Sentences with phrase «about minority participation»

The first question in the Q&A was about minority participation (the lack thereof) and hiring in road construction projects.

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Cook had previously withdrawn Apple's participation in the 2016 Republican convention that nominated Trump as a candidate because of his comments about race, immigrants and other minorities.

It was an exercise in delusion, if not hypocrisy, because all that we said about equality, life, liberty, public happiness, freedom, the right of assembly, participation, and the other noble principles applied in fact only to the white man, not to the majority of persons in this country, who at that time were red, or to a sizable minority who were black and in chains.

Given these obstacles, it's not surprising that, although about half of all enrollees enter community college intending to transfer to a 4 - year institution, only about 25 % actually do — a gap that programs such as NIH's Bridges to the Baccalaureate and NSF's Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation aim to remedy.

Through meetings and publications, AGU will inform its members about the need for increasing diversity in the sciences and educate them about issues surrounding minority participation in the sciences.

Q: Your bill talks a lot about broadening participation in science by women and underrepresented minorities.

Rita is also an advocate for the participation of women and minority students in plant science through her participation in career development workshops, and she has worked with Monsanto, Together, an outreach program, to inform elementary and middle school students about plant science and careers.

Dallas / NYC About Blog The mission of Brown Girls Do Ballet is to help increase participation of underrepresented minority populations in ballet programs through organizing and arranging ballet performances, photo exhibitions, and providing resources and scholarships to assist young girls in their ballet development and training.

Parents» beliefs about the cause of parenting problems and relevance of parenting support: Understanding low participation of ethnic minority and low socioeconomic status families in the Netherlands

In addition, little knowledge is available on the effect of parenting support programmes delivered to immigrant parents.24 The few studies available have mostly shown little or no improvement in the mental health of immigrant parents25 26 or even poorer outcomes for immigrant families27 and families with low socioeconomic status.28 Scarcity of studies in this area may simply because few immigrant parents participate in such programmes.24 Several studies have reported difficulties in recruiting and retaining immigrant parents in parenting support programmes.29 30 Factors such as belonging to an ethnic minority, low socioeconomic status, practical aspects or experienced alienation and discrimination all contribute to low participation.28 31 Other studies have demonstrated that low participation and a high dropout rate of immigrant parents are associated with a lack of cultural sensitivity in the intervention, poor information about the parenting programme and lack of trust towards professionals.24 A qualitative study conducted with Somali - born parents in Sweden showed that Somali parents experienced many societal challenges in the new country and in their parenting behaviours.