Sentences with phrase «for civil discussion»

Our Marianist values of leadership and service to humanity call upon us to act on these principles and serve as a catalyst for civil discussion and positive change that benefits our planet.»

Use the comment thread below for civil discussion of the merits of quiet times, taking a breath, just being.

That desire — to create a safe space for civil discussion — is a common concern for educators in a period dominated by social media echo chambers, protests over policing, and growing distrust of government among both young people and adults.

Not exact matches

«The elimination of federal funding to CPB would initially devastate and ultimately destroy public media's role in early childhood education, public safety, connecting citizens to our history, and promoting civil discussions - all for Americans in both rural and urban communities,» Harrison wrote.

FATF, civil society and private sector representatives met for a constructive discussion on key issues which included combatting de-risking, digital identification and crypto assets.

For crying out loud, if the ADULTS can't get it together enough to have civil discussions concerning a controversial topic, how does one expect American kids to do the same?

In an emotional encounter with Christakis's husband, a Yale faculty member who argued that a university should provide a context for discussion and civil, reasoned debate, one student shouted, «It is not about creating an intellectual space!

Thank you all for a mostly civil and articulate discussion!

I want to underline my gratitude to Rachel for hosting such civil discussions (more, please!)

The press release headlines: «Dogmatism or Discussion: Religious Groups Meet to Explore Framework for Civil Coexistence.»

I find civil religion motifs in Reston's focus on «the American Dream,» in his belief that the precepts of the Republic's founding documents were political affirmations of certain religious concepts, in his belief in America's unique moral role in world affairs — and in his concern for injecting morality into public - policy discussions.

He adds, «Where we might have hoped for a level of calm analysis and civic, even civil, discussion of the case in all of its humanity and complexity, we have been given little more than banner headlines, orchestrated press conferences, serial fascination with priestly deviancy, and plaintiff strategy.»

No one actually takes the Monarchy seriously any more as the «Divine Right of Kings», and maybe it provides a good opportunity for discussion of precisely that wierd and anachronistic notion and the origins of state and civil authority in Western Civilization.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

But I think one of the things that's been part of the ongoing discussion right now is this idea of building up civil groups, advocating for Haitian leadership at the local level, at the national level, to really empower them to take the lead on creating that vision for what they want Haiti to look like long - term, and then for us to be able to walk alongside them with the resources and the expertise we have to say, «This is your vision, this is what we can do to help you, let's work together.»

RESIST Agrochemical TNCs together with the All UP Academic Employees Union and NNARA — Youth UP Manila conducted a Round Table Discussion with civil society organizations regarding the imminent approval of Golden Rice application for direct use and open field testing.

We strive for civil, enlightened discussions on Patch stories and local issues.

(22 May 2014) Discussions on the draft «Principles for Responsible Investments in Agriculture» highlight the diverging positions between governments, the private sector, civil society and farming communities.

Lawmakers in Poland have overwhelmingly voted against any discussion on a proposal to provide for civil partnerships... Read

But to facilitate this process and consistent with the conventions set out in the draft Cabinet Manual, I have asked the Cabinet Secretary to arrange for the civil service to provide support on request to parties engaged in discussions on the formation of government.

On Sunday, a spokesman for the Civil Service Employees Association, the largest union of state workers, said that the association was open to discussions with Mr. Cuomo, but was uncomfortable with unilateral demands.

For example, when studying insects in Brazil and wolves in Ethiopia, I had been involved in discussions with civil servants and other government representatives, both in the United Kingdom and in host countries, where my work could be carried out only after detailed discussion with government experts and once my colleagues and I had the appropriate licences and permits.

The complex event and its aftermath can also be further illuminated via discussions of larger themes in social and political history, such as balancing national safety and civil rights — comparing reactions to 9/11 with those following the attack on Pearl Harbor, for example — or the grounds for overseas military interventions — such as the recent U.S. engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan as compared with the U.S.'s position on the League of Nations after World War I. «These themes put a light on it,» Brodsky Schur says, giving teachers and even parents a way to integrate such a seemingly unteachable event.

This video validates my knowledge, gives me greater clarity, thank you so much for this informative civil discussion.

For what it's worth, amid trying to distribute equal screen time to both Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy, the script and direction does find a solid focus by always keeping the Civil Rights Act at the center of the discussion between various characters.

If you've seen the movie and want to discuss details about the film without worrying about spoiling it for those who haven't seen it, please head over to our Civil War Spoilers Discussion - or check out our breakdown of Captain America: Civil War's Biggest Spoilers & Reveals.

Allow the space for a discussion without an end goal (or having the end goal be a civil, civic - minded discussion and having an informed classroom).

The IRP's reports have been used by and referred to by international organizations, national governments, think - tanks and research organizations, academia, industry and civil society, in their discussions and planning for new policies that take into consideration resource efficient and sustainable consumption and production.

«Instead of stimulating worthy discussions about over-testing, cultural bias in tests, and the misuse of test data,» responded the anti-reform Network for Public Education in the Washington Post, «these activists would rather claim a false mantle of civil rights activism.»

«The research in Diversity Challenged shows that affirmative action policies have major benefits not only in overcoming the history of exclusion of minorities, but also in creating a richer educational experience for all students and injecting new ideas and understandings into discussions, debates and research on campus,» said Gary Orfield, co-director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University.

Quite a bit of the discussion is along the predictable and tired paths of building in some corrective measures into «business as usual» scenarios, but at least a few brave voices from within civil society and some governments are pushing for more fundamental changes in economic and political structures.

Now is an especially good time for this discussion since the Office for Civil Rights is concluding their resolution process for our December 2010 discrimination complaint against the CPS policy.

UCLA's Civil Rights Project calculated that 77 % of the decline in state suspensions from 2012 - 2014 were in the disruption / defiance category.13 Reducing suspensions — and the disparate impact of suspensions on black students — has been the subject of national attention and discussion for several years.

Several brief case studies that raise questions about civil liberties in the wake of 9/11, followed by suggestions for classroom discussion.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

Examples of the instructional and democratic citizenship benefits of developing these economic reasoning skills in students include: sharpening critical thinking and critical literacy skills; entertaining multiple perspectives; better understanding current events; laying the groundwork for authentic discussions and civil debates; casting informed votes; and making students» thinking explicit for assessment purposes.

I recently joined Julian Vasquez Heilig and T. Jameson Brewer, two academics who have made quite the cottage industry out of bashing TFA, for the second episode of their podcast, Truth for America — not because it has a big audience (it doesn't) but because I think it's generally a good idea to engage with people who disagree with your views, if you can keep the discussion civil and productive.

Many teachers I have encountered express profound concerns about providing leadership for the study and discussion of events in history such as the Holocaust, slavery, the struggle for Civil Rights in the 1950s and «60s, and the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

The UCLA story offers an opportunity for classroom discussion and learning about civil society.

During their roundtable discussion with Secretary DeVos, civil rights advocates expressed their frustration about the absence of diverse communities in the conversation, their continued objection to anti-civil rights actions by the department, and their continued support for vital guidance on nondiscrimination in school discipline.

We strive for civil, enlightened discussions on Patch stories and local issues.

Also excellent for supporting discussions about U.S. history and civil rights: Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies and Little Misses of Color, by Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson; Never Forgotten, written by Patricia McKissack and illustrated by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon; Poetry for Young People: African American Poetry, edited by Arnold Rampersad and Marcellus Blount; Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People, by Carole Boston Weatherford; Sweethearts of Rhythm: The Story of the Greatest All - Girl Swing Band in the World, by Marilyn Nelson; and This Land Is My Land, by George Littlechild.

About This Guide The introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your group's reading of Chris Adrian's Gob's Grief — an intimate portrait of individual human suffering and an unusual history of the American physical and social landscape scarred by the Civil War.

But what made the event even more compelling happened when the author Chuck Wendig, widely known for his supportive stance on women's rights, tried to counsel civil discussion.

Please join APG and the Center for Civil and Human Rights for a special artist talk and panel discussion with Joshua Rashaad McFadden titled I Am A Man: Photography and Activism in the Post-Civil Rights Era.

The collective formed the Spiral group, «for the purpose of discussing the commitment of the Negro artist in the present struggle for civil liberties, and as a discussion group to consider common aesthetic problems,» according to «A History of African - American Artists: From 1792 to the Present,» a comprehensive reference volume by Bearden and Harry Henderson (1914 - 2003).

In the early 1960s in Harlem, Bearden was a founding member of the art group known as The Spiral formed «for the purpose of discussing the commitment of the Negro artist in the present struggle for civil liberties, and as a discussion group to consider common aesthetic problems.»

We emphasize the importance of expeditious discussions in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for limiting or reducing GHG emissions in the international aviation and maritime sectors, bearing in mind the distinct processes under the UNFCCC toward an agreed outcome for the post-2012 period.

Last week the senior EU civil servant responsible for climate action said Brussels preferred multilateral discussion.

I've pointed out to Anthony that his comments don't seem consistent with his agreement at «That Dinner» that we should all aim for a more civil discussion!