Sentences with phrase «more equitable society»

She and Terry trained a network of Positive Discipline facilitators to lead parenting workshops and work in schools, and in 2007 founded Sound Discipline with the vision of building healthy communities and a more equitable society by supporting educators, physicians, students and parents to build relationships founded on deep mutual respect.

They are the road map, with signposts like effective engagement, empowerment, protection of culture, that can direct us from the current status quo to the destination of a better, fairer and more equitable society.

The mission of The Center is to engage, empower and advocate to achieve a more equitable society and foster and ever - improving quality of life for the LGBTQ community.

Have we built a more equitable society?

At the same time, liberals have increasingly turned away from technology, which, as opposed to science, might actually be the best way to advance our aspirations for a more equitable society.

- A closing conversation between Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group and Co-Founder, The B Team and Andy Karsner, Managing Partner, Emerson Collective and Senior Strategist & Space Cowboy, X will explore how innovation, tech, entrepreneurship and developments in the clean energy and renewables investment space will unlock new opportunities to combat climate change and create a more equitable society

Educators and low - income and working - class communities of color have made real progress as committed partners, organizing around a shared vision for improving our schools and communities and creating a more equitable society.

Henze suggests that we can build a more equitable society by bridging families, schools, and communities and that schools can play a significant role in this effort.

Epps: One of the three major themes in the conference is «Reimagine,» and Tony, Jen, and I are all artists — Jen and I are musicians and he's a spoken word artist — and so we all know the importance of artists and their role in helping us to reimagine a more just and more equitable society.

«Generally, though, people who choose to be teachers want to do meaningful work that contributes to a better, more equitable society, and perceive they have the ability to be good at it,» she said.

We believe that a fair and progressive tax system which is properly resourced and administered is essential to tackle poverty and to build a more equitable society.

We spend our working lives supporting and promoting research, initiatives, and projects which will create a fairer and more equitable society for everyone.

When we achieve that aim, we will have enhanced workplaces, created a more equitable society, and strengthened the most important building block to ensure our prosperity — the American family.

Traditionally, marriage was governed by norms that aimed to help all people, regardless of class, to attain a thriving family life» which resulted in a more equitable society.

A proposal for these norms is a proposal for a more equitable society.

But more than anything, in Lean In and its correspondent campaigns, Sandberg has argued for the importance of female representation at every level in creating a more equitable society.

Not exact matches

If society as a whole owned the factories, it could distribute goods to all in a more equitable fashion.

God has raised many prophets among them who have dared to denounce their oppression and have announced the coming of a more equitable and peace - loving society.

Individuals like Manar Waheed of South Asian Americans Leading Together and Muneer Panjwani of Do Something are actively building a more equitable and just society in America, and they are competing with others to do good.

It outright guts and dismisses common sense measures that have proven to foster a more equitable and thriving society, whether we are talking about the DREAM Act, true bail reform, early voting, or the Child Victims Act.

The authors advocate that colleges and universities focus greater attention on developing student values and other personal qualities that will produce a new generation of citizens who are committed to creating a more just and equitable society.

«Helping societies to value more equitable gender norms — a critical step towards preventing intimate partner violence — requires that individuals be respected, valued and appreciated.

Along with the more recent documentary Orange (Tapuz, 98), Berlin - Jerusalem focuses in part on the idealistic hopes of Zionist settlers in Palestine that agricultural work would foster a new, healthier, stronger, more equitable Jewish society.

When Hugo Chávez died on March 5th, the charismatic former coronel left behind a more equitable and polarized society, albeit one encumbered with serious problems.

«Rather than entering the profession just because they «love kids», they report that they want to contribute to a more socially equitable and better society and shape the future for young people, and that they enjoy work that is intellectually challenging and rewarding.»

Efforts from every sector of society will be required to clear a path to a more equitable future.

Our job is to coordinate the humanitarian work of each project in their context, to facilitate the creation of new emerging knowledge that help the process of making society aware of the possibilities to create more just, free and equitable world.

A starting point for building `... more peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies through education» is to wind back policies that entrench inequality in schools.

«I look forward to working with members of the academy on society's most pressing issues, including making U.S. education more equitable for all learners.

At the OECD, we believe that this assessment offers a tangible opportunity to provide the global community with the data it needs to build more peaceful, equitable and sustainable societies through education.

I believe that our hopes for a more just and equitable society depend on our ability to improve student opportunity, achievement, and success.

These students are drawn to TEP for its focus on urban public education and its commitment to creating a more just and equitable society through better teachers and better schools.

We also believe that the arts have a powerful role to play in envisioning and creating a more equitable and just society.

Rotherham believes dramatic improvements in America's education system are integral to ensuring equality of opportunity and building a more equitable and just society.

We grapple with them directly, critically, and creatively to empower our students to use their talents to build a more equitable and just society.

Each of these factors influenced the voucher scheme towards a more equitable and democratic design that supported positive attitudes toward ethnic minorities and immigrants and prevented the kind of segregation that is typically observed in voucher programs in other societies.

These conversations will prepare students as global citizens, helping them expand their worldviews and become productive members of a more just and equitable society.

This society - wide phenomenon shows that our education establishment allows traditional public schools to «get students they want» in ways that have prevented literally millions of families from having more equitable opportunity for generations.

NoVo's commitment to SEL stems from the foundation's belief that instilling children with social and emotional skills could lead to a more equitable, peaceful and cooperative society.

When used to gauge or address inputs, assessments have the potential to be much more constructive in our schools and society, to be more equitable and responsive to student diversity.

We are grateful to Representative Scott for hosting the hearing, to the Open Society Foundations and Atlantic Philanthropies for their support, and for the collaboration of all participants, who contributed powerful and diverse statements about the imperative to continue to develop and implement policies and practices that lead to more equitable, restorative, and supportive systems of school discipline.

We develop young people to have the skills to pursue the future of their choice and the leadership to create a more just and equitable society.

T4SJ educates and organizes teachers and community - based educators, and implements programs and projects aimed at developing empowering learning environments, creating more equitable access to resources and power, and realizing a just and caring culture within the educational system and greater society.

LCCU partners with a wide - range of organizations to create a more just and equitable society, where everyone can enjoy economic opportunity.

«This analysis by NACTO highlights the fundamental fact that building safe streets underscores all approaches to building a more equitable city and society.»

It focuses on the notion of «green jobs», a concept that has become something of an emblem of a more sustainable economy and society, to preserve the environment for both present and future generations and to be more equitable and inclusive of all people and all countries.

Regardless of the causes of the transition, we can only do it fairly and justly if we make a profound change, beginning right now, from a global economy dominated by big polluting billionaires and corporate executives who defy any consideration of the public good, towards a more sustainable economic future based upon fairer, more equitable, healthier societies.

At NWEI, we focus on how we can transform current systems — the economy, our education system, our justice system, our food system — to ones that promote a more equitable, just and peaceful society.

Ontario law students have written an open letter and petition to the Benchers of the Law Society, calling on them to reverse their decision and implement a more equitable means of funding the LPP.

Asked by Harrow whether O'Connor, as the first woman on the Supreme Court, had an obligation «to work for a society that is more equitable to her gender,» Schlafly dismisses the question as falsely assuming that women are disadvantaged in America.