Sentences with phrase «advance social change»

Over the last 15 years, Ms. Friedman has worked in the civil society sector to advance social change around the globe, from helping social entrepreneurs launch new initiatives, to helping organizations scale for impact, to building cross-sector partnerships.

We use this methodology to expose students to the social, ethical, economic, and practical challenges of developing and funding effective strategies to advance social change.

Foundations advance social change.

But they also focus on ways businesses can be profitable by creating products that not only advance social change and environmental protection, but which the company can successfully market.

The PTA has worked to advance social changes that improved the lives of young people, including championing the creation of child labor laws, reorganizing the juvenile justice system, and improving a variety of children's services.

Not exact matches

Equally passionate about gender equality and the arts, AlHusseini supports several NGOs advancing social and cultural change in societies that adversely impact women and girls.

Founder and CEO Social Capital LP and Golden State Warriors Owner Chamath Palihapitiya has a mission which is, «To advance humanity by solving the world's hardest problems including the advancement of human capital, the eradication of disease, solutions to global climate change, and other really difficult things that are non obvious.»

Regrettably, though, I think that the many advances in mobile, social and location - based marketing will change the nature of magazines.

Rapid changes and advances in online communications, and the constant need to «keep up with the Joneses» encourages best practices to evolve and social networks to improve at an impressive rate.

A New Era of Internet Welcome to an era where social change is dictated by advances in technology — ...

Returning buyer personas to its origins and original meaning as well as advancing with changes adaptable to the social age will help in answering such big questions.

And that torrent — combined with social change that has shifted cultural values and technological advances that have given movies access to our living rooms — has raised, once again, questions about censorship and freedom.

This field, it is widely believed, has advanced sufficiently to permit meaningful predictions of the impact of population changes on the social and economic development of both rich and poor societies.

But at the core of social advance there must be the dynamism that comes from the interests of those who know in their own lives the necessity of change.

First, the rate of social change has been greatly accelerated because of dramatic technological advances and other factors.

Ideally, the discussion would also consider the social and psychological factors involved, so that the problems of implementing changes rapidly can be recognized in advance.

These helped conquer «the tyranny of distance,» as John C. Calhoun called it, and played a role in stimulating the great social changes of the time, including the advances in America's wealth and living standards, the spread of opportunity, the leveling of class distinctions, and the increase in popular suffrage.

In a 21st century world where advances and developments in technology are changing rapidly each day, how we use social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace has come to reflect the state of public opinion on countless issues in our society.

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One extension of the socially inculcated materialist bias is a certain view of novelty and change as both a telos and measure of social progress: the valorisation of consumption and accumulation, and the acceleration through advancing technology of ever more transactional forms of relating to others, has left a legacy of insatiable desire, and a need for permanent «churning» activity aimed at meeting it.

The introduction of civil partnerships has been one of the great achievements of this Labour government, bringing enormous personal happiness to many people and a broader pride for many across our country at the successful civilizing advance which this popular social change represents.

We are here to help your organization, socially - minded business, or campaign advance positive social change by utilizing digital tools to mobilize your grassroots supporters.

Some believe their work's most important goal is advancing knowledge for its own sake, while others prioritize societal concerns such as contributing to social justice, helping fight climate change, seeking to cure disease, or educating the next generation.

- Cognitive Neuroscience The Cognitive Neuroscience emphasis seeks highly innovative and interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through evolutionary time.

They analyzed four of the most common drivers of social - ecological change in indigenous lands: introduction of advanced health care, abandonment of traditional religious and taboo beliefs, the conversion of land outside the indigenous area for large - scale agriculture, and the introduction of external food resources.

For pre - and / or postconflict stabilization operations, DARPA seeks advanced concepts and technologies to give U.S. forces capabilities to quickly and accurately understand and deal with changing social and environmental circumstances that could undermine a combatant commander's objectives.

Two new studies published in Science Advances suggest that certain kinds of meditation can change social and emotional circuitry, too.

They found four genetic changes that seemed to match well with social behaviour — including two in genes called GTF2I and GTF2IRD1 (Science Advances, doi.org/b9vc).

Program seeks highly innovative and interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through time.

I would say that as far as advancing our ability to really look at the issue of climate change, I think one of the things we really need to do is to make our models interact more between the physical sciences and the social economics, and to really understand the link a little more closely between climate change and the drivers and impacts of climate change.

But if individual scientists doing what they love and advancing their own spheres of influence, impact and support on Instagram are even to the tiniest extent create greater public exposure to minority scientists and changing stereotypes via social media (which I believe they are, based on data), I think some freaking celebration is deserved.

«Art therapy is used to improve cognitive and sensorimotor functions, foster self - esteem and self - awareness, cultivate emotional resilience, promote insight, enhance social skills, reduce and resolve conflicts and distress, and advance societal and ecological change,» according to the American Art Therapy Association.

Hamilton, NJ About Blog The ISC seeks to expand public understanding and appreciation of sculpture internationally, demonstrate the power of sculpture to educate, effect social change, engage artists and arts professionals in a dialogue to advance the art form.

To a degree, more like a social network — where what's being commented on or ridiculed isn't written three years in advance, but can change hour by hour.

Players can reset the controller buttons for any object and change the rules to any level through an ability called Direct Control and new multiplayer abilities advance the types of games possible for a social / competitive experienceâ $» imagine racing games, flying games, shooters, puzzle games, sports, action / adventure, and more.

The Institute contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change and energy, and management of natural and social capital, as well as the enabling role of communication technologies in these areas.

Its strategy draws on advances in the biological, behavioral, and social sciences to: (1) identify causal mechanisms that influence developmental trajectories; (2) formulate theories of change about how to produce better outcomes; and (3) design and test new intervention approaches and measure their effectiveness in reducing barriers to learning and strengthening the foundations of lifelong physical and mental health.

In an essay that is sure to provoke both those who want schools to advance patriotic values and those who preach social change, Murphy argues that public schools should focus on teaching students the knowledge and skills necessary to be intellectually engaged citizens, while remaining neutral on questions of civic values.

Julayne has also cultivated resources for community and school - based health centers with Access Community Health Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New York City.

He told the audience of more than 50 people that public school systems across the United States have, for various reasons, failed to keep pace with advances in technology and the changing social and educational needs of youth, especially in inner - city neighborhoods.

There aren't a ton of advanced features, but you can adjust the size of the font, change the font completely and share the details of the book via social media.

We kept things rolling along with tips about Pinterest, changing your social media perspective and advanced email list building.

More and more people are using their phone as their main computing device, and National Cash Credit is responding to the technological advances and social change, by making sure their website keeps up with consumers» needs.

The Conservancy founded this program to advance the role of parks in addressing environmental and social challenges, including public health and climate change through innovation, civic engagement, and cross-sector collaboration.

Hamilton, NJ About Blog The ISC seeks to expand public understanding and appreciation of sculpture internationally, demonstrate the power of sculpture to educate, effect social change, engage artists and arts professionals in a dialogue to advance the art form.

Many of these changes were influenced by technological advances, such as the invention of the metal paint tube and photography, as well as changes in social conventions, politics, and philosophy, along with major world events.

She represents changes in fashion and social mores, racial and gender issues, class differential, political agendas, feminist advances; in short her work effortlessly reflects a century of change as much as that of any photographer from the same era.

With its international collections, changing exhibitions, and diverse public programs, the Rose affirms and advances the values of freedom of expression, academic excellence, global diversity, and social justice that are the hallmarks of Brandeis University.

«Coming up with a programme of social change and calling it a «utopia» means announcing in advance that it can not be implemented, and that you never even wanted that in the first place.

«Even in cultures that are Muslim, advances of a very big quantity can be made, if the government has enough commitment to provide the services and the social infrastructure that validates those changes,» she said.