Sentences with phrase «support of social action»

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A social action project aimed at mobilizing congregational support of legislation to provide more opportunities for job training for the poor (primary prevention).

Organisers are asking Catholics to take public action in support of migrants, posting pro-immigrant messages on social media and participating in programmes where they can meet migrants.

He concludes that more attention to the Bible did not necessarily mean more virtuous action; that personal engagement with the Bible did result in self - sacrificing service, but also in divisive hubris, mistaken interpretations (such as the identification of America with ancient Israel), and blindness to social evils; and that Protestant spiritual individualism undercut corrupt hierarchies and supported democracy, but also promoted political excesses and violent anti-Catholicism.

It is too soon to know if increasing support for social action within the denominations will have a reflexive effect on New Thought doctrine, or on the content of what is preached from the pulpits of New Thought congregations, moving them further toward the prophetic.

The initiative came out of a strategic directive adopted by the Association, which calls for «positively impacting the human condition,» and evidences a growing support for spiritual social action among the broader membership of Unity.

Socially concerned clergy were encouraged to look elsewhere for support of their concerns — the implication being that significant social action occurs almost anywhere but in the church.

State or local mental health associations can provide church social - action groups with current information concerning the problems and needs of their area, including mental health legislation which needs citizen support.

Social movements, networks of associations and analysts are given a voice to show the evolution of the economic system, the potential for action and the strategies of social forces and to formulate proposals and alternatives to the dominant system, supported by these moveSocial movements, networks of associations and analysts are given a voice to show the evolution of the economic system, the potential for action and the strategies of social forces and to formulate proposals and alternatives to the dominant system, supported by these movesocial forces and to formulate proposals and alternatives to the dominant system, supported by these movements.

For example, such things as life adjustment counseling; community social action; marriage and family life education and counseling; social, religious, and therapeutic group experiences; and the after - care of patients by means of a supporting, redemptive fellowship contribute to positive mental health.

This conclusion is supported by Whitehead's admission that his main thesis is that «a social system is kept together by the blind force of instinctive actions, and of instinctive emotions clustered around habits and prejudices» (S 81).

Actions include setting and updating sustainability goals, improving the sustainability profile of their packaging, reducing solid waste generation, greenhouse gas emissions and consumption of water and power, supporting environmental organizations and adopting corporate social responsibility initiatives to improve the plight of the neediest among us.Read More >

From «girls throwing themselves at him» to a lack of support on managing his social media and no disciplinary action from the club after the reports of his cheating were picked up by the papers, it's clear that Helena has a lot of anger towards the club over their lack of dealing of the matter.

In recognition of National Breastfeeding Month (NBM), each year the USBC hosts a social media advocacy and / or outreach campaign inviting breastfeeding coalitions, member / partner organizations, and individual supporters to join online actions and conversations to build support for the policy and practice changes needed to build a «landscape of breastfeeding support.»

Very much an exercise of reductio ad absurdum in action, suggesting some social support is countered by all social support is communism and therefore evil.

Radicalization is social and educational process that makes a person capable of extreme actions to support their views.

The British Safety Council is supporting the #iwill campaign that aims to make social action part of life for as many 10 to 20 years olds as possible by the year 2020.

The authors argue that research on social justice attitudes among adolescents is a valuable form of social action, which can influence policies and programs that support human rights.

- Cognitive Neuroscience The Cognitive Neuroscience emphasis seeks highly innovative and interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through evolutionary time.

Program seeks highly innovative and interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous understanding of how the human brain supports thought, perception, affect, action, social processes, and other aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such processes develop and change in the brain and through time.

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Participant Media's Film Social Action Campaign Will Support the Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) Launch of a New System and Trustmark to Assure Co

Communication, for health, is «the social, educational and political process which increases and promotes public awareness of health, promotes healthy lifestyles and community action supporting health, providing opportunities and allowing people to be able to exercise their rights and responsibilities to develop environments, systems and policies beneficial to health and well - being.»

Funded through the Social Action Fund and supported by the Cabinet Office, the publication has been endorsed by numerous organisations including the Health and Safety Executive, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and the Association of Play Industries.

The SECD Lab collaborated with Watters School to develop opportunities for students at the school to clarify their sense of positive purpose and develop social and emotional learning skills to support their purpose, and to provide opportunities for the youths to engage in social action for their classrooms, school, and larger community.

The Rutgers Social - Emotional and Character Development Lab is piloting the Students Taking Action Together framework with the goal of introducing it and supporting its use in other middle schools in New Jersey.

In 2000, we simply highlighted how the Internet could be used by teachers to access information and people to support the development of children's (a) «personal civic beliefs,» (b) «capacity for social and public action,» (c) «ties to their localities and the world outside,» and (d) «awareness of past present and future» (Cogan, Grossman, & Lei., 2000, p. 50).

This begins with demonstrating the power of technology to support specific social studies activities and projects that together center on the development of children's (a) «personal civic beliefs,» (b) «capacity for social and public action,» (c) «ties to their localities and the world outside,» and (d) «awareness of past present and future» (Cogan et al., 2000, p. 50).

The data also can help you support individual student instruction, which will allow you to build tailored plans of action or incorporate information on students» social and emotional strengths and needs into existing individualized education programs (IEP).

«Our Social Mobility Action Plan set out measures to drive improvements in key skills including numeracy, targets areas that need the most support through our # 72 million Opportunity Areas programme and builds on the almost # 2.5 billion we provide each year to schools to help raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils.»

The updated guidelines address the complex nature of effective and appropriate technology integration in the social studies classroom and lay the foundation for future actions to support the preparation of social studies teachers to use technology as a tool to support the more inquiry - driven activities beginning to emerge more frequently in the social studies classroom.

Social Capital in Action: Alignment of Parental Support in Adolescents» Transition to Postsecondary Education

Supporting the social / emotional needs of students with challenging behaviors includes helping them take responsibility for their actions so that negative patterns can be reduced.

While those of us with less ambitious expectations might instead have predicted more money to support the government's forthcoming social mobility action plan, the chancellor actually announced new incentives to boost take up of post-16 maths (a subject which isn't particularly suffering from a lack of entrants).

Key game features include: graphical presentation reminiscent of national television broadcasts, gameplay improvements such as a new pass - ready system, improved play action, and the all - new read and react defensive AI system, Madden social / play functionality, multiplayer support online and offline, and the ability to build the ultimate franchise as a coach, an NFL superstar, or yourself.

Love Action Art Lounge is supported by a generous two - year grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and with support from Connecticut Office of the Arts & Social connections as the starting point for collectively creating art is at the core of House of Ladosha and Go!PushPops practices.

The social justice residency is meant to support artistic projects that directly engage subjects related to social justice, from the perspectives of both the effects of social injustice, such as hunger, poverty and discrimination, and efforts to rectify social injustice through actions of empowerment and self - determination.

The social support created by participating with thousands of others, along with friendly competition and earning points for success, help to turn actions into positive habits.

More widespread recognition that human actions are driving far - reaching changes to the life - supporting infrastructure of Earth may well have increasing philosophical, social, economic and political implications over the coming decades.

Supporting the California based Climate Protection Campaign, an organization working to reduce emissions in Sonoma County, the ecobabes calendar «portrays passionate, driven women pursing a vision of sustainability by modifying their daily actions and initiating systemic social change... [and] inspires and educates people of all ages to make changes in their personal and professional lives that help create a more sustainable world.»

In February 2014, Environmental Defense Fund, together with the Climate Reality Project, Organizing for Action and Sierra Club delivered more than 120,000 citizen comments to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in support of a strong Social Cost of Carbon (SCC).

Such changes might depend on a social movement for climate stabilization that supports long - term changes in social norms (e.g. about family size), greater availability of mass transit, climate - friendly urban design, or other actions that are impractical on the short term but on a longer time scale increase the plasticity of potentially high - impact behaviors.

This denier pre-emption of social science research echoes Frank Luntz» infamous 2002 memo advising Republicans to attack the scientific consensus on climate change in order to erode public support for climate policies - long before social scientists began researching the link between perception of consensus and support for climate action.

We are a growing network of 22 New Zealand civil society groups, non-governmental organisations and social movements who support each other and our allies to take real action to protect New Zealanders and others from climate change, to protect New Zealand's unique environment, and build a more fair, just and safe New Zealand for us all.

For example, UMN researchers found that lack of support is a barrier to changing behavior — and that what ultimately motivates people to make changes towards more sustainable action is both knowing how to make changes along with adequate social support.

In each of these countries, The Climate Reality Project's Road to Paris campaign will build on the work we've already undertaken, including training new members of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps and activating local branches, which will employ social / digital earned media tactics to educate and mobilize communities, hold events, and offer practical suggestions for grassroots action people can take to support and strengthen the commitments their national governments have made.

In a joint statement from the Catholic Bishops» Conference of the Philippines - National Secretariat for Social Action (CBCP - NASSA), and the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), 2012 Goldman Prize winner Father Edwin Gariguez called on the Pope to support the poor and vulnerable communities most affected by climate crises.

These categories include consumer debt, social assistance, disability support, housing, police action, family (relationship breakdown), personal injury, medical treatment, threat of legal action, and problems with neighbours.

The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change includes individuals as well as Alliance for South Asian Aids Prevention, Asian Community Aids Services, Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support), Caregiver Connections Education and Support Organization, Caregivers Action Centre, Durham Region Migrant Solidarity Network, FCJ Refugee House, Fuerza Puwersa, GABRIELA Ontario, IAVGO Community Legal Clinic, Income Security Advocacy Centre, Justice for Migrant Workers, Migrante Ontario, No One Is Illegal — Toronto, Northumberland Community Legal Centre, OCASI — Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, OHIP For All, PCLS Community Legal Clinic, SALCO Community Legal Clinic, Students Against Migrant Exploitation, Social Planning Toronto, UFCW, UNIFOR, Workers Action Centre and Workers United.

This suspension is based upon an Action Transmittal dated June 18, 2012 from the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement to all state agencies administering child support enforcement plans under Title IV - D of the Social SecuriSupport Enforcement to all state agencies administering child support enforcement plans under Title IV - D of the Social Securisupport enforcement plans under Title IV - D of the Social Security Act.

The requirement applies to all cases where support is set after October 1, 1989, including actions brought under Title IV ‑ D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.A. § 651 ‑ 669).