Sentences with phrase «women in the community on»

I've taught classes to women in the community on how to exercise safely and encouraged them in all the way exercise would help their babies, their bodies, their overall health.

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Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiWomen and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in busiwomen leaders in business.

There is a wave of new venture funds focused on bringing more diversity to Silicon Valley, by investing in women, people of color, or those of the LGBT community.

It is an online community of gamers that are upset that people are speaking out against the objectified way women are portrayed in gaming culture on - screen, and the community has also provided some resistance to the growing number of female gamers.

Nooyi went on to explain that she also found herself answering questions from her daughters, employees — in particular employees of color, women and members of the LGBT community — who were asking «Are we safe?»

This only adds to the stress of black professional women who are often focused on maintaining equilibrium at home and in their communities.

The singer, who had been criticized for her overt Black Lives Matter message during her Super Bowl performance, released a statement on her website: «We are sick and tired of the killings of young men and women in our communities.

There is no limit to the number of sessions in which women can participate; after the first rotation, the groups focus more on growing professional networks and having access to mentors and general community resources.

Keala Lusk, a former Uber software engineer, wrote on Medium that during her time at Uber she saw «malicious fights for power, interns repeatedly putting in over 100 hours a week but only getting paid for 40, discrimination against women, and prejudice against the transgender community.»

What attracted him to Kapor, in particular, is its emphasis on empowering minority communities: Between 2015 and 2017, the firm says it will have invested $ 40 million in startups that give women and people of color better access to technology and business opportunities.

Their «No Ceilings Full Participation Report» identifies the significant gains women have made and the challenges that remain in the 20 years since the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing — where then - first lady Clinton called on the international community to ensure «women's rights are human rights.&rwomen have made and the challenges that remain in the 20 years since the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing — where then - first lady Clinton called on the international community to ensure «women's rights are human rights.&rWomen in Beijing — where then - first lady Clinton called on the international community to ensure «women's rights are human rights.&rwomen's rights are human rights.»

It's a platform for a community of women to express their personal identity and embrace fashion that makes them feel confident on the inside and outside,» Vogl said in a press release.

Thankfully, there are numerous online resources (e.g., Glassdoor and Salary.com) and tips on the topic, and if you do some research, you might even find a salary negotiation workshop in your community, like this one hosted by the American Association of University Women.

The brave stand to go on the record by three female founders is forcing the venture capital & start up community to take a hard look at why unwanted sexual advances toward women in the workplace continue to be an issue.

Having spent much of last spring touring the remarkable and little - reported - on tech startup communities in the Middle East — from Cairo to Amman to Beirut to Dubai — I was excited to see that no one is rocking this scene more than the women entrepreneurs.

Thiel has been largely isolated in Silicon Valley in backing the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee, whom many in the tech community have openly criticized for his stands on immigration and women (among other issues).

«WBENC's 14 WBE Stars are exceptional leaders whose accomplishments make a powerful and positive impact on their industries and their communities,» said Pamela Prince - Eason, President and CEO of WBENC, the nation's leader in women's business development.

Join us on the beautiful rooftop of Telus Garden to celebrate outstanding women and champions of women in our community.

Stefanie was previously on the board of directors for the PEI Business Women's association and volunteers in the community through Stars for Life, Canadian Mental Health Association, and North River Minor Hockey.

It's environmentally and community friendly: A recent story in the LA Times focused on the growing body of social science indicating that «women consistently (highly) rank values strongly linked to environmental concern — things such as altruism, personal responsibility and empathy.»

The event showcased their top executives on mission - critical issues before an audience of over 1,000 C - suite and senior executives of WBENC Corporate and Government Members, WBEs, WBENC's Regional Partner Organizations (RPOs), and other stakeholders in the women's and diverse business community.

Men are trained in ultra orthodox communities to focus on the woman's pleasure in the bedroom over their own pleasure and to put their wife on a pedestal.

Encouraged by her successes, Elema has set her sights on further hurdles faced by the women in the community.

If the Mindolo community is a representative group, African church leaders» views on women's issues are much like those in the U.S. 20 years ago.

Open your eyes and see what the Spirit is birthing in these days, watch women rising up to reclaim their communities for peace and wholeness, watch women laying on hands and proclaiming the Gospel with their lives and their voices and their writing and their songs and even, yes, in their quiet.

This person had no idea how much hell I've taken from people in my evangelical community for writing about my doubts, my questions related to heaven and hell, my views on biblical interpretation and theology, and my support for women in ministry and other marginalized people in the Church.

There is no restriction on association between men and women in the Islamic community, the only reservation in the instructions being that there must be no occasion for misconduct.

Particularly in our current culture, with sexual abuse stories being exposed within the Church, it's more important than ever for women to be represented when it comes to making decisions in leadership on behalf of the community.

Religious members of the movement are embarking on our 40 Days for Life campaign, in which we pray, fast, hold vigil, and perform community outreach, all in service of saving men, women, and children from abortion.

I confess that I have judged Christian women in my community for their lack of theological depth, despite the fact that when somebody gets sick or has a baby, they are the first to show up with casseroles, tissues, offers to help, and shoulders to cry on.

«Therefore the Church gives thanks for each and every woman: for mothers, for sisters, for wives; for women consecrated to God in virginity; for women dedicated to the many human beings who await the gratuitous love of another person; for women who watch over the human persons in the family, which is the fundamental sign of the human community; for women who work professionally, and who at times are burdened by a great social responsibility; for «perfect» women and for «weak» women - for all women as they have come forth from the heart of God in all the beauty and richness of their femininity; as they have been embraced by his eternal love; as, together with men, they are pilgrims on this earth, which is the temporal «homeland» of all people and is transformed sometimesinto a «valley of tears»; as they assume, together with men, a common responsibility for the destiny of humanity according to daily necessities and according to that definitive destiny which the human family has in God himself, in the bosom of the ineffable Trinity.»

In the stricter communities it's immodest for them to show pictures of women on the internet, in papers, etc. and especially amongst men — NOT because she's in a position of poweIn the stricter communities it's immodest for them to show pictures of women on the internet, in papers, etc. and especially amongst men — NOT because she's in a position of powein papers, etc. and especially amongst men — NOT because she's in a position of powein a position of power.

Could it not also be looked on in another way, that religion has caused Sophia to hate herself through the indoctrination and be encouraging women to escape and find freedom from such religion to a place of healing from self hatred and community that is more healthy than the opressive religious forces that are depicted in the picture.

So a magical all - powerful being living in some fantasy world in the clouds created the earth, placed a modern day man and woman on the earth from whom all humans are modeled in a fantastical garden 4.5 billion years ago, allows «good» people to live in a cloud kingdom where everyone who has ever died lives (like a Florida retirement community in the sky), and sends «bad» people to a fiery pit of despair for all eternity.

«On the day that the intelligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.»

Open your eyes and see what the Spirit is birthing in these days, watch women rising up to reclaim their communities for peace and wholeness, watch women laying on hands and proclaiming the Gospel with their lives and their voices and their writing and their songs and their storms.

So the point I want to make today is not that all who subscribe to patriarchy are abusive, but that patriarchy in a religious environment, just as in any environment, has a negative effect on the whole community and creates a cultural climate more susceptible to abuse than one characterized by mutuality and shared leadership between men and women.

Directed by Marie Fortune, a pastor and author of Sexual Violence, The Unmentionable Sin: An Ethical and Pastoral Perspective (Pilgrim Press, 1983), the Center has developed resources for congregational study and action, including a study guide for teen - agers on preventing sexual abuse, a monograph on violence against women of color, and a manual for congregational use in discovering and developing community resources on family violence.

Brock focuses on disputes over women as leaders; Hearon, on the possibility that the canonical traditions reflect the activity of women story - tellers in the earliest communities.

Jesus depended on the financial provision of women for the welfare of his ministry, but we teach that men are to be the sole providers in Christian communities.

Chuwang told the local newspaper that while Plateau state officials say «relative peace» prevails, herdsmen attacks in the past eight months saw a pastor and his five year old son injured, four Christian women raped, 12 Christians injured and two communities displaced in attacks on 17 villages in the Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas.

Countless Old Testament stories reveal that any status a woman had in the religious community depended on becoming a mother.

Following an annual church dinner that took place the first Sunday of December, we provided numerous opportunities for our congregation to provide needed items for the homeless, battered women and children, poor Native Americans who lived on the reservation, and poor in our community.

At the same time, when we have insisted on calling ourselves feministas, we have been rejected by many in the Hispanic community because they consider feminism a preoccupation of white, Anglo women.

Such enabling in community is based on a recognition of the fundamental interconnectedness of life, of men and women, blacks and whites, Americans and Nicaraguans, Americans and Russians, humans and the nonhuman community of animals, plants, air and water.

The other concentrated on one night in July 1970 when an army of women marched arm in arm into the town of Lower Falls to face the guns of the British Army enforcing a curfew in a Catholic community.

It is interesting that people who use Leviticus against the gay community forget the part that talks about religious sacrifices, making women sleep in tents outside during their period, the dietary restrictions placed on them and how to cleanse a leper, all of which appear in Leviticus.

Basically, the Gospel of Matthew presupposes women on its own community, for the two feeding stories expressly mention that women (and children) also participated in the table fellowship (Mt. 14:21; 15:38).

Perhaps the most familiar form that the movement takes on the local level is the interdenominational observance of the World Day of Prayer on the first Friday in Lent by the women of many thousands of communities, not only of this country but in 144 countries of the world.

Churches involved in this kind of hands - on ministry see firsthand the power and influence of the abortion industry, and the harm it does to women, children, and communities.