Sentences with phrase «years of strong community»

Originally, Doris and Donald Fisher had wanted to build their own museum in the Presidio district of San Francisco, but after two years of strong community opposition to their plan, the Fishers agreed to place their «trust» with SFMOMA.

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She had been renting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for ten years, during which time she'd built a successful local theatre company, a strong community of friends, and had had two children with her husband who also works in the arts.

That said, our family's strongest tie to Dickinson is the countless hours my mother, Lucia Gurley, spent in service of the town and community over her 38 years as a resident.

Citing the school's strong community engagement, growing research success and excellent reputation, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has re-accredited the Haskayne School of Business for another five years.

The Vancouver Board of Trade has been helping lead conversations about transportation since our inception in 1887, and we will continue to be a strong voice for the business community in the years to come.

His experience with volunteering (over 5 years at ESN) have helped him to build one of the strongest communities in Barcelona through Startup Grind, events for developers, curating Startup Digest, and managing a Slack community for entrepreneurs and startups in Barcelona.

Bruce's strong belief in giving back to the community is demonstrated by a commitment to the local and provincial levels of the United Way spanning more than twenty years.

Calf - Manna ® has been part of the community for over 80 years, helping your animals grow healthy and strong.

Thus, I can still feel a strong attachment to my brothers and sisters from past congregations years later while I find it easy to remain faithful to my present community of believers.

This month, the spotlight again fell on Iran's 300,000 - strong Baha'i community as seven national leaders were sentenced to 20 years each in prison for espionage, propaganda against the Islamic republic and the establishment of an illegal administration.

Rt Rev Sarah, currently Bishop of Crediton said all the atrocities of the past year should encourage us to build strong communities.

«Whether through sponsoring local high school activities, being an active supporter of the county 4 - H program, educating youth through the dozens of tours given at the mill each year, providing flour for various service organizations» fundraisers, helping at the area health fair or providing equipment for the volunteer fire department, we believe that a healthy community builds strong, productive citizens.»

Food and Drink - July / August 2011 -(Page 182) > r RETAIL New Leaf Community Markets «A Way of Life» A new leaf is what Scott Roseman turned over when he founded a natural and organic grocery store 26 years ago, and it is still going strong.

«I look forward to exchanging ideas, techniques and experiences with talented professionals across the U.S. Maintaining a close connection to the chef community ensures a legacy of strong craftsmen for years to come.

On a farm community where I lived years ago we would make a strong tea of whole fenugreek and drink it at the onset of a cold.

«But perhaps even more important is to realize that this broad community of bird lovers is stronger than ever — and may be already anticipating next year's Bird - a-thon!»

Prairie Moon Waldorf School opened its doors in 2005 and supports a strong, vibrant family community of 76 preK - 7th grade students (next year is 8th grade).

«We believed it sent a stronger message if they (park district) saw this was a community - funded endeavor,» said Laura Flamion, who is a member of the Glen Ellyn Aquatics Initiative or GEAI, which was created late last year.

Poloncarz called for the establishment of the Committee earlier this year as part of his health and human services plan, Initiatives for a Stronger Community.

In less than a year we have implemented many of the action items in our health and human services plan, «Initiatives for a Strong Community,» as varied as bringing fresh foods and vegetables to inner city neighborhoods labeled «food deserts,» to completing a chronic neglect study and incorporating its findings into our child welfare response programs, to increasing participation in the SNAP program to reduce hunger.

HCR is committed to collaborating with partners, and keeping homes affordable and communities strong by protecting one million rent - regulated units, managing a portfolio of more than 190,000 multifamily units and administering more than $ 1.5 billion each year to expand affordable housing opportunities and build strong communities throughout New York State.

Mr. Lyeo exhorted the minister to have hope for a brighter future for the region because 50 years ago, South Korea was among the poorest countries in the world, but with the strong determination of the leadership and government coupled with community participation, the Republic of South Korea has emerged as one of the world's most industrialized countries within five decades.

As Oneida County's 911 Center marked its first year of fielding emergency calls made from all Oneida County communities, Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today called the year of successful operations a major step in protecting the public and developing strong inter-governmental partnerships.

That's five consecutive years of sound fiscal stewardship and strong management oversight that ensures the fiscal stability of this county and allows us to look at the needs of our communities and our region from a position of strength.

In recent years, Jackson has also worked closely with community groups to reduce the number of guns on city streets and advocating for stronger gun safety legislation.

One of those hopefuls is 29 - year - old Gareth Rhodes, who this week demonstrated that he has strong support in New York's LGBTQ community, having made many friends from his days in Cuomo's press shop beginning in the period that led up to the 2011 victory of marriage equality in the state.

During the years of his activity he worked closely with Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz a very strong advocate for the LGBT community.

Norman Seabrook, the president of the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association and a nationally recognized labor official, civic leader and reformer, said to Feerick: «As a community district leader for many years, you have demonstrated a strong commitment to fighting for affordable housing, to creating a better education system, quality health care, and achieving economic stability.

Chaim Deutsch (D)- D48 - Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, and Brighton Beach - Over the past 20 years, Deutsch, who has a strong foothold in Brooklyn's Jewish community, has taken community safety into his own hands as president of the Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol.

«I am grateful for the years of service our county employees have spent dedicated to making our community stronger.»

«Today, Buffalo is in the strongest budget position it's been in in many, many years and as other communities are just beginning to face some of the challenges that you faced a few years ago, this should serve as a model for how you could do it right,» DiNapoli said.

Whether you are starting classes at a community college or nearing completion of your associate degree, don't forget that many scientists, mathematicians, and engineers started their careers at two - year schools (see MiSciNet's «Building a Strong Foundation»).

Earlier this year, Wiens received the honorary title of chevalier (knight) in France's Academic Order of Palms for establishing strong ties between American and French scientific communities.

The Mentor of the Year award recognizes a faculty mentor who demonstrates a willingness to share advice and guidance, is supportive of mentees» own career goals and has a strong record of community service and publication.

This one - year program is for dedicated Yoga students interested in deepening their personal understanding and practice of Classical Yoga, and would like to join a strong Yoga community.

I've lived in DC for almost 25 years (I came because I was interested in national politics, and stayed because of the strong activist local community, which is consistent irrespective of official Washington).

«We are celebrating Pride this year by highlighting bars that have been so essential to the social life of New York... Now more than ever, we stand behind these establishments that make our community strong,» Opening Ceremony co-founder Humberto Leon added in a press release.The range includes tees, sweatshirts and caps featuring the insignias of five LGBTQ bars that have served their patrons as much more than watering holes.

When others see that you are waxing stronger even after a few years of your marriage, they'll surely become interested too and with time, the whole community will change its view.

Amoreux.com is an online dating community with strong roots in Spanish language, it used to be a localized dating site, but now they've moved to the big league and for years now are helping people hook up online, all of it completely free.

firefight is awesome fun with the only real setback being that its friends only i'd really of liked it to be open to everyone but i'm lucky to have friends to play with and if none of them are about i have the classic halo 3 multi player plus every dlc map to play on against one of the largest communities of players thats still going strong even after 3 years as one of the most played games online i really honestly do nt understand all the negativity?????? this game is awesome on every level

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

Throughout his years as dean, he boosted morale and fostered a strong sense of community.

And as such, the Endowment has embarked on a ten - year campaign to improve the health of young people residing in vulnerable, at - risk communities through stronger and innovative prevention approaches.

They were contributed by the educators and parents of Edutopia's community in response to our Start the Year Strong campaign.

The school has a strong tradition of community use and has provided community lettings for over 20 years.

Villegas says that the Maori are at least 20 years ahead of some communities in the U.S. in the sense of developing strong education programs while maintaining their Native language and customs.

Small groups of children stay with the same staff member for Community Unity all year, so they build strong relationships together.

Our approach to achieving this goal focuses on three objectives: (1) to develop a reliable, predictive panel of biomarkers (including both biological and bio-behavioral measures) that can identify children, youth, and parents showing evidence of toxic stress, and that can be collected in pediatric primary care settings; (2) to conduct basic, animal and human research on critical periods in development and individual differences in stress susceptibility, thereby informing the timing and design of a suite of new interventions that address the roots of stress - related diseases early in the life cycle; and (3) to build a strong, community - based infrastructure through which scientists, practitioners, parents, and community leaders can apply new scientific insights and innovative measures to the development of more effective interventions in the first three postnatal years.

Thus, volunteers (who must be sixteen years old), are welcomed in host families and work in the community so that they can discover the culture of the country and forge strong links with people.

Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree, and five to seven years of experience in a related position • Standout samples of video and editing work • Demonstrated experience with a range of digital storytelling and tools, and strong engagement with digital trends • Strong people - management skills, and a knack for developing talent, both in - house and freelance • Experience with a variety of social media platforms for audience development • Experience developing partner relationships for distribution or content creation • Experience in audio / video production / editing a plus • Background in teaching or education policy a plus • Passionate visual journalist with an innovative spirit and a drive to understand and service our audience • Appreciation for EPE's mission in the education community is essential, but a background in education content is not • Experienced leader who can coach a team to excellence and articulate a vision for our visual operations to stakeholders • Strong news judgment, video storytelling, and editing expertise • Experience in social distribution channels and partnerships • Strategic content planning • Flexibility to work on multiple projects at once • Adaptability to strong engagement with digital trends • Strong people - management skills, and a knack for developing talent, both in - house and freelance • Experience with a variety of social media platforms for audience development • Experience developing partner relationships for distribution or content creation • Experience in audio / video production / editing a plus • Background in teaching or education policy a plus • Passionate visual journalist with an innovative spirit and a drive to understand and service our audience • Appreciation for EPE's mission in the education community is essential, but a background in education content is not • Experienced leader who can coach a team to excellence and articulate a vision for our visual operations to stakeholders • Strong news judgment, video storytelling, and editing expertise • Experience in social distribution channels and partnerships • Strategic content planning • Flexibility to work on multiple projects at once • Adaptability to Strong people - management skills, and a knack for developing talent, both in - house and freelance • Experience with a variety of social media platforms for audience development • Experience developing partner relationships for distribution or content creation • Experience in audio / video production / editing a plus • Background in teaching or education policy a plus • Passionate visual journalist with an innovative spirit and a drive to understand and service our audience • Appreciation for EPE's mission in the education community is essential, but a background in education content is not • Experienced leader who can coach a team to excellence and articulate a vision for our visual operations to stakeholders • Strong news judgment, video storytelling, and editing expertise • Experience in social distribution channels and partnerships • Strategic content planning • Flexibility to work on multiple projects at once • Adaptability to Strong news judgment, video storytelling, and editing expertise • Experience in social distribution channels and partnerships • Strategic content planning • Flexibility to work on multiple projects at once • Adaptability to change