Sentences with phrase «new value to their communities»

Amazon's description: «This book explains the concept of adding value and shows staff at libraries and other organizations why they need to take steps now to ensure they are adding new value to their communities — whether it be a local town or neighborhood, a faculty and student body, or a school.»

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After giving $ 100 million to Newark, New Jersey schools, $ 120 million to Bay Area schools, and 18 million Facebook shares (now worth $ 1.9 billion) to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, they made the audacious announcement that they would give away 99 % of their Facebook stock during their lifetime, an amount currently valued at $ 45 billion.

They provide all of us with a sense of purpose and hope; moral validation that we are needed and part of something bigger than ourselves; comfort that we are not alone and a community is looking out for us; mentorship, guidance and personal development; a safety net; values, cultural norms and accountability; social gatherings, rituals and a way to meet new people; and a way to pass time.

Zuckerberg has built Facebook, which could be valued at up to $ 104 billion by the stock offering, into an international phenomenon by stretching the lines of social convention and embracing a new and far more permeable definition of community.

«Many expats think that learning a few vocabulary words and learning to navigate the new city or eating local cuisine means we've adapted, but living cross-culturally requires much deeper exploration of the values and beliefs of the local community.»

For those uninitiated, Startup America is a White House partnership with AOL co-founder Steve Case and the Kauffman and the Case Foundations, with the aim to increase «the number of new, high - growth firms that are creating economic growth, innovation, and quality jobs; celebrate and honor entrepreneurship as a core American value and source of competitive advantage; and inspire and empower an ever - greater diversity of communities and individuals to build great American companies.»

«WBENC's 14 WBE Stars are exceptional leaders who are forging new ways to deliver value to their customers and their communities,» said Pamela Prince - Eason, President and CEO of WBENC.

2016.06.20 RBC Global Asset Management Inc. closes three PH&N Funds to new investors RBC Global Asset Management Inc. («RBC GAM Inc.») today announced that PH&N Short Term Bond & Mortgage Fund, PH&N Bond Fund and PH&N Community Values Bond Fund («the Funds») will be closed to new investors effective Monday, July 4, 2016.

In turn, MaRS will leverage its internal expertise and programming to augment and add value to the GCT community, while providing bridge opportunities to connect the Toronto and New York innovation ecosystems.

Is there a community developing around the project or does there appear to be a group of people within an existing community that values what the new network will offer?

From adding new RippleNet members, to launching our first blockchain conference, to completing the escrow of 55 billion XRP, it's clear that the team's hard work to enable the Internet of Value (IoV), coupled with the XRP community's support, is paying off.

Twenty centuries later, I think we are the ones who invest our ego in the church and make the church about our values, rather than seeing our relationship to Jesus as finding expression in a community of believers — quite literally a new family.

The overriding aim of the new black conservatives is to undermine the position of black liberals and replace them with black Republicans, who downplay governmental regulation and stress market mechanisms and success - oriented values in black communities.

I wanted to know if the black churchgoing community that make up his strongest fan base — for Perry's films are all rooted deeply in Christian themes and values — are likely to give him a backlash over the amount of marijuana use and comments about the drug in the new film.

I don't want to feel like I have to be as good as the next genius coming out of New York or LA to feel like I'm adding value to the world and my community by sharing my art (and I don't want to be seen as the drunk exhibitionist Vonnegut writes about!).

But to many of the leaders of the new Protestant right, it seems to be a recovery of earlier American Protestant values that have never died out in local communities.

Presently we are moving beyond any religious expression so far known to the human into a meta - religious age, that seems to be a new comprehensive context for all religions... The natural world itself is the primary economic reality, the primary educator, the primary governance, the primary technologist, the primary healer, the primary presence of the sacred, the primary moral value... The primary sacred community is the earth community.

The actual character of this person, the course his life had taken, and the values he soon came to hold for the members of the community led also to a new definition of the word «Messiah.»

Thus, affirming his attachment to what he called «Old World values» to an audience at an ethnic festival in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he proclaimed, «Dedication to work, to family, to community, to neighborhood: Those are the values I believe in.»

There is an essential difference between a faith which recognizes responsibility for the universal human community but does not seek to dominate it, and master race theories such as Nazism, or the interesting new Japanese version of Nichiren Buddhism known as Sokka Gakkai (Value - Creating Society).

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

My aim is to nourish what I believe is an emerging new consciousness among many potential dreamers and doers in the churches who can help provide us with the visions and the values we need to promote a movement toward an ecologically optimum world community full of justice and joy in which the human race can not only survive but embark on exciting new adventures of physical and spiritual enjoyment.

The crucial question is whether a plurality of religious and secular faiths, each of which had developed its own traditional culture, that is, philosophy, morality, ideology and legal system of corporate life, can, through inter-faith rational discourse, create at least the basic framework of a common culture or common direction and scheme of values for peoples to build together a new dwelling, like the national community.

that is philosophy, morality, ideology and legal system of corporate life, can through inter-faith rational discourse create at least the basic framework of a common culture or common direction and scheme of values for peoples to build together a new dwelling, like the national community.

Thus possessed of their identity, knowing themselves to be in but definitely not of the academy, these biblical people might then become one community of ongoing spiritual energy and moral insight for all those who are working to expose the academy's covert operative values and searching for new academic purpose.

We are creating a true shared win for our franchisees, their clients and Towne Park by providing new and existing entrepreneurs with a great business, a Towne Park franchise, to build long - term value for themselves, their families and their communities.

My Pie not only offers a taste of New York to local neighborhoods, but also remains focused on its core values by giving back to the local community.

«Over their twenty years of success and an estimated 35 million records sold, Fher, Alex, Sergio and Juán continue to embody these core values and that is why we're welcoming them as the newest members of our Chivas Brotherhood community.»

I have advised you to stay open to new experiences and be true to your core values, and to seek a community that will sustain and nourish you.

Manchester is the perfect location for a BJ's and the new BJ's Manchester club will provide amazing and unbeatable value to the community on top of fresh food options at amazing prices.

«As chairman of the New York State Republican Party, I look for the candidate that I know will be unwavering in representing our Party's values to advance communities across New York,» Cox said.

«The suburban communities around New York City continue to pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation as measured in real dollars, while Upstate communities still pay some of the highest property taxes rates in the nation as a percentage of their home values.»

«For years, Make the Road Action has mobilized communities from across the state to stand up to Governor Cuomo's destructive policies which put our values at odds with the needs of New York's communities of color,» Nixon said in a statement.

I am running for State Senate to fight for our communities in Manhattan and Brooklyn and create the progressive, reform - minded, Democratic - majority Senate that will stand up for our values and make our state government work for all New Yorkers.

The new clause would say the party exists to «bring together members and supporters who share its values to develop policies, make communities stronger through collective action and support, and promote the election of Labour representatives at all levels of the democratic process».

«This tournament is all about encouraging our young people to work hard, support their peers through teamwork and give back to their community; important values that we all hope to inspire in the next generation of New Yorkers.»

«The proposed new rules, now going through a full public review process, are intended to protect the gardens when the current temporary agreement ends on September 17th, and they are a benefit to community gardeners, community gardens, and all New Yorkers who value them,» Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe said in a statemenew rules, now going through a full public review process, are intended to protect the gardens when the current temporary agreement ends on September 17th, and they are a benefit to community gardeners, community gardens, and all New Yorkers who value them,» Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe said in a statemeNew Yorkers who value them,» Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe said in a statement.

Former Assemblyman Sam Hoyt said, «Other states have seen the value of using land banks to convert dilapidated properties and rebuild communities, and New York is much better off with this new lNew York is much better off with this new lnew law.

«It is appalling to see the federal government refuse to investigate these important civil rights complaints from transgender youth, who are valued members of our schools and communities across New York State.

«The threats made against the Jewish Community Centers in New Rochelle and Tarrytown are unacceptable and offensive to our values as New Yorkers and Americans,» Stewart - Cousins said.

Her advocacy on behalf of Upstate New york will be of tremendous value when mayors like myself come to the capitol to find ways to help our communities.

«The test will be whether communities will recognize the value of and accept these new and improved facilities, and whether the city will pay nonprofits what they need to do these jobs right,» he said.

Its mission is to build and strengthen the Jewish and Western New York communities by providing recreational, educational, cultural and social programs and services that are consistent with Jewish values.

Far from planning a «Stalinist attack on property rights» (as the Institute of Directors has rather hysterically claimed), Miliband will devolve power to councils, communities and neighbourhoods, and he will promote new institutions that nurture a sense of vocation, value and virtue.

The NYIC aims to achieve a fairer and more just society that values the contributions of immigrants and extends opportunity to all by promoting immigrants» full civic participation, fostering their leadership, and providing a unified voice and a vehicle for collective action for New York's diverse immigrant communities.

Spring Semester Kick - Off Event — Community Congress Get a first look at «A New Way to Plan for Buffalo Niagara» the Regional Plan for Sustainable Development, which explores ideas and potential strategies to align our actions to our values, providing a basic framework for moving the region towards a more sustainable, resilient, prosperous and opportunity - rich future.

The Summit Park Elementary community understands the educational value of recreation time for students and is thrilled the students will now have a new playground thanks to our Senator.

Chris Martin, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said that «voters have no interest in Andrew Cuomo bringing his liberal New York City values to their communities»

«This $ 10 million in state funding for immigrant legal defense will go a long way towards ensuring that the immigration process is fair to all parties involved and that New York welcomes and values its immigrant communities.»

«I am confident that central New Yorkers value the real results we have successfully delivered to our community and I look forward to continuing our work to better central New York,» Katko said.