Sentences with phrase «national community leader»

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When the collection of major works housed at the city's world - class Detroit Institute of Arts Museum was in danger of being liquidated to pay off municipal debt, the federal mediator, Judge Gerald Rosen, city emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, and other civic leaders leaned heavily on community and national foundations, lawmakers and the museum itself to put their money where their masterpieces were.

The Minneapolis Police Department said it has been «a national leader and has set national «best practice» standards in community engagement and community policing.»

Kinder Morgan's 1,000 - kilometre expansion project has become a national rallying cry for environmentalists, sparked protests from Indigenous communities, caused a trade war between two provinces and brought about the arrest of a federal party leader.

The patient community has expressed grave concerns about the proliferation of short - term plans - in fact, 113 groups, including AARP, American Heart Association, March of Dimes, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness, recently sent a letter expressing these concerns to Congressional leaders.

«This report establishes a baseline against which we can measure the collective impact of #movethedial as we continue to increase the participation and advancement of women in our tech community,» says Chris Dulny, National Technology Sector Leader at PwC Canada.

Community service: Ontario Judicial Council; Royal Ontario Museum; Treasury Board of Canada; CD Howe Institute; founder and leader of national hackathon competitions Great Canadian Appathon, Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE), and Hackergals.

The sanitation strikers, along with historians and community leaders held a symposium at the National Civil Rights Museum examining the legacy of the Memphis sanitation strike before... Read more →

Missions assigned to leaders of local chapters include creating standards, managing local communities, and lobbying with city authorities and national regulators.

Most recently, he was awarded the first - ever Business Development Bank of Canada Entrepreneurship Champion — a national award that recognizes the achievement of a Canadian entrepreneur and community leader who has created and grown one or many successful small or medium - sized businesses while significantly contributing to the prosperity of the Canadian entrepreneurship ecosystem

From national and community banking to healthcare and automobile services, there are numerous Latino business leaders nationwide who make financial decisions that contribute to the growth of the U.S. economy each day.

The National Council is glad to assist and advise a group of community leaders in such an undertaking.

The leaders of a church giving recognition to National Mental Health Week in its newspaper publicity, indicating the stake of the church in the mental health of its community.

* True * leaders in the community, or the national or international scene, do so without the crutch of a god.

The British who colonized India had accepted the European concept of nationhood as constituted by unity in blood and language, «ethnic purity and a single language»; therefore, they said, that «India is not and can never be a nation... India is a collection of religious communities... But the unfortunate tragic element was that this British interpretation of Indian history was also accepted by many of our national leaders... So British interpretation plus the shortsightedness of our own leaders, not excluding the Mahatma, together resulted in this dreadful phenomenon of communalism».

At a meeting of the National Council of Churches he asked, not for any legal restriction but a «a voluntary agreement among religious leaders of all faiths that from now on they would not resort to conversions because the social logic of conversions is not valid now», that the promise of liberation from caste structure has not been fulfilled as proved by the fact that it persists in all religious communities; and any attempt to organize Hinduism as a religious community like others of the prophetic tradition has been a failure.

It gave evangelicals contact with and visibility of their national leaders and celebrities, a sense of identification with a wider evangelical community, and reinforcement for their individual personal commitment.

«If you are an Evangelical Christian, the fastest growing demographic in the American Evangelical community is embedded in the Hispanic church,» said Rodriguez, leader of the National Hispanic Leadership Conference.

This month, the spotlight again fell on Iran's 300,000 - strong Baha'i community as seven national leaders were sentenced to 20 years each in prison for espionage, propaganda against the Islamic republic and the establishment of an illegal administration.

The national Jewish Council on Public Affairs describes Imam Rauf thus: «The leader behind this initiative is Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, author of What's Right with Islam, who has spoken at JCPA programs in the past, and, along with his wife Daisy Kahn, has developed close relationships with members of the New York Jewish community.»

The Evangelical Immigration Table, including leaders like National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) president Leith Anderson and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) president Russell Moore, wrote the President and congressional leaders this week to tell them that Dreamers are «leading in our churches and our communities» and to «find solutions that allow these young people to stay in our country long - term and continue to be a blessing to our communities.»

I am fortunate to have a leader there who I regard highly and who is held in high respect by the local and national community.

It joins a previous noteworthy statement by leaders from World Vision, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the Accord Network, the CCCU, The Wesleyan Church, Korean Churches for Community Development, the NAE, and World Relief.

Francis Campbell sees Benedict XVI's message — especially as delivered to a gathering of MPs and leaders of civic society in Westminster Hall, a highlight of the State Visit — as central for today's Catholics, striving to make a positive contribution to national and community life in the 21st century.

Since its debut last April at the Q Gathering in Austin (where Wigg - Stevenson shared the stage with former Secretary of State George Shultz), 2FP's whirlwind «tour» has included the National Cathedral, PBS» Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) Leaders Forum, and Willow Creek Community Church's young adult ministry, Generation Axis.

My hope and prayer is that as denominational leaders begin to understand the prevalence of abuse within the Evangelical community, many will be propelled to begin taking significant steps to influence substantive changes at both a national and local level.

The building of the Church as a community with complex organizational structure, with manifold functions and leaders, with various responsibilities to the society around it, can easily degenerate into the building of religious clubs, of sororities and fraternities and of national associations for the promotion of good causes, if the understanding of the Church's purpose, of its responsibility to God, of the nature and action of God, of man and his history, of the meaning of the Church's work in all the complex of human activity and of the interrelation of the various aspects of its work are lost to view.

You will meet with Members of Congress and Agency leaders, and leave with new advocacy tools and personal connections to help you better promote and protect organic in your community, your state, and at the national level.

Ms Nash, the deputy Nationals leader, said businesses and country communities needed certainty.

GENYOUth Foundation, formed by National Dairy Council and National Football League (NFL) engages students, schools, communities, business partners and thought leaders to help fund Fuel Up To Play 60.

As New Business Development leader for 301 INC Pete taps into his passions of creating a national scouting network and working closely with the entrepreneurs of the startup community.

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.

* U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse — Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents — A Research Based Guide for Parents, Educators and Community Leaders, Second Edition

Works with local, state and National leaders to obtain a National Day of Remembrance recognizing the need for community education and awareness when a family loses a baby to miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.

Thanks to the commitment of teachers, principals, parents and community leaders, along with No Kid Hungry's national and local partners across the country, 3 million more kids are eating school breakfast since 2010.

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.

Recommendations for Communities Helping Community Leaders Establish a Strong and Positive Youth Sports Culture Presented by National Alliance for Youth Sport

The structure would become the centerpiece of a proposed national historical park on the Far South Side if Congress signs off, a step that community leaders say would spark...

Connecticut Children's Office for Community Child Health is a national leader in community - based prevention and wellness Community Child Health is a national leader in community - based prevention and wellness community - based prevention and wellness programs.

Jeanne has served for eight years as a Senior Mastery Core Leader in the thousands - strong Feminine Power global community, co-founded by Claire Zammit, Ph.D. (c), and Calling in «The One» national bestselling author Katherine Woodward Thomas, M.A., M.F.T. Jeanne is currently preparing to launch a live seven - week empowerment workshop for women in the Los Angeles area.

A coalition can include a wide variety of community members, including but not limited to local, regional, and national organizations, community leaders, nurses, doctors, midwives, medical staff, mothers, spouses and their families.

Partnered with national and state governments, we work to assist in educating mothers and children, teachers and students, doctors and village health workers, and a variety of community leaders, in the targeted areas of nutrition, health, water, hygiene, and sanitation.

Hon Nii Lante Vanderpuye who is known as a grassroot man and the longest serving Assembly Member in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly used the occasion to engage opinion leaders from the various ethnic groups in the Old Fadama and Kokomba Yam Market community and members of the National Democratic Congress in his constituency to share ideas on how to mobilize people and make the Party more appealing to the constituents.

For Obama, trusting volunteers to communicate face - to - face with local voters, opinion leaders and the media was a natural extension of his community - organizing ethos — but it was online technology that made it work on a national scale.

«Now more than ever, we need leaders at the Democratic National Committee who will continue the fight for social and economic justice, take on entrenched special interests in Washington and work to unify communities across the country,» Brown said.

Jack and Jill of America - Brooklyn Chapter Korean American League for Civic Action (KALCA) Latino Leadership Institute League of Women Voters of New York City Live On NY MinKwon Center for Community Action National Conference of Puerto Rican Women - NY Chapter National Woman's Political Caucus The New American Leaders Project New York Immigration Coalition New York Public Interest Research Group NYC Votes NYU Lutheran Families Health Centers Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc..

State Assemblyman William Scarborough (D - Jamaica), the Queens chapter of the National Action Network and community leaders rallied outside the department's offices last Friday and accused the city of willfully ignoring fixes to the rising water table.

State Assemblyman William Scarborough (D - Jamaica), the Queens chapter of the National Action Network and community leaders -LSB-...]

The 163 page report, which is very detailed on current affairs on the African continent, also mentioned the leader of Togo's main opposition party, the National Alliance for Change (ANC), Mr. Jean - Pierre Fabre, who challenged the incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe 2010 and 2015 but lost as the second most peaceful opposition leader in Africa and the best within the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWA) Sub-region region.

The Ama - Okosu of Ogbe Ijoh, Warri Kingdom, HRM Couple Oromoni, Monbene II, national coordinator of the Host Communities Producing Oil and Gas, Prince Maikpobi Okareme, Ijaw leader, Chief Godspower Gbenekame, Okerenkoko community leader, Chief Michael Johnny and a host of others, also attacked Amaechi for the decision.

The idea that national leaders or the leaders of businesses, or other institutions, etc can not sensibly offer an apology for issues they were not personally involved in is simply incoherent, at least for anybody who believes in any notion of «nation», «community», «people» or anything like that.