Sentences with phrase «social issues of today»

Committed to promoting Russian and Eastern European art at the highest standard, in the past four years GRAD has presented over twenty curatorial projects, both historical and contemporary, addressing urgent social issues of today.
We are looking for creative artists looking to change the world and address the social issues of today with their innovative ideas.
Characteristically relying on papier - mâché made from Italian newspapers, Perino & Vele recycle and reshape a humble material to form a unique body of work capable of invoking important social issues of today.
An in - depth look at the role of baseball in the social issues of today and yesterday and features an interview with Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan.

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According to the survey, 56 percent of millennials believe CEOs have a greater responsibility today than in years past to speak up about social issues, compared to just 28 percent of generation X and baby boomers.
Evi has designed and conducted studies on many of today's most important economic, environmental and social issues.
An announcement made today (April 6) by Rob Goldman, VP, ads, and Alex Himel, VP, local pages, states that it will now only allow verified advertisers to run «issue ads» — ie those of a political nature — on the social network, including picture - sharing service Instagram.
Here is a key issue facing organizations today: each time a new social technology is introduced, it ultimately alters the buying behaviors of the new social buyer persona.
A few specific social issues have been selectively identified and put in the forefront of today's Christian church.
At the same time, we recognize that, during the past five hundred years, the Holy Spirit, the Supreme Magisterium of God, has been faithfully at work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to light and enriching our understanding of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and development, the mission of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's world.
Gambling in today's United States — repackaged, sanitized, video - ized, down - marketed and ubiquitous — is not an issue of temperance or free choice but rather one of social class and public economic policy....
Ryan Anderson has now tackled another fevered social issue from what today's cultural tastemakers and enforcers regard as the wrong side of a red line.
We observe the influencing factors from history and today, educate ourselves on current knowledge about health and various other issues to help form our opinions, which then may become part of collective, social opinion if we allow ourselves to be represented.
What matters is their job performance on issues that matter today; the economy and foreign policy are top of the heap; social issues are last on my list.
Since Harold Lindsell assumed the position of editor late in the sixties, Christianity Today has moved away from the mere elucidation of socially related Biblical principles, as Henry thought was right, to an ongoing commitment to social critique and specific commentary on a wide range of social and political issues.
The issue from the outset has not been the need for new and better tools, but the solution of the fundamental anomaly of the field: the failure of the old paradigm so to interpret Scripture as to enable personal and social transformation today.
Though many Christians today engage a variety of social issues — some of which are quite divisive — the terms of the debate are by and large partisan and political.
On the social - action agenda of mainline denominations today are sexual - justice issues regarding gender and sexual orientation.
On so many issues the Catholic community has been led to expect, even to hope, that today's «unchanging tradition» might change tomorrow and once «infallible» positions will eventually shift in the face of sufficient social pressure.
A good many of the issues that baffle us today have to do with the tension between individual liberty and social legislation limiting freedom of choice.
Though such theological murders are not as common today, they still do take place in various parts of the world, though generally, the issues are not as much over theological issues, but economic and social issues.
It is worth repeating that economics, from the time of Plato through to Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill was as deeply concerned with issues of social justice, ethics and morality as with economic analysis itself However, economics students today are taught that Adam Smith was the «father of modern economics» but not that he was also a moral philosopher.
Dr. Hafeez masterfully applies her years of experience connecting psychological implications to address some of today's common issues such as body image, social media addiction, relationships, workplace stress, parenting and psychopathology (bipolar, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, etc...).
Low - income communities lack access to affordable healthy food and that is one of the most critical social justice issues today.
Inevitably social media was filled with derision at England's chances of actually doing that and consequently during his next engagement, a Today programme interview with John Humphrys, he was asked about the same issue.
Earlier today, Bratton's opposition to Cuomo's plan was criticized by Russell Simmons, the hip - hop mogul and social activist who is a longtime friend and supporter of Cuomo, and by the Justice League NYC, a coalition group that led some of the protests following the Eric Garner decision, and met with Mayor Bill de Blasio to discuss police reform issues.
Erie County Legislator and Chair of the Legislature's Health and Human Service Committee John Bruso issued the following statement on the proposed resolutions for personnel adjustments in the Department of Social Services submitted to the Legislature today by the Poloncarz Administration
ERIE COUNTY, NY — Erie County Department of Social Services Commissioner Al Dirschberger today announced the launch of a new Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program («SNAP») call center designed to help families on nutrition assistance to resolve service issues more quickly.
«One of the most hotly debated media issues today is whether our rapidly increasing use of social networking might be supplanting face - to - face - interactions and, if so, what the social consequences might prove for us as a culture,» said Donald S. Grant, PhD, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, first author and creator of the study.
Although Black Star is not intended as a direct response to the current social climates in the UK and US, Clark says that a number of the films in the programme speak directly to what's happening today: «John Singleton's seminal Boyz n the Hood is a prime example: it's impossible to watch the film and not see very clear connections to contemporary issues of police brutality and gentrification.
The director said many of the social issues people fought for 25 years ago are still current today.
What they find is a series of conflicts that escalate into a dramatic crescendo that involve social issues that are just as relevant today as they were back in 1845.
The growth of digital media is also shaping today's civics education, as more schools try to address emerging issues like fake news and the influence of social media on politics.
Established in 1929, RCCE helps rural communities achieve a thriving and sustainable future by addressing issues, such as social isolation, poor access to services and a shortage of affordable housing, that are crucial to people living and working in rural Essex today.
In 2004 I co-founded Games for Change, and today I continue to build the field of social issue games.
The controversy over the definition of social studies is not a settled issue even today.
Erica believes that one of the most significant issues in education today is the critical need for social - emotional learning and character education.
Social studies educators face the challenge today of not only addressing the digital divide with their own students, but helping their students find methods of addressing this issue in their own teaching.
In a recent article in the New York Times, Jean Chatzky, the financial editor for NBC's Today Show, offered some insight into how deferred annuity products like indexed annuities are poised to make a difference in the financial future of a class of retirees facing a number of unique issues such as increased longevity and insecurity in pensions and social security.
,» featuring work by 12 artists addressing social and political issues of today.
In conversation with a number of local people involved in arts and cultural work, social justice and activism Barby and sorryyoufeeluncomfortable will rework the script for «Baldwin's Nigger», forming the basis for a performance which engages with many issues we are facing at this time in history and how James Baldwin's writings and thinking resonate with society today.
Taylorʼs work continues to delve into and expand upon the language of portraiture and painting, while also pointing to the social and political issues affecting African Americans today.
Originally staged at the Queens Museum of Art, Reyes's Hammer Project will include a group of sculptures — including Drone Dove and Colloquium — and several paintings on Tyvek that graphically portray political, social, and environmental issues being faced by our world today.
It is an approach that has pre-empted many of the issues and concerns surrounding today's culture of mass production of manipulated images to be shared on social media.
Art and Resolution, 1900 to Today examines the dual meaning of resolution — as both «coming into view» and «overcoming conflict» — through works that touch on the pressing social and political issues of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The issues explored will range from the emergence of key social institutions and consumerism to mad cow disease and the origins of the surveillance state — looking back at the causes and catalysts of British politics, psychology and sociology as it is today, and which underlie contemporary British art as it is represented in Mirrorcity.
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) announced today the launch of its Art + Research Center (A+RC), the museum's new research department and educational initiative dedicated to exploring topical social and environmental issues in relation to contemporary art.
Performa 17 demands close considerations of today's most pressing social issues, tackling the multiplicity of African identities, how performance is shaped by the built environment and vice versa, and how Dadaism remains salient in the subversive consciousness of contemporary artists.
Fashion attracts a great deal of attention today, with its ever stronger emphasis on the social and cultural issues that attend the creative...
Most of today's troubling social, economic, and political issues are extraordinarily complex, a consequence of which is that some Americans exert little or no effort in trying to understand them, let alone participate in efforts of social change.
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