Sentences with phrase «work meeting community»

ge, banning fracking, ending the war on drugs, and a public jobs program to end unemployment by put people to work meeting community needs and building the transition to a renewable energy economy.

Not exact matches

Chances are, the people you meet through volunteering don't hold money as their top priority; they may be willing to work hard for a good cause; and they're probably connected in the community.

He quotes the Getting to Yes definition of a wise agreement — «One that meets the legitimate interests of each side to the extent possible, resolves conflicting interests fairly, is durable, and takes community standards into account» — as something that might work in a perfect world.

During the meeting on employee activism, she brings up an issue that recently arose at some stores in Japan, Patagonia's second - largest market after the U.S.. All employees at Patagonia are encouraged to engage with their communities, either through volunteer work or by marching for a cause or hosting a meeting at a store (after hours).

«We have been working closely with the local planning authority and meeting with the public in the surrounding communities on the proposal, and we are partnering with local organisations to provide public benefits from the mast, including community radio, wireless broadband access and education initiatives.»

During the day, I am often moving between meetings, about 50 percent with City government colleagues and partners working on City tech projects, and 50 percent with startups, organizations, and individuals in the tech community.

Free Enterprise had the opportunity to meet with three startups, Lulu's Ice Cream, 01, and Moonlighter Makerspace, all of which have found their home at CIC Miami, a vibrant coworking space that concentrates on many of Miami's up - and - coming entrepreneurs in their high - energy, community building working environment.

«From the moment we met Rachel, we were completely inspired by the work she has done to support her community,» said Kathryn Pentz, Starbucks program manager, Retail Branded Partnerships.

Companies are also trying to enable more connections, helping people to interact and build community beyond work meetings.

When Laura and I met, I was offering community manager masterminds and also working with the

We look forward to working with TNDC and Zillow Group employees in San Francisco to help our neighbors who are struggling to make ends meet with community programs and permanently affordable homes.

Coca - Cola Consolidated, its philanthropic arm, Coke Cares, and its local branches strive daily to meet the needs of the communities where we live and work.

Through safe and responsible operations, the Company is committed to meeting the country's growing demand for clean - burning energy, while continuing to provide a rewarding workplace and enrich the communities where its employees live and work.

At WeWork Richmond Street West in Toronto, WeWork and RBC are creating an inspiring and collaborative community hub where WeWork members can meet with trusted RBC professionals to gain knowledge and insights that will meaningfully advance their work objectives — whether it's assistance on how to apply for a loan, guidance on how to optimize capital structure, or tips on how to grow headcount, RBC is available to help.

Lichtenfeld covers all the basics: stay active and healthy, exercise, play sports, eat right, socialize a lot with family and friends, meet new friends, keep learning, do volunteer work, be involved in your community, run for office, attend church or other religious / spiritual activities, read books and newspapers, check your email and text your friends.

One last example, I promise: Last year I realized just how frazzled it made me to fit focused work in between meetings and phone calls every day of the week while still leaving enough space to be with my family, serve my community, visit friends, and read a book or two.

The Canadian Labour Congress is hosting town hall meetings in more than 25 communities across the country to address the need for a universal prescription drug plan that covers all Canadians, regardless of their age, income, or where they work or live.

Alaethea's favorite part about working at Common Desk is getting to meet so many different people day - in and day - out, and she strives to make sure every single person that walks through the doors feels connected and part of Common Desk's growing community.

25,000 square feet of amenities, including a micro-brew coffee shop, grab - and - go café, work lounges, flexible meeting and event space, game rooms, and curated community and wellness programming.

«We use our job fairs to meet members of the community and find individuals who embody the Walmart values of hard work and delivering on our commitment to help our customers save money so they can live better.

All Hands Volunteers will work together with the local communities to meet their long - term needs and rebuild hope.»

And one reason why is the people they met — both their fellow volunteers and residents of the communities where they worked.

As the Americares response team on the ground identified needs in affected communities, the organization coordinated and worked with its network of local health centers, free clinics and response partners in Texas, meeting requests for water, medications and supplies with emergency deliveries.

As a grassroots community organizer, I spend a lot of time in coalition and task force meetings, working groups and speaking events.

We go to church, we participate in leadership meetings to shape the conversations of our communities, we pray for our friends, we make meals, I write posts and articles and books about God, we wash our minivans, we set up the sprinkler for the neighbourhood kids and hand out freezies to hopeful hands, we go to work, we talk about the people we know.

You apply for a job in my community by running a campaign for a paid office that my local tax dollars pay for and you get elected then show up to your first scheduled meeting and decide to spend the first 5 minutes — eating donuts instead of working, speaking to the audience about your personal problems with your wife, telling the audience about an upcoming play your kid will be in, telling the captive audience about the benefits of being gay, speaking to them about God or praying aloud to your God regardless of which God the rest of the audience believes in.

My enemies are people who would deny me my religious freedom, not Christians as a whole, and the best remedies tend to involve civil conversation, the courts, and the occasional school board meeting... When doing inter-faith work the goal is not to convert anyone or get them to agree with you, but to help them see you (and our community) as a positive.

If you're not able to create that type of community with your existing friends, look for meet - ups or groups where you can work toward that with others as support; or consider asking a close family member or friend to check in with you for accountability.

Yes to meeting in real life the complex people of Haiti I've only ever known through a newspaper or a tv or a computer, and yes to seeing with my own eyes the community development work, and yes to everything that God has for us all together in each other.

To what extent these needs are met by the community as a whole or primarily by family, friends, and neighbors is a matter to be worked out in a participatory way by the community.

Not good, why neglect things which are edifying to the christian life, that would be an unhealthy focus on evangelism in the place of discipleship, just do both I say What if, instead of starting Christian Coffee Houses, Christian Work - Out Centers, and Christian Bridge Clubs, we started just going to these places that were already in our community and meeting the people who go there?

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

I guess I want to see the church become that place where we all meet and talk, work, and share with one another so that we make differences all over our communities (namely where the help is needed).

These small groups usually meet in people's homes once a week for a ten - week period, discussing such topics as how to change consumption habits, build community and transform work.

At its heart, the movement that undergirds these written reflections arose out of the gatherings and shared reflections of the oppressed poor themselves, in groups called comunidades eclesiales de base — communities of the Christian wretched who met together to study scripture in light of their own impoverished situations and reflect on how each one informs the other (praxis).15 But our access to their groundbreaking work is through the printed page, and so I proceed with a full awareness that the persons under consideration here are as much reporters as originators.

Much more promising is the appearance here and there of day - care centers at the parents» workplace, and day care provided by parishes and temples where it serves the triple purpose of providing meaningful work for members of the community (especially older people), meeting a pressing need of the community's young couples, and beginning the religious education of the community's children.

Since love is the spirit at work in the community of reconciliation, the work which love prompts is to be done in actual history where the neighbour is met.

Liuan Huska wrote an excellent piece for Her.Meneutics about how her Spanish - speaking immigrant church treats childcare as a community calling, especially considering the fact that many of the mothers and fathers in that community are working hard just to make ends meet.

The Prince and The Duchess heard more about the Church's outreach work and meet members of the wider community, including representatives from the local Mosque and volunteers from local charities, including those who offered support to victims following the London Bridge attack, such as street pastors.

However, the development of local community groups to monitor local station responsibilities for children will not work unless deregulation is reversed and the FCC once again asserts its role of insuring that broadcasters meet their public service responsibilties.

because i do feel that we need others and a community of support but i think that the institutionalized church likes to replicate this in the way of «forced» community which never seems to work for me, i'd much rather meet others in a more sporadic way

They work with schools, run seminars for young married couples, meet with the large community of sex workers in the border town of Nyanza Lac, broadcast a weekly radio program, and use the natural contexts of young people — like soccer matches — to share the message of creaturely self - respect and divine love.

As more victims came to their shelters, and as the nuns struggled to make sense of what they were facing, these communities began working through religious, political and commercial channels to stem the flow of slave trafficking and meet the women's physical, emotional and spiritual needs.

The recognition that the WCC should develop structures to work not only with its member churches but also with the Christian world communions and other Christian communities outside its membership is embodied in a preliminary study document discussed in September at the WCC Central Committee meeting as part of its envisioning of the future of the WCC.

The couple met when they were working in remote Aboriginal communities in the 1980s.

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Visit Knoxville is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, private company that works together with the community, business leaders and local and state government to further develop Knoxville as a premier leisure, meetings and travel destination.

Through demonstrations and hands - on opportunities, staff experts work together to create an upscale community center where residents and visitors alike can meet with friends and family to «educate, excite, and entertain.»

Touch - a-Truck is an educational community event that provides children with a hands - on opportunity to meet the people who build, protect, and serve Durham and Orange Counties and to see and touch vehicles from law enforcement, fire departments, public works, emergency medical services, construction machinery, farm equipment, and more.

Soon, as I began the work (oh, it is work new mamas - hard and important work) of finding community, this very spot became a gathering place for meeting with new, like - minded mama friends and their babes.