Sentences with phrase «of fighting for change»

This ASCD Study Guide is designed to enhance your understanding and application of Fighting for Change in Your School: How to Avoid Fads and Focus on Substance, an ASCD book written by Harvey Alvy and published in August 2017.

Do you include yourself — and the films you make — as part of the fight for change?

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«She lived, as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men,» she said, and her words sparked emotions of anger and, at the same time, the motivation to fight for change.

Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.

WASHINGTON, April 25 - A day after flaunting his friendship with Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron forcefully challenged many of the U.S. president's policies on Wednesday, urging the United States to engage more with the world, step up the fight against climate change and stay in the Iran nuclear pact for now.

Parker adds that unlike the fight for the right to vote, which was legislated with the stroke of a pen, today's gaps in equality can't be mandated, and won't change over night.

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«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

Several of those groups, including the National Restaurant Association, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and the Food Marketing Institute, had been fighting hard for what they referred to as «transition relief,» extra time for companies that must provide health insurance to their workers under the new law to implement the changes without having to fear financial penalties for not doing so properly.

But there is a generation of innovative women entrepreneurs pushing for change, fighting for opportunity, and who aren't taking no for an answer.

«For us who are long - term investors, we tend to look at the group of people who are gathering in Vienna and say «they're fighting against history... The cost of producing crude, largely due to fracking technology, has dramatically changed the marginal economics of oil,» Hunt told Bloomberg Television.

It also has implications for relations between the United States and some of its closest allies, and could further strengthen Canada's resolve to fight changes that the Trump administration is demanding as it seeks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

But whether it's a taxpayer advocacy group, a policy institute, a coalition akin to the one now fighting proposed changes to private corporations, opposition Conservatives and New Democrats, or even a more tax - reduction friendly government such as Quebec, the idea of a $ 10,000 TFSA should be a positive rallying point for many reasons.

National Bonds is fighting for cultural change; Mohammed Qasim Al Ali, CEO of National Bonds, explains how its unique Shari'ah - compliant fund is transforming people's habits from spending...

Thank you to Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, Communities and Coal, Ecojustice, and the Cities of Surrey and New Westminster for fighting for what's right.

He helped draft the «Defense of Marriage Act,» the 1996 law in which the federal government defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman, and is the author of «Fighting for America's Soul: How Sweeping Change Threatens Our Nation and What We Must Do.»

So unless you can prove that Jesus Christ was non-existent (and please use RELIABLE sources if you are to respond to this), then please keep yourselves out of Christmas or change what you are fighting for.

You can leave this country at anytime, just do not change our way of life this country fought for... if this way of thinking continues in the United States of America you will be saluting a different flag... these people who think this way can go live in any other foreign country or go to an island and start your own country, with your own beliefs, sick of the ACLU running this country

The atheists are fighting a campaign against Fundamentalist Christians who are trying to run for President of the United States and change our laws to suit their ridiculous biblical ideas.

We here in Yemen our Unity day celebration is on 22 May since 1990 to date but this time because of the troubles in the country related to changes we are threatened by the oppositions that they would make of it a bloody date marching towards the presidency to remove the president against the will of many who prefer having the president finish his legal ruling period rather than those coming to rule by coup rather than legal honest elections... Honestly what a mess we are in by those oppositions who what to take over what the youth have achieved and will be using those youth as their slaughter sheep for them to reach the ruling chair and then again when they both oppositions fight among them over it...

«When we were fighting for our son, Charlie, to be given a chance to try a treatment that could have improved his quality of life, we realised that cases like these would keep happening until the law was changed.

That was a very interesting read many comments caught my attention I've recently been diagnosed with Bipolar I have hallucinations and hear voices in my ear's when I hallucinate it's likes they are trying to get me thousands of them I can only describe them as dark shadows and they are trying to get me just as they are about to get me a brilliant white light surrounds me and there's three entities humanly shaped but like this brilliant white light they are also glowing this brilliant whiteness I can't understand what they are saying the only way I can explain it is emotions comfort joy love is what I feel emanating from these entities the voices I hear aren't evil telling me to do bad things to people when I get put into a mode of fear I live in a rough area of Scotland and everytime I've got into a fight something possesses me I know this for a fact as I can't control myself I'm an observer watching my family / Friends say I change they say my eyes change and I look evil I personally do think possibly through my own personal experience I» am possessed as I act out of character I've lost interest in many things I've recently I decided it's time for change I've lost my faith I've been trying to connect with God and feel his love which I used to feel the presence of the holy spirit everytime I try connect I get a feeling of abandonment I just think if I am possessed could these entities stop me connecting with «God» I can say from my heart of hearts «JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH» I think it's more to do with the persons own personal fears which I have noticed my fears have changed if I had to be truthfully with myself I fear God which I know I'm not supposed to just I can't explain it I guess if you ever need a test subject I'm up for the challenge like I said I'm on journey to find myself and my travels have brought me hear I'm going to hang around for a wee while there's lots of good information to be plundered loll

Although a certain amount of fighting is normal for school age boys, Alex's problem sounds severe and reflects a definite change in his personality.

This fact significantly changes some of the assumptions of many Christians about the viability of promoting contraception as a part of the pro-life fight for life.

As my pastor said yesterday, anyone hoping to see the type of change that Jesus fought for is putting their eggs in the wrong basket if they think anyone in the political system can bring about hope and healing for our country.

People refusing medical treatment because they think they can pray disease away, The demoralizing way religion makes you feel about yourself (I am a wretch, a sinner, a bad person by nature), the religious wars that have been fought for millenia, the self righteous passing laws based on THEIR beliefs (change to the pledge of allegience which now excludes anyone who does not believe in a fairy godfather, the change to the national motto that turned it into the lie «in god we trust», the bigotry that «my religion is the right one and you are wrong so I'll pray for you» kind of crap... don't you realize that it is insulting to me when someone says they will pray for me... its the same as saying I'm going to do something for you but there won't be any effect, so it is just a waste of time.

Males that fought for top place suffered symptoms of stress, including biochemical changes.

People often wait for years before they come for help, struggling with the same pattern of fighting over and over again with nothing changing.

The priests have once more gained the upper hand; it is only what the priests do in the sanctuary that really matters; nothing in the world outside has changed; people go on getting sick and dying and fighting with drugs and alcohol possession and being shunned for various forms of uncleanness.

Thank you and agree with you about all but not about me talking to extremes since no words would change the brainwash they went through by their imams to prepare then fighting the Russians from Afganistan... It is only responsible for adjusting that mentality is their same programers imams otherwise it would be like talking to a brick wall or tackling a camal... The main thing is that you are to take a good care of Muslims in the state and never let them grow fears from you or become jobless since such acts would assist the penetration of extremism in to their mentality... check which branches of Islam you have and mosques they operate and then read more which of all branches are the most extremes that are to be handled with care, but what I am saying not all branches of Islam be accused of extremes when only a branch or two doing all the mess.

tradition hard to break.the tradition of marriage is older and more meaningful than any other we know it crosses all religions and non religions, and races and cultures.it won't change easy.calling it something else for some people may make it easier to change.but what about those people who want that time tested tradition for themselves for their own self worth.it is a civil right give it to them today.this issues has divided my community as much as any other, but as we have fought to gain right after right, we have lost sight that all deserve the right of freedom of happiness.No gayness here, just can't fight the battle to keep someone down after being held down

Maybe they just fight for a cause and can not see the picture of what will change in society.

Now, as a Presbyterian, I have no personal stake in the doctrinal position or discipline of the Roman Church, beyond the obvious point that, if she were to change on same - sex unions, it would make the fight for religious liberty much more difficult for all of us.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

In 2015, Obama stopped the proposed thousand - mile pipeline citing that it would not be a good idea for America's position of leadership in the global fight against climate change.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

2) lincoln was honest and obama is not and 3) lincoln changed the lives of millions by fighting for civil rights while obama the only thing he's done is changed how American's view democrats.

Technological change, above all, doomed the fight for decency in American popular culture, as every successive technological innovation weakened the power of regulators, moral and otherwise, while expanding the venues where human weakness could be exploited for fun and profit (mainly the latter).

Will Allen was featured recently in the article «A Secret Weapon to Fight Climate Change: Dirt» written by Debbie Barker of the Center for Food Safety and Michael Pollan for the Washington Post.

I have been fighting candida for about 2 years, of course using different herbs like pau d'arc and a change in diet and it's working fine.

Oliver has become one of Britain's foremost agitators for change in children's diets in recent years, and has said that cafeteria cooks are on the frontline in the fight against diet - related disease.

Working with Worms to Fight Climate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative imChange Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative imchange - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.

WRAP has previously raised the issue of packaging labelling in the fight against food waste, with the organisation estimating in February 2017 that nearly # 1 billion of food waste could be saved through changes to labelling, before seeking views on draft guidance for labelling in July.

Of course, this is Arsenal, and they have been distinctly second - best for much of this game today, but things can change quickly in football and Lacazette's goal gave them a fighting chancOf course, this is Arsenal, and they have been distinctly second - best for much of this game today, but things can change quickly in football and Lacazette's goal gave them a fighting chancof this game today, but things can change quickly in football and Lacazette's goal gave them a fighting chance.

Els responded by blaming the tour for changing the date of the Volvoand telling Monty to keep his fat yap shut, although not in those exact words.In a kind of Monty - zuma's revenge, Els got food poisoning and missed the cut.Meanwhile, Mickelson and his caddie, Jim MacKay, were also fighting some «stomach cramping and headaches,» so much so that six holes into thethird round MacKay had to hand the bag off to Mickelson's father - in - law, GaryMcBride, and Lefty himself split without signing autographs or speaking to themedia.

While I agree we would need to change to get the best out of Ramsey, Giroud simply needs someone to fight for his place, rather than running him into the ground each season because we have no other real strikers.

I just can't believe that we have become a joke we always start the season well then have a bumpy December and by the time Feb comes our form has taken a dip and we get kicked out of all competitions except for that valuable top 4 that the board loves so much... ultimately if Arsenal want to compete again we need changes from the bottom up... Kroenke and his board need to go cause clearly for them profits matter more than trophies... Wenger needs to go for his lack of tactical naus guy has been using the same fornation since I was in high school and I'm doing my honours in accounting now... our medical team must all go our players always get injured and they never come back in time (take a look at Santi) players like Coquelin Theo Mesut Gabriel Gibbs Giroud just to name a few need to go they're just not good enough seriously these players lack fight tactical Discipline and tactical awareness... at the end of the day change needs to happen things can't keep going like this for us....

Arsenal is impostor, pretending to be good, it's a shame no good Players can achieve anything in this Club at the moment, I'm so sorry for Players like Sanchez, Coquelin and koscieny, but so Obvious lack of fighting spirit and winning mentality in Wenger is affecting this Club and it's not changing any moment.

Arsene Wenger has made a couple of changes to the Arsenal team that managed to fight back twice against Man City on Sunday to earn a draw, but the idea that our club captain Per Mertesacker may be in for a first game of the season due to the Koscielny achilles injury is on hold, even though his height and aerial ability would have been a factor in stopping Andy Carroll.

Let us change our tactics for the rest of the games by starting the game with our fighters first to fight and tire the opposition and let Ozil come in the second half to do his sniper job with enough space to exploit.