Sentences with phrase «engaged in social action»

Many Christians are actively engaged in social action and campaigning.

They state quite bluntly, «To the degree that socially involved churches become engaged in social action as distinguished from social service they can expect church growth to diminish.»

Also evangelists often see social justice as a gutless way of living out the gospel, whereas people engaged in social action often assume the evangelists are hypocritical Bible bashers, but actually we need both proclamation and demonstration.

To be free of ideological captivity is to «join the community of struggle,» to oppose racism and sexism, to fight for human rights and women's ordination, to engage in social action, to envision «holiness as justice,» and to develop nonsexist language and imagery in order to «empower» and free the congregation to engage in the «struggle for liberation.»

Another strategy to foster students» sense of empowerment is by engaging them in social action projects.

In this model, teachers consider moving from merely topically introducing culture in lessons to having students understand the perceptions of those from different cultures to finally identifying issues of inequality and discrimination and engaging in social action.

A framework for guiding middle schoolers to plan and engage in social action that's relevant in their coursework and their lives.

The SECD Lab collaborated with Watters School to develop opportunities for students at the school to clarify their sense of positive purpose and develop social and emotional learning skills to support their purpose, and to provide opportunities for the youths to engage in social action for their classrooms, school, and larger community.

The SECD Lab collaborated with Watters School to develop opportunities for students at the school to clarify their sense of positive purpose and develop social and emotional learning skills to support their purpose, and to provide opportunities for the youths to engage in social action for their classrooms, school, and larger community.

Not exact matches

Our analysis demonstrates that the limited number of North Korean leaders and ruling elite with access to the internet are actively engaged in Western and popular social media, regularly read international news, use many of the same services such as video streaming and online gaming, and above all, are not disconnected from the world at large or the impact North Korea's actions have on the community of nations.

The graduates may in the short run have the relevant skills to help congregations organize themselves to engage in the several practices that comprise their common life (religious education, worship, pastoral care, social action, gathering and maintaining resources, etc.), to nurture and sustain them in those practices, and to grow as organizations.

Sources for socially engaged Buddhism can certainly be found in Buddhist traditions, and Buddhists can point to important instances of social action for noble causes in their history.

Moreover, the decision to halt other social action in order to engage in discourse is itself a social action, and a principle that prescribes that decision whenever social action is contested should itself he subject to contestation and common decision.

To work collaboratively with organizations around the world who are engaged in effective social action that is in alignment with Unity principles.

But social action to «proclaim release to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,» we must certainly engage in.

As the royal priesthood, Christians are called to engage in both evangelism and social action.

2:10 - 11)» To confess Jesus Christ is to be engaged in both evangelism and social action.

Descriptively, the public sphere refers to that aspect of social action, cultural institutions, and collective decision - making that affects all people in the society and engages the interests of all people in the national body....

On the other side of the social justice debate are those who argue that social justice issues are at the center of the Gospel, and that as we look at the life and ministry of Jesus, we see Him engaged in social justice actions at every turn.

From William F. Fore, «Becoming Active Participants Rather Than Passive Receivers,» in Engage / Social Action, December 1981, pp. 22 - 23.

In Livezey's terms, adapted from Robert Wuthnow's, they are more likely to engage in «cultural production,» focused on theology, morality and community, than in traditional social actioIn Livezey's terms, adapted from Robert Wuthnow's, they are more likely to engage in «cultural production,» focused on theology, morality and community, than in traditional social actioin «cultural production,» focused on theology, morality and community, than in traditional social actioin traditional social action.

Only where trust developed did groups engage in significant social action.

Brueggemann acknowledges that in every social dispute some participants seek to maintain the status quo, others caution against hasty change, and still others engage in transformative action.

Their decline is in part the result of their taking the faith seriously by engaging in prophetic social action, thus making the church pew an uncomfortable place for many who had once found it easeful.

In practice, the social channels become places to engage with supporters consistently and over the long term, with individual emails serving spurring action at critical moments.

Together, the findings suggest that personal concerns are more likely to motivate people to take environmental action if they live in individualistic countries, whereas social norms are more likely to drive people to engage in environmentally conscious behavior if they live in collectivistic countries.

«One of the big challenges we always face in getting people engaged and take action on climate change is they keep thinking this is going to happen to someone else, somewhere else, or to someone in the future, far away,» said Susanne Moser, an independent social science researcher on climate change analyzing the project's results.

Were people only following orders and bowing to social pressure, or were there some other forces at work that led people to engage in such devastating actions?

Social reinforcement when norms do not exist: If peoples» behaviour is shaped by the actions of those around them, but it is not the norm for families in a class to engage in home reading, an alternative option for teachers is to share popular opinion as opposed to popular behaviour, or share absolute numbers that suggest popularity (Martin, 2012).

Students Taking Action Together (STAT) is a pedagogy tailored to help middle school students plan and, when appropriate, engage in feasible, personally meaningful social action within the existing social studies, history, civics, and current events curriAction Together (STAT) is a pedagogy tailored to help middle school students plan and, when appropriate, engage in feasible, personally meaningful social action within the existing social studies, history, civics, and current events curriaction within the existing social studies, history, civics, and current events curriculum.

Integrity is part of the Compass Advantage (a model designed for engaging families, schools, and communities in the principles of positive youth development) because integrity is the basis of social harmony and action.

NASP has developed and identified resources to help schools and families engage in constructive dialogue and action regarding social justice that affect children's learning and well - being, including issues of poverty, race, privilege, violence, and economic isolation.

Learning Exchanges catalyze individuals and teams to re-imagine how schools and communities can fully engage collective power for the benefit of children, youth, and families by reclaiming the purposes of education as academic, social - emotional, and civic; uniting the power of place and wisdom of local people; redefining professional learning as a hopeful process that engages the heart, mind, & spirit; and taking actions to eliminate inequity and injustice in schools and communities.

Currently there are many sites that provide opportunities for students to engage in social and public action.

Mark your calendars for Day of Action on June 14, and join educators from across the country to email your lawmakers, engage in social media using the hashtag #PD2Learn, and help spread the word about the value of professional development.

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Offering an extensive catalog of products, Positive Action engages youth ages 4 to 18 in character development, social and emotional learning and academic improvement.

So, with your readers in mind, share content that gets them excited about travel, such as quality social media content, engaging lists and articles; also provide content that helps your readers plan, including itineraries and how - to videos; and lastly, provide content which will help them take an action, such as booking a trip, making a reservation, or accessing their local wildernesses.

Secondly, as dogs are able to engage with humans in joint attention (Miklósi et al. 2003) and can cooperate to achieve goal - directed actions (Range and Virányi 2014), it is possible that humans selected dogs for characteristics that promoted social communication during domestication, including attentive and affiliative preference for DDS.

The Fellows program offers students an opportunity to develop art - based skills (how to write an artist statement, how to install a show, portfolio review, social action through art, community leadership, learning new media not traditionally offered in schools, etc.) while engaging with peers in a safe space.

The Council is appointed by the pope, and its primary charge is «to engage in action - oriented studies based on both the papal and episcopal social teaching of the Church.»

In short, the fragilista (medical, economic, social planning) is one who makes you engage in policies and actions, all artificial, in which the benefits are small and visible, and the side effects potentially severe and invisiblIn short, the fragilista (medical, economic, social planning) is one who makes you engage in policies and actions, all artificial, in which the benefits are small and visible, and the side effects potentially severe and invisiblin policies and actions, all artificial, in which the benefits are small and visible, and the side effects potentially severe and invisiblin which the benefits are small and visible, and the side effects potentially severe and invisible.

Jennifer is part of a «Resilience Circle» in Greenbelt that meets to learn about the economy and the environment, engage in mutual aid, and take social action.

As such, organizations are rethinking their brands through the lens of social and environmental action, and engaging their customers in a new values - founded conversation.

Curriculum Director Lacy Cagle and Director of Organizational Partnerships Deborah McNamara presented on NWEI's unique discussion course methodology in a presentation on Shared Learning, Shared Story, Shared Action: Curricular and Co-curricular Tools for Engaging the Social Dimensions of Change.

And we believe it's because these activities engage people in a social process of learning, action, or story - telling that creates the conditions for them to have «Aha» moments.

Even if Moments crashes and burns on the launchpad, something else like it will eventually emerge and catch on, because we still need news to maintain and grow our knowledge of the world around us and inform our actions in response, and social media has changed our conceptions and expectations of what news is, when we can find it, and how we can engage with it.

This spurs effective action on many levels — working on law reform to make systemic change; raising public awareness through social media campaigns and street rallies; engaging in participatory research to provide a valuable and often overlooked perspective.

Assuming that a law firm is using any of these digital channels in order to attract business or engage with existing clients and colleagues, it would seem like one «call to action» for your social media presence would be to get people to directly contact the firm.

Attorneys in SEIU's Legal Department engage in innovative lawyering to further the organization's interests in organizing new workers, improving working conditions, engaging in political action, and achieving social justice.