Sentences with phrase «listen to our communities before»

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«Wherever that community is you want to serve, my encouragement is get there, be there and listen before you make plans,» he says.

Wednesday parents, students and community members gathered outside the Executive Mansion on Eagle Street in downtown Albany to protest what they say are «attacks on public education and teachers» and to call on the governor to «listen to all stakeholders before bringing forth another wave of misguided educational policies designed to dismantle public education.»

Kiki demands that its audience pay attention and listen to its seven main interlocutors, who, in addition to Mizrahi and Pucci Garçon, include Gia Marie Love (shown before and after her transition), the speaker of the film's most sobering assessment: «Our community is on very intimate terms with death.»

The relevant person should then investigate and listen to both the petitioners and the MAT, before balancing all the factors which will include the current AND future pupils at the school, the local community, the staff and the other schools in the area and in the MAT.

«It is incumbent on them to explain their rationale to an already nervous and uncomfortable parent and student community and listen to the response BEFORE making such a critical decision in a vacuum,» said one.

Prichard offers this advice for other advocacy groups considering similar programming: Start early, focus on getting strong leaders already doing good work, leave time for conversation, intentionally listen to what parents are asking, and build community even before an event.

The growing «Hartford Rising» movement has been saying school officials need to listen to parents, communities, and educators before making decisions that impact students and their opportunity to learn.

The e-reader community has been petitioning Kobo and the company has been listening and we now have many great new options to make the Touch e-Reader even more relevant then before.

So even before you finish your book, start visiting different chat / community boards, join appropriate associations and groups (try meetup.com for in - person groups and Linkedin.com for online groups), and begin making a list of influential media (including bloggers) and «big mouths» — a.k.a. the people who other members of the community listen to.

Game developers are keen to listen to its player base more than ever before, which leads to positive changes in the game and the community around it.

Steam user Atrium sums up the issue stating that essentially what caused most of the problems is the lack of listening to the community and a test server whereby the community could test out the new additions before it was implemented across the board.

On a weeknight in early November, Mark Johnson found himself at a meeting in the library of a Toronto junior public school in Riverdale listening to community residents voice concerns about a shooting that had taken place in the community a few months before.

«I'm blessed with the ability to listen to music before it comes out through dope people in the music community,» he said in an interview last year with Genius.