Sentences with phrase «cultural community who»

Sarah Glennie continued; «The focus of IMMA's 2016 programme is to celebrate the radical thinkers and activists who paved the way for courageous social change, whilst reflecting on the artistic and cultural community who played an active role in the period leading up to 1916.

Meanwhile, following is a look at the some of the cultural community who turned to show their support and receive a first look at Brown's paintings:

The Menil has named this special new series in honor of the late Marion Barthelme Fort, for many years a central figure in Houston's cultural community who had served the Menil Collection as Vice President of its Board of Trustees and Chairman of its Nominating and Governance Committee.

Not exact matches

Developmental lending as practiced by IBC involves providing financial services (primarily loans) to aboriginal people who, for a variety of cultural and / or financial reasons, are alienated by mainstream lending institutions; approving loan applications on the basis of typical financial considerations while taking into account the potential for positive social or community outcomes; and evaluating social outcomes resulting from the loan portfolio over the long term.

«This decision reflects an important cultural shift we're all celebrating that empowers women who lead active, purposeful lives and encourage those in their communities to do the same,» Miss Universe president Paula Shugart told USA Today.

The university's contributions go well beyond funding, as evidenced by the affordable housing it provides for community residents; the program it sponsors to allow university staff to serve as volunteer firefighters in Princeton; the students who help staff the first aid and rescue squad; the auditing program it offers to community residents; the intellectual, cultural and athletic events it makes available to community residents; and it supports entities like McCarter Theatre and Garden Theatre.

The rich history of the American South meets the influence of metro Atlanta's global community, offering a variety of shopping, dining, and cultural experiences that draw upon the diverse tastes of those who call this city home.

Our company business model consistently reflects the entertainment, information, active, cultural, educated, involved lifestyles of our community, the people who choose to live, work, move, visit and own second homes here.

Digital utopias disagree with those who worry about scenarios of worldwide cultural homogenisation, they see the emergence of new and creative lifestyles, vastly extended opportunities for different cultures to meet and understand each other, and the creation of new virtual communities that easily cross all the traditional borderlines of age, gender, race, and religion.

Since Christianity does not have a specific culture of its own, and culture differs between different communities who claim to hold the same religion, every crossing of cultural boundaries does not consist in doing mission.

As one who has written so poignantly about the horrors of exclusion in religious communities in our own day, Volf is surely not maintaining that local congregations can somehow become hermetically sealed off from their immediate cultural influences or ideological contexts.

In any case, inroads into the ethnic communities are often cut by someone (not necessarily the pastor) who is able to shift back and forth at different cultural and linguistic levels.

But it came to be associated not only with religious but also with caste political overtones, and came into conflict with the anti-Brahmin movements of depressed castes who were organizing separately for separate political strength to bring about cultural and social change aimed at elevating their status in the body politic; it also made the conversion into other religious communities, of the depressed sections of Hinduism as well as of the Tribals partially Hinduised and moving more fully in that direction, to be seen as a weakening of the Hindu community and a strengthening of other religious communities as political entities.

But what critics who point to these reasons for the loss of certainty seem too often to forget is that the Church is never only a function of a culture nor ever only a supercultural community; that the problem of its ministers is always how to remain faithful servants of the Church in the midst of cultural change and yet to change culturally so as to be true to the Church's purpose in new situations.

Azariah who later became Bishop of Dornakal argued that the church in accepting the position of a communal political minority with special protection would become a static community and it would negate its self - understanding as standing for mission and service to the whole national community, that in any case the Indian church is not a single social or cultural community since it consists of people of diverse background, each of whom would have its own political struggle to wage in cooperation with the people of similar background in other religions; and therefore theologically and politically Christians should ask only for religious freedom for its mission and service to all people, not as a minority right, but as a human right (ref.

So the point I want to make today is not that all who subscribe to patriarchy are abusive, but that patriarchy in a religious environment, just as in any environment, has a negative effect on the whole community and creates a cultural climate more susceptible to abuse than one characterized by mutuality and shared leadership between men and women.

I didn't expect him to resort to stereotyping or painting them as «unlikely to interfere with any cultural awakening,» especially because he's someone who acknowledges the importance of community if we are to see a return to Catholic influence in the broader culture.

In human terms, this has a disastrous consequence for certain groups of people like the tribals, scheduled castes, traditional fishermen and such other groups who depend on them to eke out a living... They would also be torn away from their natural roots as well as from their community and cultural ties - producing in them a sense of isolation» (Quoted from ISA Journal Dec. 94).

But there is nothing wrong in inviting those who respond positively to the Person of Christ without leaving their religious and cultural community to form fellowships around the Lord's Table and the Word of God as «part of the Church» within their religious and cultural community - settings themselves and those who respond to the Christian values to consider acknowledging their source in Christ.

In a survey the Gurukul research Centre made, it came to light that there were many persons in the city of Madras who had accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour but had chosen to continue in their own religious cultural and caste communities without conversion to the Christian community.

«In the perspective of the Bible, conversion is turning from idols to serve a living and true God and not moving from one culture to another and from one community to another as it is understood in the communal sense in India today», and further that so long as baptism remains a transference of cultural or communal allegiance, «we can not judge those who while confessing faith in Jesus, are unwilling to be baptised» (Renewal in.

«I don't care who or what these criminals claim to be, but I can never recognize these criminals as part of my city or my faith community,» said Yusufi Vali, executive director for the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, the largest mosque in the Boston area.

From sustainable farming and organic research to cultural arts and children's educational programs — we believe in supporting folks who are doing good work for their community and the world.

We also have a very vibrant and creative community of Barefoot Books Ambassadors who market and sell our books and gifts in their community — at farmers» markets, school fairs, fundraisers, cultural festivals, home events and online, bringing art, story and adventure along the way!

While marriage is struggling against cultural, social and economic headwinds in poorer communities, it is flourishing among affluent, well - educated Americans who are both more likely to marry and more likely to stay married:

Gause is one of 25 «Grandma, Please» volunteers, who will be honored Monday in a 10 a.m. awards ceremony at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Started 10 years ago as a service for senior citizens by the Uptown Center Hull House Association and supported by the Chicago Community Trust, the program handles at least 800 calls a month from youngsters who come home after school to an empty house and want to talk to a grownup.

RDA members (or advocates) consist primarily of small business owners and parents who reach out to their local communities to support and encourage this cultural shift.

A limited number of reduced price registrations are available to support professionals who come from and work within low - income or underserved ethnic, cultural, and geographic childbearing communities.

Luis Tejada is a Dominican - born engineer and teacher who founded the Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center in Washington Heights.

«A community who truly wishes to thrive must have a thriving arts and cultural scene,» said Kretser.

We are committed to continuing to provide quality service to the Queens residents who rely upon Queens Library's vast catalog of books and other media and on its many educational, cultural and community programs.»

Mr Mahmood's criticism was echoed by Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, who said: «I don't think this is a cultural problem... I don't think you can stereotype an entire community.»

We must continue to provide quality service to the Queens residents who depend upon having access to its vast catalog of books and other media and to its many educational, cultural and community programs.»

This board, led by Catherine Schweitzer with representatives from the cultural, financial, legal and other communities, has been tasked with scrutinizing every application so we may make decisions on who is worthy of public dollars based on need and merit alone.

I was lamenting the fact that an African American official has such poor relations with folks who are from the same cultural background as he, that he needs the intervention of someone from another race in order to connect with communities of color...» Mueller accuses Bryan of using bullying tactics.

Enck concludes: «The entire hunting community will have to take responsibility for communicating the cultural value of hunting if Americans who don't hunt are to achieve a better understanding of what hunting is about.»

Other reasons for women's silence about infertility may have to do with cultural expectations about strong, self - reliant black women who can cope with adversity on their own and with notions about maintaining privacy in African - American communities, she said.

«The Illinois State Museum is deeply respected in the scientific community for the expertise of its curators and for its irreplaceable collection of archaeological, cultural, and paleontological artifacts,» says paleoecologist Jack Williams of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who has used the Neotoma database to explore vegetation change over the past 20,000 years on a continental and global scale.

Since its inception the MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health (CGGH) has maintained a strong focus on creating ethical frameworks for undertaking genomics research, often working with international networks including researchers in the developed and developing world who are in turn working with communities in diverse political and cultural landscapes.

Dominique Drakeford is an environmental educator, creative director and community advocate who works in so many different spheres to inspire ecological, cultural, and social change.

«This decision reflects an important cultural shift we're all celebrating that empowers women who lead active, purposeful lives and encourage those in their communities to do the same,» says Miss Universe president Paula Shugart in a letter to state directors, according to CNN.

With the increased openness about the cultural variability and the curiosity regarding different communities, it has become a trend to date someone who is a complete opposite of you.

Greg Liberman, Chairman and CEO of Spark Networks, the company that owns JDate, said: «In light of JDate's mission — to strengthen the Jewish community and ensure that Jewish traditions continue for generations to come — and place within the Jewish community, we realized we had a unique opportunity to remind Jewish singles of the cultural ties, not just the religious ones, that make dating, and ultimately marrying, someone else who is Jewish so special.»

Welcome to Black Lover, an online dating community dedicated to those who value their ethnicity and cultural background!

Unbelievably, given the violence that Arlen (Suki Waterhouse) endures in The Bad Batch and its ties to that which Miami Man (Jason Mamoa) dishes out, the film turns out to be something close to a love story — of two people discovering a rapport both in their shared cultural deprivation and fondness for a little girl who never knew a world before the one she calls home, the ironically dubbed Comfort community.

My thoughts kept returning to «What Will People Say» while I was watching «Disobedience,» insofar as both films are about insular communities that can become religious and cultural prisons, especially for young daughters who fail to live up to their parents» exacting (double) standards of sexual purity.

ANDERSON: And we've seen the Asian American community hold Hollywood accountable for that white - washing and cultural appropriation, with one of the most notable instances leading to Ed Skrein backing out of playing a «Hellboy» character who had been conceived as Asian in the comics.

I decided to invite families from the same cultural background who'd had similar misgivings about sending their children away to come back and speak to parents from their community about how positive the experience can be for students and their families.

Ealing Music Education Hub's «Reaching Out» programme, for children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities who would otherwise have little or no access to cultural education, has been so successful that the model will be used with other hard to reach groups.

«The apparent success of the Wunan approach in boarding schools appears to stem from a combination of Indigenous students living and schooling with students from their local community, having an adult carer from their home community, which may alleviate issues stemming from homesickness and cultural discontinuity and provides a person, who is known to the students and their parents, who can act «in loco parentis».»