Sentences with phrase «racial equity and social»

As a new father, Jonas is excited to spend more time with his family and pursue new opportunities tied to his deep passion for racial equity and social justice policy and activism.

Not exact matches

But residents have reached across racial and social divisions to achieve some of the nation's biggest successes for environmental equity.

Preparation for career, college, and citizenship; personal health and hygiene knowledge; racial and gender equity; leisure and aesthetic appreciation; social mobility; scientific sophistication; safe driving practice; and sex, alcohol, drug, reproductive, and environmental awareness are all part of the booming, buzzing, and sometimes antithetical public discourse that assigns purposes to the nation's schools.

I've been long - concerned about The manipulation of Social Emotional Learning and what can often be its lack of connection to racial equity issues.

Hispanic students were 15.7 percent of CHCCS» enrollment and received 13.7 percent of short - term suspensions, according to the racial equity report card released by the Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice.

She has taught elementary school, worked on Capitol Hill, and been a leader in protest and activism for racial and social equity.

ALEC has dropped the old gambit about vouchers addressing social and racial equity.

She also worked at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California where she concentrated on a range of social and racial justice issues including advancing education equity, LGBTQ issues, immigrant rights, and advocacy for the homeless.

Additional steps will include grounding the city's teacher leadership and new principal mentoring programs in a racial equity lens, developing a new Social Studies Scope and Sequence and Passport to Social Studies curriculum, and using the keynote address at the citywide principal's conference this spring to focus on the subject of culturally responsive teaching.

It is contingent on... seeing cultural differences as assets; creating caring learning communities where culturally different individuals and heritages are valued; using cultural knowledge of ethnically diverse cultures, families, and communities to guide curriculum development, classroom climates, instructional strategies, and relationships with students; challenging racial and cultural stereotypes, prejudices, racism, and other forms of intolerance, injustice, and oppression; being change agents for social justice and academic equity; mediating power imbalances in classrooms based on race, culture, ethnicity, and class; and accepting cultural responsiveness as endemic to educational effectiveness in all areas of learning for students from all ethnic groups.»

The week includes workshops by writers and artists whose work focuses on social and political issues, including the environment, climate change, gun violence, racial violence, police brutality, violence against women, racial equity, homophobia, and immigration, all through the lens of creative action.

They are a family that came together through immigration, adoption, and New York City and are deeply committed to social justice and racial equity — both women have devoted their careers to advancing education and human rights.»

Over the past three years, the Better Bike Share Partnership has brought the concepts of social and racial equity into the forefront of the discussion for bike sharing as an industry.

In particular, my work tends to focus on racial equity and racial justice, but we certainly also address gender and class quite a bit and any other equity or social justice issues that organizations has some questions about.

Listen to them speak personally and passionately about their work for social justice, racial equity, and transformative change.

These 33 exceptional innovators will develop social enterprises that address some of the world's most intractable challenges around economic development, racial and gender equity, food security, and the environment.

Race Equity Review: Findings from a Qualitative Analysis of Racial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan's Child Welfare System (PDF - 1,095 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2009) Presents research and findings of institutional features that contribute to racial disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations for cRacial Disproportionality and Disparity for African American Children and Families in Michigan's Child Welfare System (PDF - 1,095 KB) Center for the Study of Social Policy (2009) Presents research and findings of institutional features that contribute to racial disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations for cracial disproportionality and disparity, and recommendations for change.

Alliance for Race Equity Center for the Study of Social Policy Provides tools and technical assistance to help agencies develop and implement effective strategies to address and reduce racial and ethnic disproportionality in the child welfare system.

Guidance for Child Welfare Administrators on Achieving Racial Equity Policy for Results, Center for the Study of Social Policy Provides guidance for child welfare administrators for finding the causes of disproportionality and developing policies on how to measure and improve preventive services, entries into care, placement type, length of stay, and permanency for children and families of color.