Sentences with phrase «from challenging the community»

Proponents of greater public funding for early childhood education (ECE) argue that too many children, often those from challenged communities and homes, arrive for kindergarten with insurmountable development gaps and that low - income and disadvantaged children who are exposed to high - quality pre-K programs gain lifelong benefits.

Empowering them by creating safe spaces to engage with and confront the challenges they face outside of the classroom and school environment — support that so often is lacking for students from challenging communities and home lives.

Not exact matches

In a conversation Tuesday with Inc.com executive editor Christine Lagorio at SXSW that swerved from the human genome to space plumbing (which Dyson mastered while training to become a cosmonaut), Dyson challenged the investment community to look deeper, to find entrepreneurs solving real - world problems.

King also interrogated the concept of allyship, challenging the «white liberal who is more devoted to «order» than to justice, who prefers tranquility to equality» in his 1967 book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?.

The report is part of a larger study, funded by $ 150,000 from Citi Community Development, to learn more about the challenges and needs of female entrepreneurs.

Other new steps outlined by the administration include an online policy challenge to encourage entrepreneurs to offer new ideas to foster innovation, educational programs and commitments from more than 100 community colleges to promote entrepreneurship.

In South Orange, I think there was a feeling that the community was fairly disconnected from government and there was a desire to bring someone in from the outside who is able to look at the challenges that face our municipality from a new perspective and bring people in more as part of that process.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4, is slated to take effect Sept. 1, but has been challenged in court by rights organizations and localities that say the law infringes on local governments» constitutional rights, and will sow fear through immigrant communities by dissuading people from reporting crimes or testifying as witnesses out of fear they will be deported.

Nationally, 1 in 7 young people are disconnected from the economy, a challenge that is exponentially worse in low - income communities, particularly among people of color.

The administration should focus on the real science of reducing our carbon output to address the challenges communities already face from sea - level rise, extreme storms, longer droughts, longer wildfire seasons, and other environmental disasters.

This budget makes a substantial investment in upgrading away from diesel: $ 220 million (over 11 years) for communities south of the 60th parallel and $ 21.4 million (over four years, starting next year) for continuing an existing northern program, and a portion of a new $ 75 million «challenge» fund aimed at solving clean tech problems through innovation.

Grounded in Boston Fed research, the Challenge encourages leaders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to advance proposals that tackle complex challenges facing smaller post-industrial cities and achieve large scale impact across communities.

Despite receiving scrutiny from the Bitcoin community due to legal uncertainties and suspected framework challenges, the majority of the commission finds the model law acceptable.

It means restoring honest, rigorous policy debate, advocating for more formal representation of women and minority groups, and challenging the retreat of government from investing in our communities.

The low - profile Mr. Loken is facing a strong challenge from Mr. Dodge, the former president of the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues.

From a lack of visible mentors and role models to underrepresentation in startup communities and pontification about including more women in tech, without much action, the challenges that women face in the tech field are well - known.

In the meantime, I do derive great personal and spiritual benefit from remaining in a community which is challenging due to its range of views and opinion.

May 12 - 13, 2014 — This conference brought together leading thinkers and allies from government, worker centers, labor unions, business, academia and the policy community to address these challenges.

The Catholic challenge seems clear: if the way forward depends on intentional communities of Christian formation rather like Benedictine monasteries, then what shall we hope for from the parishes located, as it were, outside the monastery walls?

Orthodox Jews have been expelled from the military for wearing yarmulkes; a religious community in which all members worked for the church and believed that acceptance of wages would be an affront to God has been forced to yield to the minimum wage; religious colleges have been denied tax exemptions for enforcing what they regard to be religiously compelled moral regulations; Amish farmers who refuse Social Security benefits have been forced to pay Social Security taxes; and Muslim prisoners have been denied the right to challenge prison regulations that conflict with their worship schedule.

Presented in a conversational format, in which Shane and Tony essentially talk through what it means to be «red letter Christians,» touching on everything from violence, to community, to Islam, to sexuality, to liturgy, to saints, the book is highly practical and, as always, incredibly challenging.

I suggest a robust theology of friendship challenges communities from falling into traps of forming utilitarian relationships.

Although the American Catholic community has been confronted with yet more difficulties — ranging from the redefinition of marriage to assaults on religious liberty — one of the reasons for hope, moving forward, is that John Paul II left behind a rich spiritual and intellectual infrastructure for Americans to draw upon, to deal with these ongoing challenges.

The «humility» that is usually (but not always) present in 12 - Step Program communities comes from «bottoming - out», coming to the end of one's psychological / social resources while experiencing life's challenges.

A second challenge arises from the fact that increasing numbers of people are transient and infrequent participants in religious communities.

However, more traditionally - minded Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant communities challenge their flocks to a self - emptying and self - giving of proportions that would be inhuman apart from the prospects of divine grace.

From an ecological horizon of interpretation, this must challenge the hearer about the understanding of even the most insignificant feature of the interconnectedness of the whole earth community.

Keener says this part of the Christmas story, «would have challenged the values of many religious people who despised shepherds, [whose] work kept them from participating in the religious activities of their communities.»

In this emerging world community our challenge today is to look around at the other religions of the world and their prophets and to see what insights we can glean from them in the struggle for justice and freedom.

Are religious bodies addressing contemporary challenges to community - building, or are they relying too much on models from fifty or a hundred years ago?

American society has changed radically from what ist was a generation ago, and with that change have come new circumstances and challenges for churches, synagogues, mosques and other faith communities.

Values Partnerships will help public, private and nonprofit organizations bring to scale powerful, measurable partnerships with the faith community that solve big challenges, from improving public health to expanding financial literacy to reducing recidivism.

People of all backgrounds and beliefs will be welcomed at the table to join in the conversation, to participate in serving the community, to learn from and challenge each other, and to encourage one another to move ever closer to Jesus Christ.

Asking what might enable community to flourish, Archbishop Sentamu said: «We must learn from our present political and economic challenges to think less about the price of things and more about the value of things.

Aside from a few early hypocritical denunciations of the religious right (and occasional critiques of anti-abortion activists), the Jewish community as a whole has not challenged such activity, even when it disagrees with the substance of what is said.

For the first time, I decided to be part of the BattleFood, a very popular culinary challenge among the French community of bloggers and launched in the beginning by Carole from SunriseOverSea.

Ms Ruston told parliament on Tuesday they were not moving away from the 450gL target, but it was becoming increasingly obvious there were challenges in being able to deliver the water without having detrimental impacts on river communities.

«America's beverage companies have a compelling leadership story to tell, from addressing challenging issues facing society to working to build stronger communities, and I look forward to telling this story to lawmakers and others across the country.»

«We feel strongly about supporting our community and the challenges of many restaurant employees who have children suffering from life - threatening conditions,» said Eddie Lou, CEO of Shiftgig.

Through their leadership the Champions 12.3 will be able to connect these challenges, by forming smart alliances, bringing together leaders from private sector, local communities, famers, science and government.»

Even though Arsene Wenger was right in his opinion that Arsenal were the dominant team in the latter stages of the Community Shield yesterday, even before the referee decided to show the Chelsea and Spain international forward Pedro a red card for his challenge on Mohamed Elneny, you can not get away from the fact that the Blues were ahead at that point or that our equalising goal came straight after the sending off, so were Arsenal lucky?

Arsenal's 3 - 0 victory over Manchester City in last season's Community Shield didn't serve as a harbinger of success, as the Gunners were far from challenging from the title.

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Hackley's mission «challenges students go grow in character, scholarship, and accomplishment, to offer unreserved effort, and to learn from the varying perspectives and backgrounds in our community and the world.»

I recently heard Denise Pope from Challenge Success speak in my community.

It's a constant challenge to battle that perception, be it from our own students, parents, administrators, or community members.»

We offer a wide range of services to meet the unique needs of Chicago mothers: prenatal and postnatal exercise classes, one - on - one personal training, fitness challenges — and most importantly, a community of support from moms just like you!

Along with two other blogs, Parenting From the Heart and Twitchetts, we have created a weekly #PowerofPlay52 challenge that builds community and focuses on the undeniable power of play!

Committee members will also include: Brian Brady of Mikva Challenge, Dr. Byron Brazier of the Apostolic Church of God, Celine Coggins of Teach Plus, Sarah Cobb of Neighborhood Parents Network, Guillermo Gomez of The Healthy Schools Campaign, Timothy Knowles of the Urban Education Institute, Karen Lewis from the Chicago Teachers Union, Phyllis Locket of New Schools for Chicago, Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's Church, Juan Soto of Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, Alderman Latasha Thomas, Robin Steans of Advance Illinois, Senator Kimberly Lightford.

Made by students, parents and the school community from Lincoln Elementary School in Mount Vernon, WA., this video was the first place winner for the Real Food Is... Challenge.