Sentences with phrase «way public leaders»

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I see no reason why church leaders should cease promoting Christian understandings of human rights in public settings as a way of promoting justice, morality, and the common good.

Anyway, yes, this is all rather ugly in some very unpleasant ways, but I think the overall conversation here has been relatively civil — at least within the framework I'm working from that all public leaders / figures / role - models who are authors, speakers, event sponsors, etc., commit themselves to public scrutiny and accountability.

She practiced what she preached in a separate thread, in which she used Twitter for a little public confession and repentance (there's a novel use of social media), asking God for forgiveness for «ways I've been complicit in & contributed to misogyny & sexism in the church by my cowardly and inordinate deference to male leaders in order to survive.»

Some pro-life leaders have advocated repeal of «Obamacare,» because it requires the public in various ways to fund abortion.

Unless the general public — not just the highly educated leaders of church and society, but the general public — knows about these problem with all their pros and cons, and are able to weigh and consider alternatives and solutions from every standpoint — left, right and center — unless that happens, our nation will never be able to fight its way back toward solutions that will build us up, strengthen our resolve, and re-create the nation I used to love and I now would love to reform.

Its annual Good Food EXPO — America's longest - running sustainable and local food trade show — brings together key stakeholders to be inspired, do business, and learn the many ways in which producers, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, investors, advocates and members of the general public can work, individually or in concert, to build a better food system.

of Education & Youth Services Board Leader: Elizabeth Mullaugh, Board President Main: 717-920-9534 Fax: [phone] • William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 - 5601 www.waygay.org Contact Information General Email: [email protected] Public Contact: Candice Thompson, Dir.

In many ways, Lewis, 58, a brash, tough - talking South Side product of Chicago's public school system, is an unlikely foil to Emanuel and CPS leaders in the national push toward longer school days.

Founded in 2009, the Chaffee County Breastfeeding Coalition (CCBC) is a volunteer organization comprised of community nurses, public health officials, midwives, mental health providers, child birth educators, La Leche League Leaders, nutritionists, lactation consultants, lactation counselors, and mothers who have led the way for 92 % of Chaffee infants to initiate breastfeeding.

But we can't wait on Congress to act, so the White House called on private and non-profit leaders to explore creative ways they can address this widespread public health problem.

As former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, gear up for sentencing in their respective public corruption convictions today, the elder Skelos has hired noted appeals lawyer Alexandra Shapiro to help him argue his way out of prison.

So far this campaign has been notable for the way business leaders have been kept away from the leading political players in public.

Public Health Advice Issued To U.K. Restaurantgoers Following Ex-Spy Poisoning THE TWO - WAY Public Health Advice Issued To U.K. Restaurantgoers Following Ex-Spy Poisoning On Tuesday, Russia's Ambassador Alexander Shulgin, who represents the Russian Federation at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, urged British leaders «to reserve their propagandistic ardency to the internal audience.»

«We need only look at the trials of former leaders Silver and Skelos to realize that our state has a long way to go to in responding to the crime wave of corruption — let alone the recent State Integrity Report that gave New York a D - minus for public integrity.»

Hizzoner called it «tragic that two leaders were lining their own pockets or their family's pockets in this way,» adding that «the public has every right to be outraged.»

Less cynically, the leaders of ISIS may sincerely think that the Western way of life exemplified in rock concerts, large scale commercial banking activity contrary to Islamic law, and government institutions of countries that advance a way of life contrary to Islamic law in the world, is evil and that it is their duty to take action, on behalf of God, to punish this evil in a public way that discourages others.

The first public leaders meeting in more than two months is underway, and so far there has been a lot of posturing and not much in the way of progress.

The four leaders of the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday huddled for about two hours with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and emerged to say little had been discussed in the way of hot - button topics like the Dream Act, medical marijuana or the public financing of campaigns.

The Assembly effort is significant because the chamber dropped out of a three - way 2015 agreement with the Senate and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, because it and public union leaders found the proposal to apply to all public workers too broad.

The other day you stood at a public function and clapped heartily when our father and leader President Olusegun Obasanjo said that the way to stop the Biafran agitation was to offer the Igbo people a slice of cake?

The proposal contained in Cuomo's budget plan would require local government leaders on the county level to convene a review of ways to share services on the municipal level, with a plan that would be voted on in a public referendum by November.

The majority leader said there have been no three - way budget talks as of yet, adding that he would be more than happy to attend a public leaders meeting if the governor calls one.

Either way, it is also difficult to see the public accepting the notion of one party being permanently in government — the Liberal Democrats are currently the only viable coalition ally for both Labour and the Tories — and leaving their controversial leader in place is likely a bridge too far.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could disrupt the finances of public - sector unions, but labor leaders vowed to fight back even if the court's decision doesn't go their way.

Thursday night, word began circulating of a «framework» agreement reached between the so - called «three men in a room» — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan — that would satisfy at least the minimum requirements for both: The Democratic - dominated Assembly would agree to the first passage of legislation paving the way for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the stripping of public pensions from elected officials and other top officials convicted of public corruption, and the Republican - led Senate would approve a one - year extension of mayoral control of New York City's schools.

WE»RE A LONG WAY FROM RESTORING THE PUBLIC»S TRUST by Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R - Canandaigua) Earlier this week, the governor indicated he doesn't believe the Legislature has the «political will» to pass ethics reform.

Leaders of the New York Public Interest Research Group filed a five - page complaint with the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, saying political parties that spend money on anything from ads to memoranda pushing legislators to vote a certain way must file bi-monthly disclosure reports with JCOPE.

During recent public appearances, Bharara went out of his way to mock Albany's «three - men - in - a-room» governing style in which the governor, Senate majority leader and Assembly speaker negotiate most budget and major policy decisions behind closed doors.

So sensitive was its timing, amid claims that the contest to choose the party's next leader is already under way, that its very existence was kept under wraps and it is understood that there is no intention to make its results public.

Labour's review of its structure is right to include the way it elects its leader but public attention has so far been drawn to the wrong things.

«I'm glad to see there are some Republicans in the county who can at least read a poll and see this is the way to go,» said County Legislative Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D - Freeport), referencing public anger at corruption arrests.

Casey seemed to part ways with his party's leadership when asked by CNN's John King whether Democratic Party leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former Republican.

Chief policy adviser to David Cameron Oliver Letwin - once referred to as the Gandalf of the leader's circle - is known to believe that opposition parties can not change public opinion other than in one or two areas if they push very hard and in a very single - minded way.

«Labor leaders next year are going to have to step forward the way they did in the past, take a long view, and work with the state in the true spirit of public service.»

The team, which also included David A. Rotholz, Ph.D., of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Anne M. Kinsman, Ph.D., of the Greenville Health System, and Kathi K. Lacy of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (SC DDSN), as well as other leaders from key public and private stakeholder organizations from across the state, saw a way to remove this barrier.

As the leader of HUD, he says he favors reducing asthma risks in public housing as a way of cutting expensive hospital visits.

In a communique issued after the two - day summit in Bavaria, G7 leaders promised to «continue our efforts to provide and mobilize increased finance, from public and private sources, and to demonstrate that we and others are well on our way to meet the $ 100 billion goal».

From then on he has been developing ways to embody authenticity.Leigh is available as a public speaker, workshop leader, and consultant to help you or your group to master self - development and peak performance, and to develop the necessary skills and strategies for meeting authentic needs and living holistically.

The center is the nation's leader in brokering the science of early childhood development to influence and inform policies and public opinion in ways that make a critical difference for young children and their families — particularly those facing adversity.

The best way is to spread the word that public education seeks, employs, and rewards great leaders.

«Hall of Fame members include school teachers and leaders, thinkers, policy experts, and funders that have paved the way for the success and growth of public charter schools.

Those who signed on to the project, a diverse group of leaders in education, philanthropy, and public service, vowed to «challenge politicians, public officials, educators, union leaders and anybody else who stands in the way of necessary change.»

So are the «opinion leaders» driving the public's views in a certain direction, or is it the other way around?

Recognizing those stars in public ways can help school leaders highlight the qualities they value most.

While public schools and such industries have common characteristics (e.g., leaders, headquarters staff who coordinate and control people, bureaucratic rules, planning for the future, building budgets, providing services), they differ in substantial and fundamental ways.

Philadelphia - based Public Workshop creates uniquely engaging opportunities for youth to shape the design of their cities and changes the way they participate as citizens and leaders in their communities.

It suggests that within a local and statewide context that was ripe for change, turnaround leaders improved the public response by employing a «third way» approach to transcending polarizing political disagreements in the education space.

To that end, Smarick encourages private school leaders to think about three key areas of opportunity: building a school network structure, encouraging incubation of high - potential schools, and considering an authorizer model as a way to quell concerns over accountability to the public and policymakers.

As they analyze the ways in which public school leaders successfully formed and transformed American education, historian Tyack and political scientist Hansot conclude that the main challenge facing today's leaders is to create a new community of commitment to public education as a common good.

I admire all of the leaders of our network members for having the courage to envision different ways to deliver a great public education to every child in their cities.