Sentences with phrase «different cultural communities»

These additional groups were more diverse than that at MAF, which serves primarily Latinos, showing the program can be replicated across different cultural communities.

Not exact matches

With a community of more than 2 billion people, all around the world, in every different country, where there are wildly different social and cultural norms, it's just not clear to me that us sitting in an office here in California are best placed to always determine what the policies should be for people all around the world.

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.

«We have extraordinarily good relationships between different faith communities and cultural groups.

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.

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.

Hence the minister directs his attention as much toward the «world» as the dean of a medical school has his eye on the potentially and actually sick people of the society outside his closed community of healers, or, to use a wholly different analogy, as much as the mayor of a city keeps in view the nature and the needs of the cultural and economic society of which his city is a center.

And, out of that history, black churches have evolved a different kind of community of mutual support, along side such cultural developments as gospel music.

Religious conversion to Christ in this setting essentially means a change of faith which involves participation in the local worshipping congregation of Christian believers without transference of community and cultural affiliations, but with a commitment to the ethical transformation of the whole society and culture in which they participate with others of different faiths.

And what we are looking towards is ultimately a community recognizing personhood of individuals as well as the unique self - identity of different ethnic groups, cultural groups, work groups.

In the Changing Childbirth in BC research project, a steering group of women of childbearing age from different cultural and socio - economic backgrounds engaged multiple stakeholders, as well as leaders from NGOs, researchers, and community agencies, to examine women's experiences with maternity care in British Columbia (BC).

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

Nevertheless, the study of an earthquake's effect on the social and cultural elements of a community can help us understand how different societies have evolved and adapted over time and how cities have built up their relative capacity to withstand future large seismic events.

The discovery could help scientists understand how social, cultural, and environmental factors interact with genetics to create differences in health outcomes between different ethnic populations, the authors say, and provides a counterpoint to long - standing efforts in the biomedical research community to replace imprecise racial and ethnic categorization with genetic tests to determine ancestry.

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.

The knowledge and acceptance that cultural variability exists, and the curiosity to understand different communities that generates as a result also plays an important role.

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.

The website members come from very different communities, internationally open, yet, most users look for a date from the same geographical area and preferably with the same cultural or religious background.

A radically different vision of human well - being is the call; one that is in tune with nature and respects other species, promotes socio - economic equity amongst all people, enhances the cultural, material, economic, social, and political opportunities for all, empowers each person and community to take part in decision - making affecting their lives, even as it leaves the natural world a better and much improved place.

In this context, a radically different vision of human well - being, one that is in tune with nature and respects other species, promotes socio - economic equity amongst all people, enhances the cultural, material, economic, social, and political opportunities for all, and one that empowers each person and community to take part in decision - making affecting their lives.

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.

Additionally, many of the economically challenged students had limited experiences participating in community programs, visiting libraries, attending cultural events, and traveling to different localities beyond their neighborhoods.

This indicates the extent of the difficulties already inherent in recruiting representation from different cultural and ethnic groups within school communities.

While these protocols vary between communities, they are underpinned by a number of common principles: • Respect Indigenous people's ownership of their cultural knowledge and expertise • Respect the diversity and complexity of the many different Indigenous cultures in Australia • Consult with relevant Aboriginal communities before using the material contained in these resources

Knowledge of students» cultural background, history, community, and the issues they face every day can help educators close the achievement gaps among different student groups.

When community organizations and leaders from different sectors — from business to cultural organizations to higher education — become deeply involved in a school, students benefit.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

Through this model, students bring their distinct language and cultural knowledge to form new learning communities that gain from different linguistic and cultural assets.

We need assessment that embraces the different learning styles of all children and also values the richness of cultural and community experience all children bring to the classroom.

Help learners plan experiences that reflect and expand their personal identity, values, and family backgrounds Example: A teacher helps a student who is a recent immigrant volunteer at different cultural activities around the community.

Reflect the various cultural groups in the school district by providing signs in the main office and elsewhere that welcome people in the different languages of the community.

I'm sensitive to stories that depict Muslims — or kids from any marginalized community — as different in relation to the cultural norm.

During the session, Dr. Alexis Tam, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macao SAR Government elaborated the city's historic and cultural roots, which can make a strong tie that connects Macao with peoples of different regions around the world, with more friendly visits, exchanges and cooperation based on Macao's diverse cultural gems, such as cultural heritage, religion, Macanese community, returned overseas Chinese and immigrants as well as historic connections with Portugal.

If you want to take a trip outside of Hacienda Iguana we can arrange a knowledgeable driver to take you to the neighboring beaches, different surf spots, cultural areas and communities in the area.

This group aims to critically and creatively engage in discussions about contemporary art and cultural issues discovered within different communities.

While the exhibition's heart looks at the work of Chicanx artists in Los Angeles, it reveals extensive new research into the collaborative networks that connected these artists to one another and to artists from many different communities, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, and international urban centers, thus deepening and expanding narratives about the development of the Chicano Art Movement, performance art, and queer aesthetics and practices.

If such perception - events are more about ideas and concepts — our own, or those we glean through interactions with different communities or society at large — to what extent would notions such as popular visual tropes, specific cultural references, or language itself tend to be associated with physical sensations?

The Biennale will see 162 artists from 42 different countries participate in a series of seven exhibitions exploring the political, cultural, physical and emotional concepts of borders in today's global community.

«L.A. Without the NEA» is a daily series looking at a different community group, how its NEA funds were spent, what artistic or public good did or didn't result and what the cultural landscape would look like if that program were to disappear.

The presentation of these highly acclaimed works by Isaac Julien in San Francisco provides a unique opportunity to engage a wide audience from the Bay Area's diverse local communities and to address salient political, cultural, and social issues that affect us all, but in vastly different ways.

Cultural Exchange Ceramic Arts ExhibitionFrom: March 21, 2013 - April 28, 2013 (Recurring every 6 weeks Sunday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday) Venue: Community Artists» Collective Web: http://thecollective.org/An invitational group exhibition, in conjunction with the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), will feature works from seven different artists.

He has also created works, which juxtapose cultural material from different international communities such as the Japanese American and Nipo - Brasiliero communities.

But to redefine a movement that has brought so many people together from vastly different political, spiritual, cultural and economic perspectives together, and which has offered a relentlessly practical approach to community responses to coming challenges, would quite honestly have me running for the hills.

Travelling abroad or even working on a project with a different cultural group in your community can teach you communication skills you wouldn't learn elsewhere.

About Blog There are many distinct Deaf communities around the world, which communicate using different sign languages and exhibit different cultural norms.

Adoption is not usually suitable for Aboriginal children and has a different cultural meaning in Torres Strait Islander communities.

Some of the documented disadvantages include increased social tensions between different community groups, reduced access to healthy food and lifestyles and loss of cultural traditions, practices and livelihoods.

Four subcommittees - the Youth Leadership Council, Women's Council, Older Person's Council and Economic Development Sub-committee - established within the corporate structure of SWALSC, work to advise SWALSC on the different cultural, social and economic elements the Noongar community consider important.

The common themes include: a shared negative experience of colonisation and cultural disruption, including in many cases catastrophic declines in physical, spiritual and cultural health and wellness over multiple generations; the consequent desire among First Nations to regain Indigenous self - determination and self - governance in order to nurture healthy and happy future generations; the need to understand cultural differences in how the meanings of health and wellness are understood and applied at the community, family and individual levels, and to therefore identify culturally appropriate responses, including traditional modalities and safe systems of care; the significance of cultural diversity between different Indigenous groups or communities within both countries; the differing needs and circumstances for Indigenous health and wellness in urban, regional and remote settings; and the challenges of delivering health services to remote communities in often harsh environments.

But then, as the funding formula, according to the Minister, is to take into account only differences geographically («the needs of different parts of Australia») and there is no mention of the differing cultural needs of Australians, such as the special cultural needs of Aboriginal Australians, then maybe she feels no need to run the funding formula past the community controlled sector.