Sentences with phrase «marginalized groups»

Her commitment to these issues has led her to advance the rights of marginalized groups through her work with various legal clinics and civil liberties organizations.

It's not really a secret that women, LGBT folks, disabled folks, people of color, and many other marginalized groups often do not feel welcome in gaming - centered communities.

A + is very concerned about schools that are not serving historically marginalized groups of students well.

This allows courts to be responsive to historical disadvantages experienced by offenders from marginalized groups in society, including women, particularly those for whom disadvantage is compounded by the intersection of vulnerabilities.

Yet, science continues to be very exclusive for members of traditionally marginalized groups, including girls.

Her career objectives are to decrease reproductive and sexual health disparities experienced by marginalized group of women through the development and implementation of structural interventions.

We need to check our privilege and realize that if these events are optional for us, then we have a responsibility to stand with marginalized groups.

What happens when you bring society's most privileged and most marginalized groups together under one roof?

I am thrilled to see kids learning on smartphones, doctors using apps to diagnose diseases and marginalized groups such as gay and lesbian students finding support they never had before through social networks.

As is the case with many marginalized groups, we benefit at their expense.

How does learning about the histories of marginalized groups foster empathy among young people and build social - emotional learning skills?

This exhibition tells the story of the artist who for most of her life struggled to communicate with words yet ironically emerged as a powerful voice for numerous and diverse marginalized groups.

This transition is critical if we in the scientific community want more students from historically marginalized groups to pursue careers as scientists after they complete their training.

The authors therefore argued that schools can play a leading role in encouraging interest in science among traditionally marginalized groups.

In this way, students who are members of marginalized groups or in the minority at their school are most vulnerable.

Our speakers will reflect on the experience of these 30 years in Federal Employment Equity and discuss what challenges we continue to face in reducing employment barriers for marginalized groups in Canada.

In the past few years, for example, I have talked with many students across the United States from historically marginalized groups who feel personally affected by the growing discussions around social justice.

The beneficial effects of being PC were felt by traditionally more marginalized groups, but also despite the protestations of some, careful word choice also appears to help all participants be more creative by removing fear of missteps and setting clear expectations.

Her work focused on notions of beauty and identity; in particular she focused on marginalized groups, from lesbians and Latinas to the working class.

She is interested in health inequalities among marginalized groups as well as how special populations (e.g., HIV seropositive) navigate health care systems and their communities.

Syracuse University students are demanding changes to a system they say is oppressing marginalized groups on campus.

In «The Other Story» and the 1993 Biennial, this burden is placed on the exhibitions as a whole and the artists featured, not only to represent black art, but the art of other marginalized groups as well, and this burden leads to the reification and fetishization of external difference.

She also said the proposed mergers would weaken the voice of marginalized groups within the city and push Syracuse to «eternal poverty» by taking away city assets and shifting the financial burden onto city residents.

In India, transgender individuals and eunuchs have used Internet dating to help them find partners, but there continue to be strong societal pressures which marginalize these groups.

I can sympathize with many Americans, especially those in marginalized groups considering the fact that I am also a minority and an immigrant.

«This is the problem: no matter how open, accepting and caring religious organizations are towards marginalized groups, if these feelings don't translate into policy then it's empty speech.

Carlos Menchaca, an out gay freshman Council member from Brooklyn who is co-sponsoring the resolution, said using condoms as evidence in prostitution arrests targets marginalized groups like immigrants and LGBT youth.

The purpose behind this program is to help marginalized groups of lawyers throughout the state to be able to strive towards leadership positions within Washington.

Marginalized groups often lack resources to advance Charter litigation, and public interest standing is a mechanism by which these groups can effectively participate in adjudication of important social issues.

As a result, they've found 40 distinct factors that they say are statistically shown to lead to happier employees who are more likely to stick around, and where marginalized groups are more likely to reach parity.

That those beliefs are difficult to impose in the present stage of European integration notwithstanding, Europe has long been wary of nationalist parties, and many countries have implemented electoral systems that deliberately marginalize those groups.

In addition to minimizing the suffering of LGBT people and other minority groups, the persecution complex caricatures them as evil villains out to destroy Christians, which is a tried and true way of making an already - marginalized group appear more powerful than they actually are in order to turn public opinion against them.

Think about it, if you're a part of a hated, marginalized group constantly told «you're bad, deviant and going to hell — don't pass go — unless you be like everyone else says is acceptable, even if you can't change — no matter how hard you try — how would you feel?

Perhaps it is because many of us struggle to find words adequate to lament those sins committed against indigenous people, African Americans, immigrants, women, and other marginalized groups throughout American history.

In his welcome address, the Director General, Office of Economic Development and Partnerships and Coordinator, Osun Rural Enterprise and Agriculture Programme, Dr Charles Akinola, said the purpose of the visit to the state was to provide a platform for interaction and deliberation on the protection, care and empowerment of children, women and marginalized groups through social protection initiatives of Governor Aregbesola led administration in the state.

Palestinian - American activist and Women's March organizer Linda Sarsour called for liberals to be «united» in the face of President Donald Trump's agenda, railing against «divisive» elements in the progressive movement that would throw marginalized groups «under the bus.»

Bullying is frequently associated with discrimination against students from poor families or ethnically marginalized groups, or those with particular personal characteristics (e.g. appearance, or a physical or mental disability).

«One of the great things about being here at HGSE is that you get to study marginalized groups in a modern sense, but the methodology and theory behind it can be applied very broadly,» says Piro, whose research centers on studying disability in Europe's early medieval period.

This means we all share responsibility to educate the 59 million children who today are not in school, to close the educational opportunity gaps facing girls, poor children, and children of marginalized groups around the world, including refugees, and we must take responsibility to ensure that all children who do attend school indeed learn what is necessary to be empowered global citizens.

Generate ideas for incorporating LGBTQ history resources and the history of other marginalized groups into your humanities courses