Sentences with phrase «social issues around me»

As the generation with the lowest voting participation rate of any that came before, Newsweek called them «the generation that dropped out without ever turning on the news or tuning in to the social issues around them.»

The evening has been organized by Visual AIDS with Gregg Bordowitz and Pati Hertling, in conjunction with the inaugural publication of DUETS, a publication series that pairs artists, activists, writers, and thinkers in dialogues about their creative practices and current social issues around HIV / AIDS.

As a whole, the exhibition evidentiates historical and social issues around racial stigmatization, the violation of human rights and racism.

I didn't want something that was overtly referencing the social issues around me, but I wanted to find a way to describe them.

We would love it if you could include ours (The Breathing Forest), we discuss social issues around the world, so I'd say we fit into the «Journalism / Narratives Travel Blogs» category.

Supported projects emphasize human rights, democracy, and social issues around the world, including: An African Spring (Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi), Out of State (Ciara Lacy), The Overnighters (Jesse Moss), and Rich Hill (Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo), the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Award Winner for Best Documentary (U.S.).

We must look at the wider social issues around schools.»

The new organization, to be named the Rainforest Alliance, will tackle environmental and social issues around the world.

Given that the show's producers seem so keenly aware of the historical context around it (the first storyline is catalysed by the sinking of the Titanic, while women's suffrage and the social issues around the Great War are explored in depth), it seems strange that writer Julian Fellowes should ignore the historical accuracy of the place of faith.

We have a block in January where we are prayerful around the social issues around our day that we think are significant.

Not exact matches

At a Thanksgiving dinner party in 2012, four Harvard Business School MBA students had a plan: Rather than spend their upcoming summer interning at big corporations or traveling the world, they were going to drive around the United States consulting entrepreneurs with a social purpose on key business issues.

In America, discussions of marriage rates usually center around social stability, but that's not the main issue in Japan — population is.

The concerns seem to swirl around this issue: Is it creepy for your social media network to be used to determine your creditworthiness?

In a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, the mogul reflected on his desire to «amplify» discussions around issues of social justice, and the decision to produce documentaries about Kalief Browder and Trayvon Martin.

Instead of shrinking in the face of a few bad apples, customers using social media to solve service or product issues will learn to go around trolls and «haters» — the same way they do for the rest of their Internet experience.

Any brand can Tweet, post or even run a campaign around a social issue.

With social and environmental issues constantly in their social media feeds and inboxes, they simply can't ignore how their decisions impact the world around them.»

If Mr Jean hopes to make the Wildrose party the party of choice for all conservatives, including progressive conservatives, he'll have to do better than float a muddled vision that pussy foots around social issues.

While issuing warnings or trying to educate the public against what regulators fear are risky investments are not uncommon around the world, in this case they tried to sway public opinion against crypto assets by paying social media influencers to attack them.

«The social sector has faced several issues around de-risking from banks which has caused several NGOs to look for alternative mechanism to ensure that their work is not associated with money laundering or terrorism financing.

In particular, NETWORK, a group founded by 47 Catholic nuns that speaks out on social justice issues, went on a bus tour around the country to protest the Ryan budget.

Because in an era where social media allows everyone to broadcast an opinion on national issues, many seem to be so busy yelling on the internet that they miss the actual human beings in need around them.

Since the World Bank affects poor people around the globe more directly than any other social institution, John Cobb's exploration is important for anyone concerned about how Christians can creatively engage economic issues and trends.

As a new social movement rises up around the issue of global survival, it seems essential to explore the distinctive relationship between the Good News of a realm of redemption which is at once personal and cosmic, and the holistic work that is being done in fields as diverse as consciousness studies, physics and diet.

«As someone who is hugely invested in social enterprises myself, it's really eye opening to see what other entrepreneurs around the globe are up to and the issues they're attempting to tackle,» said Adrian Grenier.

WNBA players join NBA and NFL players who have also used their platform to create awareness around social issues in America.

Around ages 10 and 11, kids can really begin to embrace these concepts, says Jessica Hulick, founder and executive director of Social Justice Storytime, which strives to promote an inclusive community by creating a space for children and families to learn and discuss contemporary issues through storytime.

Her unique combination of skills from both the birthing community and the violence against women sector has spurred a high demand for her workshops aimed at informing other medical and allied health and social service professionals around the complex issue of trauma and the childbearing years.

The issue centered around social decorum and eating in public vehicles; it ultimately required a change in statutes to allow mothers to feed their babies on the bus.

It represents complex issues around separation and independence that are inextricably linked with social and cultural support of parents and children.

Though only my opinion, my take is that these other behaviours reflect social or emotional issues (e.g., anxiety around sleep, stress) while night wakings are more physiological or biological in nature.

My doula practice is an extension of my political beliefs and work as an organizer and activist around issues of social justice.

This proved to be very popular (identified in the evaluation sheet comments section) and enabled discussion around sleep difficulties, sex and when to resume intimate relations, the stress and social life changes and self - identity issues in becoming a father.

Our qualitative analysis showed that, within fictional genres, breast feeding not only provided a social issue story line but also provided humour around the themes of the «out of control» body, embarrassment, and the sexuality of breasts.

For fathers with sons, visitation rights means you aren't around to help your son navigate tricky social issues, handle puberty, or follow your example in becoming a man.

The shorts (ranging from 3 minutes to 13 minutes) zoom in on intimate and revealing stories surrounding school lunch transformation and cooking - gardening education, and zoom out to the broader social issues and consequences around these changes.

«Many girls struggle with self - esteem, self - image, level of confidence, social media, peer relationships with boys, backbiting, jealousy and a whole host of other issues that all seem to centralize around boys and fitting in.

Set in and around the capital of the high - stakes country music business, Private Lives of Nashville Wives will follow a group of accomplished, opinionated and driven women as they deal with professional challenges, family issues and social relationships.

And from Europe, the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive means that eligible companies (around 500 in the UK) will need to report more on human rights and social issues, as well as anti-corruption and bribery measures.

Some estimates place the social consensus in Catalonia for the right of self - determination around 80 %, in a Catalan society that is nevertheless clearly divided about issue of independence.

Mr Duncan Smith said voters responded better to «less finger - wagging, more arm around the shoulder» when talking about social issues» — Daily Mail

The Economist tactically advised Blair against provoking an «unwise» rebellion, because it understood that the sight of «a Labour government scuttling around the television studios justifying cuts in social security for lone parent families sickens members across a wide range of views» and provided «an issue which aligned [the left MPs] with the wider centre and right of the Labour Party against the Blairite modernisers» (13 December).

Think of social listening as investigative journalism or research: listening expands your knowledge base and general wisdom around your issue.

Unlike general social networking sites, which create a common river of profiles in which everyone swims (think our individual networks of social connections as groups of rafters floating on the current), Ning has built a platform on which anyone can build a defined online community of people interacting around any issue or interest.

At 12:30 p.m., Families Together in New York State, a lead member of the Raise the Age NY campaign, holds its annual Legislative Awareness Day and Luncheon where over 400 family members, state leaders, youth and advocates from around the state will speak on issues impacting families of children with social, emotional and behavioral needs, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany.

«It is undeniable that most editorial staff were, and probably are, of a liberal inclination when it comes to social issues, and that they cluster around the middle ground of the political spectrum.

«The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader has galvanised a new generation of activists, and this year at Left Field we aim to give them a platform to discuss issues around social justice, the economy, gender and the possibilities for genuine change under a Corbyn government.»

The ESRC Genomics Forum has a commitment to promote social research on the contemporary life sciences around issues including designer babies, synthetic blood, DNA profiling, identity politics, personalised medicine, stem cell research and synthetic biology.

Rather, Labour would want to incentivise the behaviour of universities around issues such as regional development, apprenticeship degrees, and social mobility.

The young people attending are currently being supported by Envision on a weekly basis to design and implement their own youth - led community projects and campaigns around social and environmental issues.