Sentences with phrase «local community members held»

Organized by Tar - Free Oxford, local community members held a banner that read «Keep Tar Sands out of Europe» as Campbell arrived to deliver a seminar at the college.

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Fearful that the business could someday land in the hands of a large corporation and shut down, members of the community formed a holding company to purchase the controlling interest of the mill and ensure Stafford County Flour Mills would remain a local, independent flour mill.

Also at 11 a.m., Queens Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, along with local elected officials, housing advocates, and community members hold a press conference to announce legislation creating two new refundable tax credits for people who live in rental or government - subsidized housing, Woodside Houses Park, 50th Street between Newtown Road and Broadway, Queens.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Standing with local community advocates and the brother of one former Rikers Island inmate held for three years without a trial, Brian Benjamin, Democratic nominee for the 30th District of the New York State Senate, and Council Member Rory Lancman, chair of the Committee on Courts and Legal Services, today unveiled a new strategy to close the city detention center within three years.

NEW YORK, NY (04/04/2012)(readMedia)-- Council Members Brad Lander (D - Brooklyn), Melissa Mark - Viverito (D - Manhattan), Eric Ulrich (R - Queens) and Jumaane D. Williams (D - Brooklyn) came together on the steps of City Hall Wednesday with partners from Community Voices Heard, the Participatory Budgeting Project, and the Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project and dozens of local organizations to declare the results of the groundbreaking participatory budgeting vote held last week.

For over two weeks in Lima, WGC and Women's Caucus members participated directly in the negotiations, held press conferences, conducted advocacy trainings, wrote articles, released reports and briefing papers, joined demonstrations and marches and collaborated with dozens of colleagues from around the world who participated through all this action in the COP in Lima or in support activities back home in local communities.

The 2018 Whole Schools initiative will be held June 12 - 15 at MS Gulf Coast Community College - Jefferson Davis Campus This four day conference will bring together educators, artists, community members and parents for over 180 hours of high quality professional development opportunities from local and national prCommunity College - Jefferson Davis Campus This four day conference will bring together educators, artists, community members and parents for over 180 hours of high quality professional development opportunities from local and national prcommunity members and parents for over 180 hours of high quality professional development opportunities from local and national presenters.

Moreover, we believe the emphasis on meaningfully engaging educators, families, and community members in the development of state and local implementation plans holds great promise.

We plug educators and community members into opportunities to contact their state and local leaders by sharing testimony, attending meetings, holding rallies, writing letters and much more.

The Southern Environmental Association (SEA), a local environmental / conservation organization that manages the marine reserves and parks off the Placencia coast, holds annual community meetings to discuss and fine tune Whale Shark Interaction Regulations based on the experiences of local whale shark tour operators and tour guides, local fishermen and interested communty members.

Entrepreneurs and sales agents visit local villages to hold sales promotion programs, where community members are invited to gather for a demo of household solar products.

A free community celebration will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 14, at the Just Food Farm where members of the public can learn more about, and celebrate, local good food projects.

In each of these countries, The Climate Reality Project's Road to Paris campaign will build on the work we've already undertaken, including training new members of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps and activating local branches, which will employ social / digital earned media tactics to educate and mobilize communities, hold events, and offer practical suggestions for grassroots action people can take to support and strengthen the commitments their national governments have made.

The unionist community, through its political representatives — the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which has been the largest and most popular unionist party since the last elections held for the NIA in November 2003 — must be satisfied that Sinn Fein: is genuine in its support for the law and order agencies of the province; encourages Catholics to join the police; ensures representatives sit on the local police boards, which supervise and monitor the police; encourages members of the Catholic community to accept the legitimacy of the police as the only law enforcement agency in Northern Ireland; and will co-operate with them in all law and order matters.

Southern Regional Health System (Riverdale, GA) 07/2004 — 03/2006 Public Relations Coordinator • Developed and implemented comprehensive public relations strategies for the hospital system, holding responsibility for various media relations tasks including news releases, media inquiries, and interviews • Acted as primary hospital spokesperson for television, print, and radio communications • Maintained internal communications including employee newsletters, physician newsletters, trade publications, internal advertisements, and the Prism magazine which was distributed to Clayton County residents on a quarterly basis • Facilitated effective relations with all internal and external audiences, including area residents and businesses, staff members, volunteers, and both state and county officials • Scheduled, planned, and promoted healthcare outreach and educational activities including fairs, tours, and local events • Solicited the input, review, and approval of various parties in the preparation of marketing plans and related budgets, as well as for the coordination and selection of qualified candidates to speak at community events on various health - related topics • Monitored patient complaints as appropriate, providing valuable feedback and guidance with respect to issue resolution • Exceeded educational requirements for fire safety, general safety, infection control, and hazardous waste management

Workshops were held involving Aboriginal community members, representatives from all levels of government, non-government organisations, academics and members of the non-Indigenous local community, Nixon said.

These organisations are governed and largely staffed by local Indigenous community members who are held accountable to our communities for delivering on outcomes, often well beyond what we are funded to deliver and beyond the usual hours of business.

Where possible, NIHEC aims to hold community forums in these locations to discuss local issues with community members and the health sector.

Certification training programs will be held in major cities, allowed DLC team members the opportunity to learn how to present EnRICHed material in their local communities — at schools and through other events such as client appreciation parties.

The award recognizes members who have made a difference in their communities by holding local fundraisers, volunteering in the community and contributing in other ways to charitable causes.

The Toronto Real Estate Board recently presented its 2007 Civic Service Awards, recognizing members who make a difference in their communities by holding local...

Held at the Nanaimo Ice Centre Arena, 31 players consisting of Realtors and members of the local business community suited up and took to the ice to battle for their chosen cause.

Certification training programs were held in major cities, affording any Dominion Lending Centres team member the opportunity to learn how to present EnRICHed material in their local communities — at schools and through other events such as client appreciation parties.