Sentences with phrase «social justice groups as»

They viewed his hopes for Republican cooperation as naive and his characterization of social justice groups as insulting.

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Emerson Collective is Powell Jobs» recent enterprise, founded in the early 2000s, which has invested capital in a number of education - related ventures, as well as in social justice projects in keeping with the group's goal of «opening doors to opportunity.»

I speak throughout Canada and internationally to churches, conferences, women's groups, universities, and workshops on topics ranging from spiritual formation, a sacramental view of living, being a Christian feminist, the ways that we can navigate change throughout our faith journey, the embrace of ancient church practices as a charismatic Christian, writing, social justice, and many other topics.

Now as social justice director for the Salvation Army's Southern Territory in Australia she advocates and sets up provision for marginalised and exploited groups.

I. M. Swindler, who receives $ 15 million per year as chairman of Lawyers for Social Justice, says his group strongly backs the proposed measures as «an eminently fair arrangement for all the parties who matter.»

A clear example of this dependence of justice upon social power is the achievement of voting rights for such minority groups as Negroes.

At first, justice had especially concerned the social group as a whole and Yahweh was held to be inflexibly fair in dealing with the clan or nation, thought of en masse.

The first group tends to take the law, see justice as its core expression, apply it in the public sector (social justice), and then see that as kingdom work.

«Just as Catholics for a Free Choice and other such groups suggest to the general public that not all Catholics agree with positions adopted by their bishops on birth control, abortion and in - vitro fertilization, so will the Religious Right serve to suggest that not all Catholics accept the positions of church leaders in social justice matters,» writes Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.

Attendees included David Lammy MP and representatives from Action for Children, Barnardo's, Cardiff University, Centre for Social Justice, Child Accident Prevention Trust, Department for Education, DVIP, Family Rights Group, Focus Consultancy, Frontline, Local Authorities, London Probation, Morning Lane Associates, NSPCC, Open University, Respect, Royal College of Midwifery, Safeground, University of Bristol, as well as from the FI itself.

According to Elliott's slides, this movement includes the Taxpayers» Alliance and other officially non-partisan groups like MigrationWatch and the Countryside Alliance, centre - right charitable thinktanks including the Centre for Social Justice and Policy Exchange, activist groups like ConservativeHome, and Ukip as well as the Conservative party.

The latest edition of this edited volume includes an overview of social justice principles and public health; chapters on social injustice and its effects on the health of specific population groups; and the intersection of social justice and key aspects of public health, such as health care delivery; and a call to action that promotes human rights and social justice advocacy for improving public health.

Last year, a separate group found that holding a heavy clipboard makes us perceive social - justice issues as more important: In a theoretical scenario, volunteers holding a heavy clipboard were more likely to support a student grievance with a university committee than were those holding a light clipboard.

That's partly because traffic speed and certain environmental effects are easier to measure than social - justice considerations, such as access to job opportunities or health care for low - income groups, or balancing the interests of pedestrians and cyclists with those of motorists.

UEA is also home to to the Climatic Research Unit; the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research; International Development UEA; and the Water Security Research Centre, as well as important research groups in the areas of Science, Society and Sustainability; Global Environmental Justice; and Globalisation and Corporate Social Responsibility.

As a maternal health advocate and therapist Ginger is also a regularly invited blogger for international groups that advocate for social justice and policy, including Caring Economy and Center for Partnership Studies, National Association for Mothers Centers (now MOM - Mentum), and American Mothers.

I watched as students started rolling into configurations that appealed to them: partners like Cittlaly and Sara, best friends and a predictable pairing; trios like Matt, Carlos and Eddie, all athletes working on sports - themed essays; mixed - gender groups of kids, like one from the leadership class working on social justice pieces; and a few students who chose to slide off for some solo work.

«This is an inspiring group of young people who recognize teaching as a profession and see social justice at the core of their work,» Leibel said.

Insofar as a social movement is «an organized, sustained, self - conscious challenge to existing authorities» (Tilly, 1984), the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions included a multiplicity of informal and formal institutions and alliances: students, unions, professionals, religious groups, etc.And while the master frames calling for the ouster of Mubarak and Ben Ali were no doubt unifying discursive devices that were readily supported by most if not all of the protestors, secondary frames — calls for democracy, social justice, freedom, and dignity — presented significant points of divergence not only in and between Islamist and non-Islamist groups, but between the secular - liberal youth who are credited with initiating the mass protests in the first place.

Among the beneficiaries of the union's largesse: Progressive Majority, which was given $ 50,284 in 2011 - 2012, another $ 20,000 to Campaign for America's Future, which bills itself as a social justice group (which is quite in line with what the NEA is trying to do as part of a new strategy to preserve its declining influence), and $ 135,000 to the old - school People for the American Way (which given both group's opposition to expanding school choice through school vouchers, makes quite a lot of sense).

I have come to understand that our power as a group of educators is undeniable and that by promoting equity and social justice in our schools and professional networks, we may be able to support other teachers who are grappling with these issues.

Practice What You Teach follows three different groups of educators to explore the challenges of developing and supporting teachers» sense of social justice and activism at various stages of their careers: White pre-service teachers typically enrolled in most teacher education programs, a group of new teachers attempting to integrate social justice into their teaching, and experienced educators who see their teaching and activism as inextricably linked.

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.»

Inquiry to Action Groups (ItAGs) are an opportunity to build community by learning together, developing as activists, and linking social justice issues with classroom practice.

The learning process will be rooted in popular education, dialogue, peer exchanges, group coaching of individual teachers, artist and teacher partnerships, and personal exploration of the social justice issue as a point of departure to teaching youth.

But it was her job as religion editor that remained constant during her tenure at the paper, which coincided with the rise of feminism, gay rights, the Evangelical Right, the social justice movement, the spread of Buddhism, Hinduism, and New Age groups, and other issues that had a significant impact on religion in America.

Additionally, she is a member of the Art and Social Justice Working Group, lectures internationally on socially engaged and collaborative art, and she is the author of various essays on art and culture, as well as a recently - published novel based on Viagra and Cialis spam, «A Diary of Mysterious Difficulties.»

Hard Edged is a group exhibition that illustrates the rich interplay of tradition, innovation, and individual talent among a group of artists of African descent whose work in geometrical abstraction addresses issues including as feminism, identity, colonialism, stereotypes, family relations, and social justice.

In the wake of the one - year anniversary of People's Climate March and as we welcome 2016 with a sense of renewal and hope — a discussion on strengthening alliances between social justice, spiritual and environmental groups and Bill McKibben's personal connection to all of this.

UEA is also home to to the Climatic Research Unit; the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research; International Development UEA; and the Water Security Research Centre, as well as important research groups in the areas of Science, Society and Sustainability; Global Environmental Justice; and Globalisation and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Building on this critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that profoundly threatens the planet» (2) «the affluent societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of forces: peace, social justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change through a host of alternative arrangements, and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»

Neither can we select groups, and oppress them, exploit them, or deprive them of what they need through the environment, as can be understood through the concept of social justice.

The march was organized by the 900 - group - strong People's Climate Movement, which included non-profit environmental and social justice groups, as well as labor unions and companies committed to taking action on climate change.

... While some of its partners are climate - change organizations like NextGen Climate, founded by top Democratic donor Tom Steyer, the march is also heavily backed by labor unions and social - justice groups such as Color of Change, which is also backed by Mr. Soros.

We're talking about the kind of march that comes with its own hour - long trailer, the kind of march that will include labor unions, social justice organizations and groups representing frontline communities, not to mention U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki - moon — even though, as the Guardian points out, «high - ranking officials do not normally attend mass public protests.»

In a third letter, a broad alliance of more than 140 faith, human - rights, social justice and environmental groups called on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today to «fully acknowledge the reality and science of climate change in the Arctic, and grant polar bears full protection as an «endangered» species.»

An eclectic group of eight business lawyers, jurists, and social justice advocates were among the honourees this year as Governor General David Johnston announced 86 new appointments to the Order of Canada on Monday.

At the University of Denver College of Law, Mollie served as Managing Director of Social Justice Action Group (S - JAG), a volunteer organization that provides free legal research and writing assistance to public interest attorneys who are actively pursuing social juSocial Justice Action Group (S - JAG), a volunteer organization that provides free legal research and writing assistance to public interest attorneys who are actively pursuing social jJustice Action Group (S - JAG), a volunteer organization that provides free legal research and writing assistance to public interest attorneys who are actively pursuing social jusocial justicejustice.

The Career Development Office of the University of Toronto says: Public interest or social justice law has been described as legal work on behalf of individuals, groups, -LSB-...]

An organization that holds a core commitment to equality, social responsibility and justice with attention to marginalized and underserved groups, and fosters policies that support the welfare of families and children and serves as a context for all concerned with the health of the family;

Brave Space Dialogues in Multicultural Group Therapy: Emic Approaches Reviewing the development and shift from «safe» space to «brave» space dialogues as an important way to frame diversity and social justice explorations was the focus of the column from the... Read More»

It employs activities such as walking groups, healing art camps, men's groups and recently a one - day men's forum on justice issues, as part of its holistic approach to addressing the emotional and social wellbeing of its participants as well as lateral violence.

For me as Social Justice Commissioner, specifically charged by statute to report on the effect of the Native Title Act upon the human rights of Indigenous Australians, the challenge is to develop a framework that recognises the distinctiveness of Indigenous identity as it is shaped by our adherence to traditional laws and customs, while at the same time seeking to maximise the capacity of native title to contribute to the economic and social development of traditional owner groups and the communities they liSocial Justice Commissioner, specifically charged by statute to report on the effect of the Native Title Act upon the human rights of Indigenous Australians, the challenge is to develop a framework that recognises the distinctiveness of Indigenous identity as it is shaped by our adherence to traditional laws and customs, while at the same time seeking to maximise the capacity of native title to contribute to the economic and social development of traditional owner groups and the communities they lisocial development of traditional owner groups and the communities they live in.

The Community Justice Group model aims to provide Aboriginal people with a mechanism for dealing with problems of justice and social control which is consistent with Aboriginal Law and cultural practices as well as utilising aspects of the Anglo - Australian legal Justice Group model aims to provide Aboriginal people with a mechanism for dealing with problems of justice and social control which is consistent with Aboriginal Law and cultural practices as well as utilising aspects of the Anglo - Australian legal justice and social control which is consistent with Aboriginal Law and cultural practices as well as utilising aspects of the Anglo - Australian legal system.