Sentences with phrase «cultural leader at»

In 1980 and 1983, he participated in Executive Seminars at the Aspen Institute and, more recently, participated as a Cultural Leader at the World Economic Forums in Davos, Switzerland (2000) and New York (2002).

Ms. DeKisha Bridges is a reflective practitioner and cultural leader at St. Catherine School.

School leaders, teacher coaches, and other academic or cultural leaders at any New Orleans public school or network are eligible to nominate exceptional teachers at their schools for this citywide award.

But however these new directors succeed or fail in their respective institutions — and nobody would wish them the latter — they will also need to take on a public mantle as cultural leaders at a time when the entire sector is bound to feel pressure.

Devised specifically with art and cultural leaders at its core, the Art Leaders Network program defined and assessed the most pressing challenges and opportunities in the industry today.

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At Harvard Business School, Kevin is an executive leadership coach for C - suite participants on the «Advanced Management Program» to support personal and experiential learning, team development and cultural fit for leaders seeking to accomplish their personal impact goals.

And at a meeting Saturday, a group of leaders will look to turn those swelling numbers into workable political and cultural power.

In general, the cynical leaders of the backlash» as distinguished from the true believers at the grass roots who really do care about issues like abortion, religion, homosexual marriage, and the rest» are often moderate cultural modernists themselves, but they are perfectly happy to reap the benefits that accrue to them from red - state Americans losing sight of the material issues that ought to dominate their political imaginations.

Indeed, China's church grew three times during the Cultural Revolution, when no churches were open and church leaders were imprisoned, wrote Fenggang Yang, director of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University.

I believe that while God wants the church to lead the world in bringing out cultural change and redemption, the church is too often resistant to change, and so God turns to culture to be the primary leader of the change He wants to see, that's why some churches at City Central are always looking for a change, and to improve and make people improve.

In South India, where I teach as often as possible, the racks at the front of the bookstores are no longer filled, as they were a scant decade ago, with volumes dedicated to the preservation of village life, or to the intellectual, cultural or social history of South Asia, or to the writings of spiritual and political leaders calling the people to overcome imperialism and colonialism.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Furthermore, the churches» leaders, while not at the forefront of the intellectual currents of the day, had integrated into their thinking the major cultural changes of the nineteenth century, such as the new historical consciousness, the analysis of society in terms of classes, and biological evolution.

That President Xi has accumulated so much personal power is partly a reflection of his political acumen, and partly a recognition by the Party that China needs a single strong leader at the moment as it transitions from a weak local power recovering from the disasters of Japanese occupation in the early 20th century followed the cultural revolution and the great leap forwards, and instead becomes a global power.

Traditional leaders were furious at the film's portrayal of gay love within a Xhosa cultural initiation.

Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at MoMA PS1, New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer will host a Cultural Town Hall event featuring special remarks from the Cultural Affairs Commissioner, Tom Finkelpearl.

If the leader of the party says that we should shoot at innocent refugees arriving at our borders in order to retain what she considers to be national and cultural integrity, what is it if not nationalist, extreme and right?

Also at 6 p.m., Sen. ose Peralta and the NAACP Corona - East Elmhurst branch will celebrate African - American History and Heritage Month, honoring NYCPublic Advocate Tish James and community leaders and activists, Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, 100 - 01 Northern Blvd., Corona, Queens.

Speaking at an advocacy dialogue with traditional leaders in the region for the elimination of harmful social and cultural practices, Ms Amidu said research showed that quality education, improved sanitation, nutrition, maternal and child health, and access to water supply also recorded low rates.

Whereas, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a social activist and leader whose ideas impacted a generation and transformed the social, political, and cultural landscape of our nation; his impassioned «I Have A Dream» speech delivered at the historic March on Washington in August of 1963 was heard in homes across the country and is recognized as one of the most powerful and profound orations in American history

Senators Klein & Savino, Assembly Members Gjonaj & Benedetto, Italian - American leaders & parade - goers rally to save cultural symbol at Morris Park Columbus Day Parade

Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo joined Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown, members of the Western New York State Delegation, Erie County Legislators, Buffalo Common Council Members, representatives of diverse sectors including tourism, business, education, cultural institutions, health care and developmental disability advocates at a rally at Kleinhan's Music Hall to voice their support for enabling ridesharing companies to operate throughout New York.

The President who stated this while addressing the people of Ebonyi State and leaders of the South East including traditional rulers at PA Ngele Oruta Township Stadium, Abakaliki, said all ethnic nationalities in the country must work together without compromising their cultural identities.

A plan by Islamic leaders to build a mosque and cultural center on private land two blocks from where the World Trade Center twin towers were attacked September 11, 2001 has been strongly opposed by those who say it would be an affront to the memories of those who died at ground zero that day.

The leaders at these institutions must drive the cultural changes that are needed to support and promote women in the academic biomedical workforce, she said.

«The fact that the bonobos failed to imitate demonstrates that even enhanced social orientation may not be enough to trigger human - like cultural learning behaviors,» notes Claudio Tennie, research group leader at the University of Tubingen, who coauthored the study when he was at the University of Birmingham.

If we look at the world's cultural production before the year A.D. 1,300 we will notice that it is composed mostly of religious figures and political leaders.

Those school leaders skilled at bridging gentrification's cultural divide were able to retain the newcomers.

The two - day event, entitled «Snapshots of Practice,» brought cultural leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, together with faculty and students at Harvard to discuss strategies.

Tony Dreise, a former Principal Research Fellow and Hub Leader for Indigenous Education at ACER, says the resources embeds financial literacy within community and cultural contexts.

10 - 12 — Diversity: The Institute on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, sponsored by the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory, for practitioners, school leaders, staff developers, higher education representatives, and researchers, at Brown University in Providence, R.I. Registration deadline: March 1.

At Golden Hillock, inspectors concluded leaders and governors were «not doing enough to mitigate against cultural isolation».

Over 200 education leaders from across Canada will be gathering at Vancouver's Musqueam Cultural Centre from Oct 6 - 7 to discuss one of the most urgent issues facing Canada's future: ensuring the success of all Indigenous students and decreasing the number who are tuning out — and dropping out — of school.

The good news is that many educators who have learned to lead effectively at the technical, human, and educational levels — whether as school or classroom leaders — can learn to become symbolic and cultural leaders.

«These leaders must be equipped to work with the dramatic and active demographic shifts and upset the evolving political, economic, and cultural realities that impede administrators from achieving their potential,» said Dr. Dawn Williams Salters, chair of the department of educational leadership and policy studies at HUSOE.

Nick currently serves as the school leader at KIPP Indy College Prep Middle where he leads the instructional and cultural vision for the school.

Councillor Gordon Matheson, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, added: «Jet2.com's plans to launch five new in - bound services from Spain at very competitive prices next year is yet more great news for tourism in Glasgow and serves as a clear vote of confidence in Glasgow Airport and in the attractiveness of the city's fantastic cultural credentials.

Breaking Travel News catches up with the leaders of the regional tourism industry at they celebrate at the World Travel Awards South & Central America, hosted this year at Centro Cultural Itchimbía, Quito, Ecuador.

Join industry leaders in LA this summer at WORDLZ, a cultural marketing summit for innovators, dreamers, and rule breakers.

Join over 200 world - renowned art and cultural influencers from more than 20 countries, including museum directors, gallerists, curators, auction houses, collectors, entrepreneurs, investors, financial institutions, lawyers, artists, architects, designers, urban planners, government officials and tourism organizations, as well as corporate and civic leaders at Art for Tomorrow.

The Cultural Leadership Award is formally presented to the honorees at the AFA's annual gala, attended by an elite audience of leaders from society, business, and the culturaCultural Leadership Award is formally presented to the honorees at the AFA's annual gala, attended by an elite audience of leaders from society, business, and the culturalcultural world.

When in NY, I watched the John Akomfrah art documentary at MOMA about Stuart Hall, the Jamaican - born cultural theorist and leader of the British New Left.

Local arts leaders blame a byzantine bureaucracy, with responsibility for the city's cultural future hovering uncertainly between the council, the regeneration company Ilex, which is in charge of redeveloping the Ebrington barracks site, and the office of the first minister and deputy first minister at Stormont.

By the fall of 1968, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, and other black cultural leaders were already demanding greater participation by black curators and the inclusion of original works by black artists in the first show at a major museum to focus on the negro in America.

Councillor Gordon Matheson, the Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of Glasgow City Marketing Bureau, said: «Glasgow is Scotland's cultural powerhouse and we are delighted that our work with partners at Creative Scotland and Event Scotland has won us the right to host the UK's most prestigious arts prize in 2015.

A Washington activist, philanthropist and co-founder of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Cafritz nurtured a nexus of art and politics at her home where elected officials, cultural leaders and artists young and old gathered, surrounded by art displayed in every room.

The institution is recognized for its dedication to international conservation and research; support for digitizing and preserving collections, its own, and at other museums and cultural organizations; and providing visual arts grants aimed at strengthening the field of art history and developing cultural leaders.

As a reviewer and workshop leader, she has worked with the Tang Museum / Skidmore College, FotoFest, Photoville, FotoWeek DC, PhotoNOLA, Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW), NYS Council on the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Photolucida, Photoville, NoMAA and others.

Still Ms. Golden's connection to Harlem, where she also lives, is visibly strong; she can regularly be seen chatting with street vendors; eating branzino with her board chairman, the financier Raymond J. McGuire, at Vinatería; and convening the heads of the Dance Theater of Harlem and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at Red Rooster to welcome a new cultural leader to the neighborhood.

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