Sentences with phrase «for youth voice»

We believe there is a need for youth voice to «talk back» to the educational system and to show how these policies are actually harming children.

She is a strong believer in the power of creative technologies to engage and move audiences, and to create an authentic platform for youth voice and youth - led movement building.

This could be a boon for youth voice advocates who would like to see measures like «school climate» included in school accountability systems.

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«As Independent Representative for Children and Youth she engaged in tireless advocacy and exposed serious problems in the Ministry of Children and Family Development, giving the province's youth in care a face and a voice demanding chYouth she engaged in tireless advocacy and exposed serious problems in the Ministry of Children and Family Development, giving the province's youth in care a face and a voice demanding chyouth in care a face and a voice demanding change.

VOICE congregations on the West Side have conducted another round of neighborhood interviewing and are now working on issues such as housing, economic development and recreational facilities for youth and seniors.

The result was a group, initially called The Responsible Society, which as Family and Youth Concern became a strong voice for family values.

Eschewing the extremes occupied by the loudest voices in the national concussion and youth sport conversation, the ones who either deny there is a serious issue that needs to be addressed (who they characterize as the «just a knock to the head» crowd) or have become so convinced that contact sports inevitably result in lifelong disability that they are so fundamentally unsafe that they should be abolished, they opt instead for the common sense middle ground - a place where MomsTEAM and I have been all along - a magical place where it is possible to have a «more thoughtful, science - based» dialog about the role of sports in our kids» lives.

Family Voices, a U.S., nonprofit, family - led organization promoting quality health care for all children and youth, particularly those with special health care needs.

I just feel we need to take the time to encourage our youth to connect to what is true and real around us and allow for our own minds and voices to be clear amongst it all.

Henderson is a member of the CYSA Leadership Committee, a professional organization that is the voice of all professional youth sports administrators and provides support and direction for community youth sports programs.

The official voice of the National Alliance for Youth Sports.

The CYSA Leadership Committee is the voice of professional youth sports administrators and provides support and direction for community youth sports programs nationwide.

As the online voice of Ask, Listen, Learn: Kids and Alcohol Don't Mix and manager of #TalkEarly, Genevieve Adams, Manager Communications, has always had a philanthropic spirit and enjoys working for a non-profit that positively impacts our nation's youth.

The CYSA Leadership Team is the «voice» of all professional youth sports administrators by providing support and direction for community youth sports programs.

Contacting local elected officials and youth sports program directors with your firsthand account of issues in youth sports is a starting point for voicing your concerns, and directing them to the Recommendations for Communities not only shows that you are serious about your complaint but that you are also committed to resolving the issues by providing an action plan.

«Hector has been a powerful progressive voice — championing affordable housing for youth and seniors, fighting for the environment, standing up for our immigrant community, and leading a progressive caucus in the County Legislature.

Afua Atta - Mensah, executive director of Community Voices Heard and a Working Families Party (WFP) leader, who is the child of Ghanaian immigrants, ran for district leader in Central Harlem in 2015 due to neglect of the West African population and lack of youth engagement.

«The Green Party Youth Caucus is here to amplify the voice of youth who are ready for a new politics,» said Ursula Rozum, Youth Caucus co-chair and recent Green Congressional candidate from Syracuse, New Youth Caucus is here to amplify the voice of youth who are ready for a new politics,» said Ursula Rozum, Youth Caucus co-chair and recent Green Congressional candidate from Syracuse, New youth who are ready for a new politics,» said Ursula Rozum, Youth Caucus co-chair and recent Green Congressional candidate from Syracuse, New Youth Caucus co-chair and recent Green Congressional candidate from Syracuse, New York.

We therefore wish to add our voice to the numerous calls by well meaning Ghanaians to the youth in the region, to continue to exercise maximum restraint and sustain the prevailing peace in the region to enable the new government to implement its good policies for the benefit of all.

At 10 a.m., the NYC Department of Probation holds a town hall event called One Message Many Voices — an anti-violence summit for youth, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

In the lead - up to Tuesday's devastating defeat for Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum voiced his broad opposition to LGBT rights bills, saying they are «dangerous» for America's youth.

Helen believes that in these challenging times we Democrats must hold to our values and commitment to equality and justice for all, especially women, our youth, working families, veterans and the unheard voices of our community.

While in only the first months after treatment for tumors involving both vocal cords, the youth's voice has returned to near normal for a young man of his age.

About Site - Identity-mag.com is an online magazine that is the voice of entertainment for Egyptian youth.

Cairo About Blog Identity-mag.com is an online magazine that is the voice of entertainment for Egyptian youth.

New York City About Blog Voices of Youth is UNICEF's global online community for young people who want to learn more about issues affecting their world.

Support Youth Activism's mission is to provide a voice for youth who believe that they are the future and who are willing to raise their voices for chYouth Activism's mission is to provide a voice for youth who believe that they are the future and who are willing to raise their voices for chyouth who believe that they are the future and who are willing to raise their voices for change.

She's also written plays for young audiences, which include CHILE POD (La Jolla Playhouse) and WILD HORSES (Bonderman National Theatre for Youth Symposium and The Kennedy Center's New Visions / New Voices).

In her free time she is a designer for the Survival of the First Voices Festival and works with Native youth.

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Educators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Teaching Systems Lab, and the instructional design firm Fresh Cognate have created Youth in Front, a new hub of learning - oriented resources and multimedia assets for young activists and the educators and adult allies interested making their voices heard — particularly those who are stepping into activism for the first time, and for the educators who are responding to action in their schools and communities.

Through this work, it has led to a truly memorable moment for me, with my brother and I representing Great Britain on the Special Olympics European Youth Committee; being the voice of young people across Europe and influencing international policy.

Projects that give youth a voice about civic issues are likely to be relevant and engaging for today's students, some of who will have their first chance to vote in November.

Welcome to a new teaching and learning media hub for students and educators alike, where amplifying youth voice and making media support civic engagement and real - world media literacy.

From a youth empowerment standpoint: We know from research on youth participatory action and youth organizing that when young people are given a voice in shaping the policies and practices in their school, there are benefits for both the young people and the school.

Urban schools reinforce the student perception that teachers bear final responsibility for what they learn.By allowing passive witnesses, the schools support these student perceptions that all relationships are (indeed rewarding) students for being essentially authoritarian rather than mutual.As youth see the world, they are compelled to go to school while teachers are paid to be there.Therefore, it is the job of the teacher to make them learn.Every school policy and instructional decision which is made without involving students — and this is almost all of them — spreads the virus that principals and teachers rather than students must be the constituency held accountable for learning.In a very real sense students are being logical.In an authoritarian, top - down system with no voice for those at the bottom, why should those «being done to» be held accountable?

For 15 years, from 2001 to 2016, WKCD reached far and wide to document and broadcast the voices and vision of the next generation, supported by the adult allies in and outside school that these youth counted on.

As researchers at a school of education, says James, the findings «speak to the need for educational supports to help youth navigate backlash or the risk of unwanted consequences, rather than simply silencing their voices online.»

The Rendell Center for Civics and Civics Engagement leveraged strategies and concepts from the fields of civic education, student voice, and distributed leadership to build a youth - adult school governance system and schoolwide civic literacy curriculum at Edwin M. Stanton Elementary School in the School District of Philadelphia.

Focusing on developing and supporting opportunities for civically engaged youth, Donna understands the importance of youth voice when working to create life - long environmental citizens.

Presenters: Eric Glaser, Director, U.S. Network Impact, United Way Worldwide; Brittany Moore, Manager, Alliance Engagement, America's Promise Alliance; Mark Bishop, Vice President of Policy, Healthy Schools Campaign; Yolie Flores, Senior Fellow, Campaign for Grade - Level Reading; Gordon Jackson, Director, Coordinated Student Support Division, California Department of Education; Jill Habig, Special Assistant Attorney General for California Attorney General Kamala Harris; Sharon Lee, Director, Office of Multiple Pathways, Rhode Island Department of Education; Rebecca Boxx, Director, Providence Children and Youth Cabinet, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University; Terry Haven, Deputy Director, Voices for Utah Children; Lisa Wisham, Education Specialist, 21st Century Community Learning, Centers, Utah State Department of Education; Susan Loving, Transition Specialist, Utah State Department of Education; and from Attendance Works: Hedy Chang, Director; Cecelia Leong, Associate Director; Phyllis Jordan, Communications Lead.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leaYouth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leayouth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

And by afternoon, the group shifted into sharing and pre-planning, sparked by 20 minute power - presentations from Jennifer Murrieta (How to build whole community around your school's SEL), Connie Young (A case for restorative practices in 7 Mindsets schools), and Roberto Rivera (Mindsets and movements: amplifying youth voice and culturally relevant pedagogy in SEL).

Austin Voices» youth and community engagement work was recognized with an Austin Chronicle 2005 «Best of Austin» award for their «Out - of - the - Box Public School Philosophy.»

In the 2013 - 14 school year we organized youth around student voice and ensuring that students have a meaningful way to engage around the LCFF process (the new process for how schools are funded).

Alongside parent and student allies from organizations across Fresno, our youth and adult organizers successfully advocated for the voices of those most affected to be reflected in their districts LCAP.

After winning student voice statewide, and in local school districts — giving youth a space to be heard in their schools — CFJ student leaders are already looking forward to the next step in achieving our vision for California schools — making sure student voices are valued.

Austin Voices for Education and Youth mobilizes young people, parents, and community members to strengthen public schools and expand opportunities for yYouth mobilizes young people, parents, and community members to strengthen public schools and expand opportunities for youthyouth.

The dialogues were held by the E3 Alliance, in partnership with Texas Forums (a project of the LBJ Library) and Austin Voices for Education and Youth.

(For example: college access and success, service learning, students as allies in school reform, global youth voices, students as action researchers.)