Sentences with phrase «term ties to the community»

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The tourism, financial services and real estate sectors of Lebanon's economy are booming, and overseas remittances are pouring in from the Lebanese expatriate community, which has increasing ties to the country, making it one of the largest recipients of such income in the world, in terms of share of gross domestic product.

In human terms, this has a disastrous consequence for certain groups of people like the tribals, scheduled castes, traditional fishermen and such other groups who depend on them to eke out a living... They would also be torn away from their natural roots as well as from their community and cultural ties - producing in them a sense of isolation» (Quoted from ISA Journal Dec. 94).

Neotraditionalism is an umbrella term that Dreher employs to cover this ecologically minded, self - consciously community - oriented demographic whose ties to religious tradition bear countercultural fruit.

The whole process got its start during recent town supervisor Jeff Moran's first term, when he was asked by officials of the French prefecture to visit their community because it perceived a spiritual tie to Woodstock... and it was the host of a large festival (which this year hosted former Woodstock resident Bob Dylan as a headliner for an audience of 300,000 or so Europeans).

Dr. Robledo Montecel is an associate member of Hispanics in Philanthropy, a founding member of CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation, a three - term trustee of Our Lady of the Lake University, and served on the founding board of directors of the Mexican and American Solidarity Foundation, an organization created to strengthen ties between Mexican citizens and the Mexican American community.

In Chicago, which has been subject to a variety of reforms over the years, research by Carnegie Foundation president Anthony Bryk and his colleagues found that schools with community school characteristics were more successful in terms of academic achievement in reading and math scores, and in reducing chronic absenteeism, along with other key indicators of student success.16 Spanning many years, the research concluded that successful schools had robust parent - community ties, a student - centered learning climate, and instructional guidance.

A customary tribe in these terms is a face - to - face community, relatively bound by kinship relations, reciprocal exchange, and strong ties to place.