Sentences with phrase «on immigrant experiences»

Our society and its schools ought to celebrate the rich history of our communities and aim to build on immigrant experiences to produce the latest example of an American success story.

In early 2017, we began a Genius Hour theme on the immigrant experience.

And as for some final inspirational thoughts and words of wisdom on the immigrant experience, Maramba doesn't hesitate to add, «We jumped into the unknown in the hopes for a better, more successful life.

From December 14, 2017 through January 27, 2018, Howard Greenberg Gallery will focus on the immigrant experience — from hardship and sacrifice to pride and achievement.

«Agathe Snow: Coyote Ugly» takes on the immigrant experience to reveal the mosaic of experiences surrounding the American Dream and life as an undocumented American immigrant through art and performance.

How does this reflect on the immigrant experience a generation after it was made?

The Jamaica - born, New York — based artist's work ruminates on the immigrant experience, often juxtaposing his own heritage with Americana and exploring the differences between the two.

Not exact matches

In a post on LinkedIn, CEO Satya Nadella wrote: «As an immigrant and as a CEO, I've both experienced and seen the positive impact that immigration has on our company, for the country, and for the world.»

The points system sees would - be immigrants graded on a scale of 100, with points awarded for language ability, age, education, work experience and adaptability to Canada.

For those people in work situations who aren't having such a welcoming experience, Taylor says to get yourself a support network, whether you are the only woman on your team or an immigrant or a minority, etc..

«As an immigrant and as a CEO, I've both experienced and seen the positive impact that immigration has on our company, for the country, and for the world,» Nadella said.

One big question: Will his experience change Uber's relationship with the Trump administration, which has tried to put many restrictions on immigrants coming to the U.S.?

I want to be clear about what I mean by this, because many people believe this issue relates to current skilled labour shortages; some think it applies to our need to attract more professionals such as doctors, engineers and scientists; while others focus on the glass ceiling that many existing immigrants and visible minorities experience.

Everything except my immigrant church experience on Sundays and my home was dominated by the presence and influence of a fairly white America.

And, on 2016's Home of the Strange, the band gets both personal and socially - conscious, exploring the immigrant experience in modern American.

They have functions or seminars held every month, the topics including: 1) Lectures and Seminars on wine export operating procedures, related policies, and regulations; 2) Wine knowledge training, Australia wine history, culture and product promotion; 3) Communicate with local wine industry bodies, winery tours to interact with winemakers and winery owners; 4) Provide or share the procurement of information and resource; 5) Overseas marketing experience exploring and sharing, especially on Chinese market; 6) Help the Chinese immigrants integrate into local society through Wine & English exposure.

The Fiscal Policy Institute looks at the experience of five states and the District of Columbia, and finds that, based on these examples, between 25 percent and 50 percent of unauthorized immigrants over the age of 16 obtain a license in the first three years.

This story in the Times is the latest in a series of articles in the Times on the Mexican immigrant experience.

The panel discussion focused on a poll recently released by New American Media, which looked at the problems and experiences of the often - silent female immigrant.

It was vintage Cuomo, beginning with a mention of his Italian immigrant grandparents and their experience, then covering a variety of state government and political initiatives on education, minimum wage, M / WBE contracting and undocumented worker protections and concluding with a fierce declaration of support for diversity and the integral role of immigrants in seeking and sustaining the «American Dream.»

A new study of national survey information gathered on more than 12,000 Hispanic children from immigrant and U.S. - native families found that although they experience more poverty, those from immigrant families reported fewer exposures to such adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as parental divorce and scenes of violence.

He has more than 10 years of experience as a statistician and investigator on projects spanning topics including health disparities, urban health, HIV, tobacco, community interventions, substance use / abuse, and normative and atypical developmental trajectories of immigrant and minority youth.

However, I do think my experience as a U.S. immigrant has had a big effect on my point of view, and must have influenced the kinds of stories I'm interested in writing.

As a filmmaker, here he drew on his own experiences growing up in Hamburg, Germany, the son of Turkish immigrants.

Brooklyn feels as timeless as the movies it celebrates, shedding new light on the tumultuous experience of an Irish immigrant in the 1950's.

The central problem of the picture has a lot to do with the idea that Cronenberg has again taken a pre-existing script and reordered it along distinctly Cronenbergian lines — that what must have read initially as a sociological text on another facet of the immigrant experience (much like screenwriter Steve Knight's Dirty Pretty Things) now plays like one of Cronenberg's investigations into the difficulty of parsing concepts like «normal» and «family» in the crushing crucible of bugs pretending to be human among humans.

Looking, to some degree, at the immigrant experience on the other side of the pond is «The Past» [B +], the eagerly - awaited follow up to Iranian director Asghar Farhadi «s «A Separation.»

In stark contrast to the conventional wisdom of the immigrant's self - improvement story, Louie's research on the differing experiences of Chinese Americans shows that race and class still do matter in profound ways.

In fact, during her experience teaching the children of immigrants in New York City, Warikoo observed that «even my most difficult students, when I talked with them one - on - one, confessed sincere desires to straighten up, earn better grades, and finish school on time.»

Today we find ourselves on an educational border of digital natives and digital immigrants: Our students of today have experienced an online world in their childhood, but have not experienced it in their educational upbringing.

A three - page essay about Malone's experience coming to America and attending school accompanied the dictionary accession, which may be part of an exhibit on the immigrant's life in the coming years.

Still, without the support of colleagues experienced in working with immigrant youth, and time in the day to rethink the curriculum and to reflect on teaching practices, teachers can feel ill - equipped to meet the needs of their changing student bodies.

Cajas de cartón: Francisco Jiménez bases this novel, as well as its sequels Senderos fronterizos and Más allá de mí, on his own experiences as a child of Mexican immigrants who arrived to 1940s California during the bracero program.

Gonzales, a leading expert on undocumented immigrant youth and young adults, explained that many undocumented teenagers go through their lives participating in the «normal» experiences of growing up until the point when their peers begin to get driver's licenses and apply to college.

● Theorizing the Impact of Freire's Critical Pedagogy on a Predominantly Hispanic Student Body ● Who are the Immigrant Students in My Classroom and What Have They Experienced?

On top of the floods, many of our immigrant and refugee neighbors have experienced increased anxiety over the uncertainty of federal policies, travel bans, and possibilities of deportation.

Over the course of the past few months, the Student Voice Team has spoken with refugee and immigrant students to not only gain a better understanding of their personal experiences but also hear their take on the new Administration and the worldwide refugee crisis.

Students read newspaper articles, diaries, and histories about immigrants» experiences followed by daily work in small groups on such tasks as filling in missing words, making word associations, and playing charades.

The report concludes with recommendations that focus on training teachers, building relationships between schools and immigrant communities, and encouraging more varied, culturally sensitive learning experiences.

Education Northwest Researcher Claudia Rodriguez - Mojica delivered an inspirational closing session on her life as a daughter of Mexican immigrants and her experience as the first child in her family to attend college.

The Impact of Discrimination on the Early Schooling Experience of Children from Immigrant Families.

His research interests center on how race, racism, and assimilative pressures affect the experiences and outcomes of students of color and early generation immigrant students in US K — 12 contexts.

Iyer draws on the personal experiences (including her own) of young South Asian, Arab, Muslim, and Sikh immigrants living in communities that have suffered backlash and hate crimes.

Readers unfamiliar with Yiddish terms will find the glossary invaluable, and two bibliographies (one for kids, one for adults) point to resources on the Jewish immigrant experience and Jewish history in general.

But with (for example) a marvelous riff on the generic Chinese restaurant that exists at the edges of many towns in the Midwest, the novel makes clear that it is exploring a different sort of immigrant experience than we often read about — call it the Middle America Asian - American experience.

It is a lively meditation on female capabilities and happiness, on the mysteries of artistic inspiration (and the absurdities of artistic life), and, perhaps most movingly, on the pain and wonder of the immigrant experience in New York City.

In recent years, we've seen an uptick in stellar novels of the immigrant experience — from Behold the Dreamers to Americanah, from The Book of Unknown Americans to The Buddha in the Attic — and 2017 continues that trend, with an even greater emphasis on refugees» tales.

Mark Slouka is the child of Czech immigrants, and draws on his personal experience and the inevitable intrusions of the past on the present.

The unflinching view of the male experience, the immigrant experience, the Latino experience, opinions — correct or not — the less correct usually delivered in Dominican scented Spanish - fly like fur and as with all great writing, Junot Diaz wins it on the sentences, one surprising, perfect laugh out loud brilliant choice after another.

I specifically read it for research reasons, wanting more perspective on the Japanese immigrants» experience in Hawaii around 1900.