Sentences with phrase «make civic engagement»

To make civic engagement into a lifelong habit, service opportunities need to feel more like a choice and less like a chore.

So Hewson created Speakable, a company that uses technology to make civic engagement more accessible.

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The Government's «command paper» on English devolution, published on 16 December 2014, made reference to a constitutional convention as a means of civic engagement (though it fell short of a full commitment).

At our training event, you'll develop a deeper understanding of what makes the most sense for your union local, civic engagement project, nonprofit, advocacy campaign or grassroots organizing effort.

The Tompkins County Office for the Aging is now accepting nominations of individuals who have made significant contributions to our community through civic engagement and...

A major focus of this work is civic engagement to foster an environment of respectful discussion, advocacy and informed decision - making.

Elia says school officials and teachers should work with students to make it a learning experience about civic engagement and what it means to be an active citizen in American.

Gorbea campaigned for the position on a platform of making elections fair, fast and accurate, ensuring that Rhode Island businesses can easily start and thrive, bringing transparency to government, and increasing civic engagement.

This series of public engagement, made possible with the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks to create awareness of this phenomenon, and thereby contribute to civic and voter education on it.

When we talk about civic engagement in action civics, students are really getting the experience of making change, and that's not separate from the learning.

«When we talk about civic engagement in action civics, students are really getting the experience of making change, and that's not separate from the learning,» he said.

Our plan is grounded in the following two premises: 1) When purposefully synchronized with one another across multiple forms of media («cross-media»), children's and adolescents» exposure to high quality youth - oriented social and ethical story content, i.e. stories of substance specifically about character development, compassion, and courage (CCC), is a powerful way to promote youth academic achievement and ethical values; 2) Especially if these stories, told and «read» across media, in their various genres (human interest, biography, history and historical fiction, civic engagement, coming of age, social change, spiritual awakening, moral issues, etc.), are «taught» by «educators» (broadly defined) using an «evidence - based» pedagogy that A) makes use of peer to peer, and adult facilitated group discussion and debate as a primary form of instruction, and B) takes advantage of access to the texts of the story that are made available cross-media (narratives, scripts, videos, etc.) to foster students» critical thinking and ethical reflection skills.

«Siury exemplifies well the social commitment of students in the International Education Policy Program who understand that leadership that makes a difference combines academic excellence with civic engagement.»

«I hope to spend my career working at the intersection of technology and government, championing efforts that use technology for good — making education, healthcare, and civic engagement more accessible regardless of socio - economic status or physical location,» she says.

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.

Category 8: Democratic student government supporting civic engagement, responsible decision making.

We use the tools of civic engagement to elevate the voices of young people in education research and policy - making.

Students know what makes their communities unique and become more connected and involved through opportunities such as volunteer service, ecological stewardship, and civic engagement.

The Black Lives Matter and DREAMer movements are two examples of how youth civic engagement in the United States is changing as young people bypass traditional civic and political gatekeepers and leverage social media to make their voices heard around the world.

Thanks to the local community's questions and interest, there was much information shared, along with useful tips from the panelists about civic engagement and making your voice heard to your elected officials.

The Games for Change Student Challenge is a game design competition that invites students to make digital games about issues impacting their communities, combining digital storytelling with civic engagement.

Graham Coreil - Allen is a Baltimore - based public artist and organizer working to make cities more inclusive and livable through public art, radical walking tours, and civic engagement.

Before graduate school, he worked with community - based nonprofits and labor unions in Minnesota to build organizational capacity, drive civic engagement and foster grassroots participation in state budgeting and workplace policy making.

Other activities include civic engagements, literary readings, demos, and locally - made goods with organizations, such as TreePeople and the Do Good Bus which roams around and pays it forward.

More than 1 billion people now participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic engagement in the world.

The Fifteenth amendment, the Nineteenth amendment, and the Twenty Sixth amendment along with the Voting Rights Act made it possible for virtually anyone to show up on election day and participate in the most basic form of civic engagement.

Aside from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, he said that the «ever - increasing pervasiveness of big data analytics and artificial intelligence in our daily lives has a varied impact on civic engagement in decision - making and on the barriers to public involvement in democratic processes.»