Sentences with phrase «own ethnic communities»

Program puts entrepreneurs into ethnic communities with which they're familiar.

Some ethnic communities, particularly immigrants of Chinese heritage are being blamed by some observers as being responsible for high urban real estate prices in Vancouver.

«We needed a way to reach niche audiences, like ethnic communities.

He'd grown exhausted after serving Harper as a senior cabinet minister, trusted political strategist and tireless conduit to myriad ethnic communities.

«In the competitive world of American ethnic communities, there are two paths to success: upward mobility defined according to wealth, education, and political power, and downward mobility measured by degrees of victimhood.»

I became aware of similar signs being displayed prominently in black communities and Asian communities and other ethnic communities I encountered.

Thus fundamentalists are not only at odds with the more liberal sections of their own religious or ethnic community but they disagree also with fundamentalists of other persuasions, although they share a similar mind set.

Within North America, several ethnic communities, including Hispanics, Asian - Americans and Native Americans, have also developed self - conscious traditions of biblical interpretation.

At the multicultural level, church authorities are concerned to penetrate the ethnic communities.

Yet each of these ethnic communities will deal with the 2010 vote in different ways.

Authorities at the multicultural level need some leads into the ethnic community.

Because of the vast immigration and refugee movements of this century, this international web of contacts is important in almost every ethnic community.

In its second and third generations, the ethnic community is integrated into the larger multicultural scene, and another important strategy comes to the fore.

In any case, inroads into the ethnic communities are often cut by someone (not necessarily the pastor) who is able to shift back and forth at different cultural and linguistic levels.

The first priority is the penetration of the ethnic community.

Muslims were no more a target than were other religious and ethnic communities.

It is a tragic feature of the contemporary West that the Jews have so often been invoked as a convenient stand - in for the evils wrought by elites afraid of community — a typical response of those who would attempt to sacralize an ethnic community in order to form a new chosen people, as described by David P. Goldman.

A secular political culture couldn't be created overnight, and in the meantime citizens with political demands could only organize themselves in overtly religious, linguistic, and ethnic communities.

The sterile tiers of vast office buildings replace the tangled cluttered life of Chinatown and other ethnic communities.

It suggests that each ethnic community can be itself with integrity and pride and contribute its distinctiveness to the whole without derogation of the contributions of others and without divisiveness.

Within nations, the 21st century will call for participatory forms of government that disperse and balance political and economic powers, protect fundamental rights and enfranchise distinct cultural and ethnic communities.

The company says it began the first pita bread bakery in Chicago catering to the local Middle Eastern ethnic community.

The brothers adjusted their product lines to fit the times and the need of New York City's varied ethnic communities, carrying German, Polish, and ultimately Southern and Caribbean food products.

In practice, she supports local ethnic communities, particularly Afro - Colombian peoples, with programs to help them to revive and preserve their ancestral knowledge and ingredients (many of which have become forgotten or disused), nurturing sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship, and helping them find routes to market.

father - child relationships — be they positive, negative or lacking, at any stage in the life of the child, and in all cultural and ethnic communities — have profound and wide - ranging impacts on children that last a lifetime.

Early fatherhood is more common in some minority ethnic communities (notably Bangladeshi, African Caribbean and Pakistani) where it may be culturally normative (Higginbottom et al, 2005).

Cultural programs occur throughout the year and are created in partnership with Chicago's diverse cultural and ethnic communities.

I know many districts do try to draw menu ideas from their own ethnic communities, which is a great idea.

Young people and those from black and minority ethnic communities could miss out on voting for the next government because they are not on the electoral register, according to the Electoral Commission (EC).

The clashes also undermined trust between different ethnic communities and strengthened the hand of hardline leaders who promised to «defend» their supporters.

Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. (D - Astoria) said he was pleased the march drew not only members of the borough's various ethnic communities, but also elected officials from other boroughs and from differing political ideologies.

Right again that tokenism can go «disastrously wrong as different religions, sects, and schisms within the same ethnic communities emerge over an election campaign».

Ron Kim handily won the Flushing state Assembly race this month, but some polling numbers suggest many voters struggled to choose between their ethnic communities and their political parties.

Six Bachama ethnic communities in Adamawa State have vowed to drag the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to the International Criminal Court (ICC) over alleged bombings of...

The event include a colorful durbar of Ghanaian chiefs, ethnic communities, display of traditional food and drinks, and bboasts of DJs from around the world playing traditional Ghanaian and dance - hall songs during pre and post Ghanafest parties held across the city of Chicago.

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Both parties have expressed concerns that such initiatives could lead to greater disenfranchisement among poor and minority ethnic communities.

Silver argued that the diverse ethnic communities represented within his district were simply too divided over the housing plans to proceed.

Margaret Hodge today bowed out of the battle to become London Mayor, with a call for Boris Johnson's successor to be someone from the city's black and minority ethnic community.

We already know, for example, that members of Black and Minority Ethnic communities have a higher risk of illnesses such as high blood pressure that may lead to the need for an organ transplant.

«The failure to protect the progress that schools, teachers and young people from minority ethnic communities have made over recent years risks leaving another generation of young black and Asian people unable to maximise their potential and their contribution to society.

They won control of the council last year and I know from my time working with Ealing's Conservative activists that over many years they have worked tirelessly to build relations with local ethnic communities.

A group of regional campaign and sectoral chairman could also be appointed so that MPs can take responsibility for coordinating campaigns in the South West, South Wales or in seaside towns or among ethnic communities.

«It's important that the City Council gets information to ethnic communities,» said Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, while hosting at a roundtable containing members of New York City's community and ethnic media outlets.

«The government must be vigilant, as hate speech and incitement can endanger social cohesion and threaten peace by deepening the existing tensions between Nigeria's ethnic communities.»

«Access to affordable housing is a crisis that spans all cultures and ethnic communities,» she said.

The Labour leader also appointed Dawn Butler as the shadow minister for black and minority ethnic communities, which means that there are five MPs in the shadow cabinet from the BAME community — the highest ever number.

I am very clear that integration between ethnic communities in the United Kingdom has worked well and has delivered great benefits for all of us.

Attorney General Dominic Grieve has released a full statement clarifying his comments on the risks of corruption within ethnic communities:

The paper has always had great immigrant - group coverage, with reporters who speak the languages of many of New York's diverse ethnic communities.