Sentences with phrase «other issues affecting their communities»

Co-taught by Edith Wolfe, Assistant Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, and museum Director Monica Ramirez - Montagut, the class — which traveled to the island in March 2017 — asks how Puerto Rican socially engaged activists and artists address problems of gender, food access, blight, loss of traditions, and other issues affecting their communities.

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We think the threat of losing delegate representation should incentivize red - state Democrats — and other Democratic leaders — to prioritize issues that directly affect black communities on the state and federal levels.

An educated and worldly Muslim community leader like Rauf wants to build Muslim center close to ground zero, while the war and other thing is going, is this a common sense or decency have been exercise or just Muslims self - absorption and taking no responsibility of their own community conduct, they should not be crying like a spoil baby, when a ripple affect from their own conduct come back toward them (The Burning of Koran and fire attempt toward Muslim community were coming from his fake and insincere agenda on this building issue).

The Vice President also informed that the President has approved the formation of a Committee to look into the issue of rebuilding affected communities and providing welfare and other facilities as may be considered appropriated.

They say the purpose of the hearing is to «explore the sources of water contamination, examine local, state, and federal oversight issues, and hear from experts, local residents, and others on what can be done to assist affected communities and mitigate future incidents.»

In addition to his interests in community revitalization and affordable housing, Senator Smith has worked on several other issues affecting his constituents, including the environment, economic development, transportation and technology.

Once you've identified your issue, invite two to three parents or other community members who are personally affected by this issue to share their perspective with your students.

When I talked to teachers, there was also a lot of time being spent on bullying issues in other learning communities in the school, and [I learned] that it affected students» learning — it was taking away from learning, standards, and...

Speaking to Los Angeles - area charter school leaders, parents, teachers and others, the candidates addressed a number of issues affecting the charter school community, including support for LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy, support for the expansion of charter schools, and facilities and funding equity for charter schools.

They should engage with the communities, he said, building relationships with community members to understand how education and other social issues affect them.

Not only is the pollution's affect on humans discussed, but also the fact that with the ice melts comes problems for polar bears, fishing, travel for the Inuit communities and innumerable other issues.

«While it's an issue that affects all of us, like many other social justice issues, it is disproportionately affecting African - Americans, other people of color, low - income people and indigenous communities.»

Now the researchers plan to apply the methodology to other nations to build up a global evidence base for protected area effectiveness, to «move beyond looking at protected areas as a monolithic concept and clarify how different kinds of protected areas, and different ways of locating them in the landscape, affect deforestation and local human welfare», and to measure the impacts of protected areas on humans that live in neighbouring communities, an issue that is «subject to contentious international debate but for which there is little credible evidence to support the opposing views».

The purpose of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association (MBBA), a unified citywide association of African - American and other minority lawyers, is to advance equality and excellence in the pursuit of justice, aid the progress of Blacks and other minorities in the profession, address legal issues affecting the citywide community, and foster the study of law by encouraging the personal and professional development of young lawyers and law students.

The purpose of the blog is to provide student commentary on ethical issues affecting the legal community in the digital age, exploring topics like social media and technology along with other breaking developments.

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Several of the articles in this double issue specifically address issues of community milieu, school climate, social interactional variables, and other «extra-individual» influences that affect the implementation and impact of evidence - based intervention programs.

The RCT experienced recruitment and contamination issues similar to those that have affected other community - based trials (for example, Hiscock and others, 2008; Losel and others, 2006; Little and others, 2012).

Addressing these issues can be an important part of rebuilding trust with other parties — including government — but can also cause anxiety in our communities when the mediation process drags on for a long time or when the broader community feels excluded from making decisions about issues that may also affect them.

The parties believe that by working together, they can achieve additional, practical outcomes on issues which affect the lives and values of the native title parties and other Indigenous people in the local community.44

Mar Monte stands side by side with other community groups and works with local legislators as in California and Nevada to advocate for issues that directly affect our patients» lives.