Sentences with phrase «great social cause»

For boomers, many of whom have little to no retirement plan in place, affording retirement may be their generation's last great social cause.

Being part of a winning team which is committed to great social cause is important to me and I would like to offer my services for this position.

Not exact matches

A social cause is a great objective, but without a real company producing a quality product behind it, the cause will never be realized.

From Smirnoff's campaign for equality in the music industry to Heineken's «Worlds Apart» social experiment, 2017 has seen many huge brands get behind great causes.

He repeats his description of the ways bad charity (the Great Society) drove out good charity (religiously based groups): It reinterpreted the causes of poverty as exclusively material and environmental; its bureaucracy tried to reach ever - larger numbers of poor people with a decreasingly personal strategy for fighting poverty; it dismissed the role of volunteers in favor of professional social workers; and it removed the incentives for work, saving, and marriage.

There is great cause for concern that we transferred rules of the business world to the places of social interaction.

It must help conspicuously to defeat envy, the greatest of the social sins (worse even than hatred, because more often invisible, and itself one of the causes of hatred).

Poverty and material deprivation, in all their various manifestations, cause great suffering, and in some cases government can do much to alleviate them — and even more, to provide an atmosphere conducive to broad social and material advance.

abortion as a standard part of health - care provision, insisting on programmes of sex education that promoted a range of sexual activities and downgraded marriage... all this and more gave great cause for concern and brought together a group of doctors, teachers, social workers and others anxious to take some action.

One of the greatest and most far reaching of the changes in the social life of Europe caused by the Reformation concerned the position of women.

The Nicaraguan people's overthrow of a U.S. - backed dictatorship in 1979 and the existence of popularly based movements for social change throughout the region had caused great concern in Washington.

We should avoid the tendency to allow many particular disappointments with the results of the great drive for social revolution, of which communism is but one expression, to cause us to swing to the conservative extreme.

A great many internal and external portents (political and social upheaval, moral and religious unease) have caused us all to feel, more or less confusedly, that something tremendous is at present taking place in the world.

It is corporate social sin, by great groups of persons against great groups of persons, that causes the most serious evil consequences and is hardest to reckon with.

The most remarkable aspect about this reaction is that the Moynihan report itself took great pains to identify white bigotry as the fundamental cause of the breakdown of the black family: «There is a considerable body of evidence,» says the report, «to support the conclusion that Negro social structure, in particular the Negro family, battered and harassed by discrimination, injustice, and uprooting, is in the deepest trouble.»

Middle - class people are enforcing values they themselves now live by, as if they were not in fact a great cause of the social pathologies of the middle class.

Plus: More and more people are planning with great success to get very old, and high - tech «capitalism» far more than «social democracy» is the cause of their unprecedented success.

Obama limited his official presence to 15 [online social networks] and leveraged these platforms to direct people to the MyBO Web site, where the campaign had a greater ability to channel people to the specific activities and causes that were deemed the most important to fulfilling the campaign's electoral strategy.

The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 caused great economic and social problems, including widespread unemployment and poverty.

It remains the greatest source of social misery on the continent — requiring intense austerity in countries such as Greece, and causing terrible youth unemployment across southern Europe from which millions will suffer lifelong scars.

Research has shown that social diversity in a group can cause discomfort, rougher interactions, a lack of trust, greater perceived interpersonal conflict, lower communication, less cohesion, more concern about disrespect, and other problems.

The hunters then spear the dolphins, killing as many as 700 in 1 day — which is likely unsustainable and causes great suffering to these social species, the scientists say.

Before concluding that it was partisanship that caused public support for government policy solutions to social problems to decline during the Great Recession, the researchers ruled out several other possibilities.

This is a great item for the season ahead and has caused quite a stir on social media.

They make high - quality candles, at great prices and support social causes.

With the defiance expected in the greatest of social causes, Polish female filmmakers have insisted for years that they do not make women's cinema...

This means that there would be the need to overcome the root causes of violence, within each nation, with the elimination of disparities in wealth between the «top» and «bottom» in the social scale and at international level with the elimination of disparities in economic and social development between rich and poor nations, for one hand, and the dispute between the great powers for world power, on the other hand.

In - depth interviews with students who became engaged in social and environmental causes in middle and high school showed that each was motivated to serve the greater good through an ability to empathize with individuals and feel compassion for victimized, oppressed, and marginalized groups.

By strengthening relationships, developing social and emotional skills, using restorative interventions, and increasing cultural awareness, we aim to create a positive climate for learning and address the root causes of suspensions and discipline disparities, leading to greater student engagement and success in school.

The services to be provided by the non-profit address social issues that cause great expenditures by the government.

Battle of the Builders has been successful in spotlighting some of our industry's great talent and outstanding rides while causing a wave of social - media and television coverage that energizes folks to live the gearhead dream.

Sprinkled throughout this site's user guide and FAQ are statements that are somewhat misleading, such as these (emphasis mine): «We hope that you'll be willing to pay something to support our cause, support the authors who bring us such great books, and do some social good!»

If your income is very high, additional income won't cause you to pay tax on a greater portion of your Social Security income because you're already at the maximum.

With these fellows it's often unclear if they are surrendered by their previous owners because of this problem or if these dogs are more prone to it because of their history of being surrendered which causes a great deal of instability and a strong need to form strong social attachments with their new owners (even to the point of the attachment being dysfunctional).

She served as the deputy executive director of YouthLaunch, developing and managing youth empowerment programs focused on the root causes of social issues, created the Financial Aid Saturdays program while working at the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, and worked in fundraising for United Way for Greater Austin.

Teaching has also caused her to think a great deal about social media, where images flow unceasingly.

Taipei Biennial 2014: The Great Acceleration» Artforum International; September 1, 2014; Busta, Caroline; 354 words TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM * September 13, 2014 — January 4, 2015 * Curated by Nicolas Bourriaud Dubbed The Great Acceleration,» the ninth iteration of the Taipei Biennial reflects the fact that the acute social, technological, and economic growth witnessed (and caused) by late - twentieth - century life

Taipei Biennial 2014: «The Great Acceleration» Artforum International; September 1, 2014; Busta, Caroline; 352 words TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM * September 13, 2014 - January 4, 2015 * Curated by Nicolas Bourriaud Dubbed «The Great Acceleration,» the ninth iteration of the Taipei Biennial reflects the fact that the acute social, technological, and economic growth witnessed (and caused) by late - twentiethcentury life

Research has shown that social diversity in a group can cause discomfort, rougher interactions, a lack of trust, greater perceived interpersonal conflict, lower communication, less cohesion, more concern about disrespect, and other problems.

Addressing the climate crisis, and the social inequity that is both a cause and a symptom of this great threat, will require deep cuts in climate pollution as well as large troves of money.

I also love and read history and am struck by the number of times social hysterics cause a great deal of harm.

We affirm the science of climate change, commit to significantly reducing the pollution that causes climate change, and know we have to meet this challenge by driving smart policies that lead to greater growth in clean energy generation and result in a range of economic and social benefits.

Dr. Levin's work raises some important and difficult questions about whether the law should cause companies who provide social networking platforms that are used predominantly by youth to take greater responsibility for user privacy (and other content - related disputes).

And, like most great moments in economic and social history, there were almost certainly multiple significant causes that all converged at once.

SABABC's Executive is made up of volunteers who take away time from their practices, families, and social lives to contribute to a greater cause.

Having a strong vagal tone seems to cause greater increases in positive emotion (it sounds a lot like a muscle — as you build up a muscle it's easier and easier to strengthen it), and with increases in positive emotion and social connection, there were increases in vagal tone.

A New South Wales social worker commented that for many Indigenous people, the Prime Minister's response had caused great distress, and was very disheartening.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda today also wrote about his concerns about the Budget, saying changes to benefits for young unemployed people could have a devastating effect on young Indigenous people and that GP co-payments are «another cause of great anxiety».

The services to be provided by the non-profit address social issues that cause great expenditures by the government.

Interpersonal family stress contributes to relationship breakdown and lack of perceived social support, and high expressed emotion may contribute to relapse.21 Family - focused treatment has been shown to reduce recurrence when used as an adjunct to medication for bipolar disorder.38 It is initiated once stabilisation of mood has been effected after an acute episode, and includes the patient and at least one significant family member (eg, parent or spouse).39 The underlying focus of family - focused treatment is to provide education regarding the recent illness episode; this includes exploring possible causes and the patient's personal triggers, discussing the importance of medication, differentiating between the person and the illness, and enhancing positive family relationships.40 Improved positive communication appears to be a key mechanism in this approach.38, 41 Recent studies suggest greater benefits in reducing depressive rather than manic relapses.23, 38,42