Sentences with phrase «says community leader»

But having the project gives us the resources to do that,» says community leader Aureliano Córdoba.

She says some community leaders see schools as a way to «indoctrinate impressionable minds» and bring children up with narrow horizons.

He said community leaders had an opportunity and responsibility to end the stigma surrounding the virus and to normalize the issue so people seek help.

Not exact matches

«California has been a leader in setting ambitious energy goals, but we need to make sure that all communities have access... or else we will fail,» says Ms. Limón.

Jamison Nesbitt, founder of Cyber Senate, a community of global cybersecurity business leaders, echoed experts» beliefs who said that the IoT is «the main cybersecurity risk for 2015.»

In the letter, which has been published online, the civic leaders said Amazon must be ready to hire local workers, pay its fair share of local taxes, and negotiate with the local community to ensure its facility will positive impact everyone.

«Canadian Tire's dealers are community leaders and the strongest group of entrepreneurs that I have ever worked with,» corporation president and CEO Stephen Wetmore said in announcing the agreement.

He is also African - American, which some politicians have said could help him deal with community leaders in a city that is 83 percent black.

«It was always part of the fabric of the community,» with a homegrown leader at the helm, he says.

It's about all of these community groups, these activists, these non-profits, these local leaders as clergy saying, «Forget about Krasner.

The city has a difficult job ahead, and we are optimistic that governmental leaders will be successful in strengthening the community,» said Jay Cooney, a Ford spokesman.

The Minneapolis Police Department said it has been «a national leader and has set national «best practice» standards in community engagement and community policing.»

«They don't have the money to support us, and the pressure to continue [growing coca] is fierce,» a community leader in the isolated southwest municipality of Tumaco — a global hub for coca — said in late 2016, after a deadly clash between state security forces and farmers protesting efforts to destroy their coca.

President Barack Obama has not ruled out air strikes but he and top military leaders have said the crisis in Iraq can only be resolved through a settlement with leaders of the country's Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish communities.

«Our country is facing some very difficult issues that require our elected officials, business leaders and community - based organizations to work together,» McMillon said.

«I look forward to working with the board, and the cleantech community, to carve new markets for our exciting ventures,» said Annette Verschuren, Chair and CEO, NRStor Inc. «Canada can become a leader in a new energy sector that's clean, profitable and will add a whole new dimension to our existing renewable energy assets, and MaRS is well positioned to make this happen.»

The community of opportunity leaders emerging around the opportunity mind - set are the change - makers who will scale up the sustainable ideas and opportunities,» says Marianne Haahr.

«Every dollar put into helping more people in Miami participate in our city's economic opportunities is an investment in our future and these funds will go to community organizations that are helping families and small business owners get ahead and build a path to prosperity,» Guillermo Castillo, market leader and head of commercial banking for Chase in South Florida, said in a statement.

«The company's founding values are based on humanity and inclusion,» said Executive Chairman Howard Schultz, who was also in Philadelphia to meet with community leaders and Starbucks employees, the company said.

«I don't want the IRS looming over our faith leaders in the community as they express their religious freedom,» said Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, the highest - ranking Republican working on the bill, told reporters when the bill was introduced.

Our support for Studio Y will help these youth foster social change, tackle complex problems and become leaders in their communities and in the province,» said The Hon. Teresa Piruzza, Minister of Children and Youth Services.

Top Starbucks executives and about 40 Philadelphia clergy and community leaders met in what local leaders say was the beginning of an effort to push the coffee company to play a leading role in addressing racial injustice.

«WBENC's 14 WBE Stars are exceptional leaders who are forging new ways to deliver value to their customers and their communities,» said Pamela Prince - Eason, President and CEO of WBENC.

«WBENC's 14 WBE Stars are exceptional leaders whose accomplishments make a powerful and positive impact on their industries and their communities,» said Pamela Prince - Eason, President and CEO of WBENC, the nation's leader in women's business development.

«This report establishes a baseline against which we can measure the collective impact of #movethedial as we continue to increase the participation and advancement of women in our tech community,» says Chris Dulny, National Technology Sector Leader at PwC Canada.

Vancouver — Christy Clark has let down forest workers and communities as U.S. softwood lumber penalties loom, and B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan says forest workers need a government that will defend their jobs and communities.

It appears that the PCs are both understating the condition of disrepair of hospitals and in some cases, using their power to move projects up the priority list in order to benefit the political interests of PC caucus members at the expense of the health of those living in more needy communities» said Notley In a written response to a request from NDP Leader Rachel Notley, the Auditor General has committed to an audit of the government's capital planning process.

«We have a chance to be real leaders and set up StartupCincy as an example,» said Eric Weissmann, VP of Communications, Community and Economic Inclusion at Cintrifuse.

Supporters, including some Latino community leaders, say Herbalife has provided its salespeople with economic opportunity and health benefits.

Chairman - CEO Fisk Johnson, fifth - generation family leader of the company, says in a statement that the company wants people to know it's «committed to doing what's right for our consumers, communities and the environment.»

Neighborhood leaders influential in Mayor Luke Bronin's political rise say he will have to win over the community again after spending four months flirting with a run for governor.

VICTORIA — Two years after promising to stand «shoulder to shoulder» with communities affected by the Mount Polley disaster the Christy Clark government has failed to address the disaster's impacts on the local economy and failed to hold the company accountable for polluting Quesnel Lake, says New Democrat Leader John Horgan.

OTTAWA — Taxpayers will be footing the bill for an entourage of at least 30 business people and community leaders to accompany Prime Minister Stephen Harper on his Middle East visit starting this weekend, his spokesman says.

In a statement, Seattle's mayor said she was alarmed by Amazon's announcement and added that she planned to work with members of Seattle's business, labor and community leaders in the coming days to find common ground.

Seven Baha'i leaders in Iran have each received 20 - year prison sentences, according to reports received by the Baha'i International Community, the group said Sunday.

You said: «Also, if we donâ $ ™ t have a sense of broader Christian community (even if it â $ ˜failsâ $ ™ us) we might end up with self - appointed leaders, who are answerable to nobody.»

Although they say they do not intend for the minister to dictate his aims for the church, the thrust of Leading Congregational Change is that the pastor or transformational leader brings a vision that must be promoted, first to a chosen group of disciples, then to a «vision community,» and then — only when fully developed and plotted out — to the congregation.

Most social communities will test leaders to see if they mean what they say, to see if they will hold steady, not losing their nerve or their cool.

Coptic Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian community, is in deteriorating health, the head of the Egyptian General Coptic Association said Tuesday.

Pastors are fighting to end this lawsuit, saying that taking away the tax break will be a major blow to both the leaders and the communities that they lead.

But when it was within our own community, the immediate response was to vilify the victims or to say things that were at times blatantly and demonstratively untrue about the organization and the leader of the organization.

Washington (CNN)- The faith community needs to be a check against political vitriol in the 2012 election, which two religious leaders say has the potential to be the «ugliest campaign» in decades.

Hall said political leaders have been «in terror of the gun lobby,» but now they need to know that faith communities such as his are willing to stand behind efforts to push for gun control.

The community of Central Florida is not accustomed to hearing white Christian leaders say, «Our concern is for the community as a whole, not just our personal congregations.»

And I speak up when a few vocal evangelical leaders say hateful things about LGBT people or encourage bullying or condone misogyny because I feel like I have this investment in the community and it's important for those invested in the community to speak up when its leaders are hurting our witness to the world... But I'm not sure I can do that anymore.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency: German court ruling on circumcision riles Jewish community Germany's top Jewish leader called on the federal Parliament «to ensure religious freedom» following a Cologne court ruling that said circumcising young boys on religious grounds amounts to grievous bodily harm.

A leader of a breakaway Amish community in rural eastern Ohio was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for forcibly cutting the beards and hair of community members, Court Clerk Robert Pitts said.

David I hear you saying that the use of «leader» impedes true community because it points to rank.

A leader of the Latino Community Campaign took me aside at a fund - raising event and said, «Thank you for giving us our dignity.»

The British who colonized India had accepted the European concept of nationhood as constituted by unity in blood and language, «ethnic purity and a single language»; therefore, they said, that «India is not and can never be a nation... India is a collection of religious communities... But the unfortunate tragic element was that this British interpretation of Indian history was also accepted by many of our national leaders... So British interpretation plus the shortsightedness of our own leaders, not excluding the Mahatma, together resulted in this dreadful phenomenon of communalism».