Sentences with phrase «civic issues important»

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To credulously accept this sort of response, on an issue as important as this one, is behavior unfit for any citizen of a free country, where safeguarding the rule of law is a civic responsibility.

I appreciate it is an important issue for some, but more needs to be done If one contrasts the amount of civic campaigning activity and public support behind the Scottish Constitutional Convention in the early 1990s (building on a range of efforts over a longer period), then it is clear that there has been no campaign in England of similar.

Our aim is to educate and engage voters on this important issue, and to encourage a civic conversation about the opportunities and hazards of amending the state constitution this way.

``... He has convened a charter commission, and I would urge all of the commissioners of that charter revision commission to look at this particular issue since they are looking at civic engagement and it's really critically important but most importantly it goes really to the heart of our democracy,» James told Observer.

Transmedia storytelling — telling a single story across multiple media platforms — as a means to help students engage with challenging cultural issues of civic responsibility, diversity, and social justice can be an important tool in the classroom, especially in an age where students are finding it increasingly difficult to see over the wall between their school lives and their «real» lives.

If a civics program is important for our nation's future leaders across the board and to our democracy, it is more so for an immigrant community that is in a state of transition and whose youth struggle with issues of identity and belonging.

These are all important issues and questions to think about in creating effective civic education for all young people.

Transmedia storytelling — telling a single story across multiple media platforms — as a means to help students engage with challenging cultural issues of civic responsibility, diversity, and social justice can be an important tool in the...

MPS continues to believe the events of March 14 provided a focused opportunity for student voice on an important civic issue that is bipartisan in nature.

Through Art in the Parks, the National Park Service and its partners are fostering wider civic engagement and dialogue around some of today's most important societal issues — from environmental preservation and conservation, to freedom of speech and expression.