Sentences with phrase «local leaders about»

The summer was spent doing quite a bit of catch - up by informing local leaders about the applications and discussing the specific implications of the grant, since the school districts had left them out of the process.

The group viewed the visit as a way to educate local leaders about how Israel has supported technology startup companies.

After a week of workshops on social entrepreneurship and meeting with local leaders about enhancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem, those who attended, pledged to choose the latter and here are a few of the opportunities we identified:

Not exact matches

It's about all of these community groups, these activists, these non-profits, these local leaders as clergy saying, «Forget about Krasner.

Amazon is opening the Amazon HQ2 Request for Proposal («RFP») now, and local and state government leaders interested in learning more about how they can bring Amazon to their community can visit www.amazon.com/amazonHQ2.

Pyongyang has confirmed with the South that it shares the common goal of realizing a nuclear - free Korean Peninsula, North Korean state - run media said Saturday, in the first local report about its leader Kim Jong Un's intention to move toward complete denuclearization.

Top Starbucks executives and about 40 Philadelphia clergy and community leaders met in what local leaders say was the beginning of an effort to push the coffee company to play a leading role in addressing racial injustice.

Our touchstone will be readers, understanding what they care about — government, local leaders, restaurant openings, scout troops, businesses, charities, governors, sports — and working backwards from there.

He became somewhat popular among the crowds as a result, and certain religious leaders became nervous about some of the things he was saying, so they got the local government to arrest Josh.

In the past decade church leaders often voiced cynicism or even a sense of futility about involving local churches in social action.

We can wax anxious about the details» impersonal suburban mega-churches taking the place of the intimate congregations, professionalized «community organizers» instead of local leaders, and of course a political process increasingly dominated by pollsters and spin artists» but we shouldn't lose sight of the basic American impulse.

Yet when a local denominational leader challenged the area churches to do something about the AIDS epidemic, she had a nagging suspicion God would not leave her at the cushy clinic job.

According to Open Doors, local church leaders have raised their concerns about the law with the state government but have not received a response yet.

In light of varying perspectives about this appointment, Christian leaders will need to think afresh about their relationship to local public schools, where more than 90 percent of America's children are educated.

But some Christian leaders had strong words about the realities that drive local interfaith relations.

«For a relatively small, local company to be a market leader like that says a lot about our work.»

Members of the public who attend the full - day Good Food Festival programming have the opportunity to learn directly from experienced farmers and gardeners through long - form DIY workshops and «Good Food Commons» mini-sessions; hear from thought leader panelists about the future of our agricultural system; watch cooking demos, emphasizing local food, by culinary leaders such as Frontera's Rick Bayless and One Off Hospitality's Paul Kahan (both past recipients of FamilyFarmed's Good Food Chef of the Year Award); and engage with more than 150 farmer, food business, and nonprofit exhibitors.

About the USTA The USTA is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the U.S. and the leader in promoting and developing the growth of tennis at every level — from local communities to the highest level of the professional game.

Here's the agenda; I'll field questions at the local leaders meet up at 12:30 - 1 pm and also will share about how to navigate your online presence at the social media roundtables starting at 3 pm.

I attended the local API support group as a member for about 2 years, and then got certified as a leader when ours retired.

The I - 80 Corporate Consortium is group of business leaders, political representatives, economic development professionals and local officials who joined forces about two and a half years ago to help each other and create «one voice» to promote economic development in the corridor, Wright said.

So, now as an API Leader, what do you enjoy about providing local parent support?

If you are curious about the specific reasons your child's school community has chosen to be a part of the National PTA or an independent PTO, your local leaders should be able to answer your questions.

When I talked about this with our local LLL leader, she kindly brought Nursing Your Toddler to our next meeting.

Because there were no local resources to learn about cloth diapers, Janice became a Certified Real Diaper Circle Leader to help other parents learn about the benefits of cloth.

Contact DASH BC or your local HSN Leader with questions about the Healthy Schools Network, for assistance with planning your grant project, or for support with the grant application process; we are here to help!

When parents who are firm in Attachment Parenting have a question about whether a child - rearing practice leads to a secure parent - child attachment bond, they feel certain that they can turn to API resources, specifically API's Eight Principles of Parenting, the cofounders» book Attached at the Heart, or local API Support Groups and API Leaders.

That's despite a considerable amount of grumbling by local municipal and school district officials and business leaders about the lack of mandate relief that was promised by the administration to take the edge off the cap's impact, but so far has not materialized.

Cuomo in a question - and - answer session with reporters after his speech said he would commit about $ 500 million to the shared services effort and, without naming Astorino, said a hypothetical county executive hasn't convened local government leaders to take necessary stops to reduce costs.

I am sure that when these leaders wake up each morning, they are not thinking about foreign policy, but about domestic social unrest, the lack of provision of a proper welfare system, about how to deal with the issue of internal migrants (some 200 million people on the move from villages to urban areas demanding the same rights as urban locals), and so on.

Second, and significantly, knowing every single piece of information about relationships at scale allows for incredibly well - coordinated engagement and organizing strategies, pathway and leadership development, the empowerment of new local leaders, and, most importantly, the mobilization of activists.

Preserving the deduction of state and local taxes is not a partisan issue, but about basic fairness to states like New York, Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said Wednesday in a statement.

Ministers are now calling for local authorities to do more to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle air quality, and are writing to council leaders to remind them about the scheme.

The second one was about the right of the leader of the autonomous republic to fire local governors.

Its main focus remains on the Taliban, however, with concern registered about the growing number of civilian assassinations - including teachers, nurses, doctors, tribal elders, community leaders and local officials.

(WBNG)-- After Manhattan Democratic Assemblywoman, Linda Rosenthal, introduced a legislation that would ban rifle and archery school programs, local leaders were not happy to hear about it.

Curbed article on BP Adams joining community leaders to raise questions about the potential impact of the Bush Terminal transformation plans on local residents in Sunset Park.

The delays moving forward are all about empire building and petty jealousies between the local Labour leaders.

After Manhattan Democratic Assemblywoman, Linda Rosenthal, introduced a legislation that would ban rifle and archery school programs, local leaders were not happy to hear about it.

I voted by post today and had three ballot papers: mayor, police and crime commissioner, local councillor — which is a lot of decisions to make about our future leaders in one go.

At 11 a.m., IDC Leader Jeff Klein, Sen. Diane Savino, Assemblyman Francisco Moya, NYC Councilman Ritchie Torres and community, immigrant rights and labor advocates discuss the release of a report about an undercover investigation of local employment agencies; steps, City Hall, Manhattan.

The fact is local Republican leaders approached me about running.»

Ways to Think About Planning in Buffalo Niagara describes approaches, tools and resources available for citizens, local planners, community leaders, nonprofit staff and others who are looking to leverage planning to create change in their community.

«This isn't about trade union leaders - this is about dinner ladies and teaching assistants and people in local government who feel as though they've worked hard for 30 years and suddenly are being stung at a late stage in their career - predominantly low - paid women,» he told the Independent on Sunday.

Minority Leader Lori Cornell (D - Jamestown) agreed about that pressure needs to be put on Albany, but also said the legislature, too, needs to work together and come up with local solutions to offset the 2013 budget gap.

Lives will be saved with $ 16 million in state funding for Western New York to fight the heroin and opioid crisis, officials predicted Thursday afternoon, hours after leaders of towns, villages and cities from across Erie County convened in Williamsville to talk about how to react to the crisis at the local level.

Yohaira Alvarez, community coordinator for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent agency that investigates misconduct allegations, urged a host of nonprofit groups, community leaders and locals to consider the agency a partner in their work to bring concerns about police to resolution.

Stuart Appelbaum, head of the Retail Workers and Department Store Union (RWDSU), the local labor leader who invited Trumka to the armory, said that «bringing the head of the AFL - CIO the first week after he is elected sends a powerful message about what working people want in economic development.

Representatives of the New York Conference of Mayors and New York Association of Counties also praised the proposal, but were noncommittal about how many of their members might want to use the restructuring board, though they predict that many local government leaders will take a look at it.

Such a case occurred on Long Island in 2008, when leaders of the Suffolk County Conservative Party sniffed out that members of the local police union were switching their party enrollments in an attempt to bring about the defeat of a county sheriff who was seen as cooperating in an effort to downsize the department.