Sentences with phrase «social giving process»

The «for us, by us» model gets them actively involved in the social giving process, ties them to a cause that's personally meaningful and empowers them through their own purchasing decisions.

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Each interview gives color on the personal stories behind the ideas, which helps make the process of engaging in social good less intimidating and more attainable.
Through process - driven research on financial and impact outcomes of investing and grant - making, Align enables its clients to use their resources to move the needle on the world's greatest environmental and social challenges by building investing and giving strategies that are aligned with its clients personal values.
By going directly to social networks, there is no registration process and the company's staff is able to give them a faster response.
A justified process - rooted philosophical appreciation of social canons can be taught through a pedagogical strategy that begins with their critique, that expunges them from the natural given furnishings of the immediately real in order to rediscover them as the inherited cultural accretions by which we transform the immediately real into a world of enduring meanings and human significance.
Particular attention is given to the kinds of content that is communicated through such narratives (cognitive, social and emotional, information processing skills, implicit messages, and modes of learning), and to the processes and potential of learning from television and film.
Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.
In the process she accepted the social system of feudalism in which a person was born to a given social status.
In the process of giving theology a practical expression he shaped a distinctively American social ethic that dominated Protestant thought in America from the close of World War I to the widening of the war in Viet Nam.
We have no freedom to decide whether we shall «give our lives away» in the continuing social process.
They need to be able to explain to members what is happening in processes of debate and resolution; and to do that in the midst of an often emotional give - and - take is much more difficult than preparing a sermon on a social issue.
But it is a distortion of the Christian experience to neglect the factor of social process, in which the cumulative historical consequence of the work of freedom is given its place.
It is catholic in that it is knit together as a social process, with a message that will give life and wholeness to people of every race in every nation and at every time.
Hartshorne beautifully defines «social» as the coordinate processes of weaving one's own life from strands taken from the lives of others and giving one's own life as a strand to be woven into their lives.28 He also defines «self - interest» as the sympathy the present self may feel for future members of the same sequence, and «altruism» as «whatever sympathy that self may feel for members of other sequences, human, sub-human, or superhuman.
As «social» as the coordinate processes of weaving one's own life from strands taken from the lives of others and giving one's own life as a strand to be woven into their lives, and as the universal essence of actual events, the single principle of love is the master key to the understanding of both facts and values.37 He denies that any human institutions, churches included, could be infallible; but he affirms that we can infallibly know «the appropriateness of love.
«Social» is the coordinate processes of weaving one's own life from strands taken from the lives of others and giving one's own life as a strand to be woven into their lives.
We need no further evidence, in my view, to prove scientifically that the social in - folding which we are undergoing is nothing other than the direct and logical extension, over our heads, of the process of cosmic in - folding which gave birth to the first cell and the first thought on earth.
Stewardship is also the principle underlying the Jewish tradition of tzedakah or obligatory alms - giving, which acknowledges charity in its highest forms to be a process of social investment that benefits the donor, the recipient and the whole community.
I shall be reflecting largely from my own experience, as process thought enables and indeed requires us to do; but the nature of that experience is essentially that shared by all who nurture — whether, for example, single social workers, middle - aged adoptive parents, teachers who care about their students or, I suspect, those artists and poets who cherish and give birth to the world.
The driving force behind this process — i.e., the «factors making for growth in the halakhah» — is, first, the «necessity to respond to new external conditions — social, economic, political, or cultural — that pose a challenge or even a threat to accepted religious and ethical values,» and, second, the «need to give recognition to new ethical insights and attitudes and to embody them in the life of the people, even if there [is] no change in objective conditions.»
Rajan Gurukkal of the Social Sciences department of the Mahatma Gandhi University in Kerala gives his reasons why the leaders of counter-culture who are anticipating «a total breakdown of the market - friendly dimension of development in the wake of micro-movements which they see as part of the process of global transformation» are too optimistic and are likely to be disappointed.
By providing a unifying concept that articulates a common structure of a great number of spiritual quests, the process paradigm I have adumbrated should illuminate and give coherence to the varieties of women's and men's experiences at three levels: the interpersonal; social systems, and institutional structures; and the all - encompassing natural world.
With social media giving instant access to athletes, the general public has become increasingly knowledgeable about the recovery process from what used to be a career - ending injury.
The social worker running the meeting gave us a three - hour overview of what the process entails and it seems not very likely that you would necessarily get to adopt the first child that comes to your home.
Instead of viewing mothering as a service they willingly give their children, they view it as a social identity that they construct for themselves, boosting their own egos in the process.
The recent furor over so - called «pink slime» beef filler underscores how social media have given activists and consumers a powerful weapon to influence that process.
But to have value today, Benson's argument needs to be advanced with a new twist: identities are not a given; they are constructed through social processesprocesses which also condition voting behaviour.
Germany has also decided to give up nuclear power,» a Jiangmen resident said in a post on the Jiangmen government's page on the popular social networking site Weibo, under registered name of «YOoUuNnGg», in reaction to its decision to scrap the uranium processing project.
Given the potential for adverse mental affects of living liver donors» ambivalence, the present study investigated the effect of social support and concerns related to the donation process.
The subjects» brains lit up not just in their reward centers, noting the benefit they received, but also their moral and social processing centers, responding to the persons giving the gifts.
Given these grave health consequences (and the high social, environmental, and ethical costs of current food production systems), the logical step is to break free from processed foods and to replace these poor - quality products with a raw food diet.
I hope Time's Up Advertising resource gives both women and men a transparent process to resolve grievances without the toxicity of the trials by social media.»
For meeting new people, we give you a smooth and easy process platform where you can register yourself and once you become the member you can go to the profiles like you do for other social networking sites.
Dating sites give users privacy, so its tough to get that social vouching process to work in the world of Internet dating.
Global Education can contribute to the visioning process, but it can also play a role in the critique and the creation of new forms where social movements, indigenous and community — non-formal learning approaches — are essential as they allow for values not central to formal learning and give voice to the collective and marginalized.
The blog is heavily promoted through the Nook Press Facebook page and through the other associated social media channels to give authors — especially new writers who may still be in the process of making publishing decisions — the tools they need to take charge of their own careers.
And the reasons that McLain gives are great ones: video is shareable and can be shared on different social media accounts; video is cost - effective, and; video's popularity ensures that a lot of people will be able to see your book trailer, which may, in the process, garner you new fans.
While there were a lot of new «web» based social networks for authors, there was nothing that really helped challenged them, and or gave them a way to promote themselves in a way that finds new readers; WeFiction.com is in the process of being that new marketing tool.
Although the production of chemical signals, their perception through olfactory processes, and the behavioral response to these signals plays a central role in domesticated cat communication and behavior (especially social behavior), the function, scope and importance of these abilities are often not given the same level of attention dedicated to other domesticated species (e.g. dogs or pigs), which may lead some to erroneously underestimate the significance of this communication modality in cats.
As with all training experiences, you can help this process along by giving your puppy treats to encourage them to interact with others, and praising successful social interactions.
We give priority to quality over quantity and, above all, the safety of our clients, leading us to the various stages of training (beginner, advanced and competition) as well as for different environments (social or recreational and competitive) with the aim of bringing anyone to surf through a safe and fun process of teaching and learning, based on the latest research in training methodology of Surfing.
I love supporting my social media posts with my blog to give a more in - depth look at my work (live drawing videos, process posts etc), as well as advice for up - and - coming freelancers and creatives.
Viewing her beautifully executed black and white photographs is akin to travelling through time, across the fabrics of America that physically built America; it gives agency to the physiological and social damages wrought upon the citizens of its underprivileged classes throughout the process, and particularly upon the Frazier family.
Given Bradford's variety of process and initiatives, built upon an authentic desire to challenge the boundaries of the art world in pursuit of equity, his selection to represent the US in Venice places him squarely among a growing cohort of contemporary artists who have used the international platform to place social justice at the center of their message.
Writing in the Guardian recently, the social critic George Monbiot commented, «So I don't blame people for giving up on politics... When a state - corporate nexus of power has bypassed democracy and made a mockery of the voting process, when an unreformed political system ensures that parties can be bought and sold, when politicians [of the main parties] stand and watch as public services are divvied up by a grubby cabal of privateers, what is left of this system that inspires us to participate?»
Does the peer - review process reject claims about the consequences of climate change which don't give consideration to the degree to which social factors — i.e. poverty — determine the human outcome far more than weather?
In the latest twist involving the interface of law and social media, a court in New Zealand has given lawyers the go - ahead to serve process on a defendant in Britain by way of the social - networking site Facebook.
Giving evidence is certainly a part of the process, but social rules, legal requirements, emotional sensitivities, and practical restraints all influence how advocates, jury members and judges formulate and express their reasoning.»
Scott, the important part of this discussion is what came after that, and that is that this process of marketing and social media takes time, and that any advice given otherwise was ill - conceived and distributed.
Cousineau's statement gives credence to the notion of race as primarily centred on social processes that seek to construct differences among groups with the effect of marginalizing some in society.
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