Sentences with phrase «sparked national conversation»

The case was covered nationally and internationally by all major media outlets and sparked a national conversation about security, safety and privacy for hotel guests.

Modeled on the international Healthy Parks Healthy People movement that originated in Australia, Healthy Parks Healthy People US complements President Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative, a multi-agency effort that has sparked a national conversation on how to conserve open spaces and reconnect Americans to nature.

Launched with a hugely popular New York Times Magazine cover story, Building a Better Teacher sparked a national conversation about teacher quality and established Elizabeth Green as a leading voice in education.

Recent events in Ferguson have sparked a national conversation about civil rights, and many college and high school students are joining in.

Viral videos of U.S. police officers beating and shooting black citizens have sparked a national conversation on how they interact with racial minorities.

The deaths of unarmed black victims at the hands of police sparked a national conversation about racism and policing, from the Black Lives Matter movement to kneeling NFL players.

While the moment sparked a national conversation about sexual harassment, it did not quash his Presidential aspirations.

It sparked a national conversation on giving states more flexibility in education policy.

BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD The state of North Carolina today, March 30, repealed HB2, the law enacted a little over a year ago that aroused heated protests and boycotts, generated several lawsuits, and sparked a national conversation about gender identity and sex - specific public bathrooms and locker rooms.

His silent protests have sparked national conversation and debate, but they have also inspired widespread condemnation from a large segment of the population.

The shocking lawsuit, which sparked a national conversation around the treatment of women in tech, has been dropped.

It sparked a national conversation on U.S. carriers» treatment of customers in an industry comprising just a handful of competitors following years of mergers and consolidations.

Duchesne acknowledges that a fear of the unknown might be a reason why more Canadian businesses aren't looking to expand overseas, but he hopes that the results of the study will spark a national conversation about the country's potential for international trade.

As the deadly shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school, which killed 17 and injured more than a dozen others, sparks a national conversation around gun control, the White House is pushing Congress to actually pass gun control measures.

Together, they helped us spark a national conversation about the role that food plays in helping us all live healthy lives.

Farrow's year - long investigation of Harvey Weinstein and his subsequent pieces in The New Yorker helped spark a national conversation about sexual misconduct.

This fascinating, deeply troubling book has the power to spark a national conversation about how our criminal justice system fails victims, and how it can be reformed.»

This multi-disciplinary exhibition of 150 of some of the Americas most celebrated visual artists, musicians, poets, playwrights, and filmmakers is designed to spark a national conversation about American identity through the arts.

The high preschool expulsion rate has sparked national conversations and policy statements about building social emotional skills that prevent these behaviors.

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The new proposed bill may not go anywhere, but it could at the very least ignite a national conversation about how to spark entrepreneurship.

Last month, we celebrated National Bath Safety Month by sharing bath time safety tips with parents, which sparked lots of terrific conversations online.

Even as the voices of young activists from Stoneman Douglas High, where 17 people were shot not two months ago, have sparked unprecedented national conversation, we can still only guess at their inner lives — or those of surviving parents — when the cameras are off.

Scottish first minister Alex Salmond is set to spark a «national conversation» on Scottish independence.

The film, from co-directors Byron Howard and Rich Moore, explores the kinds of social inequities — gender, racial and class bias — they saw unfolding during production in the national conversation as police killings of African American men sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.

They fear Congress will strip core provisions of the law but hope that the national conversation about race sparked by recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City will help keep a spotlight on civil rights.

Partnered with the University of Phoenix, the National Network of State Teachers of the year just released this list — broken down by grade level — which was curated by real teachers with a goal of using books to start conversations, spark ideas, and present challenges to brainstorm solutions in the wake of social unrest in our country.

Africa's global connections and the vision of its artists are the focus of this national museum; this sculpture will inspire visitors and spark conversation.»

Note: Before Stephen Schneider's untimely passing, he and his co-authors were working on a response to the conversation sparked by their recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on climate change expertise.

Returning to our oft - abandoned theme of DNA Day, the conversation about the wisdom of DNA databases as a crime - fighting tool continues, sparked in no small part by President Obama's appearance last month on America's Most Wanted to voice his support for the creation of a national DNA database.

Last month's release of The Blue Zones of Happiness, by Dan Buettner, and this month's cover article in National Geographic, «These Are The World's Happiest Places», by the same author, have sparked an international conversation about the effect of location on happiness.