Sentences with phrase «homeless youth in the community»

Students can be architects and use math skills to create effective bridges, and they can be poets to tell the stories of homeless youth in the community.

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After a stint in the Marines, Radford, 45, became an activist and organizer on a number of fronts, including president of the student government at Erie Community College, a trainer with the Martin Luther King Institute for Nonviolence, and head of a youth detention center for at - risk kids and a homeless shelter for young women.

Watching de Blasio and Quinn, in particular, demonstrate their detailed knowledge about homeless LGBT youth and preventing sero - conversion among gay men proved that our community's concerns are at the top of the agenda in the Democratic mayoral primary contest.

Today's announcement was made during the City's first «Homelessness Among LGBTQ Persons of Color Awareness Breakfast,» sponsored by the Department of Homeless Services, Department of Youth & Community Development held at Fordham University's Rose Hill campus in the Bronx.

That outcome was stunning given the speaker's long identification with the LGBT community — as the 1991 campaign manager and later chief of staff to Tom Duane, the Council's first out gay member; as head of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; as a demonstrator arrested year after year in protests against the exclusion of openly gay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Communitcommunity — as the 1991 campaign manager and later chief of staff to Tom Duane, the Council's first out gay member; as head of the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project; as a demonstrator arrested year after year in protests against the exclusion of openly gay participants in Manhattan's St. Patrick's Day Parade; and as a Council member who pursued a range of initiatives in support of the community, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT Communitcommunity, including a school anti-bullying law, a requirement that the city only do businesses with contractors with anti-discrimination policies in place, and funding for LGBT homeless youth services, senior services, and the capital needs of the LGBT CommunityCommunity Center.

Her research looks at the embodied practices of resistance in homeless LGBT youth communities, violence and youth, problems in testimonio methods, and the school - to - prison pipeline.

The massive cleanup was one of hundreds of events across the country celebrating National Youth Service Day, in which nearly one million students volunteered to work in such places as nursing homes, homeless shelters, and public parks to showcase youth involvement in community serYouth Service Day, in which nearly one million students volunteered to work in such places as nursing homes, homeless shelters, and public parks to showcase youth involvement in community seryouth involvement in community service.

«Shelter Me: Partners for Life» is hosted by Jon Hamm and features singer - songwriter Emmylou Harris and the incredible work she's doing to help at - risk youth and homeless pets in her community.

ADW in Taos now provides weekly therapeutic groups to children and families at the local domestic violence shelter; military veterans; teens with disabilities as an AmeriCorps community service program; at - risk youth at an alternative middle school; and homeless youth at the local youth crisis shelter, and more.

Featuring a combination of exhibition, education, and public programming spaces on a 20,000 square foot campus, Art + Practice transcends the traditional expectations of the «community art space,» as it offers services to foster youth in a collective and practice space, as well as affordable housing initiatives for homeless people, and professional and educational counseling for participants.

Springfield News - LeaderLocal Catholic youth raise $ 38000 to buy a home for homeless person at Eden VillageSpringfield News - Leader «Dr. David and Mrs. Linda Brown have begun a program known as Eden Village, which is a «micro-home concept» developed in response to homelessness in our community.

Public interest work can be in any number of practice areas including: Administrative law, AIDS / HIV, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Animal Rights, Appellate, Arts, Bankruptcy, Children / Youth, Civil Rights / Civil Liberties, Community Economic Development, Constitutional, Consumer Law, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, Prisoners» Rights, Disability, Education, Elder Law, Employment Law, Environmental / Energy, Family Law, Gay / Lesbian Rights, Health / Medical, Homeless / Housing Law, Immigration, International Human Rights, Legislative, Litigation, Migrant Workers, Municipal Law, Native Americans, Public Benefits, Tax, Women.

«The Homeless Youth Legal Network is a fine example of how the American Bar Association can link youth experiencing homelessness with experts in the legal community who can help,» ABA President Linda A. Klein said in a press relYouth Legal Network is a fine example of how the American Bar Association can link youth experiencing homelessness with experts in the legal community who can help,» ABA President Linda A. Klein said in a press relyouth experiencing homelessness with experts in the legal community who can help,» ABA President Linda A. Klein said in a press release.

Recently, HYLN has also conducted surveys to gain deeper insight into the legal needs of youth in their community and started a listserv for attorneys and other advocates for homeless youth.

• Speaker, National Pathways to Adulthood: A convening on Youth in Transition — 2011 • Centenary Methodist, Speaker, Homeless / Runaway Youth Awareness Workshops — 2011 • Speaker, Missouri SYAB Youth Empowerment Conference — 2011 • Federal Grant Reviewer, Administration for Children and Families: Improving Service Delivery to Youth in the Child Welfare System — 2011 • Federal Grant Reviewer, Office of Family Assistance: Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Father - Hood Grants — 2011 • Federal Grant Reviewer, Administration of Children and Families Grant Review: Improving Outcomes for Youth in Childwelfare — 2011 • Federal Grant Reviewer, Administration of Children and Families Grant Review: Community Centered Healthy Marriage and Fatherhood — 2011 • Federal Panel Chair, Administration of Children and Families Grant Review: Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood — 2011

Every Friday, she hosts an activity night for troubled youth, sponsors two community dinners annually for the homeless in Cloverdale, and is a volunteer counselor.