Sentences with phrase «experienced women in the community»

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With more than 40 years of experience helping restore men and women behind bars, Prison Fellowship advocates for federal and state criminal justice reforms that transform those responsible for crime, validate victims, and encourage communities to play a role in creating a safe, redemptive, and just society.

Institutions offering separate women - only swim hours demonstrate that they seek to include in their community people from many different cultures, faiths, and traditions, representing a range of values, beliefs, and experiences.

Regardless of the particular emphasis in various groups, the experience of women, individually or as a community, is the determiner of truth and, as we have seen, the force that determines how history is to be interpreted or remade.

In today's consumer - oriented, capitalistic culture, where people are used, abused and disposed of like nonreturnable soft - drink cans, where «liberation» has been invoked to justify selfishness, it may be that the time has come for the church to say again what it has always believed — that there is no way for individuals to «flourish» without the kind of communion and community and the permanent, deep, risky commitment that true Christian love demands — qualities that are perhaps best experienced in the yoking of a man and a woman in marriagIn today's consumer - oriented, capitalistic culture, where people are used, abused and disposed of like nonreturnable soft - drink cans, where «liberation» has been invoked to justify selfishness, it may be that the time has come for the church to say again what it has always believed — that there is no way for individuals to «flourish» without the kind of communion and community and the permanent, deep, risky commitment that true Christian love demands — qualities that are perhaps best experienced in the yoking of a man and a woman in marriagin the yoking of a man and a woman in marriagin marriage.

It is a commitment of men and women to the supremely worshipful reality called God, as this reality is believed to disclose itself to us, but it is not an individualistic commitment, since it demands full participation, to a greater or lesser degree, in a corporate experience conveyed through the ages by a community of men and women drawn from the most varied backgrounds and races, classes, nations, and cultures.

The experience eventually led her to start Sseko Designs, a fashion and footwear brand that not only employs women in East Africa — allowing them to earn an income and break cycles of poverty — but also helps provide them with college scholarships that foster entrepreneurialism in their own communities.

Several women's groups turned from primary concern with the institutional church to community projects, as a result of the «new flavor» developed in the groups through interpersonal deepening.20 It has been my experience that many larger church meetings, including worship services, can be enlivened by incorporating small group communication and awareness experiences into the proceedings.

We can not know the meaning of Jesus in the early church except as we know what he actually was within the experience of the men and women who formed the community.

8 Reports of that experience was fragmentary and it was always filtered through the needs and expectations of the men and women in that first believing community.

You're anecdotal «I've met these fighters therefore...» has no basis for this discussion because these fighter's characters are not being judged here, (and your one brief experience with them would have little value there either) their specific behavior is being discussed in relation to not only to how other major sporting organizations treat similar behavior, but also with sensitivity to the growing LGBT community, which is also a significant percentage of women's MMA fighters.

This foundation leads to a rich academic high school experience that supports young men and women in realizing their full potential as students, as people, as members of the human community.

The Birthworker Program offers training, education, and practical experience to women of color who are dedicated to the advancement of maternal health equity in underserved communities.

It is not just driven by science; its a highly emotional experience as well & Women need to be assured that if we DO put the lives of our babies in the hands of the medical community, we & our babies are going to be taken care of by competent, caring individuals.

Like all parallel medical services, it falls to the patient to figure out who is legitimately skilled and who is not: EXCEPT, most women having babies are in their twenties and early thirties and I personally didn't have the kind of life - experience necessary to question whether or not my government would provide me with sub par care and just assumed that if the government was paying, it must be safe, and the midwifery community capitalizes on this by running advertisements (which OB / GYN are not permitted to do) advertising themselves as being less interventionist, less c - section (no shit, Sherlock, but you'd have to read between the lines to understand why), and better outcomes.

Real Talk MotherWoman Support Group ARCATA, CA / Humboldt County Support group where women can speak openly about the challenges and triumphs of the mothering experience in an environment of safety and mutual respect, and build community.

PSI was founded in 1987 to increase awareness among public and professional communities about the emotional difficulties that women can experience during and after pregnancy.

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 (BCIn 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 (BCin 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 (BCin British Columbia (BC).

The Department of Public Health estimates that 20 % of these women experience depression, with even higher rates in low - income communities.

Connection Parenting brings together all the knowledge and experience of a woman who not only promoted attachment - promoting interactions between parents and children in her community but who saw success in her own home... not unlike so many attached parents who share their stories on API Speaks, in The Attached Family, and on the API Forum.

If you feel that my work has helped you and you'd like to support my passion and mission to spread ideas like improving maternity and newborn care, outcomes, and experiences; helping, supporting, inspiring, educating and empowering women and their families; preventing and guiding people to heal from emotional pain and trauma, live in inner calm and joy; promoting my values of courage, openness, kindness, sensitivity, high positive vibes, conscious living, compassion, unconditional love and community, please make a donation below.

The inequity experienced by pregnant women living in rural and remote locations forced to travel long distances to access maternity care, is raised as a failure of government to provide essential services to these communities [31 — 33] placing lives at risk.

For me, it's the perfect way to launch my first BlogHer experience - connecting with women and companies whose approaches to family life not only make me feel comfortable, but inspire me to continue to engage in this community, supporting and encouraging others along the same path.

A former college drop - out, Baskin is conscious of the systemic challenges many women, people of color, and impoverished communities experience in attaining the education credentials needed for economic advancement.

My work as a community activist on issues such as affordable housing, my background as a member of the Democratic State Committee, and my experience working for Democratic elected officials such as Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, since my days in college, leave me with a deep appreciation and respect for the role working men and women play in making this the Empire State.

«At a time when the STEM community has been renewing its commitment to diversity, this study reveals that men and women in STEM continue to experience the workplace quite differently,» said Cary Funk, director of science research at Pew Research Center and lead author of the report.

So the authors write: «One of the biggest challenges now facing the medical research community is to identify women who need HRT and those who don't» Yet they go on to say: «At the same time women should be analysing their experience of menopause in the light of their own medical history, weighing up the evidence and making their own judgement.»

Her combined leadership, advocacy, and liaison experience at NPA, NSF, and non-profit organizations like the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) has well - equipped her for a second term as a member of NPA's Board of Directors, in which she would like to work towards strengthening the voice of NPA and helping the postdoctoral community.

Not that this will be news to anyone who has experienced it of course, but there are a lot of studies showing that hirsutism is a major source of distress for many of us (Pasch et al. 201626), and it's something I see discussed a lot in my Facebook community for women with PCOS.

In building authentic connections and relationships, we are forming a community of women who have within them over a century of life experience and wisdom to share.

But I also have experienced the gift of friendship with women that I never, ever would have met in my little farming community in northern Indiana!

Whether you're looking for a new friend or a kinky partner, LDate's community gives you the chance to talk in an open forum and bond with women with similar experiences or values.

Austin Women in Cinema provides a professional network for student filmmakers at all levels of experience and the greater professional film community in Austin.

Each of the film's eight sections focuses on the experiences of different Māori women at this particular moment in time, held together in a range of ways by Waru himself or what he represents to them, their community or New Zealand more broadly.

Lelio knew transgender women in Berlin, his current home, but he wanted to educate himself about what the experience was like in Latin America, hoping to look at the broad stereotypes about the community he'd absorbed from old movies and then strip them away.

By engaging the business community — enabling business leaders to share their knowledge and experience as part of the programme — the Women's Directorship Programme is front and centre of driving change, enhancing the visibility of this issue, and in turn highlighting the women themseWomen's Directorship Programme is front and centre of driving change, enhancing the visibility of this issue, and in turn highlighting the women themsewomen themselves.

Facilitating a series of one - to - one or small group discussions, how members of a particular sub-group of students (the disengaged, high - achievers, young women, young men, or students not from the majority culture in the surrounding community, for example) are feeling about their learning experiences; or shaping a new initiative in the classroom or school.

In addition to optimizing its domestic and international consumer sites, in the United States Simon & Schuster's dedicated communities, PulseIt (for teens) and XOXO After Dark (for women's fiction) feature mobile - optimized html5 e-readers, which enable visitors to read the books on mobile and tablet devices, thus supporting and enhancing the user experience for the high volume of mobile traffic to those siteIn addition to optimizing its domestic and international consumer sites, in the United States Simon & Schuster's dedicated communities, PulseIt (for teens) and XOXO After Dark (for women's fiction) feature mobile - optimized html5 e-readers, which enable visitors to read the books on mobile and tablet devices, thus supporting and enhancing the user experience for the high volume of mobile traffic to those sitein the United States Simon & Schuster's dedicated communities, PulseIt (for teens) and XOXO After Dark (for women's fiction) feature mobile - optimized html5 e-readers, which enable visitors to read the books on mobile and tablet devices, thus supporting and enhancing the user experience for the high volume of mobile traffic to those sites.

There are groups in your community that never advertise — women's shelters, local churches and school groups — and it feels good to find causes that reflect your personal experience.

Sam has a bachelor's degree in Sociology (Human Services and Gender and Women's Studies), is a certified life coach through Guiding Mindful Change, is trained and experienced in Motivational Interviewing, and is heavily involved in community building.

Cat has over 10 years experience in communications, marketing and publishing, she's studied anthropology, art history, woman & gender studies, botany, ethnobotany, and herbology and she is a graduate of the Rising Tide Capital Community Business Academy.

Several women in the pet industry were looking for a community to network and connect about their challenges and share their experiences.

Thelma & Louise «Our purpose is to be the best online community and travel resource designed to help women share experiences, be inspired and connect with friends and travel buddies both online and in the real world.»

I also loved CHICABRAVA's philosophy, the organization's work with young girls in the community and the experience of spending a week around strong, positive women.

While committed to helping women in game dev, many of their programs and events are open to the community no matter your age, orientation, gender, or background — no experience or programming knowledge required!

A defining presence in the emerging community of women artists in the 1960s and 70s, Wilke developed a unique and controversial visual language in response to her own and women s experience.

Its purpose was to explore the imaginary dimension of habitation at the diasporian - communities that are created beyond national borders focusing on the experience of women, as well as the exploration of the everyday life mythographies in conditions of displacement, temporariness and deterritorialization.

To the past honorees, however, among whom I feel especially humbled and privileged to share this honor, I'd like to thank you for your example and achievements that have enriched us all: Andrea [Barnwell Brownlee], whose ambitious and inspired curatorial work gives voice to women artists of the African Diaspora; Jerry [Cullum], a visionary writer whose genius lies in his ability to synthesize the experience of art with poetic complexity; Louis [Corrigan], a trailblazing community leader whose innovative ethos and generosity has rekindled the boundless spirit of Nexus; Lisa [Cremin], a leader of responsible and responsive philanthropy who personifies the idiomatic true north for the arts in Atlanta; Lucinda [Bunnen], a brilliant artist and pioneering collector who established photography as an essential feature of contemporary visual culture in our city... and at the High Museum; and Susan [Bridges], den mother to us all, whose generosity of spirit is set off by her unshakable personal integrity.

Rather than doing that, Mexico City - born photographer Amanda Gutiérrez seeks to document her surroundings as she ventures through Brooklyn's Sunset Park, focusing both on her «subjective experience as a Mexican woman living and working in New York» and painting a photographic portrait of the neighborhood's Mexican immigrant community.

Basu has become known for documenting women's experiences in isolated communities and conflict zones.

Tannis Nielsen is a Métis Woman (of Saulteaux / Anishnawbe and Danish descent,) with twenty years of professional experience in the arts, cultural and community sectors, and ten years teaching practice at the post-secondary level.