Sentences with phrase «civic responsibilities which»

This alertness is part of his general human civic responsibilities which go beyond his responsibilities as a scientist.

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The recent change in the cultural climate, one that everyone from fundamentalists to People for the American Way helped produce and to which each responded, has occasioned fresh talk about civic responsibility.

Cultures in which individuals feel no responsibility, and will take no risk, for good government lack what we call civic virtue.

A person's contribution is the whole of his life, which includes his acceptance of civic responsibility, his participation in the life of the church, and his personal relationships in the community and on the job.

by saying: In three ways --(1) its members must fulfil their moral responsibilities and functions in a Christian spirit; (2) its members must exercise their purely civic rights in a Christian spirit; (3) it must itself supply them with a systematic statement of principles to aid them in doing these two things, and this will carry with it a denunciation of customs or institutions in contemporary life and practice which offend against those principles...

«We need to get back to an era in which public transportation is acknowledged as an essential civic responsibility,» he planned to say in his remarks.

He said aside being a civic responsibility to file tax returns, is also a requirement by Law (Income Tax Act 2015 (Act 896) and Revenue Administration Act 2016 (Act 915) which mandates every person to file an income tax return; with the Commissioner - General not later than four months after the end of each year of assessment.

He urged residents to take ownership of the projects being executed by the Government in their domain, saying that it was their civic responsibility to ensure that the projects serve the interest of the people for which they were built for.

Both eventually led, Reilly said, to the establishment of the center's Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities program, which provides teaching resources to encourage faculty to frame courses around civic challenges such as public health disparities, inequality and environmental issues.

In A Democratic Constitution for Public Education, Hill and Jochim propose doing away with school boards and replacing them with «civic education councils» — democratic bodies with clear but limited responsibilities — which oversee schools with much more freedom than most enjoy today.

We need to recommit to the civic mission of our schools and universities, so they help students gain the knowledge and the dispositions that make democracy work — in the acts of ordinary citizens, in how we relate to one another, in how we collaborate, and in how we take responsibility to improve the communities of which we are a part.

He thought the initiative was a great complement to the Modesto City School District's Safe Schools Project (which teaches civic responsibility as a way of creating more respectful learning environments) and urged principals to consider writing a grant to participate in the pilot project.

The staff's expectations and modeling of appropriate behavior and other good citizenship practices encouraged students to help promote school safety, which authentically contributed to changing students» perspectives from one of «ratting out» their friends to one of civic responsibility to their school.

A 2016 survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that only 26 percent of Americans can name all three branches of government, which was a significant decline from previous years.1 Not surprisingly, public trust in government is at only 18 percent2 and voter participation has reached its lowest point since 1996.3 Without an understanding of the structure of government; rights and responsibilities; and methods of public engagement, civic literacy and voter apathy will continue to plague American democracy.

«I've got to make sure the lesson focuses on a 21st century skill,» he says, which could mean civic responsibility, financial literacy, global awareness, health and wellness, problem solving, resiliency and systems thinking, among others.

He has helped many architecture students understand civic responsibility and appreciate their special roles as architects in the ongoing betterment of our city and the environment in which we live.

She has also wed her sense of civic responsibility with her CONLON / Christie's role by directing the company's annual charity golf tournament, which has more than doubled in the number of participants since its inception.