Sentences with phrase «social community centered»

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Akola reinvests 100 percent of their profits to support work opportunities, training, social programs, and the construction of training centers and water wells in impoverished communities throughout the globe.

Orissa State Volunteers and Social Workers Association / Center for Research and Community Action Workshop — Bhubaneswar, India Gifted Citizen at La Ciudad de Las Ideas — Puebla, Mexico Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference — Halifax, NS MIT Climate CoLab's Crowds & Climate Conference — Cambridge, MA DiscoverE Engineering Global Marathon

Throughout the academic year, CSIMA hosts a variety of professional, educational, and social events centered around the investing community.

Even so committed an anti-Communist (and non-Marxist) as Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. took class conflict as self - evident, and in The Vital Center (1949) and elsewhere he depicted the central theme of American politics as the struggle for power between the business community and all other social groups.

The American Coptic community is close - knit: The tradition's churches tend to be social hubs as well as religious centers.

Communities that have moved to the center of society may need to take social consequences more seriously than did the original NT communities.

For many years, the black church was the hub for teaching, training, employment opportunities as well as acting as a community and social justice center.

They hold media industries accountable for what they produce and distribute, and propose critical analysis of the cultural, social, political and economic influences on media messages, the development of creative production centers that create community, and taking personal and public action to challenge government and industry abuses.

In the Christ event, «human structures, already impregnated with the seeds of Redemption through antecedent events, became articulate and responsive with a sensitivity and receptiveness that literally thrust upon the social community a new level of consciousness, a new center of consciousness and concern» (RE 258).

Community clergymen can therefore move into action in the prevention of mental and emotional disturbances in each of these three areas: (1) by using the mental health center resources to make their total pastoral ministry more effective in the early detection of problems; (2) by becoming more comfortable in the use of their own style of helping troubled people so that some crisis situations can be contained; (3) by using the rich resources of social concern in the churches to attack the wider problems out of which so many individual cases of emotional disturbance arise.

89 % terrorism 87 % economy 78 % immigration 78 % foreign policy 77 % gun policy 70 % Supreme Court appointments 70 % health care 70 % Social Security 62 % trade policy 59 % education 52 % abortion 51 % treatment of racial / ethnic minorities 34 % environment 29 % treatment of LGBT community [Pew Research Center # 8]

American Catholic history may not be so booming a discipline as biblical studies or medical ethics, but even the most cursory survey of the American Catholic Studies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and education.

Agri - TNCs Network - Philippines, MASIPAG (Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag - unlad ng Agrikultura), KMP (Kilusang Mangbubukid ng Pilipinas), PNSFP (Philippine Network for Food Security Programs), SIBAT (Sibol ng Agham at Teknolohiya), HEAD (Health action for Democracy), PAN Phils (Pesticide Action Network - Phils, TFIP (Philippine Task Force for Indigenous Peoples Rights), CENDI (Community Entrepreneur Development Institute), SRD (Center for Sustainable Rural Development), Vietnam, SPFT (Southern Peasants Federation of Thailand), AGRA (Alliance of Agrarian Reform Movement), SERUNI National Women's Alliance, Indonesia, NWFA (National Women Farmers and Workers Association), BAFLF (Bangladesh Agricultural Farm Labour Federation), SHISUK (Shikha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram), Bangladesh, APVUU (Andhra Pradesh Vyavasaya Vruthidarula Union), ORRISSA (Organization for Rural Reconstruction and Integrated Social Services Activities), CREATE, India THANAL, India, Save Our Rice Network, India, PAN-INDIA (Pesticide Action Network - India), India, GRAIN, PAN-AP (Pesticide Action Network - Asia Pacific), APC (Asian Peasants Coalition), Consumers Union of Japan, Women's Development Federation WELIGEPOLA, MONLAR, Sri Lanka

To get onto Baby Buds» email list, [email protected] • Our Family Coalition, The Bay Area Gay & Lesbian Family Group, 415-981-1960, PO Box 13505, Berkeley, CA 94712 - 4505, www.ourfamily.org • Gay and Lesbian Parents of Los Angeles, # 109 - 346,7985 Santa Monica, West Hollywood, CA 90046, [phone] • Lesbian Mothers & Our Children c / o GLCSC, 1625 N. Schrader Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028, 213-993-7608 • The Pop Luck Club, P.O. Box 69865, West Hollywood, CA 90069, tel: [phone], [email protected], www.popluckclub.org • Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center of Santa Clara County's support / social group for Mothers and Fathers with younger children.

Being grounded in progressive education principles means the school community has a child - centered approach to learning that focuses on the social, emotional, and academic needs of each individual.

BMBFA's consultants have been outsourced by many agencies including; The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, The U.S. Office on Women's Health, The United States Breastfeeding Committee, Ramsey County W.I.C., All About Lactation, Delaware Department of Community Health and Social Services, Rush Medical Center, Louisville Department of Public Health and Wellness, Kentuckiana Lactation Improvement Coalition, Colorado WIC Program, Illinois Department of Health, United States Lactation Consultant Association, Saint Mary's Health Care, Michigan Department of Community Health and University of Minnesota.

Try BabyCenter's Community, your local hospital, church, or other social gathering center.

Other groups we have hosted recently include The Rockland Farm Alliance • Just Food • Bergen SWAN • Threefold Mystery Drama Group • Light Color and Darkness Foundation Course • Center for Biography and Social Art • Fiber Craft Studio • Otto Specht School • The Greenhorns • The Collegium of the North American School of Spiritual Science • The Agriculture Section • Weleda • The Christian Community Youth Conference.

Mission: The Friendship Center provides hope and dignity in our community through access to food, vital resources, and critical social services.

The Friendship Center provides hope and dignity in our community through access to food, vital resources, and critical social services.

The proposal calls for spending $ 4 million to renovate and improve Blackhawk Community Center on Higgins Road by adding social and gaming areas; improving art, music and gymnastics facilities; and expanding the fitness and dance area.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

09.27.2011 Social Entrepreneur Launches Healthy Vending Business in San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan resident and social entrepreneur Angel Cintron is partnering with HUMAN Healthy Vending to bring innovative healthy vending machines to San Juan's schools, community centers, hospitals and corporate builSocial Entrepreneur Launches Healthy Vending Business in San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan resident and social entrepreneur Angel Cintron is partnering with HUMAN Healthy Vending to bring innovative healthy vending machines to San Juan's schools, community centers, hospitals and corporate builsocial entrepreneur Angel Cintron is partnering with HUMAN Healthy Vending to bring innovative healthy vending machines to San Juan's schools, community centers, hospitals and corporate buildings.

At the time Helen was a social worker at the Thalians Community Mental Health Center in the Department of Child Psychiatry at Cedars - Sinai hospital.

If no banks are located, the Huggies website lists community social services agencies such as local women's shelters, publicly funded daycare centers, or public health facilities as being possible helpful resources.

We all know that the hope of Rudolf Steiner, when he helped found the first Waldorf School, was that the school would become a beacon of spiritual impulses for the local community — a center of social / spiritual renewal.

First published in 2013, A Healing Landscape: Environmental and Social History of the Site of Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center by Scholar - in - Residence Steven Pavlos Holmes, PhD, tells the stories of the people who have lived and worked on the land over the past two centuries — including early farming families, a Revolutionary war soldier, pioneering birdwatchers, the residents and staff of the Boston State Hospital, and, of course, the Clark Cooper Community Gardens and Mass Audubon.

Multiple entities - the city of Highland Park, Moraine Township, Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association (also called the NSSRA), and the park district - are teaming up in preliminary discussions with Community Family Center, an umbrella group representing five social service agencies in Highland Park...

After some fits and starts over the years, a plan for a new Community Family Center in Highland Park to house multiple social service agencies may finally be moving forward.

The implication is that «private» means «for - profit,» whereas it is nearly certain that any group that assumes direct management of the community centers will be a not - for - profit social services organization, most likely with existing roots in the community.

Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz was joined by Erie County Legislator Peter Savage (3rd district), Erie County Commissioner of Social Services Al Dirschberger and departmental personnel, and Northwest Buffalo Community Center Executive Director Larry Pernick at the Center to kick off summer with the announcement of $ 500,000 in Operation Prime Time grants to 65 local not - for - profit agencies.

At 9 a.m. Friday, the Center for New York City Affairs will host «Getting Proactive in the Preserving & Strengthening of Human Services in NY,» discussing «the economic and social impact of human services CBOs, and the need to preserve and strengthen their critical role in building foundational supports that contribute to the health and well - being of individuals, families, and communities.»

Seniors will also have the opportunity to speak with representatives from the county's departments of Social Services, Health and Consumer Protection as well as the Legal Services of the Hudson Valley, Westchester Community College Center for the Arts and the Public Service Commission.

The Comptroller also discussed other recent work of his office, including the release of his Immigrant Rights guide — a comprehensive guide to local legal, social service and community resources for immigrant communities — and a letter he wrote to the Department for the Aging urging them to ensure the City's senior centers provide culturally sensitive services for emerging immigrant senior populations.

Banker - Teller, Asst. Mgr., Manager, Regional Facilities Manager 1976 - 1990 Manager of Campus Support Services — St. Cabrini Home 1990 - 1997 Director of Facilities — The Lutheran Care Skilled Nursing Center 1998 - 2000 Director of Operations — The Children's Village Child Care Facility 2000 - 2005 Assistant Social Worker for Seniors with Dementia — Ferncliff Nursing Home Director of General Services — St. Christopher's Inc. (all 3 campuses) 2006 - 2013 Director of Facilities / Finance / HR — Newburgh Prep High School 2013 - 2015 Adjunct Professor at Dutchess Community College — Behavioral Science 2005 - 2016 Adjunct Professor at Marist College — Social Psychology 2016 — Present Real Estate Salesperson with Hello Dolly Real Estate 2016 — Present

The center, formerly known as Parents for Megan's Law, had a $ 2.5 million contract with the Suffolk Police Department for the past three years to verify sex offenders» addresses as well as monitor social media and conduct education programs under Suffolk's Community Protection Act.

The Erie County Department of Social Services is partnering with ACCESS of WNY, Literacy Buffalo, SACRA, Matt Urban Center, Rural Outreach Center, Community Concern of WNY, and the Erie County Public Libraries in Springville, Kenmore, Cheektowaga, and Akron to provide this service.

«Together with our Department of Social Services, the Child Advocacy Center, the Sheriff's Office, the District Attorney's Office, local law enforcement and community partners such as the YWCA of the Mohawk Valley, we work diligently all year long to raise awareness of child abuse, prevent its tragic occurrence and support victims.

At 10 a.m., NYC Council members Ritchie Torres and Vanessa Gibson join NYCHA residents, the mayor's office of Criminal Justice, and social and legal service providers for an oversight hearing on violent crime in public housing, Johnson Houses Community Center, 1833 Lexington Ave., Manhattan.

At 9 a.m., Approximately 900 specialists from a variety of scientific, psychological, social service and educational communities will gather at The Egg, Center for the Performing Arts Hart Theatre to consider promising research on how, through understanding the emerging connections between trauma and the science of brain development, children can overcome the long - term consequences of extreme trauma and adversity.

He said that the board, «vehemently opposes any plan that closes the Phoenicia elementary school and robs our residents and their children of convenient localized education opportunities for their younger children, disregards the needs of the local economy and businessmen and residents that assist with, sponsor and pay for school programs...» The resolution listed how the school acts as a community center including athletic, educational, social programs during the evenings, weekends and summer that are sponsored by the town.

«Senior centers and NORCs are more than social services — they create the kinds of communities that make aging in place possible,» said Squadron.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr., Oneida County Department of Social Services Commissioner Lucille Soldato and Sandra Soroka, Executive Director of The Neighborhood Center are excited to announce that The Neighborhood Center has joined the National Circles ™ Campaign to be the Lead Organization to help create community and individual social capacity through multi-layered, long - term relationships, linking those currently in poverty, middle class Allies, employers, educators, service providers, and community leSocial Services Commissioner Lucille Soldato and Sandra Soroka, Executive Director of The Neighborhood Center are excited to announce that The Neighborhood Center has joined the National Circles ™ Campaign to be the Lead Organization to help create community and individual social capacity through multi-layered, long - term relationships, linking those currently in poverty, middle class Allies, employers, educators, service providers, and community lesocial capacity through multi-layered, long - term relationships, linking those currently in poverty, middle class Allies, employers, educators, service providers, and community leaders.

Epstein, along with the coalition, is interested in seeing the designated money go to «local social services, local parks, local food pantries, and other local community centers.»

A former high school teacher and college professor, Tejada is the founder of the Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center, a non-profit organization in Harlem devoted to social justice issues and assisting low - income and immigrant families.

Picente said «Our community partners such as the Thea Bowman House and the Neighborhood Center as well as our department of Social Services do an amazing job working to prevent child abuse here in Oneida County.

Kent Gardner, economist with the Center for Governmental Research Ed Doherty, Rochester Area Community Foundation Jane Lynch, retired director of the department of social services for Ontario County

Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck) made a final push for votes Monday in his run for Congress, visiting members of the Queens Community House Rego Park Senior Center and sticking to his talking points of saying he would fight to preserve Social Security and Medicare.

Through the community and teen center, Riverdale Neighborhood House will be able to help the youth in the community build foundations for their educational and professional futures while also gaining meaningful social experiences.