Sentences with phrase «more open dialogue»

When the administration was able to see the foundation of the modality we were able to have a more open dialogue of how to offer play therapy in the existing setting.

GYT increases awareness about STDs and how to prevent them, links young people to STD testing services, and promotes a more open dialogue with partners and health care providers.

GYT seeks to increase awareness about STDs and how to prevent them, connects young people to STD testing services, and promotes a more open dialogue with partners and health care providers.

For children or the more passive spouse, a comfortable setting where they can speak and be listened to, can allow for a more open dialogue and contribution to the resolution.

That kind of interaction may be harder in a large district like Spokane, but the board needs «a better sense of community» and more open dialogue with teachers, parents and administrators, he said.

Establishing and maintaining positive, empowering Student / Adult Partnerships in order to help dissolve barriers of perceived authority and encourage more open dialogue.

While she had already mentioned her «non-linear» sexuality in the past, partly from answering questions about her androgynous fashion - sense, her third record comes at the time of her most concise «coming out» and she has laid the process out for all to see during a time where a more open dialogue about different variations on sexuality and gender is starting to take place.

«We would encourage Government and industry to engage in a more open dialogue with electricity and energy customers so there is transparency in the future direction of prices, and also that customers are helped to reduce the impact on their bills through making it easier to make energy efficient lifestyle choices.»

Clearly, the expectation is that a hung Parliament would revitalise the House of Lords and that there would be a more open dialogue about the wider legislative programme and its contents.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that we need a «much more open dialogue about gender» in the workplace, including «discussing with female employees whether they plan to have children.»

I do think we need a more open dialogue about gender in the workplace.

A parent that has a child that has done what Wendell is doing, it gives us a more open dialogue.»

The statement was widely viewed as a move away from a period of more open dialogue with other faiths.»

Some lawyers have said the SEC's recent round of subpoenas was meant as an invitation to have a more open dialogue with these firms.

The debate will likely be fierce, but officials hope it will result in a more open dialogue about overcoming harassment in games (and online) without the threats other discussions about the topic have been forced to deal with.

Not exact matches

In an effort to demystify the financial side of the business, and with the overarching goal of encouraging entrepreneurially minded engineers to come forward with their ideas, we at Primary are working to foster an open dialogue and empower more would - be / should - be technical founders to step forward.

I agree with Trey on this issue — which for me has been quite the road to discovery... I didn't land at this some years ago... a slow chipping away at the stone of disbelief and becoming more open to the dialogue helped.

«More or less we have to somehow work our way through how you open up a dialogue, how you maintain a dialogue, how you find out what it is these people are trying to achieve.»

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

«Direct, open dialogue is becoming ever more difficult and more rare, the abysses between man and man threaten ever more pitilessly to become unbridgeable.»

It is to create «open space», opening doors, enlarging the table, enabling churches and faiths to meet, to have dialogue and to learn from one another, to share their diversity, to become more inclusive, and to strive for justice and peace, for the integrity of all creation and for the unity of all humanity.

But it opens up the dialogue more if we are clear about the fact that that is what we are doing.

Both Chris and I (as well as other writers on this blog) are open to constructive dialogue about how to speak more clearly about the Church's teaching.

In an interview with Il Foglio Cardinal Scola, Patriarch of Venice and founder of the Oasis cultural centre for understanding between Catholics and Muslims, said that the Open Letter to the Pope and other Christian leaders by 138 scholars from various Islamic traditions was «not only a media event, because consensus is for Islam a source of theology and law... The fact that the text is rooted in Muslim tradition is very important and makes it more credible than other proclamations expressed in more western language... It is only a prelude to a theological dialogue... in an atmosphere of greater reciprocal esteem.

In sum, says Shields, pro-life activists are more open and eager for genuine dialogue than are their pro-choice counterparts.

Would allowing «untrained lay persons» the opportunity to teach really introduce heresy (by our definition) or would it open up more streams for dialogue?

This is an important trend, and we need more and not less experimentation on these matters of the ministry, for we are well into the opening phase of the breakdown of organized religion in American life, well beyond the time when ecumenical dialogues or denominational mergers can be expected to arrest the breakdown.

The real struggle in all religious communities is for spiritual reformation opening themselves to enter into dialogue with other religions and with secular humanist ideologies regarding the nature and rights of the human person and the meaning of social justice enabling to build together a new spiritually - oriented humanism and a more humane society.

I find if talking with Christians face - to - face, using this frame work allows for a richer and more open explorative dialogue, rather than allowing them to jump straight in with you must believe the Bible and you're in sin.

City have opened dialogue, but are not looking to pay more than # 20million — but sources close to the deal had revealed that they were confident the two clubs would soon to agreement, with Sanchez fully committed to joining Pep Guardiola at the Etihad.

Not only has no one asked me to but, more significantly, many have wanted to ask lots of questions, which have paved the way for an open and informative dialogue about breastfeeding in general.

I'm grateful to have engaged in that dialogue with Tony, and look forward to working with him in the future as he remains a forceful voice for more open, honest, and transparent government in Albany.»

He called for «more open and honest bidirectional dialogue about science and technology and their products, including not only their benefits but also their limits, perils, and pitfalls.

«There is a need to look at how to open for more dialogue about the issues so that we can optimise help for those doctors who are affected by substance use disorder.

Through dialogue with the European Commission, EIROforum offers advice on issues such as the long - term sustainability of research infrastructures, open science, innovation potential, mobility and more.

If mental / emotional health professionals can be open about seeking professional support, we can foster a more transparent and authentic dialogue with our clients, colleagues, family, friends, and community about ways to de-stigmatize mental and emotional health topics.

Kubrick at first opened the film with some of today's leading scientists explaining, as clearly as they could, what this «space odyssey» was all about, but Kubrick cut that 10 - minute dialogue preferring for the film to remain more mysterious.

It seems like they put a lot of resources into making an open world when it would have been a better game if it was more linear and if they had spent more time on adding depth to the game play, combat, melee combat especially, and the dialogue and voice acting.

Criterion, of course, provides the latter, which according to Wikipedia runs 30 seconds longer and contains more blood in the elevator scene, more pubic hair in the shower opening, and some racier dialogue in a later doctor's office scene.

But he does better in the early scenes here where the young marrieds indulge their lust than in the more stilted dialogue - heavy moments in large open rooms filled with canvases and little else.

«Bad Turn Worse» starts off with such energy — I wanted more dialogue - driven scenes like the opening diner bit about Thompson and whether or not it should be called «Bacon & Egg» instead of the plural if you only have one egg — that it's bound to sag a bit when the robbery plotting kicks in.

Expanding on — and more expediently dramatizing — the philosophy of monotony that characterizes his earlier film El Custodio, Moreno wanders the streets, apartments, and rural suburban roads around the Argentine metropolis by way of a scrawny flaneur protagonist, Boris (Esteban Bigliardi), who's ejected from his terminally bored girlfriend's loft in the daintily circuitous dialogue of the opening sequence.

With more unreliable sources of information available online, there has to be an open dialogue between students, teachers and parents to ensure they are ready to face the current challenges.»

AAE prides itself in facilitating an open dialogue between our member teachers, education reformers, policy makers and the public to promote more autonomy in American education.

During the next two weeks, while Congress is on spring break, PAA members will reach out to their Senators and Congressmen in their home offices to share our views, talk about the reforms needed to improve our children's schools, and open up a positive dialogue between lawmakers and parents, who have the most at stake in stronger, more effective federal education policies.

Before Kihuen returned to Washington, D.C., he engaged in open dialogue with these Nevadans on what he can do to advance a more progressive agenda in this hostile federal environment.

The DOT has launched http://www.transportation.gov/engage, and this page collects information about proposed DOT regulations and other Federal Register opportunities open for comment; information about upcoming public meetings (to include town halls, Federal Advisory Committee meetings, listening sessions, and more), webinars, and opportunities to engage in an online dialogue; as well as other relevant content.

I am hopeful that Amazon's new venture Kindle Worlds, which in its current form anyway, seems to be a limited approach to fanfiction (I will cover this more fully in an upcoming article in Publishing Perspectives; update: now published), will nevertheless open up dialogue about fanfiction.

For what it's worth, this «group» seems to consist of exactly two people, who seem to be more concerned with driving traffic to their Facebook page than opening meaningful dialogue with the library.

While we now have over 80 exhibitors, in a much bigger space, that just means it's more comfortable for everyone to have that more open and engaging dialogue.