Sentences with phrase «create engaged citizens»

BCPS's commitment to ensuring that all students have equitable access to a library program staffed by strong staff and supported by community partners continues to define our work to create engaged citizens and lifelong learners.

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'' [I] ts sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function,» a Wisconsin judge wrote in the ruling, referring to the 1952 law that created the National Day of Prayer.

In fact, much of Nussbaum's own rather unconventional view of democracy in this book derives from the Gandhian idea of Swaraj (self - rule), in which control of one's inner life and respect for other people create self - aware and engaged rather than passive citizens.

Its Web site offers this rationale: «Qatar Foundation understands that the future of Qatar and the region depends on well - educated citizens, actively engaged in the international marketplace of ideas, creating and finding uses for new knowledge.

I strive to create an environment where students are engaged as citizens rather than tourists.

We develop international professional experiences that create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens.

Philadelphia - based Public Workshop creates uniquely engaging opportunities for youth to shape the design of their cities and changes the way they participate as citizens and leaders in their communities.

The Melbourne Declaration states that the purpose of education is to create active and engaged citizens, and when the workplace is one of the key areas where students will meet this criteria, have we missed something?

Focusing on developing and supporting opportunities for civically engaged youth, Donna understands the importance of youth voice when working to create life - long environmental citizens.

The Civics Education Initiative is a program of the Civics Proficiency Institute a 501 (c)(4) organization affiliated with the Joe Foss Institute, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit dedicated to creating informed, engaged citizens through civics education and awareness.

What if we realized that only inclusive classrooms can fully support the goal of creating thoughtful, engaged citizens for our democratic society?

Education's focus across the globe is rapidly changing from stressing test - based accountability around math and English skills to an emphasis on developing mindsets that create productive, engaged citizens.

Massey engages the idea that in the past, people on all political sides agreed that housing developments created for low - income citizens perpetuated cycles of poverty and did little to combat discrimination (23).

Founded in 2010, Sage was created with the mission of developing internationally - minded citizens of the world, ready to compete and engage in the global marketplace.

Specifically, by 2020, the Foundation intends to create a leading leadership forum focused on Kenyan Youth and children in Kenya that educates, empowers, and engages them to grow into actively responsible citizens, thus leading them to act on socio - economic issues such as combatting corruption, job creation, civic engagement, conservation, and national cohesion.

Robin Cutler [00:02:33] And in this case, Canada definitely... But Canada is not the only country, there's many countries around the world that actually think that creating a book, authoring a book, is actually a cultural activity that they want to encourage their citizens to engage in.

Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters more richly drawn than any Lehane has ever created, The Given Day tells the story of two families — one black, one white — swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power.

By 2020 we have created a vibrant forum focused on children and youth that educates, empowers, and engages them to grow into responsible citizens.

We develop international professional experiences that create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens.

Simply improving messaging in accordance with recommendations of psychologists or following the recommendations of economists to create economic incentives to engage in less GHG producing behavior will not likely create strong citizen support for climate change policies unless citizens better understand that the narrative created by opponents of climate change policies about high levels of scientific uncertainty and unacceptable harm to the economy from the adoption of climate policies is not only false but has been manufactured by fossil fuel companies and other entities which have economic interests in continuing high levels of fossil fuel consumption.

Vital Communities is a regional nonprofit organization based in White River Junction, Vermont, that works to engage citizens, organizations, and communities in creating solutions to our region's challenges.

The Goldman Environmental Foundation board denounces violence and believes that positive change is created when engaged citizens stand up to defend their rights to protect their communities and their environment.

What Article 28 (3) with its omission of public policy grounds seems to suggest in my view is that — to a certain extent — the mere fact of a 10 years residence has created a link between the EU citizen and the host Member State that is similar to the link between a national and its state; as a consequence expulsion can only be a valid means if this link is deliberately destroyed by the EU citizen; this would be the case of a serious security threat, i.e. an individual determined to engage in actions that jeopardize the security of the host Member State's society at large, which could indeed be the case of organized crime.

Stephanie Kimbro was the founder of a company that created one of the first virtual law firm platforms for law firms and recently launched a venture to create «legal games» to engage citizens in the legal system.

He said that the NDIC will not insure trading in any currency not issued by the CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria) and that a committee has been created to ensure that Nigerian citizens who do engage in cryptocurrency trading are not exposed to unnecessary risks.

We develop international professional experiences that create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens.

We develop international professional experiences that create more informed, skilled, and engaged citizens.