Sentences with phrase «public citizen»

They are doing this by engaging as public citizens who are leading student organizing, participating in community - led school transformation and other active protest movements.

He has served on the boards of Public Citizens for Children & Youth, Research for Action, and the National Adoption Center.

«I think what's caused the current crisis is a denial of the fact that resources matter,» says Donna Cooper, executive director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth, a Philadelphia - area research and advocacy group.

Art's Obedience is committed to the promotion of responsible dog ownership and the general education of dog owners so that their canine companions can become valued household members and well - behaved public citizens.

This public would expand in social inclusiveness as its ethical level rose, gradually elevating the minds of commercial men toward the standard of judgment summed up in Smith's idea of the «Impartial Spectator,» the quintessentially public citizen.

G. Seek inclusion for local cable programmers, local public radio broadcasters, computer network operators and similar professionals operating in the public interest as members of training delegations going to developing nations in order to propagate the concept of a vigorous, involved public citizen movement.

Previously, he interned at Public Citizens for Children and Youth, where he focused on charter school oversight, high school quality, and a fair school funding formula for Pennsylvania.

Noting that the unaffordability of civil legal services caused many folks to turn to unregulated services (such as Legal Zoom and Rocket Lawyer) the Court adopted this course to make sure public citizens had access to legal services from trained professionals.

However, the preamble to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct does addresses things lawyers should do as public citizens, like improve access to justice, the administration of justice, and the public's perception of the legal system.

become valued household members and well - behaved public citizens.

A certain tension is built into their official canons of ethics, e.g., «A lawyer is a representative of clients, an officer of the legal system, and a public citizen having special responsibility for the quality of justice.»

Obviously, the problem is not with Mr. Howard attending the rally as a public citizen (as is his right) but in presenting himself as the Sheriff of Erie County in public notices and in official capacity and uniform (see flyer below).

McQuillen wrote to the board: «Obviously, the problem is not with Mr. Howard attending the rally as a public citizen [as is his right], but in presenting himself as the sheriff of Erie County in public notices and in official capacity and uniform.»

8) Make democracy matter on the global stage A public citizen's campaign should put on the agenda the idea that voting rights at the UN general assembly should depend on democratic legitimacy at home.

Public citizen, an anti-nuclear group in the US, has identified what it claims are 20 «nuclear lemons» among the 111 nuclear power stations in the US.

«In these cases, for me, as a taxpayer and voter, the introduction of this extreme doubt about climate change is affecting my quality of life as a public citizen,» Mr. Nye said.

«As a taxpayer and voter, the introduction of this extreme doubt about climate change is affecting my quality of life as a public citizen.

Grover is a «public citizen» — a policy entrepreneur who has protected taxpayers by making politicians more accountable to the people they are supposed to serve.

So what is this public citizen duty?

Comment 6 to the Preamble states «as a public citizen, a lawyer should seek improvement of the law, access to the legal system, the administration of justice and the quality of service rendered by the legal profession.

Three concurrent sets of responsibilities lawyers must fulfill are discussed: the lawyer as a «representative of client,» as «an officer of the legal system» and as «a public citizen having special responsibility for the quality of justice.»

The reality is that with new media, public citizens will often «report» on events via social media before first responders or reporters even arrive.

One of the suggestions that has emerged is a local chapter of Guardian Angels, but these public citizens would be vulnerable tot he same liabilities as everyone else.

«But because I have a civic duty to democracy and the overwhelming public interest, we [felt] we had a duty to dive a bit deeper as public citizens.»

The Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) has published a new guide to behavioral health services for children enrolled in medical assistance and CHIP in Philadelphia.