Sentences with phrase «who give the neighborhood»

There are longtime residents who give the neighborhood its unique character and longstanding establishments that have withstood the waves of change sweeping over the city.

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Instead, Harbour put up signs in African American neighborhoods and gave referral bonuses, a practice which, the lawsuit alleges, meant that it was mostly African Americans who heard about Harbour's offer.

Indeed, I have a treasured memory that gives me hope in this regard: I was once a member of an inner - city Reformed congregation that was also home to a woman from the neighborhood who considered this congregation her parish church, as it were.

One small example of this in our neighborhood is the urban farm one of my friends and mentors started to provide jobs to «returning citizens»: It required the city to help give away land and clear vacant property and some startup capital from a local farming company, but it is based on the church's understanding of the needs of the people and explicitly tied to the concept that faithful believers can help disciple and encourage people who have been incarcerated for harming others, walking them through the transformative process.

I beg Thom Rainer (and all the Seminary Presidents and Mega Church Pastors who endorsed I Am a Church Member) to recognize that many people may be leaving the institutional church, not because they have given up on church, are abandoning Jesus, or are bad church members, but because they are good church members and they want to be the church by following Jesus into their neighborhoods and communities.

I beg Thom Rainer (and all the Seminary Presidents and Mega Church Pastors who endorsed I Am a Church Member) to recognize that many people may be leaving the institutional church, not because they have given up on church or are abandoning Jesus, but because they want to be the church and follow Jesus in their neighborhoods and communities.

How many of these churches will give to hurting people in the neighborhood that are not church attendees without any strings attached??? The true sheep of His pasture will God seek out if you sit in the halls of the false prophet and pastor who distorts and deceives you with false words which God has never said.

But finally, the law makers, policemen and neighborhood citizens came and told William and his two friends to be more selective on who they gave their money to.

About four minutes after the shooting, an FBI agent who was «in the neighborhood,» arrived and attempted to give Rice first aid, but to no avail.

Not only did it give me the opportunity to meet other mommies in the neighborhood, I learned a lot from guest speakers who were very knowledgeable in their field.

Obama is looking to unleash a flood of volunteers once again, people who'll walk blocks in their neighborhoods, make phone calls, recruit friends on Facebook, spread messaging on Twitter and via email, and of course give money.

Imagine, for instance, a typical voter profile: in this case, imagine a young female independent who has voted in a given set of elections and lives in a middle class neighborhood.

One woman, who gave only the name Diann, called Democrats «hypocrites» on free speech because they objected when members of the National Rifle Association wanted to meet in the neighborhood.

«I'm not giving up any votes,» said Astorino, who said he plans to travel to all regions and neighborhoods.

Rather, he told WBFO, the purpose is to give communities information about those who live or move into their neighborhood who might be worth watching more closely.

Imohimi, who gave the order during a Town - Hall Stakeholders Security Meeting hosted by the Area «A» Commander, ACP J. O Akinyede, assured Lagos - Island residents that he would bring an end to neighborhood crimes of gangsterism and cultism prevalent in the area.

The mayor also asked parishioners to look at a recent Daily News front page article about the city's new neighborhood policing program orchestrated by Police Commissioner James O'Neill, saying that the «number one thing that jumps out» in that story is that the officers are giving their cell phone numbers to community members, who alert them to crimes and enable officers to stop crimes «before they happen.»

Voters looking to see who's in the running for national delegate in their neighborhood should visit Who's On the Ballot, a web app that gives voters a customized look at the delegates, the candidates, polling sites and voting initiatives in their neighborhowho's in the running for national delegate in their neighborhood should visit Who's On the Ballot, a web app that gives voters a customized look at the delegates, the candidates, polling sites and voting initiatives in their neighborhoWho's On the Ballot, a web app that gives voters a customized look at the delegates, the candidates, polling sites and voting initiatives in their neighborhood.

In other words, DeFrancisco wants a leader who's not afraid to slash political fat, who can inspire idealistic families to stay in the city, who knows when to pat a head or to give a kick in the behind, who can build a bridge to needy neighborhoods, who can touch off the changes so many residents are longing to see.

Consagra, an artist and professor who has lived in the neighborhood since 1979, is one of six newly appointed members of CB2, some of whom are SoHo residents who say they want to give a stronger voice to the concerns of residents of the historic district turned retail hot spot.

She wants to give a free pass to even the worst purveyors of disorder — and never mind the message that sends to the vast majority of New Yorkers, even in the roughest neighborhoods, who manage not to jump turnstiles, pee in public, and so on.

Open up to the possibility of new interests, new places, people who give us a sense of feeling great about ourselves, even consider a new living environment or new neighborhood.

We are instead given a number of impressive, but token flashy performances by veteran actors in tough guy bit parts (Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper as irredeemable lifelong criminals) and newcomers in «dramatic stretches» (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner who is good (again) but not as great as the star - makers would have you believe, and most notably, Blake Lively, excellent as a drug - addled neighborhood floozy).

Hoffman plays Mickey Scarpato, an exhausted - looking fellow who lives in the titular South Philly neighborhood with his bored wife Jeanie (Christina Hendricks) and rotten stepson Leon (Caleb Landry Jones, who maximizes the few minutes he's given).

When asked if others who did not have the same opportunities as her could live in her neighborhood, she says: «The problem with that is I hear a lot of the unfair of: «Oh we haven't been given this or that, or we haven't been afforded things you have been afforded.»

At the very least, give your students continuing opportunities to leave their neighborhood and to interact with young people who have different experiences.

That children who grew up in his poor, urban neighborhood never graduated, much less went to college, was a given, Mr. Oates said.

Students can meet academic goals by doing things like investigating access to neighborhood parks, mapping local food deserts, or telling the stories of people who help to give a place its identity.

And K - 8 students who live in the neighborhood will be given priority over those who do not.

Only after everyone has a chance to offer opinions and observations do the teachers whose students performed the dance — two women who run an after - school neighborhood outreach program sponsored by the Boston Ballet — reveal that the dance is a blending of hip - hop and Bhangra, an Indian dance form, assigned as a choreography project to enhance self - confidence and to give the girls a chance to work on creativity within boundaries.

It's shameful that Ms. Turner is so blinded by her narrow special interest that she can not see how charters are giving life and hope to hundreds of thousands of families who must deal with the threat of violence in their neighborhoods every day.

«In reference to issues on L.A.'s west side, Zimmer argues, «The parents buying up the houses, who have more resources, have a lot of fear about public schools... and when you give them the opportunity to really engage and create integration and diversity in their neighborhood public schools, they don't want to.»

He also has been giving out zone waivers to middle - class families who prefer P.S. 16 to their neighborhood school, P.S. 9, one of the city's worst.

New Markets Tax Credits are given to private investors who then invest in or make loans to community development efforts in low - income neighborhoods, like charter schools.

Lusher gives admissions priority to children who live in the neighborhood, have siblings at the school or have a parent who works at Tulane.

The board's vote followed months of intense pressure to reject the proposal from other black education advocates, who argued that charter schools give children in poor neighborhoods better school options.

Maxwell, who served on the committee, worries that with no weight given to schools in low - income neighborhoods, teachers may leave for charter or private schools.

The scholarship program has given opportunity to students from low - income families who are being failed by their traditional neighborhood public schools.

But if a charter in a low - income area wants to set aside some of its seats for nearby kids who want to attend, giving the school that option could provide some of the benefits of choice without undermining the institution of the neighborhood school.

We want our school demographics to mirror the demographics of San Francisco, which means including people of all backgrounds and neighborhoods in the City, so it was our priority to be centrally located, and given that there is a higher percentage of low - income families in the south and southeast parts of the City, we wanted to be more accessible to those families, who have the greatest barriers to being able to access great schools.»

As the first and only in her hometown neighborhood to reach her height of academic success, she gives credit to the teachers who believed in her.

But she also pays tribute to the ordinary (that is, non-celebrity) neighborhood dwellers, those who encouraged the arts and culture in the lives of their children: «Where grown - ups lift the young ones high and give them wings to touch the sky.»

Give flyers to anyone you can think of who spends time around your neighborhood — bus drivers, highway workers, utility workers, etc..

I asked around the neighborhood, but no one knew of anyone who had been trying to give away kittens.

The result of this is a threefold whammy: 1) unlicensed activities continue at the same rate (or increase as the human population increases); 2) a significant number of pet owners who want to be law - abiding citizens give up banned breeds, quit feeding neighborhood cats or terminate valuable breeding programs rather than operate illegally or cope with unreasonable laws and increased fees; and 3) because demand for many beloved breeds does not decline when a law is passed, people who know little about breeds or breeding move into the void to fill demand.

Terms & Conditions: This juried exhibition is open to all San Francisco bay area artists who incorporate creative reuse in their work, with special consideration given to artists who are affiliated with the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco in some way (i.e. reside, work, shop, support).

This juried exhibition is open to all San Francisco bay area artists who incorporate creative reuse in their work, with special consideration given to artists who are affiliated with the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco in some way (i.e. reside, work, shop, support).

An article on Page 174 this weekend about the artist Kerry James Marshall, who shows the writer Wyatt Mason around derelict areas of his Chicago neighborhood, gives an outdated name for the city's Sears Tower.

This week a revolutionary initiative was unveiled: a new neighborhood for 1,500 families who have decided to give up their cell phones.

When she was a small girl growing up in Ankara, the woman said, there was no garbage pick - up in her neighborhood, though her mother would pile up newspapers for a man — what we might today call a scavenger — who would give the family a few wooden clothespins for the stack.