Sentences with phrase «social advocate»

On average, approximately 30 % of employees are already acting as social advocates due to their high engagement within the organization.

Make sure to use the employees from the pilot as social advocate mentors.

In situations like these, where it's no longer safe for a family to house their teen, Guilford says shelters like Social Advocates for Youth's Dr. Coffee Teen Shelter in Santa Rosa can provide a temporary place for teens to stay and get assistance.

(District of Columbia) Despite growing concerns that the influx of unaccompanied child immigrants into the U.S. will overwhelm local government services in some communities, social advocates say public schools are not likely to be part of that turmoil.

In her opinion, the key to shaping her work and journey as a leading social advocate is authenticity, and that seeing great authenticity among her fellow Leadership WA Signature Program leaders was enlightening for her.

Increasing LGBT Cultural Competency CASA (Court - Appointed Social Advocates) for Children (2013) Gives information on how child welfare organizations can improve their recruitment and retention of volunteers and resource families in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community and how to enhance LGBT cultural competency within the child welfare system.

Robles - Gordon also serves as social advocate for the Washington DC area arts community.

Social advocates say the poor are being squeezed too hard by the tax, while an unfair chunk of the revenue is being given back to corporations.

The conference featured a robust education program including keynote presentations by award - winning actress, social advocate and mom of three, Jennifer Garner and organic industry pioneer John Foraker, co-founders of Once Upon a Farm; and national bestselling author and internationally recognized expert on food systems, Anna Lappé.

But she has also gone beyond her role as a scientist to encourage children to become environmental and social advocates, to develop antipoverty programs in the areas around African nature preserves, and to promote environmental stewardship.

Created with the goal of providing kids with delicious and nutritious baby food, Once Upon a Farm was founded by Cassandra Curtis and Ari Raz, and soon joined by Jennifer Garner (award winning actress and social advocate) and John Foraker (previously the CEO of Annie's Homegrown).

• Pearl Arredondo, Educator and advocate • Geoffrey Canada, Educator, social advocate and CEO of Harlem Children's Zone • Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania.

A legal and social advocate, White established the Center for the Study of Civil and Human rights Laws in Rochester to help promote diversity, tolerance, and community.

They'll be joined by invited guests from related sectors of the academic and curatorial worlds, including El Museo del BarrioSenior Curator Rocio Aranda - Alvarado; Jaskiran Dhillon, a professor of global studies and anthropology at the New School; Carin Kuoni, the director and chief curator at the Vera List Center for Arts and Politics; and Melissa Iakowi: he» ne» Oakes, a social advocate and organizer at the American Indian Community House.

Living as an HIV - positive man, Benes became a social advocate for those suffering from the illness, and served on the board of VISUAL - Aids, an awareness and prevention organization for the disease.

While in Toronto, she grew her portfolio as a social advocate and community builder, engaging with the Native Canadian Centre as a youth and social services worker and court worker, assisting Indigenous people in the court system.

I am a social advocate, student, writer / photographer.

She currently works as a Crisis Counselor in the housing sector of a youth centered non-profit (Social Advocates for Youth).

Become a Social Advocate for Data Privacy If agents want to become a trusted source for real estate information, they can begin by building that trust on social media and advocating safe online data practices.