.

A small group of Christians in parliament are changing the law, almost unimpeded, to give local councils the power to introduce prayers to their meetings.

Later today, a group of City Council members intend to introduce two separate bills that would create a residential parking program, giving preference to local residents over outside commuters.

As founder Jeffrey Yoo Warren laid out in a crowd - pleasing presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum conference last week, the group helps local activists assemble $ 100 kits that will let them take extremely detailed photographs of a given area using a consumer - grade digital camera hung from a kite or balloon suspended as high as several thousand feet in the air.

Encouragement should be given for representatives from other relevant bodies to be involved such as; district councils, the Highways Agency, Network Rail, local Chambers of Commerce and other key transport groups.

Local arts groups, including Ballet Hispanico, Alianza Dominicana and Washington Heights Conservatory of Music, gave performances.

So there is, for example, provision for a «Community Right to Buy» which would give local groups new rights to protect vital assets such as shops, pubs, libraries and leisure centres by taking them over when they are threatened with closure.

His face was like thunder and he turned to me to give me a thorough dressing down in front of a group of constituents, lamenting the fact he wasn't alerted to the local duck race on the river.

«We're a lot more comfortable with some of the modifications that have been suggested, especially giving more control to the local school districts and not turning it over to some outside group to determine the fate of the school.»

The Empire Center and local taxpayer groups said the state needs to give districts greater leverage in negotiating teacher contracts by amending a law that deals with pay scales and benefits.

The event will feature a visit from Santa, who will give out books to children, and musical and dramatic performances from several local groups, Oddo said.