This February, the art faculty issued another statement, «reaffirming our belief that The Cooper Union is not only the last citadel
of the social reforms movement of the 19th century, but is in fact the vanguard of the 21st century — a beacon of access to free education.»
We have now come full circle, reaffirming our belief that The Cooper Union is not only the last citadel
of the social reforms movement of the 19th century, but is in fact the vanguard of the 21st century — a beacon of access to free education.
Not exact matches
The bean pie is a creation born out
of the strict dietary code
of the Nation
of Islam, a religious black nationalist and
social reform movement formed in the 1930s, led by Elijah Muhammad.
The Indian National Congress has also been formed as the political expression
of the awakening
of the people under the leadership
of the class with western - oriented education; and linked to the politics
of nationalism was also
movements of social reform of family relations and caste structures on the basis
of personal liberty and
social equality.
Every urban
reform movement of the past 200 years — from England's Hygiene Acts to America's City Beautiful
Movement to modern zoning laws to modernist architecture to the creation
of public housing and the rise
of environmentalism and historic preservation — has been a response to the
social and cultural problems created by industrialism.
He contends, first, that liberation theology should free its
social analysis from a preoccupation with global «dependent capitalism» and move toward more specific analyses
of land
reform and
of other pressing needs which would help popular Christian
movements be «more politically effective at a national level.»
The Jesus
movement was not, according to Theissen, a political revolution, but a charismatic
movement which defined a strategy not
of social reform but
of cooperation with the kingdom
of God, which will come
of itself.
But such
reform movements, as efforts to recover the genuine and liberative orientations
of the modern experience
of reason, were either ignored by the dominant modern cultures or, when they succeeded, they did so only because they adapted the dominative power techniques
of manipulation and control typical
of the
social orders and cultures against which they initially protested.
As the
reform movements sweeping through Eastern Europe are learning, denunciation
of evil and corruption is a necessary first step toward
social change, but constructing new institutional arrangements is by far the more arduous task.
As Paul Markhan wrote in an excellent essay about the phenomenon, young people who identify with this
movement have grown weary
of evangelicalism's allegiance to Republican politics, are interested in pursuing
social reform and
social justice, believe that the gospel has as much to do with this life as the next, and are eager to be a part
of inclusive, diverse, and authentic Christian communities.
Movements which foster noble moral causes and which therefore should have the support
of the churches have been embraced by them so wholeheartedly that they often appear to be primarily agencies
of social reform.
Alcoholics Anonymous, drug rehabilitation centers, coalitions for
social and political
reforms, therapy clusters, the adult education
movement — these and other activities provide opportunities for people to «get involved,» without the benefit
of clergy.
It bestowed upon the church also the gift
of highly educated and cultured ministers who, profoundly aware
of the needs
of modern life, became the proponents
of the advancement
of modern civilization and the leaders
of many progressive
movements in education and
social reform.
Even broader than the vocation
of the priests who serve the underprivileged is that
of those who have been led to share in
movements for
social reform, F. D. Maurice's Christian Socialism grew directly out
of his theology and his view
of the Church as the Kingdom
of Christ and the priest as its servant.
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Wolfinger also explores the divorce
reform movement in America and argues in favor
of no - fault divorce laws, arguing that a return to an age
of tough divorce laws would recreate the
social conditions that used to make divorce harder on children.
Progressivism, a populist
reform movement in the early twentieth century, espoused by Presidents like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, and grounded in Protestant moralism, which sought to make government both more responsive to the plight
of the people, for instance using Constitutional amendments to deal with
social problems like alcoholism and using government force to quash monopolies, and at the same time more representative
of the will
of the electorate, for instance instituting more democracy like the direct election
of Senators and ending the corruption
of Machine politics in the cities.
«Whereas, the
movement further resolved to be inspired and motivated by the ideals
of social democracy, with great emphasis on: the triumph
of social justice; the nobility
of human dignity; the harmony
of fairness and equality; the power
of working together in solidarity; the excellence
of good governance, driven by good leadership; the wisdom
of reforms and transformation far beyond mere growth; the horror
of poverty, demanding eradication; the dignity
of prosperity; the imperative
of democracy and the security
of peace with justice
Could have convinced the party that blue Labours view on Immigration and socially conservative views on communities such as religion, working with the state to subsidise locally run charities, was something, that could bring into our party working class people not already connected, by the groups associated with our
movements (Trade unions, the Co-op, retired union affiliates) after the disaster
of the World cup, owl gate and then the Ill prepared speech at the IPFF on
social change and trying to deflect attention from it by rushing out the «well make unemployed teenagers work for their dole» plan, it's hard to see us being able to be taken serious on welfare
reform.
While there has been a clear schism between
reform's free market enthusiasts and its
social justice wing, there can be little doubt that the
movement's center
of gravity has shifted sharply to the left, even though political progressives mostly regard the standard
reform agenda — choice, charters, testing, anti-union policies — with contempt.
Understands the sources and character
of cultural, religious, and
social reform movements in the antebellum period
What has become clear is that explicitly focusing on the educational concerns
of poor and minority children regardless
of where they live, and expanding that to the criminal justice
reform and other the
social issues that end up touching (and are touched by) American public education, is critical, both in helping all children succeed as well as rallying long - terms support for the
movement from the parents and communities that care for them.
«As a huge advocate
of social and emotional learning, Raymond is much more thoughtful and a big - picture kind
of guy in ways that run counter to the tenets
of the corporate
reform movement,» such as merit pay, said Carl Cohn, a member
of the State Board
of Education, director
of the Urban Leadership Program in the School
of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University and retired superintendent
of Long Beach Unified.
TFA, suitably representative
of the liberal education
reform more generally, underwrites, intentionally or not, the conservative assumptions
of the education
reform movement: that teacher's unions serve as barriers to quality education; that testing is the best way to assess quality education; that educating poor children is best done by institutionalizing them; that meritocracy is an end - in - itself; that
social class is an unimportant variable in education
reform; that education policy is best made by evading politics proper; and that faith in public school teachers is misplaced.
In the next breath, however, he confusingly characterizes progressive
reform during that same time period as «radical» — the Common School
movement, for example, in which education was first envisioned as the province
of the entire public, regardless
of money or
social status.
Her forthcoming book, Occupying Schools, Occupying Land: How the Landless Workers
Movement Transformed Brazilian Education (Oxford University Press) examines the educational initiatives
of the Brazilian Landless Workers
Movement (MST), a national
social movement of rural workers struggling for agrarian
reform.
Gabriel's research interests include the politicization
of market - oriented
reforms, the role
of scientific expertise in market regulation, and the
social movement origins
of market fundamentalism.
Chicago charter parent and educator Marilyn Rhames started the conversation with a modest celebration
of the growing diversity in the
reform movement and the broadening focus on
social justice issues.
If
social movements and workers aren't in motion, making demands on politicians and struggling from below, mainstream politics will be shaped by the pressure from above, by the demands and priorities
of the wealthy and the education
reform industry they promote.
Without offering any actual evidence, Mr. Mucher suggests that prospective teachers have been scared off from applying to his program by much
of the agenda
of the corporate
reform movement: increasing accountability demands placed on teachers, using student test scores to determine teachers» effectiveness ratings, and «the way teachers are blamed for much broader
social problems.»
In the 1990s, along with the advancement
of market - oriented
reforms, instead
of big art
movements, Chinese contemporary art begins to develop diversely with more
social context.
The
social network
of Pan Yuliang's early career as a modernist artist and an art educator in the period
of the Republic
of China resonated with larger
social - political
movements at that time: from the cultural construct
of «New Woman» and the New Culture Movement, to the revolution and
reform launched by the Nationalist Party and early Communists and the rise
of modern nationalism in China, and from the end
of World War I to the Japanese Invasion in 1937.
Lyubov Popova (1889 - 1924), along with Alexander Rodchenko (1891 - 1956) considered one
of the co-founders
of the Russian style
of Constructivism (a school concerned with space, new materials, 3 - D form, as well as science and
social reform) was another important member
of the Suprematist
movement.
We have to build on this early attempt to develop effective legislation and begin once again to build a
social movement to convince elected leaders
of the need for law
reform.
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