Sentences with phrase «community change initiatives»

Williams is responsible for facilitating the establishment of numerous statewide and community change initiatives the areas of budget and tax policy, after school programs, older youth transitioning from foster care, poverty alleviation, mental and behavioral health, and neighborhood revitalization.

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The Idea Village is committed to sustaining the local entrepreneurial movement by providing direct services to entrepreneurs, engaging the community, and supporting initiatives that leverage entrepreneurship to catalyze change.

Fundación Banco Popular continues to cultivate long - term relationships with grassroots and community organizations, while inspiring positive change through education and community development initiatives.

With support from the Alliance, the companies will seek partnerships with local organizations and community leaders to increase the scope and impact of the initiative and drive change in the marketplace for the health and well - being of their communities.

By working to change behavior within these communities, the initiative aims to help reduce beverage calories consumed per person nationally by 20 percent by 2025 — the single - largest voluntary effort by an industry to combat obesity.

With the support of Blue Horizon, Seattle Food Tech joins a community of companies and social initiatives that can work together to change our food system.

The event is sponsored by «Now Is The Time,» a citywide initiative inspiring Chicago's young people to make positive change in their communities.

In order to affect change, the first task is to take the initiative to pull together of sphere of people who are interested and concerned in the same things, and to then start conversing with the schools or feeder patterns in your community about how to help them improve in the areas of your concern.

The Diaper Bank awarded $ 25,000 from the Citizens Bank Champions in Action program - a unique initiative designed to reward the nonprofit organizations that work so hard to champion change in our communities and make life better for us all.

B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between «good companies» and just good marketing; 2) accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab's GIIRS impact rating system by institutional investors; and 3) promoting supportive public policies, including creation of a new corporate form and tax, procurement, and investment incentives for sustainable business.

The format of the initiatives meant that they not only learnt about the science of environmental problems such as climate change, but were also engaged in considering solutions and how to bring them about, both in terms of their own lives and community and the wider political context.

Investments in New York state's clean energy initiatives and programs that help communities adapt to climate change will continue, according to the order.

«The 80 by 50 challenge is a significant goal and will require fundamental changes, which means that the early cost savings and sustainable applications of Schenectady and National Grid initiatives could serve as a model for other communities and utilities,» McCarthy said.

Although initiatives such as ECO and Green Deal have helped dampen the effect, resulting in positive change in lives and communities, their direct and indirect effect on health implication has not been fully understood.

«The property tax remains the most burdensome tax in New York and by challenging local governments to collaborate and create a plan to streamline operations for voter approval, this game - changing initiative will empower communities, cut costs, and reduce property taxes on Long Island and across New York,» Cuomo said.

Every day, you take action to change communities for the better, from the CitySafe initiative to campaigning for the Living Wage.

New York Communities for Change (NYCC): A vibrant community organization of working New Yorkers united for social and economic justice, NYCC has worked with the UFT on several organizing and social justice initiatives, including our historic campaign to organize New York City's 28,000 family child care providers and our ongoing effort to bring charter school teachers into the union.

In a letter to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Community Board 2 has called on the Department of Education to approve plans for Hunts Point High School for Sustainable Community Initiatives, a school to prepare students for green jobs, saying the school «is capable of changing the landscape and mindset of the area and making Hunts Point a preeminent educational and vocational destination of choice.»

Mark's Initiatives for a Smart Economy, released in June 2013, and his Initiatives 2.0 version released in June 2017 provide evolving blueprints for comprehensive, innovative economic development across Erie County, with county departments acting either as the lead agency or working with community partners to effect change.

The researchers further recommend that, given that many human influences are driving both climate change and biodiversity loss, conservationists should aim for win - win solutions such as the United Nations program REDD + (an extension of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation programme)-- an initiative that protects forests while also creating benefits for local communities and biodiversity.

In addition, we'll seek feedback about other ways JBC can support the biological chemistry community and about potential changes in journal policy and upcoming initiatives.

The Blue Zones Project by Healthways is a community well - being improvement initiative designed to make healthy choices easier through permanent changes to environment, policy, and social networks.

After almost a year of work undertaken by the Readiness Project — a statewide initiative (chaired by HGSE Professor Thomas Payzant) involving more than 200 educators, business leaders, and community leaders to develop a strategic blueprint for the next phase of education reform that was — the plan incorporates vast changes from K - 12 to higher education.

Harnoor even goes out in the community and leads events through his club such as initiating the conversation to make change while promoting worthwhile community causes and engaging as well as empowering local and global youth through his group's various community initiatives.

Different institutions and initiatives are working on facilitating community participation from education to health to achieve a more complete educational intervention, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, where popular education was initiated and developed multiple socio - cultural experiences that ultimately work for a particular model of social change and transformation.

Through involving people in such a development initiative real impact is seen through lasting changes in communities.

In response to President Obama's Educate to Innovate initiative in 2009, Change the Equation, a non-profit dedicated to «mobilizing the business community to improve the quality of STEM education in the United States» was launched.

The recycling initiative FairandFunky, a community interest company, focused on empowering participants to take their own little steps to change the world delivered the project, which made use of plastic straws and bottle caps to create a college to a total of 21 student council representatives from Boothroyd Primary Academy and Thornhill Junior and Infant School.

Michael McAfee, president of PolicyLink, has led the effort to make President Obama's Promise Neighborhoods initiative a reality in communities across the U.S. Please join the Education Redesign Lab (ERL) and cities participating in ERL's By All Means initiative for McAfee's keynote speech on May 18, 2017 at 11:15 a.m.. His talk, entitled «Equity and Collective Impact in Systems Change,» will focus on the work of the Promise Neighborhood Institute to build stronger systems of educational support and opportunity for children.

Abstract: The Green Lane Environmental Diary program, founded in 1999 by Green Cross, is a school - based educational initiative promoting sustainable development and inspiring students to become agents of transformative change in their own communities.

The social awareness in showing that by means of small and individual initiatives possibilities are created to change — on local level — attitudes that can eventually lead to major changes in communities all over the globe has been proven.

Each city is designing its own ambitious agenda, created through a Children's Cabinet with the support of a site - based consultant, to develop a plan for change that is inclusive of the community and builds on existing initiatives.

This evidence - based professional development program supports whole school change initiatives by strengthening shared leadership, positive relationships, and relational trust in the adult community.

Section 4105 of the bill being considered makes changes to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program, including language that would drastically alter funding for the initiative by allowing these funds to be diverted to support whole scale school reform.

Use the research, tools, and community you'll find with MyWays to launch your school - change initiative and reimagine your learning and assessment designs.

The Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age (EDDA) initiative is seeking to leverage web 2.0 tools and civic education best practices to provide all Oakland Unified School District high school students civic learning opportunities that prepare them to make positive change in their communities.

The Buncombe County initiative emphasizes the importance of culture change in creating and advocating for trauma - sensitive schools, including through partnership with community agencies.

On Aug. 30, the Los Angeles Unified School District board made major changes to the Public School Choice reform initiative which the charter school community and a coalition of community groups opposed.

The major federal policy initiatives of the last decade and a half, No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, were designed mainly to change the attitudes and behaviors of teachers and principals — the members of the school community known to have the greatest and most direct influence on students» academic achievement.

That, in fact, is a major focus of Change the Equation (CTEq), a nonprofit, nonpartisan, CEO - led initiative that is mobilizing the business community to improve the quality of pre-K-12 STEM learning in the United States.

Through civic initiatives, community engagement, speech and debate, and authentic student and family advocacy for more school choice, our scholars acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitude to change the world.

Dynasti Hunt is the VP, Talent at EducationSuperHighway, where she leads all Talent initiatives, primarily focused on developing ESH's amazing team and ensuring they have all of the support needed to be change makers in the social justice community.

In Topeka and other school districts around the country, «our mindset is beginning to change regarding how to teach children with trauma issues,» says Anderson, who helped spearhead trauma - informed initiatives as superintendent in Jennings, Missouri, a 3,000 - student, high - poverty community outside of St. Louis.

The change process required a comprehensive and strategically - planned and implemented home, school, and community collaboration that included social - capital and other economic - development initiatives targeting entire low - income neighborhoods.

After investing an average of $ 10 million in each community, the Foundation evaluated the implementation and planned change process so that future initiatives would be more efficient and effective.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

Julayne has also cultivated resources for community and school - based health centers with Access Community Health Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New Ycommunity and school - based health centers with Access Community Health Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New YCommunity Health Network, and managed campaigns focused on advancing critical social change initiatives in education, health, and public safety for national non-profit and federal agency clients of The Advertising Council in New York City.

The likelihood that character initiatives will survive and thrive over the years, regardless of changes in student population, personnel, and community is also carefully considered when planning new initiatives.

Discover the leadership responsibilities that are most strongly connected to student achievement and learn practical strategies to develop a purposeful, positive school community, initiate and manage change within your school, and choose the right focus for your school's improvement initiatives.

Dr. McAfee has led the effort to make the Promise Neighborhoods initiative a reality in communities across the U.S.. His talk, entitled «Equity and Collective Impact in Systems Change,» focuses on the work of the Promise Neighborhood Institute to build stronger systems of educational support and opportunity for children.