Sentences with phrase «meaningful than the community»

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Finally, less than half of those surveyed say their company is engaged with the community in a meaningful way.

In the immediate aftermath, more than a dozen local businesses are reeling from the events, and trying to find meaningful ways to support the community.

«While we are pleased the industry continues growing at faster rates than other sectors of the economy, we could be growing much faster, creating more new jobs and businesses, if Washington addressed the tax, spending and regulatory uncertainty plaguing the small business community in a meaningful way,» said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira.

Only such communities can demonstrate how meaningful progress can be rooted in collective remembrance rather than just individual desire, ambition, preference, or choice.

tradition hard to break.the tradition of marriage is older and more meaningful than any other we know it crosses all religions and non religions, and races and cultures.it won't change easy.calling it something else for some people may make it easier to change.but what about those people who want that time tested tradition for themselves for their own self worth.it is a civil right give it to them today.this issues has divided my community as much as any other, but as we have fought to gain right after right, we have lost sight that all deserve the right of freedom of happiness.No gayness here, just can't fight the battle to keep someone down after being held down

«I opened my first restaurant in New York City more than 20 years ago, and I am always thrilled to be able to give back to the community I belong to and love in a meaningful way.

With all this in view we might agree that a meaningful life is possible, but instruct one another to search for it in other dimensions of living other than work, such as family, politics or community.

On Thursday, June 21st, United Way of the Southern Tier will be rallying hundreds of volunteers throughout the community for United Way Worldwide» s Day of Action, an annual event that mobilizes the caring power of volunteers to make a meaningful impact in more than 400 communities around the world.

«With the breakdown of Friday's ceasefire and the prospects of peace seemingly distant, it is now more important than ever that the international community acts to get the two sides to agree to a renewed ceasefire, and thereafter to reestablish meaningful negotiations to achieve a two - state solution,» he said.

Over the last 10 years, the project has held more than 20 public meetings, participated in numerous one - on - one meetings and group presentations, and has engaged in open dialog and meaningful discussions with community members and stakeholders to better understand the island's issues as well as the cultural and natural significance of Maunakea.

Wiliam, Emeritus Professor of Educational Assessment at the Institute of Education, University of London, has encouraged schools to provide useful, meaningful information to parent communities about their child's learning, rather than simplistic grades.

In the end, school officials and experts in Cleveland turned out to lack any serious commitment to community empowerment; they behaved in ways that equated it with public relations or community outreach rather than a meaningful transformation of school governance.

Peter Smyth, a retired educator and administrator, and also a co-founder of Community Voice, says, «After a career in education and research into educational reform, I have come to these conclusions: while South Carolina Superintendent Zais has applied for a waiver to No Child Left Behind, his proposals reflect those of Secretary Duncan and the current and previous administrations, policies which have not achieved their goals and have made raising test scores and graduation rates, rather than meaningful learning, the default goals of American education.

Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation have hosted 116 Community Conversations around the U.S., engaging more than 70,000 teachers, parents, and community members in meaningful dialogue about today's most profound issues, including respecting diversity, promoting tolerance, and creating sociaCommunity Conversations around the U.S., engaging more than 70,000 teachers, parents, and community members in meaningful dialogue about today's most profound issues, including respecting diversity, promoting tolerance, and creating sociacommunity members in meaningful dialogue about today's most profound issues, including respecting diversity, promoting tolerance, and creating social change.

Even if that were true, it is better to cover half the content and to have a closer community of families emerge from the meeting than to simply make sure that the information has been transmitted clearly in the languages present, regardless of how meaningful it is to the participants.

There is almost nothing more meaningful educators can do than facilitate this to build genuine communities for those they're empowering.

Provide opportunities to work collaboratively as a community of learners that share meaningful interactions in a cooperative rather than competitive environment.

Nina Amir presents Why a Blog Inspires More People to Change than a Book posted at How to Blog a Book, saying, «Many writers feel a strong desire to impact readers, communities, organizations, or the world in a meaningful or positive way — to create change.

CCAS is doing more than ever to connect with our community in meaningful ways.

- travelers hunger for community and want to get involved with causes larger than themselves - engaging in more meaningful conversations and relationships.

Back in the olden days, role playing games used to focus on character interactions that didn't boil down to an exchange of bullets to the face, choices that impacted in - game communities in more meaningful ways than you dropping by to unload the loot like a one - man coat drive, comprehensive character development, team building, stories with actual endings, and all the things that had something to do with playing a meaningful role (get it?)

«Black Ops 4 gives our community more ways to have fun with their friends than anything Treyarch has ever created and introduces meaningful innovations to every element of the game, including next level tactical team - based multiplayer, the biggest zombies offering yet and Blackoutwhere the largest map in Call of Duty history brings together the rich universe of Black Ops,» said Rob KostichEVP and GM, Call of Duty.

Ontario's microFIT Program has resulted in more than 26,000 contracts and has encouraged individuals, schools, municipalities, co-operatives and Indigenous communities to participate in clean energy projects and make meaningful contributions to a cleaner environment.

The United States is not only responsible for the current crisis because, as President Obama noted, it is the second highest emitter of ghg in the world behind China, it has historically emitted much more ghgs into the atmosphere than any other country including China, it is currently near the top of all nations in per capita ghg emissions, and the US has been responsible more than any other developed nation for the failure of the international community to adopt meaningful ghg emissions reduction targets from the beginning of international climate negotiations in 1990 until the Obama administration.

The authors encourage readers to make time for volunteer work within one's community, which is more meaningful than writing a cheque to support a distant overseas charity.

The means may be similar to networking — particularly good networking, which focuses on meaningful connections rather than handing out business cards — but the focus in a community is on building the relationship for the sake of the relationship.