Sentences with phrase «diverse urban communities»

About 20 percent of home buyers nationwide are nonwhite, which makes a place like CityCenter a model for new diverse urban communities.

Throughout her career, her work has focused on supporting understandings about how children learn so as to ensure that our youngest, most vulnerable citizens — especially those in historically underserved diverse urban communities — have access to high quality learning opportunities.

On the other hand, almost everything is trucked in, so where does that leave the concept of resilience?A group of activists have been exploring how diverse urban communities can build resilience and reduce emissions.

Throughout her career, her work has focused on supporting understandings about how children learn so as to ensure that our youngest, most vulnerable citizens — especially those in historically underserved diverse urban communities — have access to high quality learning opportunities.

The student body of Democracy Prep reflects the diverse urban communities where our schools reside.

Northwest Catholic School serves a diverse urban community through strong academics and service rooted in the Catholic tradition.

In the spirit of bringing national parks to the people, we reach out to a diverse urban community, promote the richness and breadth of the national park system to many who are experiencing a national park for the first time and foster broad - based public stewardship through various volunteer and partnership programs.

Not exact matches

Her venture is Nomadness Travel Tribe: an online social community for global travelers with urban backgrounds seeking like - minded fellow travelers to connect with — the first to target diverse millennial travelers in the newly - coined «urban travel movement».

The NUA itself emerged from a consultative process, whereby UN-Habitat collected the inputs of a diverse community of urban scholars, leaders, planners and activists.

While it is widely agreed that the causes for the morbidity of communities in urban centers are traceable to diverse factors, churches can not be quiescent in the face of them.

Over the past 15 years, I have lived in an affluent suburb, a rural community, and a culturally diverse urban area.

«We're big fans of Mueller's diverse, sustainable, and walkable community and are looking forward to being a part of this dynamic urban village in the heart of Austin,» Ayer says.

Mass Audubon seeks to expand our educational programs to urban and diverse communities including cities where we do not currently have a sanctuary presence.

All this made the pre-Empire Mall South End a vibrant, alive urban community; a polycot of diverse ethnic groups.

New York Worldwide About Blog Nomadness Travel Tribe is the top urban travel community for diverse millenials.

Lauded as America's most diverse city, Sacramento boasts historic Gold Rush roots, trendy urban flair, and a vibrant sense of community.

Fueled by a confluence of interests among urban parents, progressive educators, and school reform refugees, a small but growing handful of diverse charter schools like Capital City has sprouted up in big cities over the past decade: others are High Tech High in San Diego; E. L. Haynes in Washington, D.C.; Larchmont Charter School and Citizens of the World Prep in Los Angeles; Summit in Northern California; the five - school Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) network; Community Roots, Brooklyn Prospect Charter School, and Upper West Success Academy in New York City; and Bricolage Academy, planned for New Orleans (see sidebar, page 33).

The Cheche Konnen Center does research on improving science learning in urban communities, particularly among ethnically and linguistically diverse students.

Diverse communities are no longer limited to urban areas.

For a description of how one urban elementary school in a diverse neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas reaches out to the community, click here.

Founded in 1995, Community of Peace Academy is an urban, PreK - 12 charter school serving over 800 students of diverse cultures and backgrounds on the East Side of St. Paul, Minnesota.

Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Dr. Kevin M. Maxwell, the school system serves a diverse student population from urban, suburban and rural communities located in the Washington, DC suburbs.

Reardon argues that urban - suburban district integration programs are important in enabling public schools to draw their student body from a more diverse set of communities.

In the city, the Diverse Charter Schools Coalition includes nine charter organizations: Brooklyn Prospect, Brooklyn Urban Garden, Citizens of the World, Community Roots, Compass, Hebrew Public, International Charter, NY French American, and Success Academy (which has six schools in the coalition).

Fort Wayne Community Schools is an urban district with 50 schools, nearly 70 percent of students qualify for free and reduced - price meals, and nearly 80 languages are spoken by a diverse student body.

Get a university experience at a community college price on a diverse urban campus.

How do we conserve and rebuild the open spaces in our urban areas in ways that are sustainable and conducive to healthy lifestyles for diverse communities?

New York Worldwide About Blog Nomadness Travel Tribe is the top urban travel community for diverse millenials.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts is a contemporary art museum that connects diverse audiences to the urban experience through its permanent collection, special exhibitions, and education programs that strive to reflect the borough's dynamic communities.

With a layout that is reminiscent of an old world bazaar, the Essex Street Market is meant to create a small commercial hub for a diverse community of longtime residents, immigrants, and recent urban transplants.

The mission of the Department of Art is to serve the needs of an urban and diverse university community by providing courses in a liberal arts foundation and in undergraduate and graduate programs in art that are designed to prepare students for careers in various professional fields or for further study in visual art and as lifelong producers or consumers of art.

About Point Park University Located in downtown Pittsburgh, Point Park University educates students in a diverse urban environment and prepares graduates to apply knowledge to achieve their goals, advance their professions and serve their communities.

In his paintings, installations and sculptures, Bradford explores how socioeconomic and political forces converge to shape the diverse culture and physical environments of urban communities.

1) Urban environmental stewardship; an urban land ethic; understanding the role of civic engagement in environmental systems and community resilience; strengthening cross-cultural and diverse engagement in environmental stewardUrban environmental stewardship; an urban land ethic; understanding the role of civic engagement in environmental systems and community resilience; strengthening cross-cultural and diverse engagement in environmental stewardurban land ethic; understanding the role of civic engagement in environmental systems and community resilience; strengthening cross-cultural and diverse engagement in environmental stewardship;

Across the country — in communities small and large, urban and rural — the NEA and NEH help to guarantee access to the arts and the preservation and presentation of diverse cultural expression.

Curated by Frank Creber, Creative Director of the Bromley by Bow Centre, Conduit brings together artists who demonstrate in diverse ways their passion for their neighbourhoods and communities bringing creativity to their workplace, documenting the changing world around them or dreaming, lifting the gritty urban environment into a realm of beauty.

Although the Bronx is considered one of the most diverse communities in America, its image has been largely defined by the urban blight that the city endured during the late 1960 ′ s through the 1980 ′ s when arson, drug addiction, and social neglect decimated many of its neighborhoods.

Located in an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse urban area of Charlotte, NC, Central has focused its efforts this year on creating a community garden to benefit congregants, local residents, and the church's food pantry.

But as this past weekend's second Japan Ecovillage Conference and this month's earlier Chicago Urban Ecovillage gathering demonstrates, the word «ecovillage» has quietly evolved to become an all - purpose, cross-cultural and positive term describing a global phenomenon of diverse people living and working together in communities with the common vision of building a more sustainable future, developing and testing different models of economy, energy and cooperative living (without the sensationalist media attention).

Charged with engaging residents and anchor institutions to participate in organized urban renewal tasks to restore vibrant, diverse neighborhoods and build community.

My current position of Dental Assistant at Riverton Community Dentistry has focused on providing comprehensive hygiene and preventative care to a diverse urban population.

12 noon — 1 pm Healthy Choices Jody Currie from the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) will be talking about the diverse communities in south - east Qld, the people IUIH work with, and the amazing transformation in health and community outcomes.

Their knowledge from working with educators in diverse communities — urban, suburban and rural — makes them highly effective in the training and coaching sessions offered by The Institute.

Explore and discuss 3 case examples of working with diverse populations of children and adolescents in urban settings: a middle school, a local boys and girls club, and in partnership with a community organization.

We are committed to maintaining and developing our use of technology and linking with diverse Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander community media to connect regional, remote and urban people to our service

The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health is an award - winning Health Access Centre that provides holistic primary health care to First Nation, Métis and Inuit people living in Ottawa - one of the fastest growing and diverse urban Indigenous communities in Canada.

P2W was culturally adapted through community - based participatory research in three urban AI communities with diverse tribal backgrounds.

Her areas of specialization include: urban schooling; teaching and learning to support culturally and linguistically diverse learners; and teacher professional communities.

Results from an initial study conducted in rural New York have been followed up in Memphis and Denver, communities that are more urban and more ethnically diverse families than the original cohort.

The shift has caused suburban communities surrounding urban centers to become more diverse.