Sentences with phrase «people and communities as»

Second, ensuring that mental health services are culturally sensitive; to this end, governments need to deal directly with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities as well as collaborate with primary health care providers in order to develop and deliver culturally appropriate services.

We are highly concerned about the grave harm that climate change is already causing, and will continue to cause, to people and communities as well as to the environment on which we all depend.

Getting a thing like this underway requires a special brand of leadership, one that's as comfortable with people and communities as with accountability spreadsheets.

If he speaks of the sins of his people and his community as though he were exempt from the failings of the rest of humanity, he will, in effect, be speaking down to his people.

Indigenous Climate Action is the only Indigenous climate justice organization in Canada and is working to prioritize Indigenous peoples and communities as agents of change for climate change solutions.

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And the success of the events has placed the spotlight on Summit as a leader in building a community of people to catalyze entrepreneurship and social goAnd the success of the events has placed the spotlight on Summit as a leader in building a community of people to catalyze entrepreneurship and social goand social good.

Successful people don't see money solely as a personal reward; they see money as a way to grow a business, reward and develop employees, give back to the community... in short, not just to make their own lives better but to improve the lives of other people, too.

As Facebook has grown, people everywhere have gotten a powerful new tool to stay connected to the people they love, make their voices heard, and build communities and businesses.

You are regularly invited to idea exchanges and community events that can help you find people with passion for solving the same issues as you do.

Therefore, the key is not necessarily to immediately force people to act as if they're happy when they're devastated, but rather promote an overall culture and community that accepts failure as a means to self - improvement.

That doesn't mean there haven't been things on Facebook that we don't want to have happen on Facebook — and we're taking strong steps to correct that — but as an organizing tool for people who are trying to reach communities, it's huge.

«When communities enable aging adults to work, learn, volunteer, and participate socially and economically, the benefits accrue to younger people and the broader society as well,» the report reads.

In an effort to make the rollout as «seamless and high - quality as possible,» Pak said Facebook chose brands that are «great members of the Instagram community that have a demonstrated history of understanding how Instagram operates and how people use the platform.»

Affirmative action continues to uplift the Asian community, particularly young people from traditionally disadvantaged Asian groups, such as Southeast Asians and low - income families.

Likewise, there's good reason to think the goal of «protecting our community from abuse and hatred» is a non-starter as long as «our community» means a user base of more than two billion people.

Developmental lending as practiced by IBC involves providing financial services (primarily loans) to aboriginal people who, for a variety of cultural and / or financial reasons, are alienated by mainstream lending institutions; approving loan applications on the basis of typical financial considerations while taking into account the potential for positive social or community outcomes; and evaluating social outcomes resulting from the loan portfolio over the long term.

«It has the power to influence public debate, mobilize communities, and — most importantly — offer creative solutions to help people receive better care, no matter where they live or who they are,» write Richards and Karp, who believe that the tech industry owes its success to both of its employees as well as the communities it serves, whose health needs are often partially met by Planned Parenthood itself.

Luckily, they're an easy sort to spot: The company seeks out engineers and scientists who are heavily involved in their communities (such as people who moonlight as Girl Guide leaders, soccer coaches or Rotary Club members).

Developers are bringing people back to brick - and - mortar shops by giving them something real: a memorable experience as part of a community.

On top of all this, their website acts as a community portal, helping to clue people in about the changes they could be making to help themselves and the environment.

In the third chapter, he explains how positioning himself as an expert on all things related to the Cloud and his industry landed him on regular TV interviews and made more people aware of him, his cause and his community.

«I see this as a broader issue, one facing the global community as more and more people across the world own smartphones.

I am not just the leader of Nomadness, I'm an active member because this is my community: I relate to the people, the conversations, the struggles, and the wins we have as a worldwide community of travelers of color.

In South Orange, I think there was a feeling that the community was fairly disconnected from government and there was a desire to bring someone in from the outside who is able to look at the challenges that face our municipality from a new perspective and bring people in more as part of that process.

«We see ourselves at Facebook as a community and culture of builders, so we like to see how people are thinking about things a little bit differently.»

By the following March, they had spent more than half a billion dollars acquiring two more companies: San Francisco - based MyFitnessPal, a nutrition - tracking system for people to log their meals, and Copenhagen - based Endomondo, a personal - training program whose users are almost entirely outside the U.S.. Under Armour suddenly had not only the world's largest digital fitness community but hundreds of engineers and reams of user data as well.

Chances are, the people you meet through volunteering don't hold money as their top priority; they may be willing to work hard for a good cause; and they're probably connected in the community.

As longstanding members of the Broadway Community, Lane and Comley knew they had to reach out to a lot of people and organizations to actually create a first - class web portal featuring meticulously filmed HD captures of full Broadway shows.

«The global community will rightly expect the pace — alongside a high level of diligence — to be maintained so that people in affected communities and others living in countries at risk of Ebola can have access to a vaccine as soon as possible.»

These two coffee titans have tapped into that by focusing on creating a community and positive experiences between people as a foundational piece of their businesses.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.

The guiding principles are that the Community Standards should reflect the cultural norms of our community, that each person should see as little objectionable content as possible, and each person should be able to share what they want while being told they can not share something as little as Community Standards should reflect the cultural norms of our community, that each person should see as little objectionable content as possible, and each person should be able to share what they want while being told they can not share something as little as community, that each person should see as little objectionable content as possible, and each person should be able to share what they want while being told they can not share something as little as possible.

Over time I've noticed a lot of people who have built a great community stop doing the things they used to do and start just using the community as a means to make money.

Beyond being an incredible song, its chorus became a rallying cry of protesters in the United States — «a kind of comfort that people of color and other oppressed communities desperately need all too often: the hope — the feeling — that despite tensions in this country growing worse and worse, in the long run, we're all gon» be all right,» as Slate culture writer Aisha Harris put it.

It's very well known in the startup community as a kind of Reddit for new products, featuring Q&A's with founders, videos and a front page where people can upvote products they like the most.

And if enough people are going through it, someone (or the community as a whole) tends to step up to provide a solution.

The CBC needs to remain relevant to the many audiences it serves, she added, calling on the Crown corporation to be an inclusive storyteller for Indigenous Peoples, women, newcomers and LGBTQ communities, as well as a creator of quality local content.

Online communities are a common starting point during the buying journey today, as people conduct research, read product reviews, and search for recommendations.

Though the group started as an online community, each attendee spent our own money and time away from family to learn from and share with each other, in person.

If you know your community like the back of your hand, have an eye for real estate and want to help newcomers get settled, you can act as a one - person welcoming committee as a relocation specialist.

Last November, the company released a cup with a green and white design populated with cartoon people, which Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz said was meant to «represent the connections Starbucks has as a community with its partners (employees) and customers.

That money left over is profit, which, rather than being hoarded by greedy capitalists as some in the media and the business community would have you believe, is most effectively used by reinvestment in product and people.

The healing process is not always easy and is a very emotional time, so our goal is to take care of two caretakers and two survivors each month so that we can help as many people in the community as possible.

Linnea Geiss, vice president of corporate development for NCR Corporation, and a board member for Venture Atlanta, describes this as a city where the entrepreneurial community invests in the most important things, which she lists as: «Revenue, finding real solutions to big problems and creating products that people really want.»

While the new SEC regulations are historic, Ravikant says that for people who are already very well connected and embedded in the investor community, fundraising will likely continue to operate largely as it has been.

Few people outside Connecticut have perhaps worked as closely with the Newtown community in as have Seay and his co-founder Caden.

The scholars used two major national databases — the American Community Survey and the Baccalaureate and Beyond Survey — to examine the relationship between the choices of major of people aged 20, and how those choices shift as unemployment rates go up.

But what I liked best about the book is how it engages with what I see as one of the most important and difficult social - policy questions of our time: How do we unstack the deck and, at the same time, get people to take ownership over improving their own lives and communities even when they reasonably believe that the deck is stacked against them?

Jonathan Mohan, founder of BitcoinNYC, a volunteer organization based in New York that unites Bitcoin enthusiasts, says the Fed's takedown of Liberty Reserve was downright good for Bitcoin — and that many people in the Bitcoin community see the Liberty takedown as a «benefit» for virtual currencies.

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