Sentences with phrase «new cultural policies»

Not exact matches

But then again, so is demographics, water scarcity, technological change, creativity, policy choices, public sentiment, corruption, cultural differences, new forms of energy and a myriad of other factors, all interacting in unpredictable ways.

Take the 1 in 3 Campaign, for example, whose mission is to «start a new conversation about abortion» and to «create a more enabling cultural environment for the policy and legal work of the abortion rights movement.»

In many respects, the New Deal was less about income redistribution than about the recognition of «group rights» benefitting these cultural challengers, a recognition embedded in such policies as the fostering of labor unions, public works programs, and social insurance.

According to a report from Bourscheidt's Alliance that is meant to encourage policy makers to help the arts industry play a role in rebuilding New York City's economy, nonprofit cultural organizations in the city had an economic impact of $ 5.8 billion in 2005 and generated more than 40,000 jobs and $ 2.2 billion in wages.

It is our intention and hope that the new findings will help broaden understanding — not only among scholars and policy makers — but also in the general public about the profound demographic and cultural changes taking place in their communities.»

The list of things that a new secondary teacher should know is vast - smatterings of adolescent development, pedagogy, content knowledge, college admission requirements, educational policy, assessment design, lesson planning, technology infrastructure, effective file naming conventions, study skills, cognitive science principles, cultural sensitivity, bureaucratic tendencies, statistical interpretation, and on and on and on.

Her newest book, Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (The New Press, 2016), explores a world of lost potential and supports the growing movement to address the policies, practices, and cultural illiteracy that push countless students out of school and into unhealthy, unstable, and often unsafe futures.

There have now been a few successful lawsuits brought to challenge various versions of these tests, with rulings centering on tenuous connections between the skills being tested and those necessary to do the job.120 To address some of these underlying concerns, the TeachNY Advisory Council, supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Education, drafted policy recommendations in May 2016 around teacher preparation recruitment, selection, and cultural competence in the hopes of finding ways to improve teacher quality and diversity.121

After early retirement, he earned a Masters in Fine Arts in poetry from Bennington College in 2003 and has served on arts policy boards, including the Western States Arts Federation, the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs, and the New England Foundation for the Arts.

The Arts Commission's new Statement of Cultural Equity stipulates that funding priorities should ensure that «all people... are represented in the development of arts policy,» particularly «historically underrepresented» groups.

Her activism focuses on policies affecting new immigrant and migrant artists, cultural workers and educators with an effort to build relationships with artists, businesses and political officials to implement initiatives that will promote sustainable and creative communities.

-- One of the recommendations made to French president François Hollande in response to his questions about funding the country's cultural activities involved taxing smart phones, tablets, and other internet accessible devices, newer distributors of cultural content that have skirted France's «cultural exception» policy, which taxes cinemas, radio, and TV stations in order to prevent a «globalizing influence of [the] entertainment industry.»

Ms. Sakoda most recently served as Deputy Commissioner & General Counsel of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) where she advanced a wide range of strategic, programmatic, legislative, and policy initiatives.

Together, they show how a new generation of practitioners were positioning themselves in relation to different discourses and politics — amongst them, Civil Rights - era «Black art» in the US; Pan-Africanism; Margaret Thatcher's anti-immigration policies and the resulting uprisings across the country; apartheid; black feminism; and the burgeoning field of cultural studies.

As Paul Bonin - Rodriguez writes in Performing Policy: How Contemporary Politics and Cultural Programs Redefined U.S. Artists for the Twenty - First Century, «The new artist paradigm being proposed is tempered by a radical pragmatism.

The Museum's acquisition policy, like its exhibition and education and community programmes, reflects the changing cultural landscape of the late 20th - century and the new millennium.

Curated by Mohammad Golabi and Lalita Salander, the afternoon will consist of two panel discussions and a roundtable Q&A, exploring the challenges, needs, and possible approaches towards immigration from the perspective of cultural policy and management in New York City, offering an opportunity to work together on solutions.

Research is a good start, but it won't do much without parallel processes: innovating policy for designing and financing new energy infrastructure, supporting cultural production that explores a range of futures (when was the last time you saw a future depicted in a movie or TV show that wasn't dystopian?)

(02/01/2012) New, radical theories in science often take time to be accepted, especially those that directly challenge longstanding ideas, contemporary policy or cultural norms.

The wide range of inter-connected topics will include: local food, public policy, democracy, local business, the commons, cooperatives, local finance, spirituality, connecting to nature, economic indicators, health, education, bridging the North - South divide, the new economy movement, climate justice, cultural diversity, biodiversity, environmental justice, income inequality, and the impact of the economy on our psychological well - being.

Published Mon 12 Nov 2012 00:05 Climate change is affecting communities around the world The impact of climate change on many aspects of cultural life for people all over the world is not being sufficiently accounted for by scientists and policy - makers, according to a new study.

New, radical theories in science often take time to be accepted, especially those that directly challenge longstanding ideas, contemporary policy or cultural norms.

They want to be able to make sure everybody is aligned with maybe its new promotions, new policies, or new cultural efforts.

Responsible for driving new account sales contracts and current account relationships Created complete Training Manual, forms and website for Cultural Exchange program Attained SEVIS login to access government exchange program and application DS2019 Acquired legal representation to help facilitate and process J - 1 visa applicants Solicited and acquired new applicants and positions for training and exchange programs within USA Improved on high standards with companies like Ritz - Carlton, Loews & Fairmount Hotels Created new HR policy to be compliant with state laws and hotel standards Worked with owners and CPA on controlling expenses and increase profitability Established 3 new successful partnerships with major corporation, which increased revenues in excess of 4 million per year Maintain relationships within Luxury Hotels and Hospitality Industry

New policies and laws relating to land use and development (including housing and associated infrastructure) require an examination of how new interests and imperatives will impact upon (positively or negatively) Indigenous land, cultural, human and native title rights and interesNew policies and laws relating to land use and development (including housing and associated infrastructure) require an examination of how new interests and imperatives will impact upon (positively or negatively) Indigenous land, cultural, human and native title rights and interesnew interests and imperatives will impact upon (positively or negatively) Indigenous land, cultural, human and native title rights and interests.

The subsequent policy of «integration» encouraged Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders to become part of the majority Australian society without losing their language, identity and cultural traditions, in the same way as new migrants.

I was a member of a government bureaucratic entity (The Ontario New Home Warranty Program / TARION) for a number of years, but I escaped (of my own accord) before I lost my ability to still free - think my way through sticky legal problems in lieu of succumbing to in - house cultural group - think policy directives from on - high academic navel - gazers in perpetual search of bad guys.