Sentences with phrase «encourage civic participation»

To encourage civic participation, the Center developed a useful curriculum for students in grades 4 - 12 designed to «demystify the voting process,» with lessons that help students understand voter registration, how voting works, and the steps it takes to become an informed voter.

«The idea is to encourage civic participation,» says CUP program manager Valeria Mogilevich.

She is hoping to encourage civic participation among the district's youth and said, if elected, she wants to create a «junior corps.»

Our organization, Haiti Partners, is doing a USAID - funded education program to build collaboration skills and encourage civic participation for 1,000 educators and grassroots leaders.

Automatically registering eligible voters encourages civic participation, and provides a vehicle for state agencies to efficiently transfer voter registration information to the Board of Elections.

Our results prove that our program improves students» academic performance and historical understanding, increases teacher effectiveness, encourages civic participation, and creates safe and engaging schools.

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Our goal is to awaken and encourage curiosity in children, enhance their natural ability to observe and experiment, nurture their innate capacity for creative problem - solving, and equip them for full participation in the civic and cultural life in Chicago.

«Its proposed new government structure would dilute and disenfranchise people of color and other underrepresented groups at a time when greater participation in our civic process must be encouraged rather than diminished,» she said.

Reinvent Albany and the, um, civic technology groups we work use the term «civic technology» to describe Information Technology (usually Internet based) that promotes more open and transparent government, makes government digital information more findable and usable by the public, encourages public participation and collaboration -LSB-...]

«Participatory budgeting is a gateway to greater civic participation and leadership in our communities, encouraging collaboration between residents and local elected officials to find creative solutions to neighborhood needs,» Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito (D - Manhattan) said.

«Participatory budgeting is a gateway to greater civic participation and leadership in our communities, encouraging collaboration between residents and local elected officials to find creative solutions to neighborhood needs,» said Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Its proposed new government structure would dilute and disenfranchise people of color and other underrepresented groups at a time when greater participation in our civic process must be encouraged rather than diminished.

They maintain that civic education across the Americas has been found to sustain democracy by encouraging participation and imparting knowledge, values, and attitudes.

In addition, schools might well encourage participation in student government and in community and civic life.

Towards these ends, he engages his students by designing lessons that incorporate opportunities for students to engage critically in the material they are learning, and he models and encourages meaningful civic participation by designing service learning opportunities for all of his students.