Sentences with phrase «communities as agents of change»

Indigenous Climate Action is the only Indigenous climate justice organization in Canada and is working to prioritize Indigenous peoples and communities as agents of change for climate change solutions.

Alliance Leadership Middle Academy (ALMA) wants all of our students to be successful and to aspire to «Leaders» in our community as agents of change and hardworking, thoughtful productive members of our local community.

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Stoyanova helps cultivate the largest creative community on the planet, produces her podcast The Work We Do, hosts impromptu poetry jams, and bridges industries and borders as an agent of change.

I'm a dedicated champion of Community (with a capital «C») as both an agent of social change and a driver of business goals.

As a body of concerned professionals, clergy are in a unique position to be agents of change in their communities.

Children, youth and students have played an important role as agents of change, participating actively in discussions that affect their future, advocating for a transformation in their learning environments and bringing the messages of sustainability and global citizenship home to parents and communities.

With three months left in Thomas W. Payzant's decade - long tenure as superintendent of the Boston schools, those charged with finding a successor are getting an earful from scholars, community groups, and civic leaders as they consider how much of a change agent the district needs.

But through MacDonnell's work at the school and the community development approach she takes, her students are starting to see themselves as agents of change within their community.

In empowering children to act as agents of change, Child - to - Child helps children identify issues and actions they can take to affect the conditions in which they, their families and their community live.

As part of an evolving R&D platform, this work is grounded in rigorous science, and embedded within a growing community of highly motivated change agents committed to shared learning, cumulative knowledge generation, and transformative child outcomes at the population level.

One most important target is good quality education, in which educators and community members are also learners, children, adolescents, youths have their voices heard, and all of them can act as change agents, as active citizens.

As discussed in 5 Reasons Every District Leader Needs an Executive Coach, to be an effective agent of change today in districts requires leaders to have unique expertise in a wide variety of areas, including strategic planning, research and analysis, fiscal management, board and community engagement, implementation planning, communication and training, professional learning design and curriculum, and coaching.

Prior to BAEO, Offiong served as an Analyst with Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the achievement of low - income students by cultivating, advising, and placing a robust community of innovative, effective change agents in public education reform and improving the policy climate for their work.

At Confianza, we always start with students, promoting an equity - based mindset so that all educators see themselves as change agents to support all students, particularly culturally and linguistically diverse learners who may not be truly seen or honored at school so they can be part of the community and so they can achieve to their full potential.

Alliance Leadership Middle Academy wants all of our students to be successful and aspire to become community leaders as hardworking, thoughtful and productive «agents of change» in our local community.

Meeting once a month, SLYCE includes a curriculum of leadership learning lessons and resources that build students» capacity as change agents and prepares them for involvement in their communities.

Jaumont's role in educating all parents to understand the benefits of bilingual education, as well as in supporting parents of all backgrounds in organizing themselves, has been without equal, for from the beginning he knew that only parents and communities could be change agents.

Creating a sustainable system that engages in the ownership of improvement and teachers as the agents of changing their instructional practice is intentionally built in to this process so that the school community truly experiences success now... and into the future.

The focus is all on the needs of the participants — on both getting as much as possible out of the day and developing a networked community of teachers who work to help each other strengthen their skills, become change agents in their schools, and stay current in the field — all with the goal of improving student outcomes across all types of schools in all regions of the country and the world.

Our students recognize their potential as agents of change in these communities and understand what it means to be an active citizen in a democracy.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

To help everyone in the school community see themselves as a change agent, school leaders need to remove barriers to the change process, eradicate the fear of failure, provide autonomy, and empower teachers to drive change at the classroom level.

Did You Ever Have a Family by Bill Clegg (Scout Press) Already longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize, this debut from literary agent Clegg (Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man) is a scorching depiction of a community's grief after a life - changing event.

All of these contributors use art and serve as impactful change agents in their communities.

October 20 Michael Krueger, working out of Lawrence, Kansas, serves his community as a progressive thinker, leader, and agent of culture and positive change.

The Community Arts Engagement Minor is for students who wish to work in art / design education and socially engaged art / design practices in venues that do not require a teaching credential, such as K - 12 private schools, museum education departments, community arts centers, correctional facilities, therapeutic arts programs, design companies that focus on educational materials, and the use of art and design as an agent for positive sociaCommunity Arts Engagement Minor is for students who wish to work in art / design education and socially engaged art / design practices in venues that do not require a teaching credential, such as K - 12 private schools, museum education departments, community arts centers, correctional facilities, therapeutic arts programs, design companies that focus on educational materials, and the use of art and design as an agent for positive sociacommunity arts centers, correctional facilities, therapeutic arts programs, design companies that focus on educational materials, and the use of art and design as an agent for positive social change.

They are active in their community as educators, performers and agents of change.

According to Louden, a longtime New York artist who moved to Minneapolis a few years ago, «all of these contributors have impactful, artistic activities and act as agents of change in their communities.»

As part of Louden's 94 - stop conversation tour, discussion will focus on how contributors in the book have impactful, artistic activities as change agents in their communitieAs part of Louden's 94 - stop conversation tour, discussion will focus on how contributors in the book have impactful, artistic activities as change agents in their communitieas change agents in their communities.

The multi-disciplinary approach defies traditional boundaries of an art practice, and aims to give voice to the Chagos community and act as an agent of change.

He served as one of the local coordinators for the 2010 US Social Forum, organizing over 300 Detroit - area volunteers to host 20,000 + activists and community change agents to 5 days of workshops, panels, concerts, and work projects.

That is to say, that tribal communities often conflicted over extraction, as a result of a historic set of decisions forced upon us, are able to be essential agents of change in this time.

When I expressed my frustrations and spouted out all that I wanted to do, they pushed me to bring them a proposal and they helped me a to develop what essentially became the «nuts and bolts» of LWOW: putting students from all over the world on teams with multi-disciplinary mentors and having them tackle law's problems and in the process create innovations in legal education and practice, and build a community of change agents that would serve as a networking platform for future job prospects and lateral moves.

Under the direction of the Emergency Department Intervention Team Social Worker, the Recovery Coach will help link peers in the Wellforce ACO to the recovery community and will work as a change agent in encouraging health, resiliency,...

He identified as a challenge «closing the gap» between the expectations of government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in order to avoid the credibility problems of previous bodies, to ensure that it has influence with government and is an effective agent of change for communities.

I am proud to be an advocate for the unique and powerful roles that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses have in the health system and their communities, as agents of change.

Keynote speakers and delegates will be reviewing the various aspects of leisure as a social change agent at individual, community and societal levels in a rapidly changing world.

Further, these individuals are attached to their varied communities (religious, social and geographic) and view themselves as agents of change.

They will discuss the evidence base for the effectiveness of using community health workers (CHWs) as change agents to address health disparities in Native and other low - resource communities.

As an in - home, community - based model that focuses on all elements of the youth's natural ecology, the family is engaged as a central change agent for the youth's behavioAs an in - home, community - based model that focuses on all elements of the youth's natural ecology, the family is engaged as a central change agent for the youth's behavioas a central change agent for the youth's behavior.

Identify assets that exist within the Haitian community, and raise awareness of individuals and organizations that serve as «Poto Mitan» or agents of social change.

His current research focuses on the emerging field of youth cultural organizing, a youth development and social change strategy that engages young people as artists and change agents in their communities.

I have worked for a small independent real estate company for over 12 years now, and although my position and responsibilities have changed since I started, at virtually all points I have had a comprehensive view of every agent's sales performance and commission income, as well as their involvement in company, community and industry activities.

She is currently serving a three year term on the Board of Directors, is the Chair of the Professional Education Committee, and is heading up efforts as the Chair of the Young Professionals Network trying to get younger agents involved in community outreach and supporting the ever changing world of homeownership.