This summary is designed to help parents and
other concerned citizens better understand the Broad Foundation's role in training new superintendents and other «reform» activities, and how the foundation leverages its wealth to impose a top - down, corporate - style business model on our public schools.
Not exact matches
The objective here is to humanize the structures which govern the mass media, both by encouraging persons within the industry to «do
well by doing
good,» and by insisting that the social and economic powers of the media must be counterbalanced by
other kinds of power which express the
concerns of
citizens for the general welfare.
We establish alliances with
other organizations as
well as mobilize members of our group to persuade current officials to address community
concerns and broader issues that impact the
well - being of our
citizens and environment.
At 12:30 p.m., Rep. Kathy Hochul will «discuss her efforts to protect and strengthen Medicare as
well as
other healthcare
concerns with members of the Wyoming County Senior
Citizens Club.
The poor word choices, which resulted from the passion expressed by some, diverted the attention away from the legitimate
concerns of the more than 500 hardworking mental - health workers, correctional officers, caregivers for developmentally - disabled individuals, administrative personnel and
others who attended the rally to call for substantive dialogue with the governor about the direction we need to take the Empire State so that it serves all its
citizens well, especially the most vulnerable among us.»
We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as
citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as
citizens in
other to ensure that our dear nation is a
better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as
citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues
concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.
The
other theme is that, actually, a
good citizen is critically
concerned and will challenge the existing system.
At the same time, there are still
citizens — especially dual - income households without children who tend to populate cities, as
well as those
concerned with
other issues — for which education policy doesn't weigh in as a deciding factor largely because they see little concrete connection between low graduation rates and the levels of crime in their communities.
As far as the police union boss is
concerned, criminal justice reformers are wrong in criticizing Pantaleo's state - sanctioned murder of Garner as
well as criticizing those in the rank - and - file who are engaged in abusing
citizens and
other forms of corruption.
In this context, scientists,
other experts,
concerned citizens, and media entities face a difficult task in deciding how
best to speak up: What words, pictures, phrases, testimonials, principles, examples, and so forth will prompt public understanding and responsible action?