Sentences with phrase «of young speakers»

There were moments of pure heartbreak, as a parade of young speakers from Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Newtown, Conn., told of losing brothers, sisters and classmates to bullets in schools and on streets.

That's because language endangerment is not about numbers but about whether there are plenty of young speakers with parents to teach the language to them.

«Folks are aware of what happened on Father's Day and folks are aware of the unintended consequences that they have on our youth,» Billue said while introducing a pair of young speakers.

Wrapping up proceedings and paying tribute to many of the young speakers Rob Wilson, minister for civil society, said: «The future of this country is in safe hands.»

When Erich falls under the sway of young speaker Adolf Hitler, he joins the party without a second thought.

Many younger members of the Speakers Association will tell you the number - one value they get from membership is not at the local chapter or even national; it comes from the 24/7 access they get to like - minded professionals in the XY Facebook group and the face - to - face gatherings of this unique population of younger speakers.

Not exact matches

The festival hosts a range of sessions that include special speakers discussing various subjects of interest to the young - ish crowd.

In Montreal, young anglophones employ French pronunciations of words «to signal their local status, in contrast to tourists or recently arrived English - speakers.»

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A speaker, blogger and youth pastor, Brad is the coauthor of Growing Young, several Sticky Faith resources and Can I Ask That?

To many he is known as one of the most courageous opponents of the bloody war in Indo - China, to others he is known as a leader in the civil - rights movement, yet to others he is known as a popular writer and speaker, and to yet others he is an enterprising young politician who will someday hold political office.

Regularly attending a larger Faith conference that draws young people from all over the UK gives a young person an experience of the world outside his or her parish, gives encouragement, and offers speakers of a quality that a local parish might not be able to provide.

Since then, she has worked with national speaker and consultant Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, earned a Masters in Social Justice, and directed a short - term missions site on the west - side of Chicago, where she created interactive opportunities for young people to engage issues of poverty, injustice and race.

In fact, when I was in junior high, I remember being at a Christian youth conference where the speaker did an altar call of sorts for «young men called to be pastors» and «young women called to be pastors» wives.»

SLU programs bring in a younger generation of popular evangelical speakers, including Catalyst founder Brad Lomenick, evangelist D. A. Horton, and spoken - word poet Amena Brown.

O'Brien - who was one of six speaker addressing people who do not strictly follow traditional Catholic teaching - said: «Young people these days... tend not to follow rules that they don't see as valid or sensible.

The absence of women in Christian leadership is a widely - discussed phenomenon and one that has recently become more relevant to me as a young author and speaker trying to make her mark in the world.

Agreed: «don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing...» Those who «show» their faith, whether through their profession (Pastor, Missionary) or pious works (church board, conference speaker), can only be assessed as more sincere if there is evidence they were religious / pious / faithful when no one was looking (Pope John Paul II never confirmed this, but as a young priest, it was reported he worked in the Polish underground to save many Jewish children from the Nazi's, years later, he was visiting Israel and a woman who claimed he was the priest who saved her from the Nazis stepped forward to meet him, he blessed her, yet never did confirm or deny if he had played the part of a hero).

As many Christians washed each other's feet during Maundy Thursday services, Bill Gothard broke his silence on allegations that the popular seminar speaker regularly touched young girls» feet amid other forms of harassment.

The two - day conference programme included speakers from Britvic, Young's Seafood, Neil Farmer Associates, Iggesund and Milroy's of Soho.

There was a fantastic variety of speakers: young, old; international, local; research, development; industry or individuals — all of whom were «making a difference».

Melanie Young (New York, NY)-- Chief Connector and Creative Strategist at The Connected Table, a New York - based public relations and events business, Melanie is a speaker and author of Melanie Young — Getting Things Off My Chest: A Survivor's Guide to Staying Fearless and Fabulous in the Face of Breast Cancer, which provides tips for women on how to manage their diagnosis and stay focused and in charge of their health.

Welsh - speaker Jones, who left Australia as a young child and has been on Everton's books since the age of 12, has captained Wales sides at various levels.

Here is an opportunity for all of us to gather together, hear stellar researchers and speakers from many academic disciplines, and finally have a conversation about how to change the paradigm to one of respect and dignity for our babies and young children.

«As a national speaker and author on the topic of feeding disorders in young children, I'm always excited to tell more parents and pediatric therapists about EasyLunchboxes.

It is up to parents, whether it be individually or as members of a booster club, «Friends of Football,» or PTA, to raise money to (a) fund the hiring of a certified athletic trainer (who, as we always say, should be the first hire after the head football coach); (b) consider equipping players with impact sensors (whether in or on helmets, in mouth guards, skullcaps, earbuds, or chinstraps); (c) purchase concussion education videos (which a new study shows players want and which they remember better); (d) to bring in speakers, including former athletes, to speak about concussion (another effective way to impress on young athletes the dangers of concussion); and (e) to pay for instructors to teach about proper tackling and neck strengthening;

Dr. Meyer was a lead invited speaker on the topic of the young athlete for the IAAF Consensus Conference on Nutrition for Athletics in Monaco.

This will be the speaker's first public appearance since he abruptly announced Lopez had been censured and stripped of his seniority after the bipartisan legislative ethics committee found the Brooklyn Democrat had made unwanted verbal and physical advances toward several young female staffers.

«Five Governors (Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, Elliott Spitzer, David Patterson and Andrew Cuomo) and three Assembly Speakers (Saul Weprin, Sheldon Silver and Carl Heastie) later, it is time for someone younger to challenge the status quo and stand up for small businesses and small communities that are so important to the fabric of our area of upstate New York,» Oaks said in his statement.

Days after rolling out a $ 20 million plan to recruit more young women into city agencies and civic life, the speaker appeared on the Brian Lehrer show to lament underrepresentation of her gender in government.

The students in the program meet every Monday afternoon and have guest speakers like County Legislator Lyndon Williams, Westchester County Human Rights Commissioner and US Army Reserves Lieutenant Colonel Mark Fang, Former Mayor Ernest D. Davis and Councilman Andre Wallace, just to name a few, to give the young men examples of men in strong leadership positions.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

If chosen as speaker by a simple majority of his 50 colleagues on Wednesday, he'd be the second - youngest speaker ever.

Xantaine Campbell was the last of four young speakers addressing the Conservative party conference just before the prime minister got up and did his thing.

Speakers included: Lord Harrison, Baroness Massey of Darwen, Baroness Young of Hornsey, Lord Birt, Lord Warner, Lord Macdonald of Tradeston, Lord Joffe, Lord Taverne.

At 10:15 a.m., Rep. Charlie Rangel and celebrity chef Marja Vongerichten are special guest speakers at a Democracy Prep Public Schools event promoting National Minority Health Month by discussing the importance of adopting healthy habits at a young age, Harlem Prep Elementary School, 240 E 123rd St., Manhattan.

After the presentation, the City Council speaker, Melissa Mark - Viverito, a Democrat, issued a lukewarm statement, praising the buildup of reserve funds but criticizing the funding levels for programs aimed at young people and immigrants, as well as the plan for the city's hospitals.

Old enough to have some seniority (he was elected in 2000) and young enough to promise years of stability if elected, Mr. Heastie may just check all of the boxes needed to become the next speaker.

The speaker noted that under her tenure, the City Council has passed legislation significantly reducing the city's cooperation with immigration enforcement efforts except in the cases of violent offenders, and that it has fully financed programs that offer universal representation to detained immigrants and unaccompanied minors and young mothers with children placed in expedited removal proceedings.

Mayor Bill de Blasio won the first major victory of his young term yesterday, helping elect ally Melissa Mark - Viverito City Council speaker.

«My opponent was a lobbyist, a top aide to two Senate leaders who both went to prison and is currently a state Assembly member who defended the Assembly speaker's cover - up of the abuse and harassment of young women,» said Killian.

It was under that system that Bill Collins, then counsel to the speaker, received complaints about Kellner, along with transcripts of his online chats with a young female staffer.

He said he agrees that young people shouldn't be jailed for quality - of - life crimes such as breaking park rules and loitering after dark, but he urged the council speaker to «talk to the people that do this for a living as opposed to the ones that just push a pencil.»

During the open comment portion of the meeting, Vivian Bosch of Cortlandville and Dr. Sara Young of Virgil were two speakers who urged county legislators to vote yes.

Rev. Regina Reese - Young was one of the speakers leading the audience in prayer at Skiddy Park where just down the street the shooting took place, like so many others throughout the city.

UFT Chapter Leader Michael Grant, one of the speakers, said there was no need to close the school and that closing it would betray the legacy of the young teacher for whom the school was named.

«We need someone like Adriano who can bring out new sectors of the electorate who haven't participated or who haven't felt passionate about politics, young people, new arrivals, non-English speakers.»

This event featured speakers from organizations including the Ali Forney Center, Hetrick - Martin Institute, Depressed Black Gay Men, Caribbean Equality Project, Audre Lorde Project and others with the goal of raising awareness about the challenges and barriers faced by LGBTQ young persons of color.

A broad survey of our candidates shows more women than ever before, more young people and more Welsh speakers — it is above all more in touch with the electorate than in the past.

Now, a new study presented at the Evolution of Language meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, last month shows that young speakers of one of these languages — Israeli Sign Language — have come up with richer, more grammatically complex ways of signing that use ever more parts of the body for different purposes.