Sentences with phrase «civic role»

It will prompt questions about how the past informs the future and how art and arts venues might adopt a more civic role.

Articulating the answer is crucial, because today there are growing threats of coercion on both sides, and the secularism that refuses to recognize the proper civic roles of religious members of society gives rise to religious reactionaries that reject the moral legitimacy of democratic society.

The need to avoid deterring strong candidates from standing for civic roles is one reason behind a widespread desire to address the fact that the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act allows for just one penalty: declaring the post vacant.

For as Aristotle reminds us, in a world of administration without politics, our only civic role is to execute orders, which is another way of saying, only to obey.

Lasch finds support in Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique (1963) for his contention that the loss of common life and the decline in women's civic roles fueled the frustration that gave rise to the feminism of the 1960s.

U.S. educators face a critical imperative: prepare all students for work and civic roles with the ability to compete, connect, and cooperate on an international scale.

Anna's civic roles include serving on the Advisory Board of the Tomorrow Fund and on the Young Alumnae Council at her alma mater Harpeth Hall.

Part of a lawyer's role in defending a criminal case involving a guilty defendant is to perform the larger civic role of constantly monitoring the law enforcement system for police misconduct that incidentally benefits the client (and that is one reason why a court doesn't want to let a lawyer withdraw when the defendant is likely to be guilty but there are indications of police misconduct in the case).

I continue to ponder the discussion in First Things of the civic role of religion in America.

Welsh Liberal Democrats have been consistent in promoting the civic role of educational institutions, including successfully challenging all universities in Wales to become living wage employers.

Welsh Liberal Democrats have also promoted the civic role of educational institutions, encouraging all Universities in Wales to become Living Wage employers.

Robert Pondiscio and Kate Stringer recently made a compelling case about the civic role of schools, which is seldom discussed in the context of educator evaluations.

«I am more concerned with how the current discussion has ignored public schools» victories, while also detracting from their civic role.

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.

The goals of our education system include improving student learning opportunities, strengthening educational attainment, providing alternatives that fit student needs, and integrating our diverse citizenry, while preparing young people for their civic roles in a democracy.

Is our increased focus on college and career readiness undermining the civic role of education?

So if many of the issues raised here — about painting's civic role, its preferred surfaces, procedures, and audience — remain uncomfortably open, that seems germane to the approach.

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Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art describes itself as a «useful museum», or «Museum 3.0», an organisation that wishes to play a civic role, operating in the public realm through a focus on education, activism and community building.

The museum seeks to play a civic role through a focus on education and community building, and these topics resonate with the diverse constituencies it serves, which include the highest number of asylum seekers in the country per head of population *.

He would agree with artist Theaster Gates that «beauty is a basic service,» but also believes that museums have a civic role to play in their communities.

Ross» s professional and civic roles have included serving as chairman of the Business Crimes and Compliance Practice Group of Lex Mundi, and as chairman of the board of KIPP Academy Nashville, a public charter school for at risk children.

Jennifer's civic roles have included coaching a high school mock trial team through the Tennessee Bar Association, serving as a volunteer attorney through Compassionate Counsel and serving as a volunteer mediator through Nashville Conflict Resolution Center.

In varied professional and civic roles, I consistently lead teams through obstacles encouraged growth opportunities and instilled environments of conti...