Sentences with phrase «of cultural initiatives»

Democracy as mere gesture [2] became characteristic of the cultural initiatives that flourished under Imelda's regime.

«Louise Bourgeois: Conscious and Unconscious is part of a series of cultural initiatives organised by the Qatar Museums Authority to promote and support local and international art, foster conversations about artists and popular culture, and build bridges between cultures,» said Qatar Museums Authority Chairperson Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al - Thani.

Curated by the internationally renowned writer, critic and curator, Francesco Bonami, «Relics» is part of a series of cultural initiatives organised by QMA in order to foster discussions and cultural exchange between the UK and Qatar.

The show and catalogue were realised through the direct support of the Australian Government as part of the cultural initiative Australia now 2017.

Not exact matches

The Slaight Family Foundation has committed to providing that money over the next five years to 15 non-profit organizations that are engaged with the First Nations, Inuit and Métis on a wide range of initiatives, from health and education to cultural activities and preventing violence against Indigenous women.

We've written plenty about the job cuts, high - level departures, rise of technology, weak deal - making environment, strategic initiatives, and cultural changes.

However, these initiatives have drawn criticism for appealing to Malay nationalist sentiments without understanding the economic realities of various other cultural groups.

Wirlu - murra elders have led a team of anthropologists and archaeologists on an expedition into the outback as part of a three - year cultural mapping initiative sponsored by Fortescue Metals Group.

So long as the cultural revolution has the initiative, the social imagination of the masses overcomes even technical backwardness and transforms the function of the old media so that their structures are exploded.

Officials in Iran are continuing their cultural «cleansing» initiative by confiscating statues of Buddha sold in local stores.

With private property initiatives and market incentives kept in place, appropriate cultural changes («a great deal of educational and cultural work,» CA No. 36) can be introduced to purge capitalism of consumerism and thereby bring the market economy to a higher level of moral perfection.

As the church faced the cultural upheavals at the turn of the sixteenth century, the response was to attempt to preserve the established structures and to put a damper on creative initiative.

Given that they were travelling to Italy, the discussion soon focused on the Church in Italy's innovative Progetto Culturale [cultural project], an initiative which is not well known beyond the borders of Italy.

I get it that this is a coming out of the «theological closet» initiative for the American Atheist organization intended to reach like - minded individuals in concentrated cultural and religious neighborhoods.

To bring all who have responded to God's initiative with love to salvation, to eternal bliss» (Pilch, Cultural World of the Apostles, 91).

This initiative was part of a large and powerful cultural trend in the postwar era that involved rejecting more than nationalism.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

He is currently employed on the Electronic Culture Research Project, a special initiative of the Uniting Church's Commission in Victoria to explore the impact of electronic media on global cultures and the implications of this cultural change on religious institutions and on the social experience and expression of religious faith.

Thus, due to cultural familial and other environmental conditions, God was able to initiate the possibility of a full relationship with the person of Jesus from the beginning, and at every moment of his life Jesus freely chose to affirm and maximize the initiative that was his.

Whereas the second Quest demythologized the apocalyptic eschatology that informed Jesus» message of the kingdom in such a way that the kingdom remained God's initiative and gift eliciting a new ethos, thereby respecting the biblical - Jewish roots of Jesus» word and deed, the Borg - Crossan construal tacitly posits an inert deity who at best provides a formal warrant for a class - based cultural criticism and who apparently has allowed the covenant - commitment to Israel to lapse, for there remains neither promise nonfulfillment.

The Master Baristas at Le Méridien San Francisco leads all coffee - related initiatives and standards at the hotel and serve as a coffee cultural ambassador, maintaining knowledge of current coffee trends while raising the local community's awareness of coffee.

This initiative follows a report my administration compiled in 2016 recommending the use of the ULURP process to secure affordable cultural and studio spaces for artisans and artists,» Adams said, referring to the city's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

«From its inception, the Connective Corridor offered a vision for all revitalization initiatives to follow: connecting neighborhoods to foster an economic and cultural revival throughout the city of Syracuse,» said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.).

The center, a $ 50 million initiative, with half of that going to building projects, will be a nonprofit cultural institution offering year - round experiential and interactive exhibits and programming.

Dr Withington says that while he has the utmost respect for the statistical analysis upon which the recent policy initiative rests, the Government should also take into account the historical and cultural factors which shape the consumption behaviour of different groups.

On his development initiative to boost development of the Municipality, Dr. Kwakye Afriyie said his vision is to reposition Wenchi as a Service Town by tapping and developing the areas tourism, agricultural, health and cultural potentials for socio - economic development.

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, chair of the cultural affairs committee, pointed out at last week's hearing that the City Council's cultural initiatives have increased over the last two years but the administration is not sharing that commitment.

To date, the initiative has invested $ 700 million in 176 parks and historic sites - including installing 76 playgrounds, conserving 14,000 acres of buffer lands, rehabilitating 200 miles of trails, and beginning the building or improvement of 300 cabins and cottages and 30 nature and cultural centers.

The study is one of many initiatives of the SFU - based Herring School, a group of researchers that investigates the cultural and ecological importance of herring.

Jan Rinehart, president of Women in Engineering Progams and Advocates Network (WEPAN), suggested that current and previous workforce diversity initiatives have had minimal impact because critical cultural change — a true and fundamental commitment to diversity — has still not taken place in academia or industry.

[But] the soul is created [and] enhanced by the people working on it and experiencing it and these initiatives can come to life in magical ways resulting in repeat business,» says Ghizlan Guenez, CEO of The Modist, a Dubai - based e-commerce site that offers contemporary designer brands like Stella Jean and Maison Rabih Kayrouz to women whose religious, cultural or personal tastes lean to a modest style aesthetic.

For Sundance Institute, this initiative represents our commitment to cultural exchange and allows us to extend our support of international filmmakers to a next generation of film artists emerging from India.

He spoke passionately about the need to support and fight for music education at a time when the place of music in schools — and that of cultural education in general — is threatened by initiatives such as the English Baccalaureate: «Children deserve the right to a music education.

Different institutions and initiatives are working on facilitating community participation from education to health to achieve a more complete educational intervention, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, where popular education was initiated and developed multiple socio - cultural experiences that ultimately work for a particular model of social change and transformation.

By significant, I mean the initiative that has had the most impact on the cultural development of your young audience?

«It's a lot harder to cut a program in seventy - five schools than a program in three schools,» says Gina Jacquart Thorsen, vice president of research and program development for Big Thought, the nonprofit organization that coordinates ArtsPartners and Thriving Minds, an expanded initiative to infuse creative learning into the curriculum, after - school and out - of - school programs, libraries, and neighborhood cultural centers.

In addition, # 5.7 million will be invested into initiatives that boost literacy and numeracy skills, through the government's Strategic School Improvement Fund along with a # 7.7 million curriculum fund to encourage the development of high - quality teaching resources by organisations, including by leading cultural and scientific institutions.

Instead they require people willing to take initiative, to explore and think laterally, to imagine possibilities and be willing to travel across cultural distances in a globalised world in order to achieve any kind of significance.

Like the boys» initiative, the goal is to boost cultural pride and academic performance, lower suspension and dropout rates and create greater understanding of the students» singular experiences and needs.

The initiative is premised, in part, on the conviction that Minnesota teachers» lack of «cultural competence» contributes to the poor academic performance of the state's minority students.

On almost any issue, children have views, thoughts, and ideas that are both valid on their face and potentially refreshing as additions to an adult narrative, says Ben Mardell, a leader of the initiative, which has engaged young children in projects that explore — and seek to improve — cultural institutions, parks, and playgrounds.

A central goal of the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K) is to support the needs of the whole child, which includes social and emotional competencies such as 21st century skills, critical - thinking, problem - solving, communication, collaboration, social and cultural awareness, initiative, self - direction, and character.

The students will be offered reading lists, and website links for multicultural books, suggested ideas for family outreach initiatives, multicultural learning strategies within the classroom, challenging inner biases and / or stereotypes about children from other cultures, getting to know the whole child, understanding the cultural family dynamic of your students, and learning to adapt the classroom to the needs of your diverse body of students, etc..

Using Title I, II, III and IDEA dollars, the ESSA plan increases priority on a number of social and emotional - related initiatives, including: social and emotional skill development; cultural, racial, and socio - economic competence; conflict management; restorative practices; cultural competence; anti-racism; and recognizing implicit bias.

The Lead Special Education Teacher is responsible for the creation of academic interventions, managing a small caseload of Special Education students, and leading high - level cultural strategies and initiatives.

This Urban Institute report examines the first year of The Wallace Foundation's five - year Community Partnerships for Cultural Participation initiative, which ended in 2003.

According to Bordes and Arredondo (2005), campus initiatives such as ENLACE are invaluable because they play a significant role in addressing the cultural and linguistic needs of Latino youth before and after they arrive to the university.

The Department promotes the recognition of these students and their parents as cultural and linguistic assets to the Commonwealth's global initiatives.

By adopting an approach that looks holistically at the current technology, policy, and cultural environments of the agency and actively soliciting and incorporating public feedback, DOT is creating a plan that will enable the agency to align Open Government initiatives with strategic objectives, mitigate the risks associated with transparency, and improve performance by embracing the use of emerging communications technologies to increase citizen involvement.

The Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky said that the new initiative will transform local libraries into modern information and cultural hubs, adding that citizens» access to the service will be via the internet with a single electronic... [Read more...]