Sentences with phrase «of civic leadership»

But I always thought this: if I could work with you to achieve this new model of civic leadership and local power here in greater Manchester, I could hold it up to the rest of the country as the example of what was possible.

If there is a difference between now and then, DeFrancisco is far more pleased with today's overall tenor of civic leadership in Central New York.

«I ran for NYC Council in 1997 after a career as a teacher, city planner, small business owner, district manager of a community board, and having held a number of civic leadership roles.»

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«This caused a lot of anguish in the community, not only among civic leadership,» he says.

And Castro himself picked up this year's Charles J. Colgan Visionary Award from the Prince William Chamber of Commerce for his business and civic leadership.

Former Girl Scouts executive Maria Wynne has been named the new chief executive of nonprofit civic leadership group Leadership Greater Chicago.

«You'll see the political and civic leadership coalesce around one candidate,» Mr. Lancman, a representative of a neighboring district, told the Observer.

Paul has a long history of service to this community in a plethora of leadership roles from civic activism to parish volunteerism.

The group works to train recent immigrants for civic leadership opportunities, and Ms. Mark - Viverito said her speech would focus on immigration and «some of the great work we're doing here» in New York.

Until the laws stop selectively enforcing policy against flagrant abusers of trust, ethics, unfair civic and labor practices, and integrity from within city and state government, there will certainly be a rampant element of corruption, low morale that dishonors a tainted leadership façade, and societal decay from the top downward.

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.

The leadership of the Governor will help our students develop a greater degree of civic participation and responsibility for their role in New York's future.»

Buhari also extolled the monarch's visionary leadership over his domain by always ensuring peaceful co-existence, promoting tolerance and constantly reminding citizens of their civic duties.

Through participation in this civic leadership development program; students will become deeply familiar with the 1st & 19th Amendments guaranteed in the US Constitution and the role each amendment played in securing greater gender equity for women and appreciate the historical significance of Seneca Falls, NY as the Birthplace of Women's Rights in America.

He is the youngest recipient ever of the Red Jacket Medal, presented by the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society for civic leadership.

They recruited 449 undergraduate students and gave each of them a choice of donating $ 100 to one of two real but little - known charities: Kids Korps USA, «a nonprofit organization that engages young people in volunteerism and teaches them about leadership and civic responsibility,» or charity: water, «a nonprofit organization that brings clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.»

This award, presented by the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine, recognizes alumni who have brought honor and distinction to the Division of Biological Sciences / Pritzker School of Medicine and to the University of Chicago by demonstrating outstanding leadership in and making significant contributions to the biological sciences or medicine through research, clinical care, health service administration, public and professional service, or civic duties.

Evansville, Indiana About Blog YR's Mission is to inspire and develop our community of youth to a life dedicated to leadership, service, and civic engagement.

It summarizes the conference and offers a framework for understanding how civic leadership and other key components of the movement can progress.

Experience suggests that when parents, policymakers, or civic leaders are made aware of the costs, rules, and protections the agreements impose, they are much less willing to accept the status quo and more willing to back hard - nosed district leadership.

The study «Learn and Serve» evaluated service learning program at 17 middle and high schools in the United States, and found that students who participated in service learning improved acceptance of cultural diversity, service leadership, civic attitudes and volunteer behavior, and reduced engagement in risky behaviors.

• Civics: Importance of rules; rights, responsibilities, and choices; leadership and authority; contributions of people important to the American political system; United States symbols and practices.

David Gergen, professor of public service and director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), further addressed the cross-sector question in his talk about his experience with public leadership and how effective leadership models in the corporate, nonprofit, and civic fields are beginning to look more and more alike.

«Siury exemplifies well the social commitment of students in the International Education Policy Program who understand that leadership that makes a difference combines academic excellence with civic engagement.»

The consensus appears to be that these higher levels of performance have less to do with policy than with everything else: the «ecosystem» of reform in a given place (usually a city) and its network of «human - capital providers,» expert charter - management organizations, leadership - development programs, school - incubator efforts, local funders and civic leaders, etc. — in other words, what conservatives like to call «civil society»: the space between the government and the individual (in this case, between government and individual schools).

She is on the leadership team of the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI), which catalyzes original research that is on the cutting edge of social science and policy through forging mutually beneficial relationships between the region's researchers, policymakers, practitioners and civic leaders and merging and sharing large scale administrative data sets to address policy - relevant research questions.

To be proactive and to broaden our leadership agenda, we must recognize that the first and foremost mission of the public schools is their civic mission.

providing counsel to the school principal and leadership team on civic and character education and SEL, in the context of local, state, and national standards

Curvin suggests the possibility of a legislative or regulatory alternative, perhaps involving an interim board of mayoral and gubernatorial appointees and certain ex officio members of the city's civic leadership (e.g., the president of Rutgers - Newark).

The Rendell Center for Civics and Civics Engagement leveraged strategies and concepts from the fields of civic education, student voice, and distributed leadership to build a youth - adult school governance system and schoolwide civic literacy curriculum at Edwin M. Stanton Elementary School in the School District of Philadelphia.

Rocky has been recognized personally for his professional and civic leadership, being awarded by organizations such as The United Way, Leadership Georgia, Retired Teachers of Georgia, and Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement.

Service - learning is cited in all three models as one example of how student leadership can be cultivated to demonstrate prosocial / civic character.

Tanya St. Julien currently serves as chief of staff at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE), a national leadership development organization that works with teachers to become civic leaders in advocacy, community organizing, policy, and elected office to improve education for all kids.

It was the product of IEL's School Leadership for the 21st Century initiative, which raised public awareness about the critical problems facing education leadership by engaging partners from education, government, business, civic groups, and other organizations.

By weaving business, economics, communication and leadership skills into the fabric of education, NSCS aims to educate future business, civic, and community leaders.

The vision of Lowcountry Leadership Charter School is to develop an intrinsic desire and purpose within our students, that will nurture confidence for authentic leadership opportunities to investigate, collaborate, and resolve issues of inquiry, involving all academic disciplines and extracurricular and athletic activities, within an atmosphere of encouragement steeped in high expectations and natural rewards, thereby yielding healthy, well - rounded, moral, accountable, and compassionate advocates of human rights, national resources, independent means, and civic responsibility.

He holds a B.A. in Political Science and Speech Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign and an M.A. in Political Science with a concentration in civic leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.

The democratic and distributed leadership model advances the efficient implementation of decisions, maximizes the range of knowledge and experience that go into school administration, makes all key administrative decisions visible to all, holds everyone accountable for the effective management of the school, promotes harmonious administration, cultivates the civic goals of schooling, and may likely increase teacher retention.

The mission of A + Denver (A +) is to harness the power of Denver's civic leadership to build public will and advocate for the changes necessary to dramatically increase student achievement in public education in Denver.

Michael Whaley is the founding Director of Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE) in Memphis where he works with current and former teachers to build their civic engagement and leadership.

The CUP is a New York City based entity that claims to be, «an energetic 21st century leadership development organization that molds diverse business and civic leaders, and empowers them to exert influence, achieve their individual goals and create collective impact through a range of programs and initiative.»

Jan Levy, executive director of Leadership Tomorrow, which teaches civic leadership skills, says that while some Amazon employees have gone through her training program, they told her they covered their own costs.

New recognition for the years of work that Sharjah's royal family and civic leadership have dedicated to literacy and book culture: Sharjah follows Athens 2018 as «World Book Capital.»

In addition to his local and area leadership responsibilities, as Managing Partner for the past 20 years, he has had full P & L responsibilities, client service, acceptance and retention responsibilities, been responsible for the leadership, development and growth of the Audit, Tax and Advisory functions, lead all major business development initiatives, had responsibility for all HR, technology and real estate decisions, and represented the Firm in the community from a professional reputation and civic leadership standpoint.

In all things, ECI has set an unmistakable foundation of authentic humanitarian outreach to the communities it inhabits, committing significant resources and service through dialogue with local civic leadership.

Projects of particular interest are those that apply a systemic lens to the root causes of global warming; enroll the leadership of frontline communities most vulnerable to the impact of climate change; push for broad - based civic engagement and community action; and wherever possible leverage the value artists and culture bearers bring to processes for devising and deploying practical solutions to this global crisis.

Today, not only is she one of the very few women among the opposition leadership, but the environmental organization she started has become part of the foundation on which progressive Russians intend to build a new and engaged civic life.

Our Youth Network creates a platform to meet the demand by young people for opportunities to influence environmental action through service, development, leadership, civic engagement and organizing by way of collective empowerment of our chapter network.

Scenic Hudson's example of visionary activism exemplifies the style of positive civic leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Val - Kill Medal was designed to honor.»

She has served in leadership roles in a number of civic and professional organizations, including as president of the Nashville - chapter of the Lawyers» Association for Women.