Sentences with phrase «groups for community members»

The Katha School works to improve the surrounding community, which is highly impoverished, by running self - help groups for community members on a variety of topics.

I had created 8 weeks of lessons and activities for beginner and intermediate Spanish speakers and posted them to our Google Group for community members» review.

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The «pipeline problem» is the theory there simply aren't enough properly skilled members of underrepresented groups for hire — including women, people of color, veterans and members of the LGBTQ community.

How it works: Zest's «tribe» of active members recommends content they've found to be valuable; then, a group of super-user volunteers reviews it and decides if it's a good or bad fit for the community.

By becoming active members of the community, your team will not only help your own content remain at the top of the group for much longer, their rankings as top influencers in the group will also be raised.

Chief Executive Group is the leading community for business leaders worldwide, publishes Chief Executive magazine (since 1977), ChiefExecutive.net, Corporate Board Member magazine and BoardMember.com, as well as conferences and roundtables that enable CEOs to discuss key subjects and share their experiences with their peers.

Name: Kelly Blackett Title: Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Communications Areas of responsibility: Human resources, learning and development, corporate communications Years with CWB Financial Group: 3 Career history: 17 years with General Electric in Canada holding a series of progressively responsible human resources leadership roles at GE Capital and GE Corporate, supporting businesses within Canada as well as globally Education: Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Alberta Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business Community involvement: Sits on the Board of Trustees for the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, member of the MacEwan Business School Advisory Board, and past mentor with MORE, a program providing cross-business mentorship to female leaders in Edmonton's business communitycommunity

Name: Chris Fowler, MA Title: President and Chief Executive Officer Areas of responsibility: Executive management, strategy Years with CWB Financial Group: 27 Career history: Has served at CWB in roles with increasing responsibility since 1991, including, commercial account management (1991 - 1995), credit risk (1995 - 2008), and joined the executive team in 2008 as Executive Vice President, Banking, and then President and Chief Operating Officer Education: Master of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of British Columbia Community involvement: Trustee for the University Hospital Foundation (University of Alberta), Member of the Canadian Bankers Association's Executive Council, director with the Art Gallery of Alberta's board of directors, and campaign cabinet member with the United Way of Alberta Capital Member of the Canadian Bankers Association's Executive Council, director with the Art Gallery of Alberta's board of directors, and campaign cabinet member with the United Way of Alberta Capital member with the United Way of Alberta Capital Region

For starters, there's a community slack channel and a private community Facebook group where members can communicate.

CNN: Expectations high for first Hindu member of Congress Just days after Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii was sworn in as the first Hindu member of Congress, Hindu American advocacy groups made it clear that they hope Gabbard will help represent the nation's wider Hindu community, on top of her Hawaiian constituents.

Sunday morning, a weeknight for small group, regular service on a ministry team, occasional church projects and retreats... Add the expectation to be friends and find community with other church members beyond the organized settings, and I have little time left for my neighbors.

There is a critical need for community persons without professional accreditation to be members of the staff of community mental health centers because minority groups have been inadequately represented in the mental health professions.

Evangelism offices and commissions gather and affirm the various groups that identify themselves under their broad banner; they sponsor workshops on church growth, offering helpful techniques for how to make church life more inclusive, how to bring back those who drift away, how to incorporate new members more quickly, how to set up and carry out community - building activities such as lay visitation.

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

That also goes for women, Jewish, Hispanic, Muslim community members or any other group that may feel uneasy about the future under a Trump presidency.

If you're not able to create that type of community with your existing friends, look for meet - ups or groups where you can work toward that with others as support; or consider asking a close family member or friend to check in with you for accountability.

This isolation can be remedied by federation of the communities with each other, for federation makes up for the smallness of communal groups by enabling members to pass from one settlement to another and by allowing the groups to complement and help each other.

Silverton Friends Church, for instance, (where my co-author John Pattison is a member) gathered a diverse group of its members and spent most of the past school year reading about the LGBT community and discussing how they would respond together to tensions about sexuality in their congregation and their denomination.

After several months in a Bible study - growth group (led by their pastor) the members began to look for ways to share their new awareness of relationships and the Christian life in their community.

Within a community organized along the lines of a Whiteheadian society, on the other hand, a single individual or a small group may indeed speak and act for all the other members as their representatives.

In the Far West, a mental health center has established a panel of fifty qualified community professionals who accept patients for individual and group psychotherapy after screening and evaluation at the mental health center The center pays a small fee to the panel members and retains responsibility for the patient's total treatment program.

Back at home they are active members and home group leaders at Twynham Church for the Community.

Local churches should participate with other community groups in establishing panels for review and evaluation of movies playing at local theatres, and in helping communicate any resulting viewpoints to church members and others in the community.

For many of these groups the ideal solution would be economic self - sufficiency, so «that members would not have to leave the community at all, but few are able to attain this.

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

In the late 1980s there were, for example, in Bangladesh 1200 indigent grassroots movements, in Brazil 100,000 Christian communities with three million members committed to land reform and the elimination of poverty, and in Indonesia 600 independent groups working on environmental protection (Durning 1989).

His church, the 1,000 - member Riverfront Baptist Church, partners with many groups, including the Fellowship, the moderate - led state conventions and the Willow Creek Association (created by Bill Hybels's Willow Creek Community Church outside Chicago), to provide resources for evangelism and spiritual growth.

As a Certified B Corporation, founding member of Slow Money, and member of 1 % For the Planet, Mamma Chia donates 1 % of all its gross sales to support farmers, community groups and organizations that are building healthy and local food systems.

The Health Wellness & Better Eating Conference is an invitation only event for the institutional investment community sponsored by Maxim Group that will bring together industry professionals and members of academia to discuss the health and wellness trends driving changes in the food industry.

At Real Food Farm, education coordinator Aliza Sollins led the group through a tour of the 6 acre property and explained how its production staff and AmeriCorps service members use organic and sustainable farming practices to grow fresh produce for the community.

NIC CEO, Steve Whan said his group's member bodies were mostly not for profit and member - owned organisations and the leadership grant would help to build leadership skills «that are so vital to well - run organisations and to engaging in rural community leadership».

We are very grateful for the expertise, advice, feedback and support provided by our delivery partners, environmental water holders, members of the scientific community, regional advisory groups who invite us to participate in their processes, and the many landowners who work with us to plan, manage and monitor the use of environmental water in the Basin.

Nashville, TN — May, 2014 — Attachment Parenting International (API), a non-profit global network of parenting support groups with more than 70 locations around the world, announces its newest Board of Directors member, community leader and advocate for children and families, Margaret Feierabend.

The group should meet regularly with each other and perhaps quarterly with the school district leader, explains lead author Elizabeth Budd, M.P.H. Tapping into existing committees and resources (like the Parent Teacher Association, physical education teachers, and parents and community members with pertinent knowledge or skills) for help also can be key.

It was a lovely group of moms (it's always so thrilling for me to meet members of this community in real life!)

For over 20 years it was nestled in the Threefold community serving a small, committed group of members.

Thank you so much, panelists, for sharing your stories of using mother to mother donor milk, and for our Boob Group club members, our conversation will continue after the end of this show as we will discuss the resources available to you in your local community.

She is also a Certified Youth Sports Administrator and a member of the CYSA Leadership Committee, which is a group of recreation professionals that provides support and direction for community youth sports programs nationwide.

Several Cary homeowners and members of the Citizens for a Better Community, an activist group, told the board that they still back the effort to acquire the property and preserve it as open space.

The Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA) is a member of the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG), which works for the baby feeding industry to be better regulated.

He is also a Certified Youth Sports Administrator and a member of the CYSA Leadership Committee, which is a group of recreation professionals that provides support and direction for community youth sports programs nationwide.

This web series is designed for all social support advocates for pregnant and postpartum women and families, including volunteers, group facilitators, community members, and providers involved in developing support groups or networks.

Abrams E, Eliminating vertical transmission, Rights here, right now: Slide presentation at XVIII International AIDS Conference, July 18 - 23, 2010, Vienna, Austria ICAP Infant Feeding in the Context of HIV slide set ICAP Video, Saving two lives: Improving retention, adherence & psychsocial support within PMTCT services, Uploaded by ICAP Columbia on 3 Mar 2011 This video is a component of the «Improving Retention, Adherence and Psychosocial Support within PMTCT Services: A Toolkit for Health Workers,»; reinforces key PMTCT messages; can be shown to a wide range of audiences, including PMTCT clients, family members, and caregivers of HIV - exposed and HIV - infected children; including in clinic waiting rooms, as part of group education sessions, and in the community.

LIBERTYVILLE — The area served by Libertyville School District 70 and High School District 128 is prime territory for one of the suburbs» first charter schools, members of the A.P.P.L.E. Community Group said Wednesday night.

The area served by Libertyville School District 70 and High School District 128 is prime territory for one of the suburbs» first charter schools, members of the A.P.P.L.E. Community Group said Wednesday night.

Researchers interviewed four food service directors and six community members (including local groups, nonprofit organizations, and for - profit businesses) and conducted in - depth analyses of policies in California, Indiana, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Texas to illuminate the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the sharing of school kitchen facilities.

As a nursing mom and a member of multiple breastfeeding support groups, I used to feel confused that while the public health community and many parent groups proudly proclaim that «breast is best» for babies, so many breastfeeding moms would report being shamed, harassed, and even discriminated against for actually choosing to nurse their kids.

Mrs. Brown, who was born in Chicago, was a member of Make Today Count, a support group for cancer patients at Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, and a hammer dulcimer performer with several musical groups.

Members of the group for some days now have been meeting on the compound of the two schools located at Tema Community One.

Organizing 2.0 leads online organizing and new media skills training for members and staff at community organizations, labor groups, and local campaigns and nonprofits.