Sentences with phrase «pursuit for social justice»

My approach is grounded in my pursuit for social justice and the mission to promote healthy families.

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Smith's famous «invisible hand» metaphor for how the pursuit of self - interest can lead to overall social benefit takes for granted the conditions of justice, trust and community that allow for mutual exchange.

The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded in the pursuit of social justice, social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students in grades 7 - 12.

In addition to her artistic pursuits, she is a social justice activist and a real leader for marriage equality in this country,» Mr. Stringer told Politicker.

«I have had the honor seeing firsthand the passion, energy, and courage that Krystal brings to her pursuit of cultivating a vibrant learning community for herself and others, and I have also seen her commitment to equity, fairness, and social justice.

«As an authorizer, I am motivated by the potential of charter schools to provide our children with excellent educational options based on high expectations for all, an unwavering focus on academics, the pursuit of social justice and the hard work, dedication, and talent of teachers and staff.»

It insists on the important historical role of black liberation movements for other pursuits of social justice and requires that attention be paid to the diverse experiences of blackness and American citizenship within our country.

Mastry demonstrates that Marshall's pursuit of art historical restitution within the museum belongs to a larger campaign for social justice.

It was launched by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics and A Blade of Grass, organizations dedicated to supporting individuals in pursuit of the intersection of art and social justice through programs and scholarship.

3 tons per person per year of carbon dioxide equivalent is the basis for global convergence on sustainable conduct, for a global technological and social revolution based on making economic growth mean ecological improvement and for the pursuit of social and ecological justice and an end to poverty.

It is the means for pursuing ecological economic growth, building locally owned assets in the renewably powered economy and for the pursuit of social and ecological justice manifested in concrete plans and to take action as consumers, workers, business people, investors, neighbors.

One wonders whether our institutional memory still recalls the impulses that gave rise to our constitution — or whether we have substituted a belief in efficiency, economic rationalization and profit maximization for our traditional pursuit of a finely calibrated balance between individual liberties and social justice.