Clients will leave Mykonos this June with a renewed energy and enlightened from exploring
its cultural diversity as our retreats truly offer an alignment of body and mind.»
ASCD passes the first of several resolutions recognizing the value of equity and
cultural diversity as goals of education and advocating for a multicultural curriculum.
2/14/2000 [Social Studies Grades 9 - 12 Submitted by Bonnie R. Ott] Students learn about
cultural diversity as they plan a trip to another country.
Based on both research that examined
cultural diversity as well as practitioner experience, the cases are framed around family engagement work in underserved communities.
Not exact matches
They are almost twice
as likely
as the next closest segment (61 % to 34 %) to say that Canada should be focused on encouraging
cultural diversity instead of integrating minority groups into mainstream Canadian society.
«In no way will Amazon's decision slow our pursuit of a strong growth agenda for Baltimore,
as we work to attract new investment, quality job opportunities, and importantly, new residents to a city celebrated for its
diversity, and its rich higher educational, athletic,
cultural, medical, and maritime assets.
This trend has only accelerated
as a result of the growing sensitivity to historical context and
cultural diversity.
By mono - culture we mean the undermining of economic,
cultural and ecological
diversity, the nearly universal acceptance of technological culture
as developed in the West and its values.
To the contrary, the proposal urges that the best way to affirm any school's theological identity is through study focused on
as a wide theological and social -
cultural diversity of Christian congregations
as possible.
And some aspects of globalization, such
as the explosion of communications technology, can expand and strengthen religio -
cultural diversity in a world that is, at the same time, both linked and divided by a near - infinite number of electronic bands, channels, websites, and whatever comes next.
When television came in about 1950, each of these «faith groups» was given time each Sunday for their TV programs — programs which were broadly representative of the religious and
cultural diversity of the country
as a whole.
«Because globalization
as a culturally homogenizing and environment - devouring force is coming on so fast, there is a real danger that in just a few decades it could wipe out the ecological and
cultural diversity that took millions of years of human and biological evolution to produce.»
Thus we should expect
cultural differentiation on other worlds, but despite their
diversity all would be characteristically stamped by that biological situation, just
as all our cultures by contrast will be found to have certain peculiarly «terrestrial» features.
Religious groups, expecially if they include signigicant
cultural diversity within themselves, can be islands of civility, settings where,
as Richard Mouw says, democratic interchange can be modelled, kept alive for the larger body politic.
Given such an attractive goal
as a unified national culture, it was natural that the way in which dominant American Protestants would deal with
cultural diversity was to attempt to absorb it.
The challenge before us is to navigate the hyphen and be prepared to explore our varied histories, discover the outside forces, question the economic compulsions, be astounded by the
cultural diversity, empathise with the experience of marginality, marvel at the memories that have shaped all these various selves, and offered, and continue to offer us, an identity or identities across the hyphen,
as the various embodied selves that make up the assorted group of people who are called Indian - Christians.
The
diversity of religious rituals and beliefs has been taken
as support for historical and
cultural relativism.
Decisions that affect people's daily lives are taken in such matters
as the quality of information, the
diversity of
cultural products, or the security of communications.
The Alliance was self - conscious about its «catholicity»
as well
as its
cultural diversity.
Cultural diversity has also been a challenge
as the awareness and knowledge on food waste can vary between markets.
She has served
as executive director for Save the Children's field office in Jerusalem, where she created and published a
cultural diversity curriculum for grades 5 - 9.
As the doula industry begins a
cultural shift towards sustainable business practices and greater
diversity, we would be remiss in forgetting our origins.
And the new menu items reflect the region's
cultural diversity, with offerings such
as tamales filled with vegetables, vegetarian sushi and Greek salad.
By 1990, the
cultural diversity began to change slightly
as shown by census reports of 94.8 % Caucasian residents and 5.2 % minority residents, with the largest minority group being Asian (3.7 %).
As the rate of globalization accelerates, the de-emphasis of nationalist agendas and parochialism alongside the emphasis of mutual understanding and appreciation of
cultural diversity will be crucial.
The
cultural effects are on tangible things like access to
cultural products (such
as food but also all kinds of entertainment), intangible things like attitudes (due to our exposure to a wider range of ideas, outlooks and experiences) and, of course, on literal
cultural diversity.
I won't argue if these populations are truly collective in nature but one factor in why these populations behave
as they do is because of
cultural diversity itself.
Jenkins has served
as Chair of Government & Operations, Chair of Internal Controls and Procedures, Vice-Chair of Budget & Appropriations and has served on the Committees on Community Services; Public Safety & Security; Generational,
Cultural and Ethnic
Diversity; and Legislation for The Westchester County Board of Legislators.
Many of them turned out last Saturday
as elected officials joined civic leaders and city officials to officially co-name the northeast corner of
Diversity Plaza in a ceremony that coincided with World Day for
Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, which was designated by the United Nations in 2002.
Just
as cultural and ethnic
diversity allows for distinct perspectives to be a part of the discussion, bringing women to the table of policy decisions fundamentally changes a conversation.
But
as the number of TV stations grows or TV programming is distributed through other digital channels, the choice of TV programs grows and the
cultural diversity rises.
«In what has also been referred to
as a vicious cycle of prejudice, we find that lower levels of openness to
diversity are associated with lower levels of
cultural integration,» she said.
Program manager Lindsey noted that the institute seeks to represent a «
diversity of scientific disciplines and sectors»
as well
as cultural diversity among its participants.
«LGBT scientists should be recognized
as excellent employees not
as having sexual
cultural issues,» says Jeff Hammonds,
diversity coordinator at Battelle Memorial Institute, an international enterprise that develops and commercializes technology and manages governmental and industrial laboratories.
Better application of science and technology, empowerment of local communities in decision making, integrating biodiversity conservation into other key sectors, scenario planning that is sensitive to economic and
cultural diversity, private sector partnerships in financing biodiversity protection,
as well
as better cross-border regional collaboration, are some of the many important approaches the report identifies.
Sometimes people of different nationalities clash in the negotiation process, and in no employment sector do we have such
cultural and ethnic
diversity as the sciences.
The few who stand to benefit from such policies can nonetheless lose out to other strong interests,
as happened when a proposal to increase high - skill visas — at the expense of visas devoted to increasing
cultural diversity — failed in Congress late in 2012.
In addition, the meeting comprised several informal events such
as the International Get - Together hosted by Mexico at the Dornier Museum, Friedrichshafen,
cultural diversity at the Bavarian Evening and a boat trip along with a Science Picnic to the flower island Mainau.
As I had written earlier, I got turned off by the yoga scene for a whole host of issues, but the issues of
cultural appropriation and the lack of
diversity are the two primary ones which hit particularly close to home for me.
She commended the 2000 edition of the Dietary Guidelines for acknowledging the
cultural diversity in American food choices and presenting plant - based foods, such
as soyfoods,
as a good source of several key nutrients.
The
diversity among the Asian communities is impressive and is sub-divided into racial characteristic,
cultural, and ethnic traits that are far removed (but
as rich) from the Western world.
who is educated with a certain level of education because I Am
as well we and I guess we could connect more Am out going, with rich
cultural diversity nice to meet u. #yolo
The city celebrates its
cultural diversity with annual festivals such
as the Festival de la Familia at Cal Expo.
Even though a lot of people do prefer to emphasise the
cultural and racial
diversity of hot southern countries such
as Colombia and Brazil, we still can not pass by this particular corner of the world called Russia.
It's about finding empowerment
as a traveler by navigating
cultural diversity while experiencing the bizarre, foreign, frightening and often times, funny.
According to experts, accepting people who belong to diverse racial and
cultural backgrounds is considered
as a positive sign and people are looking forward to accepting these
diversities.
He also gives a lot of attention to visualizing Wakanda
as a majestic place full of
cultural beauty and aesthetic
diversity.
Admirably, the film manages to look at issues such
as racism and
cultural diversity without ever becoming overly - serious or weighty, and every member of the cast plays their part tremendously.
The drama Dede (pictured, below), a tradition - defying love triangle set in the Caucasus Mountains from director Mariam Khachvani (pictured, above: centre), was chosen to represent the Asia Pacific film community before UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee
as recipient of APSA
Cultural Diversity Award; a special screening of the film will be held at UNESCO's Paris headquarters on December 12.
It's interesting to think about Philadelphia, dated and slightly stereotypical
as it is,
as a product of its time and an effort to broach a taboo subject in light of today's
cultural movement in Hollywood for
diversity in storytelling.