Nasta's experience, collegial demeanor and desire to engage in
civic life make him a valuable resource that town and county officials should tap.
Not exact matches
But relatively recent trends — urbanization, mass immigration, the rise of big business — have found us more frequently
living and working alongside strangers rather than neighbours; as Cain writes, «facing the question of how to
make a good impression on people to whom [we] had no
civic or family ties.»
It can
make a number of important contributions to our moral,
civic, and religious
lives.
Francis Campbell sees Benedict XVI's message — especially as delivered to a gathering of MPs and leaders of
civic society in Westminster Hall, a highlight of the State Visit — as central for today's Catholics, striving to
make a positive contribution to national and community
life in the 21st century.
First, since human society always employs violence to enforce some set of standards, Christians» whom Christ called to
live out a radically different form of community, one in which it is the crucified rather than his judges who is vindicated as God's Word» should simply take up the burden of
civic order and abandon the Gospel where prudentially necessary because, you know, someone absolutely has to kill heretics, and so we should
make sure the right heretics get killed.
He was a
civic pillar,
living year - round in Houston,
making appearances everywhere, even establishing his own charitable foundation.
Rivera said she's focused on «
making sure that women have full access and they feel like whether its in education, the workplace, or just
civic life, the opportunity is there.»
«All the things that we've done, which have helped people come out of the shadows and engage, right, and be actively involved in
civic life in this city have
made a positive, have
made us a safer city, have
made us a viable, economically thriving city,» Mark - Viverito said.
«It is wonderful to see that Queens has so many
civic - minded residents who are willing to volunteer their time and effort to help
make the diverse communities that
make up «The World's Borough» better places to
live, work and visit,» said Borough President KATZ.
The event is an annual celebration of those who have
made an impact on the
lives of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through advocacy, entertainment, legal and
civic contributions, honoring outstanding individuals and organizations each year.
Conservatives have always resisted such gross rationalization of society, however, and insisted that local knowledge channeled by evolved social institutions — from families and
civic and fraternal groups to traditional religious establishments, charitable enterprises, private companies, and complex markets — will
make for better material outcomes and a better common
life.
The project expands on previous
Making Learning Visible work, notably in Providence and Boston, that also aimed to help educators and children expand their
civic roles, express their views, and engage in the
life of their cities.
Equipping students with economic decision -
making skills to navigate through
life will lead to increased
civic competence, proficiency in logical and analytic reasoning, an appreciation of our free enterprise system, and a development of crucial personal and survival skills.
The articles that follow provide concrete, detailed lessons from research and best practice about how to
make afterschool and summer programming more effective in a number of key areas that help young people to be more successful in school and to graduate from high school — the first rung in the ladder leading to full participation in 21st century economic and
civic life.
The Black
Lives Matter and DREAMer movements are two examples of how youth
civic engagement in the United States is changing as young people bypass traditional
civic and political gatekeepers and leverage social media to
make their voices heard around the world.
Instead of being able to
live up to their potential, their immigration status is often a limiting force, constraining the valuable contributions they can
make to the economic and
civic well - being of our nation.
«The return of the asymmetrical Saturday was one of those small events that were interior, local, almost
civic and which, in tranquil
lives and closed societies, create a sort of national bond and become the favorite theme of conversation, of jokes and of stories exaggerated with pleasure: it would have been a ready -
made seed for a legendary cycle, had any of us leanings toward the epic.»
In a case of
civic action that's gone way too far, student protesters at Berkeley
living in trees for the last 18 months to protest the removal of an oak grove on campus to
make way for athletic fields have begun throwing human excrement at arborists
Aside from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, he said that the «ever - increasing pervasiveness of big data analytics and artificial intelligence in our daily
lives has a varied impact on
civic engagement in decision -
making and on the barriers to public involvement in democratic processes.»
What a simple concept this is, yet you'd be surprised how frequently even the world's top entrepreneurs, professionals, educators and
civic leaders get caught up in projects, situations and opportunities that are merely good, while the great is left out in the cold — waiting for them to
make room in their
lives.
About Blog St. James Cathedral is both an Anglican parish church ministering to the historic St. Lawrence neighbourhood and a cathedral,
making it the spiritual centre of the diocese and a focal point for the
civic life of Toronto, one of Canada's most prominent cultural and financial centres.
Information Technology
Making a Difference in Children's
Lives: An Issue Brief for Leaders for Children KirkHart, Rothschuh, & Kattlove (2008) Encourages the incorporation of information and communications technology into public programs serving children by highlighting research and case studies showing how digital tools and applications can improve children's education, health, employment, and
civic opportunities.
While adaptive
civic - political perceptions and behaviors help individuals
make optimal daily
life decisions to securely attach to other relationships in society (Hays & Kogl, 2007; Lewis et al., 2000; Perrier et al., 2010; Waters et al., 2000; Weber & Frederico, 2007), maladaptive
civic - political perceptions and behaviors cause deficits in
civic - political attachment relationships and perceptions of self that can result in disengagement from social systems if not disengaging or violent behaviors (Fonagy, 1997; Sroufe & Waters, 1977).
To
make this a reality for our country and improve the
lives of generations of students, it will take collaborators from multiple fields, including educators, policymakers, researchers, parents,
civic leaders, media partners, funders, and more.