Sentences with phrase «political position of leadership»

This, however, is entirely wrongheaded, as Richard John Neuhaus and others have pointed out, since the office of bishop is a sacred trust and obligation — not merely a political position of leadership.

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I'll start: I feel most at home in a church that 1) takes its mission to care for the poor and marginalized seriously, 2) does not make assumptions about its congregation's political positions nor emphasizes political action to begin with, 3) speaks of Scripture in terms of its ability to «equip us for every good work,» 4) embraces diversity (theologically, ethnically, etc.) and allows women to assume leadership positions.

At the same time as the focus of much interfaith activity has become more practical, those in positions of leadership in the political and economic spheres are both recognizing the importance of religion in shaping the modern world and acknowledging that there is a spiritual and ethical dimension to the major problems facing humankind.

These positions of leadership required extensive travel in America, Europe and the Far East, and enabled him to discuss the problems of International Christianity against a background of almost unrivaled political as well as religious knowledge.

The tragedy of Labour's leadership contest is that not one of the candidates - judging by their positions on political reform - is a true pluralist.

«Noam Bramson loves talking about Albany issues to deflect from his mismanagement of New Rochelle that has resulted in extraordinary tax increases, but he refuses to address the most important question before the state today: Should an Assembly Speaker who has repeatedly covered up sexual harassment and violent sexual assaults committed by political colleagues continue to hold a leadership position,» asked Astorino spokeswoman Jessica Proud in a recent statement.

In this chapter, Brown also charts the rise of women into positions of political leadership writing that «by 2013, more than eighty women had held the highest elected governmental office in a variety of countries, spanning every continent in the world» (p. 38).

This article details how many of the Erie County Conservative Party's leadership has been appointed to positions in government, suggesting some sort of political gamesmanship.

Were Nigeria's political leadership positions by inheritance, I am sure the leadership of the Yoruba nation would have, on a platter of concession, been handed over to Obafemi Awolowo, Adekunle Ajasin and Abraham Adesanya's children after their death.

In an interview after the ceremony, Curran said she plans to immediately sign executive orders that prohibit members of her administration from holding leadership positions in political parties and bar her executive staff from donating to, or fundraising for, her campaign.

It is the intent of these Rules and Regulations to implement these objectives of promoting both the integrity of the Democratic Party and the recruitment and retention of qualified party leadership by prescribing restrictions against abuses of political position for private financial gain without creating unnecessary barriers to party service.

On the other hand the Labour party's new leadership under Jeremy Corbyn has expressed its official position to support the Remain campaign, although political pundits have noted a slight reservation of Corbyn towards the EU (primarily based on his previous opinions of the EU).

And The Sun's political editor Tom Newton Dunn said: «Hard to read Boris today as anything other than cute positioning for a walk out / leadership challenge as standard bearer of clean Brexit.»

Where does the Governor go from here now that he's sold his political soul to keep Speaker Silver in his leadership position, in the name of getting things done for the people of NYS?

Revealing the position of MACBAN, a source at the meeting said: «The leadership of Miyetti Allah, led by the National President, Muhammed Kirowa, told the meeting that the approach to conflict resolution adopted by political leaders in some states is not helpful in finding lasting peace.

Yamoah Ponkoh added, «Kwame, even me, if you put me in a political leadership position today, I will steal and so Ghanaians should manage their expectations in terms of looking for honest political leadership... we politicians are simply corrupt and can not be trusted.»

Anthony held various leadership positions while earning his bachelor's degree in Political Science and Sociology, including serving as the Senior Student Trustee on the college's Board of Trustees, President of the Sigma Phi Society, and President of the freshman and sophomore classes consecutively.

He also attributed the problem of good leadership to the appointment of unqualified people to occupy positions because of their political affiliations.

«Every Ghanaian politician is a potential thief, put the Ghanaian in a position of trust or political leadership and the next thing he or she will start thinking of is how to steal to enrich themselves,» he revealed.

The 2007 Labour Party deputy leadership election was a British political party election for the position of deputy leader of the Labour Party.

I therefore, urge you to use this forum to discuss and find ways of complementing the Commission's efforts in improving women's political representation in elective and appointive positions of authority and leadership in Nigeria.»

«This behavior is unacceptable regardless of political party or leadership position.»

By contrast Ms Harman has faced claims she has embarked on a «leadership campaign by stealth» after adopting a series of political positions likely to win favour with rank - and - file party members.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the new Director will also report quarterly on the current status of women both in Santa Clara County public jurisdictions and within the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and lead the compilation and publication of an annual report of the current number and percentage of women in elected office in Santa Clara County and post the report on the Party website and in an electronic communication to all members; and that the new Director will lead this effort by recruiting, training and supporting democratic women seeking public leadership positions in collaboration with the Director of Endorsements and Candidate Recruitment, the Director of Issues, the Director of Political Engagement and DAWN as well as any other interested Party Directors and clubs.

Syracuse, N.Y. — New York state Sen. Malcolm Smith, who was charged this morning in a political bribery case, has been stripped of his Senate committee assignments and leadership position in the Independent Democratic Conference.

She said the primaries of the political parties have already begun in earnest and the impending district assembly elections present an opportunity to elect more women and prepare them for other national leadership positions.

But the question for us as a family, we have got a new baby, do I continue to throw my body at a problem, on the road 70 % to 80 % of the time, dealing with political crisis after political crisis, or take on this leadership position?

April Auger Perrin began her professional career at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia as the Director of Programs and also served in a similar position at the statewide executive leadership program, Lead Virginia.

Some of this is just political expediency or earnest incompetence, but some of it is that people in leadership positions do not have a system understanding of the cause of failure.»

In the absence of well - organized, broad, and shared political will following the downfall of the regime, it can only be expected that the established old guard parties will step in to claim positions of political leadership once the social unity of post-revolutionary action fades to the background.

The author (s) were not paid by any entity outside of Brookings to write this particular article and did not receive financial support from or serve in a leadership position with any entity whose political or financial interests could be affected by this article.

Prior to founding Green Dot, Steve held a number of leadership positions in political and social service organizations.

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One survey of 15 - 24 year - olds shows that a majority (57 %) say they are not at all likely to run for an elected leadership position (32 % in 1998); 53 % say they are not at all likely to work for a political party; 50 % say they are not at all likely to join a political club or organization; 46 % say they are not at all likely to volunteer in a political campaign; 44 % say they are not at all likely to participate in a political march or demonstration.

Women are rising to great political power in societies around the world and we are just beginning to see a shift occur as more women step into positions of global leadership.

Trained as a diplomat and European political specialist at the Foreign Service Office of Singapore, Tham has also held leadership positions in marketing and communications - She has launched advertising campaigns that won the Cannes Gold Lion at Cannes Lion Festival of Creativity.

Because most meteorologists are employed directly or indirectly by governement and academia, they are all to often intimidated with retaliation and denied the right to exercise free speech to combat the hijacking fof the profession, their professional associations, and the science by a minority of political activists inside and outside their profession, who have promoted their likeminded collaborationists into positions of leadership.