Sentences with phrase «into vulnerable communities»

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that adding such a question «will inject fear and distrust into vulnerable communities and cause traditionally undercounted communities to be even further under - represented, financially excluded and left behind.»

Not exact matches

These Community Partners are doing important work to support people who are experiencing housing insecurity and are vulnerable to falling into homelessness.

Any regime, including a democratic one, degenerates into what the Pope calls a «tyrant state» when its law exposes the weakest and most vulnerable members of the community» those most in need of the law's protection» to private lethal violence or other forms of oppression.

We get out of ourselves and into our communities, and battle evil, poverty, bigotry; loving vulnerable and marginalized people, like Jesus did.

Any regime, including a democratic one, degenerates into what the Pope calls a «tyrant state» when its law exposes the weakest and most vulnerable members of the community — those most in need of the law's protection — to private lethal violence or other forms of oppression.

Please watch this video and educate yourself on the conditions in many vulnerable communities about what you can do (beyond leaving comments on blogs) to help transform these areas from «first food deserts» into First Food Friendly neighborhoods.

And this requires not just the security measures I have outlined but that we work with all communities and all countries through debate, discussion, dialogue and education as we tackle at root the evils that risk driving people, particularly vulnerable young people, into the hands of violent extremists.

They also aim to prevent vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism and not to alienate any minority communities in UK.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie also weighed in on the fatal incident saying, «Gun violence continues to plague communities across the nation and that it has found its way into workplaces, schools and hospitals, where the most vulnerable among us should feel safe, is reprehensible.»

Incorporating recent research into the NFIP could help establish a framework for identifying which properties and communities are most vulnerable to repetitive flooding and create more efficient standards to determine buyout eligibility.

She's pushing for stricter environmental toxin reforms to protect vulnerable, low - income communities and more advanced farming systems that pull excess carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soil.

But the story of their recovery also gives us all hope: hope that pain and fear can be transformed into love and the comfort of a warm lap or kind pet on the head — but only because of your continued dedication and support to helping the most vulnerable animals in our community.

Encouraged by these numbers, we're working with both longstanding and new partners in the animal welfare community and horse industry to make the transition of vulnerable horses into safe and loving homes a top priority.

Whether we're working to move animals out of the City shelter and into placement via our Wheels of Hope program, training New Yorkers to perform Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) and care for community cats through our NYC Feral Cat Initiative, helping our community's most vulnerable pet owners keep their pets despite difficult circumstances via our Helping Pets and People in Crisis program, or preparing for our large - scale Adoptapalooza events, every day is different.

And if encouraging people to travel just sends uninformed people out into the world, into unstable and vulnerable communities that they don't understand, then tourism has the potential to be really destructive.

Emphasizing the importance of promoting, protecting and respecting all human rights, the right to development, the right to health, and the rights of indigenous peoples, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable climate situations -LSB-, and under occupation,] as well as promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, while taking into account the needs of local communities, intergenerational equity concerns, and the integrity of ecosystems and of Mother Earth, when taking action to address climate change,...

Through the lessons presented in the document students are expected, among others, to explore climate change, its consequences and possible solutions; work constructively in groups and debate controversial aspects of climate change; learn about individual, community - level, national and international opportunities to mitigate climate change; discover why children are vulnerable to the effects of climate change; and conduct research into climate change.

The Hip Hop Caucus is focused on ensuring that as we take this bold action, those resources are being reinvested into our most vulnerable communities in order to take them from surviving to thriving.»

To counter this, the report recommends mainstreaming climate change into the national development planning process, ensuring that adequate adaptation and resilience is built in to cushion vulnerable communities against present and future climate change.

This must be done in a way that respects the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities between developed and developing countries, and yet provides the international community — and in particular those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change — assurances that pledges will tighten into targets, and that countries» performance will be assessed against those targets.

They were developed to build the capacity of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of the government of Bangladesh to interpret probabilistic climate and flood forecast information, translate these into location - specific impact outlooks, prepare locally relevant response options, and communicate these to vulnerable farming communities to reduce disaster risks in agriculture.The modules are intended for participants in the related training workshops, as well as for the self - study learner.

Oxfam's concern about the impact of global warming on the population of Bangladesh is based not only on its own extensive experience of working with communities vulnerable to climate - related events, but also on the most authoritative study into the environmental and economic impacts of global warming — the Group II report of the Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

There are too many sources of BAU in our economy; too many sources of inertia in our policy community; and too many biophysical forces at work that are vulnerable to positive feedback (and may well have already moved into accelerating territory).

While it may be agreed that forest conservation is in everyone's interest, and certainly in the interest of Indigenous communities which are vulnerable to both climate change and deforestation, schemes such as REDD could actually have negative consequences for Indigenous peoples if their rights are not taken into account in designing the program.

The Coalition is pleased that the federal government has mandated the Inquiry to examine systemic causes of violence and has taken into account the needs of vulnerable communities and witnesses.

What I'm hoping will happen in the next three years is that funders of health care, social services, housing, etc. and legal aid providers and courts will embrace working with groups outside of the legal domain and start using forms and technology to bring preventative law into places where vulnerable communities go for help with other pressing needs.

Senior citizens are also vulnerable to this crime as they move into a more populate adult living community or retirement home.

The 2014 Federal Budget measures aimed at the wider community will impact the most vulnerable poor people in Australia into deeper levels of poverty, particularly Indigenous Australians.

CityCare's staff and volunteers engage with the wider community of Australia through programs, services and projects that seek to strengthen families, empower young people and see vulnerable groups connected into community.

Five key strategies guide communities in creating a vision for early childhood social - emotional health with a focus on reducing physical and mental health disparities, especially among vulnerable populations: 1) Enhanced home visiting through a focus on social and emotional well - being, 2) Screening and assessment in a range of child - serving settings, 3) Integration of behavioral health into primary care, 4) Mental health consultation in early care and education settings, and 5) Family strengthening and parent skills training.