Sentences with phrase «part of the action group»

In 2010, she was asked to be part of an action group composed of leaders in the coconut industry spearheaded by the Philippine Department of Science and Technology to map out the future direction of the coconut industry in the Philippines.

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The George W. Bush appointee isn't merely an outspoken critic of affirmative action today — he was among the most hostile questioners in Fisher and a virtual lock to vote against Texas» admissions policy — but also was part of a conservative alumni group at Princeton that was sharply critical of such policies 40 years ago, when Sotomayor was attending classes there.

A group of cities from different parts of the world came together in 2005 to discuss climate action at the municipal level, later becoming a powerful network known as C40.

Group B never wanted any of part of that action, and therefore group A had no right to commit these actGroup B never wanted any of part of that action, and therefore group A had no right to commit these actgroup A had no right to commit these actions.

Furthermore, Hoge and Wenger discovered a consensus among judicatory officers regarding pastors who have left local church ministry: «These pastors tended to be loners in the district or presbytery, for whatever reason not part of ministerial friendship groups or action groups.

It deserves concerted action on the part of local groups to help fund their local NPR stations, and by national groups to insist that Congress increase the level of federal funding.

That beliefs can affect actions even on the part of persons of great wealth and power has recently been suggested by the change of climate in the annual meetings of world economic leaders that have been held in Davos, Switzerland, until this year, when the group met in New York

abortion as a standard part of health - care provision, insisting on programmes of sex education that promoted a range of sexual activities and downgraded marriage... all this and more gave great cause for concern and brought together a group of doctors, teachers, social workers and others anxious to take some action.

Political action requires considerable expertise on the part of church groups.

In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..

But if a group of college girls did the same thing, there would be a vocal response of moral indignation and decisive action on the part of the dean.

There is a God, and if it is capable of understanding its creations in the way the we understand ourselves (though i doubt it, b / c i imagine that God thinks of us the same way we think of parts in a machine, or items in a ingredients list, that is to say inconsequential and unintelligent) that it would be ashamed of human behaviour of groups and organizations that use belief and religion to justify actions against their fellow man

«While state policies and the actions of extremist groups often mask the high levels of tolerance in the minds of ordinary Arabs, the typical citizen in this region expresses a great deal of support for tolerant policies,» said Michael Hoffman, who studied religious minorities as part of the Religious Freedom Project at Georgetown's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

The United Church of Christ has continually played an active part in media advocacy, devoting much of the time of their Office of Communication to media criticism, lobbying, and organizing community and legal - action groups against the television industry on behalf of disenfranchised groups.

Discriminatory purpose, as defined in Bray, implies that the agent selects or reaffirms a particular course of action in part «because of» and not merely «in spite of» its adverse effects upon an identifiable group.

In the context of policy coherence, the Development Working Group was encouraged to continue its efforts to develop concrete actions as part of its Implementation Plan for the Food Security and Nutrition Framework.

Last year, farmers groups from across Europe were involved in protests and other industrial action as part of plans to draw attention to concerns over the money received for their milk and the difficulty in meeting supplies.

Even more shocking was the announcement by the FWO on January 25 that it had taken legal action for wage exploitation against migration agency, ZNZ Education, which specialises in providing services to Chinese clients and is part of the Zhi Nan Zhen Education and Migration Group that operates across Australia and New Zealand.

To see this group in action and working closely with the Crawford Fund was great to see and be a part of.

Over the last few months, farmers groups from across Europe have been involved in protests and other industrial action as part of plans to draw attention to their concerns over the price they are receiving for their milk.

In the context of policy coherence, the Development Working Group was encouraged to continue its efforts to develop actions to reduce FLW as part of its Implementation Plan for the G20 Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) Framework -LSB-...]

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A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

Historically, international agreements and frameworks related to humanitarian crises (such as International Humanitarian Law, the Hyogo Framework for Action, the Millennium Development Goals, the SPHERE Project, among others) have not directly mentioned persons with disabilities or have only addressed them as part of the broader category of «vulnerable groups.»

The move is part of recommended actions from a report commissioned by a local environmental group.

«There was discriminatory actions that suppressed voting of certain ethnic groups and it's a shameful part of our history.

He said the group wanted the party hierarchy in Accra to understand that «the thing dem want do, ego bring wahala for north» - to wit — their action would have serious repercussions for the party in the northern parts of Ghana.

Citizen Action and other groups are pushing for public financing of campaigns as part of the reforms.

The former Education minister disclosed that as part of its many plans to commemorate the first anniversary of the abduction of the girls by the Boko Haram sect, the group will from Wednesday, the 8 of April, begin a Global Week of Action with the theme: #ChibokGirls #NeverToBeForgotten which will terminate on Tuesday, 14th April, 2015.

«Trump Tuesdays» are part of a growing national trend organized — in some areas — by groups including People's Action and MoveOn.org.

At 9 a.m., gun control advocates from Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America's city chapter deliver postcards to a district office of Rep. Michael Grimm, as part of a campaign organized by the group and the organization Everytown for Gun Safety; 7308 13th Ave., Brooklyn.

At noon, Making Change at Walmart, along with Walmart - Free NYC and other groups, will hold a demonstration as part of a national campaign and day of action calling on Walmart to «dump Trump and immediately withdraw all financial support for the 2016 Republican National Convention,» Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave., Manhattan.

Clearly, I would agree that the way in which we might express either pride, or shame, or a mixture of both, for either our family history and the actions of our direct familial ancestors, or for those of any broader community - such as a nation or other group - is qualitatively different from our relationship from our own direct personal actions, or indeed the actions of a political community of which we are part.

He said the PANDEF led by the foremost Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, though had set the pace and part of the action the government was working on, the group had become an embarrassment and a grace to the people of the region.

Olivencia said that Citizens Action, a liberal activist group, had made the reservation at Pucho Olivencia without mentioning that Nixon would be part of the event.

Riders» rights groups have been urging fellow motor cyclists to take part in a day of action against proposed EU regulations.

Also at noon, Making Change at Walmart, along with Walmart - Free NYC and other groups, will hold a major demonstration in front of Trump Tower as part of a national campaign and day of action calling on Walmart to dump Trump and immediately withdraw all financial support for the 2016 Republican National Convention, Trump Tower, 725 5th Avenue, between E56th Street and E57th Street, New York.

The Group, now a part of the government's Green Construction Board activities has been monitoring construction, demolition and excavation waste since 2008, as well as advising what actions are needed across the industry to be more efficient in the use of materials and to reduce waste to landfill.

The group, American Action Network, is targeting six districts overall in New York as part of a 41 - district effort.

«Enough is enough,» said John Hutchings, director of the state Laborers» Political Action Committee and Organizing Funds, which is part of a labor - backed group pushing for a third track.

In Ulster County, the liberal activist group Citizen Action of the Hudson Valley invited Faso to a town hall meeting at George Washington Elementary School, 67 Wall St., scheduled for Friday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. Faso declined the invitation citing a previously scheduled event in another part of the district.

«If the Buhari administration could take tough action against the extremist religious groups in the northern parts of the country to preserve national security, it is ridiculous to accuse the President of sending soldiers to the Southeast because he hates the Igbos.

She noted that she was part of groups such as the «Women for Women Coalition» working for women participation in governance which resulted in the insertion of the 35 per cent affirmative action in the constitution.

«In addition to the researchers, surgeons and clinicians attending ObesityWeek, we encourage journalists to attend the session to learn more about how the media can participate in being part of the solution,» said Kyle, who also serves as Chairman of the Obesity Action Coalition National Board of Directors, a group representing individuals affected by the disease of obesity.

«The interesting part is that you can see a clear analogy between these actions in the sheep's faces and similar facial actions in humans when they are in pain — there is a similarity in terms of the muscles in their faces and in our faces,» said co-author Dr Marwa Mahmoud, a postdoctoral researcher in Robinson's group.