Sentences with phrase «national conversations when»

It's much easier for scandals to become national conversations when they have a clear jumping off point.

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At a time when the national conversation has reached new levels of divisiveness, corporate America's commitment to diverse and inclusive workforces has never mattered more, said Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code.

For some, this relationship between Trump and the network got uncomfortably close earlier this week, when an audio recording was leaked of what appeared to be an unscripted, off - air conversation between Scarborough (a former Republican congressman), his co-host Mika Brzezinski (daughter of former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski) and Trump.

According to the New York Times, black students have never been responsible for mass shootings that drove the national conversation about gun safety and minority schools have never been the targets of such attacks, leaving civil rights groups wondering why black students would be the focus when seeking to address an issue that plagues white, male students.

A few weeks before Hurricane Irma hit Florida, the Leals mortgage was sold from National Mortgage to Selene Finance, Leal said, in a recent phone conversation when contacted by 6 Investigates.

There's a broader issue magnified by the intensity of reactions to the Parkland shooting: When it comes to gun violence, race and the unique needs of communities of color are still being overlooked in the national conversation.

Terlecki, a star for years with the Polish national team and now the MISL's No. 2 scorer, warmed up when the conversation turned to Eastern - bloc politics.

The times late in his life, when people would bring up his absence in the National Football League Hall of Fame, and express disgust, and just before pushing the conversation a different direction, he would shake his head, smile and say, «It's not going to change the way I put my socks on tomorrow.»

Not too long ago, Antuna was a part of the conversation when it came to backup national team options.

Ensuring the «Enough is Enough» initiative reduces sexual assaults on college campuses can be difficult when some national conversations go against everything the law stands for.

Even as the voices of young activists from Stoneman Douglas High, where 17 people were shot not two months ago, have sparked unprecedented national conversation, we can still only guess at their inner lives — or those of surviving parents — when the cameras are off.

«So I'm trying to change what's happening right now — that we are having a really important national conversation about how we can listen to survivors, hear their stories, create space for them to tell their stories and then to have processes for when we can get justice.»

Malloy made the proposal last week when domestic violence was part of a national conversation following the release of a video of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching and knocking out his fiancée.

When I saw this position advertised, it really resonated with me as an opportunity to provide leadership in a national conversation about where the scientific workforce is headed.

When I had a one - on - one conversation with Scott Schuman of The Sartorialist for a news report for India's national newspaper «The Hindu», he rightly stated that, «A lot of bloggers don't know the basics of fashion.

The big difference in Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordeno's vibrant documentary portrait is that it surveys the lives of LGBTQ youth - of - color at a time when Black Lives Matter has become a national movement and trans rights is making a long - overdue entry into the political conversation.

Peele's push into directing comes at a time in America when socially provocative mainstream fare has the potential to permeate the national consciousness and drive vital conversations about race, inclusion and empathy for otherness.

If you missed this Richard Linklater critical hit when it took over national conversation in 2014, now's your chance to play pop culture catch up.

At a time when the national conversation is focused on lagging upward mobility, it is no surprise that many educators point to poverty as the explanation for mediocre test scores among U.S. students compared to those of students in other countries.

In a conversation that included representatives from KIPP, YES Prep, Cesar Chavez High School for Public Policy, UNO, High Tech High, Basis, National Heritage Academies, Basis, and Democracy Prep, among others, participants talked bluntly about the need to do far better when it comes to developing character, cultivating citizenship, and monitoring their performance in these areas.

In this political moment when the topic of immigration has been front and center of the national debate, I am thankful to have the opportunity to shed more light than heat to the conversation.

Sit in a room full of veteran principals — as I recently did when I participated in NAESP's national mentor training program — and the conversation will inevitably turn to a reflection of the first day, month, and year of the principalship.

When we started the Northwest Matters blog a year and a half ago, we hoped our posts would contribute to the regional and national conversations about the most...

When we started the Northwest Matters blog a year and a half ago, we hoped our posts would contribute to the regional and national conversations about the most critical education issues.

The National Alliance For Public Charter Schools Blog By Angel Gonzalez When public conversation turns to charter schools, much of the attention is focused on urban students.

When a teacher pressed him for the nitty - gritty on what he would do differently from here on out, Duncan responded by saying, «We're trying to start a national conversation.»

Instead, the former San Francisco 49er launched a nationwide movement and global conversation surrounding things like racism, police brutality, discrimination, and white privilege when he was the first player to refuse to stand for the National Anthem prior to the start of a game.

When there is a major local or national disaster, massive breaking news story (even if it's a good one), or any other event or conversation that's dominating Twitter or the news cycle, it's best to go silent until it passes.

Lynch's post has proven popular among game industry operatives who seem to believe that maybe this is the time when an entry into the national political conversation will go their way.

Today when the reality of extrajudicial violence against black Americans is at the forefront of national conversations,

Plus, critics responded positively to the Alma Thomas exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem, Carrie Mae Weems offered words of wisdom when she accepted the National Artist Award at Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and 77 - year old artist Arvie Smith had a frank conversation about encountering the police while black.

Though he died in 1992, the artist David Wojnarowicz recently became a topic of conversation when a short film attributed to him, A Fire in My Belly, was removed from the exhibition Hide / Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

Grand Canyon National Park officials were in the final stages of imposing a ban on the sale of disposable water bottles in the Grand Canyon late last year when the nation's parks chief abruptly blocked the plan after conversations with Coca - Cola, a major donor to the National Park Foundation.

Conversations about repatriation of powers when caught up in issues of «national identity» (for the nationals of the UK) tend to ignore how we function as a society.

Typically, when the conversation moves to drone - jacking, people immediately envisage a Hollywood - style breach of national security, before Will Smith steps in to save the day.

It's an interesting read, even more so when it's such a topic of national conversation right now.