Nurses greeted us at the first village and explained to us how the elders were gathering under the tree to meet with us.
There's also golf tournaments, annual powwow celebrations, Christmas hampers for kids, holiday parties, elder gatherings, and the list continues.
At the same time, the military has started gathering elders at weekly meetings to start some form of grass-roots decision-making process and to resolve local grievances.
Her job includes sending female constables door to door in slum areas, talking about sexual violence with elders in the community and gathering information on reports of domestic and sexual violence from police-appointed "guardians," members of the community with clean records who are considered responsible.
Kenneth Rexroth — the m.c. of the Six Gallery reading and a renowned poet, critic, and translator — was the presiding elder of the city's poetry scene, gathering young disciples around him for Friday-night instruction.
By the time of Mortal Kombat 4, Liu Kang discovers that his lover and ally, Princess Kitana, has been captured by the Elder God Shinnok's forces and begins gathering Earth's warriors to defeat Shinnok.
Following the news that Stephen was gathering support in England, the Norman nobility had gathered at Le Neubourg to discuss declaring his elder brother Theobald king.
Carefully gathering the Dreaming stories from around Australia – with permission from elders to re-tell them – Griffen's aim was to "put 60,000 years of old stories in a modern context, and keep them rooted in culture".
Two decades ago, said Robert M. Gates, director of central intelligence under the elder President Bush, the government went from simply describing terrorism to gathering detailed evidence for defensive action.
Elders idling on park benches have been replaced by artists and young professionals gathering at cafes and restaurants, lulled by the breeze that made St. Pete so popular to begin with.
