Sentences with phrase «inclusion efforts for»

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Our commitment to diversity and inclusion is unwavering, and we will remain active champions for these efforts.

And so as a part of our continued efforts to strengthen the commitment of the President and his administration to equal opportunity, we thought it would be productive to bring in the private - sector decision makers for a brainstorming session on diversity and inclusion.

How the Message of Diversity & Inclusion is Starting to Change the Conversation Learn how State Street Global Advisors «Fearless Girl» installation came to life and subsequent efforts to spotlight the need for greater gender diversity on boards and corporate leadership.

ACT for America made efforts to disavow Roper, but only after news about his inclusion in the controversial protest event spread.

Starbucks has established a set of advisors who will work alongside the company to provide their expertise to the design of the May 29 training, in conjunction with anti-bias training experts, in order to set the foundation for a longer - term Starbucks anti-bias, diversity, equity, and inclusion effort.

But now the company has introduced new efforts to enhance its inclusion of women and people of color, including delivering diversity training for many of its employees.

Just yesterday I was warned by someone that my support for women in ministry and my inclusion of LGBT voices on the blog represented an effort «to be liked by other people and win the approval of the world.»

Jordan's efforts for the cross» inclusion were successful, when on July 23, 2011, Jordan blessed the cross at a ceremony in Zuccotti Park before it was transported into its permanent setting in the museum.

In response to questions from the Herald, a spokeswoman for Coca - Cola South Pacific said: «We have made a good - faith effort to disclose all the funding that meets the inclusion criteria.»

People: Championing Diversity, Inclusion and Growth for Employees — Earlier this year, Gordon Food Service presented McCormick Canada with the prestigious Diversity Supplier Award in recognition of diversity and inclusionInclusion and Growth for Employees — Earlier this year, Gordon Food Service presented McCormick Canada with the prestigious Diversity Supplier Award in recognition of diversity and inclusioninclusion efforts.

The 4 √ ó100 relay seemed certain to produce a medal, salvaging something for Jones's efforts, even though her inclusion on the team was controversial for three reasons: first was the possibility that she could receive a drug ban, imperiling any relay medals; second, the finals in the long jump and the 4 √ ó100 relay were on the same night; and third, 200 - meter silver medalist Allyson Felix, 18, had been running faster than Jones.

The BBC pundit is often under fire for his team of the week, and while some of the inclusions this time round are well deserved, he has gone with the same players from three teams for the most part and his efforts this week haven't gone down well.

Surprise inclusion Scott McTominay's 25 - yard effort represented United's only shot in target in a first half that Sevilla would have gone ahead in but for De Gea.

In an effort to protest the Governor's inclusion of furloughs in the latest round of budget extenders, Assemblyman Sam Hoyt is going to be shutting down his offices for one day a week.

ALBANY — Executives from the largest mixed martial arts league will begin their annual lobbying effort Tuesday, hopeful the inclusion of enabling legislation in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal will pave the way for legalization of the sport in New York State.

This year, advocates for more public inclusion in the redistricting process put an idea to the test: That open - source software and voter outreach efforts could make people more aware and more involved.

Citing ongoing projects such as the National Digital Property Addressing System, the soon - to - be-issued national ID card, the land records digitisation agenda and efforts to increase financial inclusion via interoperability in the payment systems, Vice President Bawumia indicated that government was already engaged in the use of technology for the transformation agenda.

Senate Republican leaders pushed for its inclusion near the end of negotiations in an effort to please Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, who represents a large Orthodox community in Brooklyn, insiders said.

The results, from a survey of UC Berkeley students in the physical sciences and engineering, highlight a stumbling block for diversity and inclusion efforts — but also offer a potential bright spot

Wagstaff, a chemist with a Ph.D. in STEM education research and an affinity for increasing diversity and inclusion in STEM, led an agency - wide effort to broaden NIJ's pool of peer reviewers, STEM graduate fellows, and R&D grant applicants.

«We discuss why inclusion of local peoples» knowledges and myriad perspectives is crucial to developing appropriate indicators and management approaches for the intricately linked concepts of sustainability and well - being, and suggest ways to bridge between these locally derived solutions and broader scale efforts.»

«I see the industry making an effort toward diversity, but there is so much room for improvement and inclusion.

The first process, the Audio Mastering looks at the effort involved to create a new 6.1 sound system specifically for the DVD format with the inclusion of the Dolby Digital 6.1 EX and DTS 6.1 ES soundtracks included both on the main feature and some of the extras listed above.

The film's pervasively underwhelming atmosphere is perpetuated by the inclusion of several eye - rollingly misguided sequences (eg Santa and a few elves are trapped inside a child's bedroom), with the resulting lack of momentum ensuring that the episodic midsection, which revolves primarily around Arthur's ongoing efforts at finding said little girl's house, fares especially poorly and is, for the most part, nothing short of interminable.

In an effort at gender inclusion (and shore - bound tension), The Finest Hours begins by establishing the courtship of Webber and his eventual fiancée Miriam (Holliday Grainger), who frets and struts her finest hours in the Coast Guard station, berating Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Cluff (Eric Bana), and along the coast, waiting for Bernie's boat to come in.

THE WEEK IN WOMEN news roundup: «Wonder Woman» keeps winning at the box office and defying expectations, «Megan Leavey» helmer Gabriela Cowperthwaite talks about the need for women to see themselves on screen, and Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey discuss making an effort for inclusion.

Program, she examines how TFA regional staff and corps cultures — specifically staff and corps member engagement and inclusion — can catalyze efforts to improve educational outcomes for students in each local context.

Thus, simply arguing «growth measures good, current law bad» may in the end not be very helpful to the deliberations on Capitol Hill and could well undermine the efforts of those who favor only those growth systems that can meet tough standards for rigor, reliability, and inclusion of all students.

The comments come from current Teachers, Teaching Assistants, SEND co-ordinators, heads of house, inclusion managers and Form Group Tutors...: We used this in small groups in our new class every morning for a week, what a great start, everyone is still buzzing... Builds a strong sense of belonging to something special... your class... Encourages differences and similarities to recognised and valued... Hugely improves our efforts at inclusion... The students quickly came out of their shells and are blossoming... Reveals much of the nature of the students... Gets us buzzing as a group... Encourages participants to take part in their own game and go and find things out from others... brilliant ice breaker game... Helped to resolve a huge problem we had in getting students to gel... Switches the students brains on from the moment go... Helps to break down various barriers... Gives a big boost to developing important life skills... This gives a great insight and a fantastic array of examples, clues and hints as to the characters of each individual in the group... Helps participants learn some things about themselves... Helps participants learn some things about others... Helps you learn about the participants (you can be a player as well on some occasions)... Makes it easy to develop class rules of fairness and cooperation... Builds a sense of purpose... Creates a sense of community and togetherness... Brilliant, just brilliant... our school is buzzing...

Two such good points included the reaffirmation of a commitment to making every effort to accelerate the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 and explicit inclusion of the need for a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the potential for these SDGs to provide a basis for a new, internationally agreed Development framework, to succeed the MDGs.

existing educational policies that can inform advocacy efforts for the inclusion of social studies performance - based assessment at the local, state and national level.

As part of an effort to promote the inclusion of financial education in state standards and required courses, the Washington - based nonprofit group Jump $ tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, and Citi, a global financial - services company, have mapped whether students are required to study financial education.

I'm so sorry that we won't be able to pursue our global education projects...» Another educator and friend wrote to me, «Our school will be focusing on diversity, inclusion, and anti-bullying efforts; at this time it's just too much for us to consider global education.»

This year, we made a massive effort to significantly increase the inclusion rates for students with disabilities.

Lake Wylie Elementary School's K - 1 Combination Class: This practical example describes the process an elementary school in the Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Schools implemented to ensure their personalized learning effort put inclusion front and center for its students.

This is where both scholars and concerned educators need to make a concerted effort to develop curricula on various genocides and to call for the inclusion of such subject matter in school textbooks.

Playworks has partnered with ADL to provide Power of Play workshops to selected schools participating in ADL's No Place for Hate campaign to promote safe and healthy play along with diversity and inclusion efforts.

Mark Ray, Director, Instructional Technology & Library Services, Vancouver Public Schools, WA Librarian, provocateur, and blog author Mark Ray recognized the natural intersection between libraries and technology and advocated for the inclusion of strong digital citizenship efforts into his district's strategic plan.

I'll discuss all the new packages and new inclusions, beginning with the One - Click for Non-Fiction Suite tomorrow, but in the meantime, this new branding effort extends past our own website at OutskirtsPress.com and incorporates all our social media channels and platforms, all of which are available @outskirtspress on their respective sites, with the exception of the Outskirts Press blog, which is at http://blog.outskirtspress.com.

PORTLAND, Ore. — May 7, 2018 — On May 10, Multnomah County Library will join with the City of Portland and other partners for a Digital Inclusion Summit to share insights, identify knowledge gaps and to continue collaborative efforts to achieve digital equity.

That's why FICO has announced the FICO Financial Inclusion Initiative, a global effort to increase access to affordable credit for consumers and businesses with limited or no credit history.

With the efforts, however, of the local government, it has come to the consciousness not only of the Filipinos but the world as well and successfully competed for inclusion among the new seven natural wonders of the world.

On track there are further efforts to make this the most detailed F1 game from Codemasters yet, starting with the inclusion of a formation lap where you can focus on heating up your tires and brakes for the optimal start.

Nsombi B. Ricketts, an accomplished diversity leader with significant higher education experience advancing inclusion efforts on college campuses and beyond, has been selected as Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Pratt Iinclusion efforts on college campuses and beyond, has been selected as Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Pratt IInclusion at Pratt Institute.

Along with EV charging, Ebell said the inclusion of ethanol subsidies in the amended resolution could spell trouble for the effort if it is brought up again in New Orleans.

Since the early 1980s, some NMSs, other organizations and individual scientists have given or sold us (see Hulme, 1994, for a summary of European data collection efforts) additional data for inclusion in the gridded datasets, often on the understanding that the data are only used for academic purposes with the full permission of the NMSs, organizations and scientists and the original station data are not passed onto third parties.

As we call upon political leaders to make stronger climate action commitments, we must also support and reinforce the efforts of migrant justice groups that have been organizing for years to improve Canada's refugee inclusion policies.

Some of the most recent ice sheet modelling efforts that I have seen discussed at conferences — the kind of results that came too late for inclusion in the IPCC report — point to the possibility of larger sea - level rise in future.

Working with Legal Leaders for Diversity and other general counsel, law departments, business leaders, and professional associations in their efforts to advance diversity and inclusion.

Criteria for inclusion in the Hall include career accomplishments, contributions to the development of the law in Virginia, contributions to the bar and to the commonwealth at large and efforts to improve the quality of justice in Virginia.