Sentences with phrase «practice community organizing»

Participants attend a series of classes that explore big picture issues and local solutions, network with peers and sustainability thought - leaders, and practice community organizing skills that empower Chicagoans to make difference.

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After 20 years with a small homebirth practice and organizing active community doula program development in hospitals and non-profits in Minneapolis / St.

«Today marks the culmination of tireless and courageous work organizing, educating and empowering our communities and creating the change it took to finally reform unjust practices that target minority communities.

NationBuilder Cities exists to build a supportive community of leaders, share best practices, and take digital organizing to the next level.

Engage and organize West Bronx tenants and community leaders onto a united and community - centric platform focused on effectively advocating for practices and policies that protect our affordable housing stock and the families that live in those apartments.

Thus, we recommend against organized screening in settings where shared - decision making is not part of routine practice (e.g., health fairs, health system promotions, community organizations).

At Saturday sessions, students do some academic work, such as SAT practice, and also help teachers organize community activities, like a carnival on the athletic field and a door - to - door outreach campaign, both designed to build the school's relationship with its neighbors.

A. Grassroots community organizing has been long used as a tool for disadvantaged people to gain power to affect the practice of institutions in political and social life.

School practices are organized into eight categories: student focus and support; school organ - ization and culture; challenging standards and curriculum; active teaching and learning; professional community; leadership and educational vitality; school, family, and community partnerships; and indicators of success.

Second, programs that succeed in developing such leaders have a number of elements in common, including the nature of their curricula, the teaching and learning strategies they employ, the ways they organize communities of practice, and the kinds of clinical experiences they construct.

The Children's Aid National Center for Community Schools is a practice - based technical assistance organization that builds the capacity of schools, districts, and community partners to organize their human and financial resources around studentCommunity Schools is a practice - based technical assistance organization that builds the capacity of schools, districts, and community partners to organize their human and financial resources around studentcommunity partners to organize their human and financial resources around student success.

«Community - Based Teacher Preparation as Praxis: Preparing Effective Educators Through Research - Practice Partnerships» was organized by the editors of the Journal of Teacher Education (JTE) to bring attention to pioneering work under way on this emerging pPractice Partnerships» was organized by the editors of the Journal of Teacher Education (JTE) to bring attention to pioneering work under way on this emerging practicepractice.

In a less formally organized but entirely 21st century way, individual teachers may also choose to join an online community of teacher - learners who want to improve their math practice by engaging with each other and our curriculum writers around a shared instructional tool.

The practices are organized into four categories: strategic / cultural leadership, systems leadership, leadership for learning, and professional and community leadership.

Founded in 2010, AUCC works to build capacity in Arkansas» immigrant and multiethnic communities through grassroots organizing, trainings, awareness - and coalition - building campaigns and guided practice in community building.

Youth and community organizing efforts have been winning changes to harsh and discriminatory school discipline practices across the country.

The early morning event was organized and led by three 8th grade student leaders who were inspired by a school in Vermont that flew a Black Lives Matter flag and included discussion of how the school community is working to deepen the cultural relevancy of its practices to make sure every student sees themselves reflected in the faculty, in the books they read and in the history they learn.

Courses of study include Community Arts — focused on «art practice as a means of civic empowerment, community organizing and development, activism, education and more» — as well as filmmaking, graphic design, and a low - residency summer program for StCommunity Arts — focused on «art practice as a means of civic empowerment, community organizing and development, activism, education and more» — as well as filmmaking, graphic design, and a low - residency summer program for Stcommunity organizing and development, activism, education and more» — as well as filmmaking, graphic design, and a low - residency summer program for Studio Art.

Nearly four decades after Lonidier exhibited his 1977 installation «The Health and Safety Game» at the Whitney, the artist continues to base his artistic practice in community organizing, and to reflect on the relevance of activism and the labor movement to the creation of art.

The exhibition takes a nonlinear form and is organized around diverse poetic themes that cut across time periods, media, styles, and artistic cultures, bringing together voices from a wide range of practices and representing diverse communities and sensibilities.

She likes to think of herself as an «organic intellectual», where her practice stems from the understanding of the local as a political context for aligning art production with community organizing.

The Artist - in - Residence Program is open to artists working in architecture, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, design, music, theatre, social practice, community organizing, urban agriculture, culinary arts, or interdisciplinary practices.

IT is rare indeed to chance upon that hybrid artist / activist / community organizer: that gem of a person who not only successfully runs their own practice, developing thgeir work as a formidable artist, but also finds time to initiate and organize community meetings and projects on the side, supporting scores of other creative types on the up - and - up in the process.

Acevedo Velarde organizes his diverse artistic practice into projects that differ dramatically in terms of materials, technique, and presentation, but share an astute portrayal of the human condition, looking at the psychology of self - preservation within the precarious fragility of community and civilization.

This article analyzes Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) as a form of ethical consumerism organized by a nexus of ideological discourses, romantic idealizations, and unconventional marketplace practices and relationships.

Watch JUST TRANSITION & CLIMATE ACTION STRATEGY, the second in a four - part series of Funder Briefings for Just Transition, organized by Climate Justice Alliance, to learn how Just Transition principles, strategies, and practices of frontline communities provide systemic solutions for the planet.

The Law Society, able neither to prevent nor to control their emergence, soon acknowledged that clinics were no real threat to private law practice, for they usually served a different clientele and often did counselling and community organizing work that extended well beyond legal practice.

As she moves forward, Jubilee remains committed to bringing to bear everything she learned from complex litigation, to community organizing, to teaching in establishing a holistic practice that is focused on clients and their access to justice.

TRLA has organized its services around a variety of practice areas (39 in all) that address the range of problems confronting the low - income community.

GW's Anti-Corruption and Compliance Association (ACCA) organizes panel discussions, workshops, and conferences to educate GW Law students and the greater community about the growing legal field of anti-corruption and compliance practice.

Collaborated with Director to organize community service, practice and invitational tournament schedules for some of the nation's top youth club lacrosse talent for maximum recruiting exposure.

Chicago, IL About Blog The Social Work Podcast provides information on all things social work, including direct practice (both clinical and community organizing), research, policy, education... and everything in between.

Assisted in organizing and supervising schedules, practices, community events, and fundraisers.

Professional Experience Texas Flip Factory (Houston, TX) 03/2010 — 11/2010 Cheerleading / Gymnastics Coach • Designed and implemented comprehensive public relations and marketing efforts • Created and managed fundraising events resulting in significant revenues • Built and strengthened professional relationships with clients, community leaders, and partners • Managed internal communications ensuring timely and accurate flow of critical information • Directed team practices and designed organized cheerleading and gymnastic routines

Strategic Direction for Child Maltreatment Prevention: Preventing Child Maltreatment Through the Promotion of Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships Between Children and Caregivers (PDF - 280 KB) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2009) Describes a strategy for child maltreatment prevention organized around four areas of public health research and practice: measuring impact, creating and evaluating new approaches to prevention, applying and adapting effective practices, and building community readiness.

Democracy, as I've come to see it in my public practice of community organizing, is about collective agency, the ability of people to work together to solve problems and have an impact on their world.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

This committee is responsible for keeping abreast of current promising practices in the field of Early Childhood Mental Health, sharing information about important clinical issues, supporting the development of a highly trained, multi-level, interdisciplinary workforce through a variety of association initiatives, collaborating with community partners on competency and workforce development projects, organizing an annual conference, and promoting the Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Credential.