Sentences with phrase «practice leaders in the movement»

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The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their own.

StandardsWork was an early leader in the standards movement — and we've dedicated ourselves to working for a better standard of practice ever since.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion about policies and practices that advance student - centered education in Rhode Island and beyond featuring «Most Likely to Succeed» producer Ted Dintersmith, Rhode Island Education Commissioner Ken Wagner, and other leaders of Rhode Island's school innovation movement.

The Students at the Center Distinguished Fellows are a diverse group of nine leaders in policy, practice, and research from around New England, each selected for their vision, contributions, and impact in the student - centered learning movement in the region.

The New York Times this week published an investigative report about the financial practices of a sizable group of Texas charter schools being operated by the followers of Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish Islamic religious leader «whose devotees have built a worldwide religious, social and nationalistic movement in his name.»

«With more than 100 schools and 13 networks now engaged in the programme, involving schools of every character and context, Aspire is now well on its way to becoming established as a national school improvement movement, reflecting the power of research and evidence to guide in - school practice, building collaboration and trust between schools, and investing in the development of the current and prospective leaders that are so critical to the future health of our education system.»

Drawing on personal letters, diaries, and documents never before used, the author writes of the three scientists who developed the theories and practices of eugenics: Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin, who coined the word «eugenics» to describe the science of better breeding; Charles Davenport, the first influential eugenic thinker in America, professor at Harvard University and the University of Chicago, direct descendant of Reverend John Davenport, the founder of the city of New Haven; and Harry Laughlin, Davenport's protégé, the nation's foremost expert in eugenic sterilization and also a leader in the movement to stop the tide of immigrants coming to this country.

People (some erstwhile liberal or labor supporters of the freedom movement who never had difficulty accommodating to the ancient practice of white domination and exclusiveness) profess shock and alarm when Black leaders assert that the time has come to secure majority rule in the counties, cities, towns, congressional, senatorial and state assembly districts where Blacks are the majority.

Lynda Benglis» legendary practice began in 1960s New York City, her commitment to merging content and form, subverting the paradigms of Minimalism and Modernism, established her formidable role in contemporary art history as a leader in the Post Minimalism movement.

Whether the discussion turns to replacing coal - fired power plants with wind turbines and using electric cars instead of gas - driven SUVs, converting industrial agricultural practices to organic permaculture, or reversing the decline of ocean life though international regulations, it is an article of faith in the reform movement that we know what we need to do and all that's lacking is a sufficiently visionary leader to put more planet - friendly solutions in place.

A more practical way to promote change within the sustainability movement would be to a) create narratives that portray and encourage the desired ideas and actions as historical and current reality or as historical precedent in support of a nuanced evolution within the current orthodoxy, rather than to portray them as a significant change in belief or practice; b) to portray the desired ideas and actions as long - held beliefs and practices of the most widely - admired leaders of the orthodoxy and as actions and ideas typical of orthodox believers; or c) to shame believers into seeing the desired beliefs and actions as acceptable means of atonement for past sustainability sin or as new «stones» that can be thrown at non-believers.

The Menu for the Future movement was sparked at last year's Sustainable Cleveland 2019 summit, an initiative to turn the city into a world - leader in sustainable practice.

Hughes Hubbard nabs ten attorneys from SNR Denton's Paris office, Steptoe loses its securities litigation and enforcement practice leader, and lateral movement picks up in Dubai.

So we've had lots of practicing lawyers talking about their interesting practice niches and we've had a number of leaders in the open access to law movement and the legal librarian movement talking about those topics.

A national leader in practice in community health centers, Austin MLP is part of a movement that includes nearly three hundred healthcare facilities.

Susan is a recognized leader in the legal profession, viewed by many as among the most knowledgeable experts on in - house practice and legal operations; she is a founding leader of the value movement in law, and is widely recognized for her creative and visionary approach to re-engineering law departments and legal practice service delivery.

The NAPBS — a non-profit trade association for the background screening industry founded in 2003 — promotes ethical business practices, awareness of privacy rights, and consumer protection issues, and is a leader in the movement to establish reliable standards for background screening professionals.

Laurel Parnell, leader and innovator in the field of eye - movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), offers us a way to embrace two often separate worlds of knowing: the science of early attachment relationships and the practice of healing within an EMDR framework.

A leader in the collaborative law movement, Nancy Cameron has written an essential resource for professionals who are practicing in or who are making the change to collaborative family practice.