Sentences with phrase «vulnerable citizens with»

Only mercy will allow us to provide our most vulnerable citizens with the grace to change.

1) The opportunists — Those with no concern for justice or truth, who attempted to manipulate Ferguson's vulnerable citizens with inflammatory rhetoric.

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Ben & Jerry's has teamed up with the International Rescue Committee to ask concerned citizens to contact European leaders and ask them to support legislation to help some of the world's most vulnerable people rebuild their lives in safety.

If a future Tory government carries out its plan, and withdraws from the European Convention, the UK government would be embracing pariah status; the first worldwide to introduce a new bill of rights with the aim of providing fewer rights to its citizens.Without the protection of European human rights law, UK citizens will be left systematically vulnerable.

The bills come after 11 post-Sandy council hearings, during which they identified two main problems with the city's handling after the storm: its struggle to help the most vulnerable citizens and to keep transportation going even when the subways were knocked out.

Dylan Ratigan, a former MSNBC host who entered the race last week, wove comments about the «soul of the country» into his remarks, citing his work with Helical Holdings to help returning combat veterans — including the homeless — and how he attempted to reconcile those efforts with his mounting displeasure with the banking industry, which he said supports concentrating wealth at the top, not helping the country's most vulnerable citizens.

The poor word choices, which resulted from the passion expressed by some, diverted the attention away from the legitimate concerns of the more than 500 hardworking mental - health workers, correctional officers, caregivers for developmentally - disabled individuals, administrative personnel and others who attended the rally to call for substantive dialogue with the governor about the direction we need to take the Empire State so that it serves all its citizens well, especially the most vulnerable among us.»

«We will now be able to work in tandem with other local law enforcement agencies and the media in alerting the public of a missing senior, as time is of the essence when it comes to bringing these vulnerable citizens home to avert a tragedy.»

Governor Ambode, who led a symbolic walk against Domestic and Sexual Violence in Alausa, Ikeja, with top government functionaries including the Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Adebule, Chief Judge of the State, Justice Olufunmilayo Oke, wife of the Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, Attorney General, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, members of the State Executive Council, members of the House of Assembly, stakeholders in the justice sector, celebrities, students, among others, said it was time to walk the talk and ensure that all hands are on deck towards safeguarding the rights of every citizen and the most vulnerable in the society.

South of the border is the tall and imposing Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles, founder of a group called the Autodefensas, which overtakes vulnerable towns with automatic weapons until the citizens have a chance to arm themselves.

With your financial support and commitment, AYPF will continue to educate and inform policymakers about strategies that work to help young people, particularly vulnerable youth, succeed in the modern workplace, become lifelong learners, and be engaged citizens.

«While we appreciate legislators standing up for our senior citizens, our youngest and most vulnerable citizens are also facing peril with continued school funding cuts that must be addressed,» said CEA President Sheila Cohen.

Formed in 2007, DFER operates in 14 states across the country, working with education leaders to combat the decline of our education system and standing up for our most vulnerable citizens.

Because a high percentage of the arguments made by most proponents of climate change policy have been focused on adverse climate impacts that citizens will experience where they live, while ignoring the harms to hundreds of millions of vulnerable poor people around the world that are being affected by GHG emissions from all - high emitting nations, along with claims that mainstream climate science is credible and has been undermined by morally reprehensible tactics, there is a need to make more people aware of:

However, at my age, I am not so concerned about myself but I am extremely disturbed that my children, nieces and nephews and other relatives are now «second class citizens», vulnerable to revocation at the whim of some politician, with no court process.

Senior citizens are among the most vulnerable members of our society; when they move into a nursing home, they and their families expect them to be treated with the utmost care and respect.

With the coming into force of the Constitution Act, 1982 we became a mature liberal democracy with much greater rights protection for vulnerable minorities and all citizWith the coming into force of the Constitution Act, 1982 we became a mature liberal democracy with much greater rights protection for vulnerable minorities and all citizwith much greater rights protection for vulnerable minorities and all citizens.

«The Citizens team has listened to the needs of their clients in the legal community and done a great job coming up with an innovative solution that helps law firms ensure the fairness of our legal system by contributing to civil legal aid for low - income and vulnerable Ohioans,» said Angela Lloyd, Executive Director of the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation.»

The Carter majority thus concluded at para. 315 that the Rodriguez court's articulation of the legislative objective of the existing law was not restricted to the narrow purpose of only protecting the «vulnerable», but also with the «societal concern with preserving life» in general, and therefore that concerns over the fundamental shift in societal values that would arise if the state permits some citizens to kill others in certain circumstances, can not be simply brushed aside.

He informed LIC will be in charge of the administration process where the Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana (VPBY) would target on benefiting the vulnerable section of the society with limited resource and monthly pension ranging from Rs 500 to Rs. 5000 to the senior citizens of the nation.

National Council for Behavioral Health, State Associations of Addictions Services Presents the website of a membership organization of community behavioral / mental health and addiction treatment organizations consisting of more than 2,200 member organizations serving some of the United States» most vulnerable citizens — the more than 8 million adults and children living with mental illnesses and addictions.

From the beginning, courts have viewed their role with regard to child custody determinations as one of parens patriae — a duty to protect vulnerable citizens.