Sentences with phrase «address social inequity»
Climate change affects faith - based efforts to improve human health, mitigate poverty and address social inequity.
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For instance, poverty is addressed through dissolving the blocks to prosperity within the consciousness of each individual, without analysis of the social structures that perpetuate economic inequity.
When public schools make a free, delicious, organic school lunch for every student, we not only address the critical social inequities of hunger and obesity, we truly nourish every child.
Clearly then, we need to think about how we might address this issue of inequity: to develop the role of Deputy Prime Minister so that it can be more fulfilling, raising public awareness and recognition of the social utility of what they do, promoting the holder's sense of self - worth, and harnessing their full creative potential...
«I'm very concerned about hydrofracking and about climate change and social inequity, and he seems to be the candidate who is most directly addressing that and proposing solutions that are in line with what I'd like to see,» Hoffman said.
Until and unless we recognize the social and emotional toll this takes on children, their parents, and their teachers, we will never adequately address the inequities and «gaps» in our educational system.
Collins, a distinguished professor at the University of Maryland, examined the dilemmas of changing freedoms and social inequities in her keynote address.
As they look for strategies to address inequities in schools, communities, and society as whole, books about social justice and ally behavior provide models, stories, and inspiration.
When public schools make a free, delicious, organic school lunch for every student, we not only address the critical social inequities of hunger and obesity, we truly nourish every child.
Until this administration addresses the structural inequity in our schools and deals with poverty and other social impediments to learning, we'll be right back at this place again next year.»
At a time when economic, social and educational inequities have contributed to a widening achievement gap across the nation, Community Schools have emerged as a promising strategy for addressing this opportunity gap and promoting success for all students, in school and in life.
How did PTP teacher Adrianne Driscoll help her students to understand and address social issues, structures, and practices that have produced inequities for black students?
If we truly want to close the gaps and inequities in our social institutions, we must address issues of poverty and income inequality.
Address financial and social inequities that affect resources available to high - need schools and students, which can impact student performance.
Since then, Megan has continued to address social and political inequities through her legal work.
Inspired by contemporary artists using their work to address social and political inequities, the issue will reflect on the importance of access to culture, and the power of art and artists to expand access to healthcare, education, and more.
Addressing the climate crisis, and the social inequity that is both a cause and a symptom of this great threat, will require deep cuts in climate pollution as well as large troves of money.
So the movement we're talking about, the unnamed movement of environmental social justice and indigenous organizations, are forming and collecting to address the salient issues of our time: in poverty and water and climate and the enormous inequities that exist economically in the world, the continuous and rapid degradation of our resource bases, the injustice of pollution itself, in terms of what it does to people's health and their children.
Traditionally activists and social change agents have dealt with environmental and social issues separately, but the environmental justice (EJ) movement is working to connect social inequity and environmental degradation while mobilizing to address needs in both areas.
In the Sacramento City Unified School District the priorities are to nurture a strong relationship - focused community for teaching and learning and to develop core social and emotional learning (SEL) skills for students and adults — within the context of addressing inequities.
Bubup Wilam supports families by assisting them to address the complex issues they face as a result of social inequities manifested by the oppressed position Aboriginal people hold in this country.
She publishes widely in the social determinants of health equity, including in trade and investment, urbanisation, food systems, and climate change; and the analysis of governance, policy and regulatory processes and their effectiveness at addressing health inequities.
It seems unlikely that we could ever end rural health inequities without addressing wider social, economic and health inequities.
To address these inequities, the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW / ACT), the NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS) and the Law Society of NSW have jointly called on the State Government to invest in «end to end» licensing programs that facilitate licensing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Government can also address inequity and division within communities by implementing the ideas and opportunities included in the Social Justice Package that was designed to be put into effect in conjunction with the operation of the NTA.