Sentences with phrase «change on a systemic level»

I argued a few weeks back that green lifestyle choices will never save us, and that there is a danger of getting distracted by I - am - greener - than - you - are pissing contests when our real challenge is creating lasting, significant change on a systemic level.

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A number of different «hug a black person movements» — that sought after sitting at tables and talking to each other — stalled a real pursuit of reconciliation, which would be seeking both substantial, transformative change and a transformation of the heart that would lead to truth - telling on a systemic level.

This strand is designed not only for students who want to work with individual children and families, but also those who want to influence systemic change on the institutional and policy levels.

To borrow his words, he understands that we need real, subverting kind of change at the systemic level in order to make progress on the challenges of American public education.

«Our goal is to build a movement of parent leaders working across sectors to mobilize systemic change at community level on issues of child development.»

«Because we knew we had to change everything on a systemic level, we needed to find a way to reach the 20,000 teachers in our state,» says Liza Cordeiro, a spokesperson for the state Department of Education.

In 2010, Steve formed Future Is Now Schools, built on the successful secondary Green Dot Public Schools model, union reform and systemic district change, to take the foundational principles, lessons learned and successes achieved on the local level of Southern California and expanded this base to other communities around the country.

Think about your car — you no doubt «avoid systemic change» all the time — you check the tire pressure, you use the right oil and change it regularly, you keep the level of brake fluid above the bottom of the reservoir so no air bubble gets in, you keep the cap on the brake reservoir so no moisture contaminates the fluid.

John Pollock: The Public Justice Center is an impact advocacy organization based in Maryland that works to bring litigation and legislative efforts that will affect change at the systemic level in Maryland, and it works on a number of different fronts.

This spurs effective action on many levels — working on law reform to make systemic change; raising public awareness through social media campaigns and street rallies; engaging in participatory research to provide a valuable and often overlooked perspective.

Capacity building at all three levels is based on the understanding that change needs to occur in a systemic way.