Sentences with phrase «urban issues such»

Meanwhile, experts on urban issues such as Princeton professor John DiIulio and Robert Woodson of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise have been calling for foundations and governments to channel resources to congregations.

Not exact matches

More pejoratively: The term «tech bro» also refers to a tech company employee who acts entitled, lacks self - awareness and is tone deaf about sensitive issues such as the realities of urban poverty.

Although Luther was clearly aware of some of the economic issues of his day» such as whether money should be loaned at interest» he did not understand the issues dominating urban finance.

Colloquium explores such issues as race, urban ministry and the role of women in the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana).

Churches increasingly see missions in the streets of American cities; segments of church membership stirring up controversy; urban congregations moving to the suburbs; such issues as birth control, draft resistance, rebellion.

Finally, such a strengthened ecumenical effort would be much more effective and relevant in dealing with the crucial issues of the day — poverty, race, urban decay, etc..

Chiodo was James's urban - affairs director, and worked on issues such as her opposition to the Atlantic Yards development.

Such data has previously been used for the study of personal mobility, urban planning, infectious - disease spread, health detection, extreme situation monitoring and country development as well as crime detection and privacy issues.

Unexpectedly, they found a significant size difference between urban and rural trees, even after accounting for factors such as temperature and nutrient levels, they report in the 10 July issue of Nature.

Ewing, who is currently completing her dissertation «Shuttered Schools in the Black Metropolis: Race, History, and Discourse on Chicago's South Side» — a look at the 2013 public school closures in Chicago, and the relationship between such closures and the structural history of race and racism in Chicago's Bronzeville community — is a sociologist focused on issues of racism, social inequality, and urban policy.

Mark Martin: Build UP stands for Build Urban Prosperity, a comprehensive, multi-sector solution to issues affecting the economically disadvantaged, such as poverty and urban blUrban Prosperity, a comprehensive, multi-sector solution to issues affecting the economically disadvantaged, such as poverty and urban blurban blight.

The students also get behind - the - scenes opportunities at the university on a wide range of issues, such as how geographical information systems are being used in scientific research on urban education and where to find hidden secrets in the university libraries or museums.

Ostensibly, these youngsters are still being educated and will return to their regular schools.In truth, most of these students are ghosts; they disappear but are still carried on the attendance rolls for purposes of state support.Every urban district has thousands of such ghosts; some tens of thousands.If all the ghosts on the books actually showed up, no urban school district would be able to cope without a new bond issue for building significantly more schools.

March / April 2018: Urban, Suburban, Rural, and Frontier — This issue will shine a light on various types of school communities, providing strategies for universal challenges such as parent engagement, afterschool and summer learning, technology and broadband connectivity, teacher recruiting and retention, poverty, and wrap - around services.

Over the past 53 years, the Pratt Center has built on its model of inclusive planning to address such issues as sustainable community development, transportation equity, affordable housing, and urban manufacturing.

The participating artists address themes such as memory and self - reflection, social and political issues such as discrimination, racism, the failure of the modern utopia, urban violence and exploitation of the Amazon rain forest.

Through a series of conversations with the city's leading artists and intellectuals, Maltzan explores such issues as real - estate speculation and future urban development, infrastructure, resources, site density, urban experience, political structure, commerce and community, attempting to transform our understanding of how each affects present - day Los Angeles.

The exhibition addresses the push back that is occurring in communities nationwide around issues such as water access and safety, marginalization of the poor, the murder and incarceration of African American youth, and decay of urban infrastructure.

Examples include Patio Taller, a performance space and grass - roots educational center in the industrial zone of San Antón that organizes a «theater of the oppressed» to address issues affecting their community; the collective transformation of the hillside town of El Cerro, Naranjito into a living mural that is socially and artistically charged; intergenerational workshops known as Escuelas Oficios (Trade Schools) that are recuperating artisanal traditions threatened by modernization and colonialism, such as weaving, lace making, and basketry; the revitalization of blighted properties and neighborhoods through participatory urban design of community centers, public parks, urban gardens, and food cooperatives; and the aesthetic and physical reclaiming of public space through movement by artist Noemí Segarra.

Its program aims to tackle Berlin - specific issues such as urban transformation processes and consequently the process of social change, the «shrinking» of public spaces and the implications coming along with that.

In his multidisciplinary practice — from live performances involving embedded microphones in sculptures made of sneakers and foam and other electronic musical equipment to sculptural works of found objects (often his own) such as shredded hoodies, du - rags, and basketball jerseys — Kevin Beasley explores connections between the physical and aura, and personal memory and lived experience, with the broader issues of power, sexuality, gender, and race in urban America.

At Galerie Urs Meile, emerging artist Yang Mushi (b. 1989) will consider issues of extreme urban development in China and globalization through industrial raw materials such as processed wood, foam, metal and stone.

The exhibition includes artists who have been addressing issues of urban development since the 1970s such as Richard Tuttle, Fred Sandback, Yona Friedman and Charlotte Posenenske, as well as a younger generation of artists such as Christian Jankowski, Oscar Tuazon, Los Carpinteros, and Ai Weiwei.

As the world becomes more and more focused on environmental issues that cross national boundaries, such as climate change, reduced availability of clean water, increased water and air pollution, and the growth of urban heat islands, landscape architects are taking the lead in finding practical, innovative solutions that leverage natural systems.

Issues such as urban farming have become hot topics of discussion.

Generation Zero works extensively on issues such as transport and urban planning, where there are opportunities to reduce carbon emissions.

It also stresses that adaptation strategies need to be wide ranging covering issues such as urban planning, improved water storage networks and improved water efficiency in sectors such as agriculture.

The differential handling of the US vs. ROW and issues such as using nightlights to estimate urban development are known weaknesses.

We focus on sustainability goals for green roof projects and solving environmental issues, such as stormwater management and the urban heat island effect.

Since IFM is essentially a dynamic notion, the perception presented in this third revised edition also includes a number of emerging issues, such as risk management, urban floods, climate variability and change, and adaptive management.

In such analysis, design, implementation and monitoring, RUAF always incorporates proper attention to gender issues (see also the research project Designing guidelines for mainstreaming gender in urban agriculture projects and the book Women Feeding Cities that was produced by the RUAF Foundation in cooperation with the CGIAR - Urban Harvest progrurban agriculture projects and the book Women Feeding Cities that was produced by the RUAF Foundation in cooperation with the CGIAR - Urban Harvest progrUrban Harvest programme.

Berkeley Earth also has carefully studied issues raised by skeptics, such as possible biases from urban heating, data selection, poor station quality, and data adjustment.

We'll also keep close tabs on the 905 regions: They have the same stake in becoming green, and some major issues, such as urban sprawl and transit, can't be resolved without them.

The conference participants, which included a significant percentage of the country's architectural and urban planning heavyweights, also discussed issues such as transportation infrastructure in dense urban fabrics, population diversity in neighborhoods, open spaces and public buildings in cities, and the connection between high densities and tall buildings.

In addition to our work in the CO2 arena, the Urban Greenprint is gaining traction on several other issues such as Seattle's stormwater mitigation troubles.

Highlights Developed EPA presentation to help companies prevent violations Conducted legal research on Virginia environmental issues Assistance with depositions and discovery Classes on issues such as impact of pesticides, air pollution, urban sprawl, food safety, water safety Sitting for [month, year] Virginia Bar Examination Excellent research and analytical skills Well - rounded communicator and collaborator Experience Legal Research Intern 6/1/2015 — 8/1/2015 Virginia Attorney General's Office — Richmond, VA Researched case law to help attorneys with depositions and discovery.

Families Talk About... Marriage «In this part of a series of videos on issues relevant to families in urban settings, four couples discuss how they fell in love and more importantly, speak frankly about the challenges posed by the sometimes conflicting desires of each partner on matters such as having children and pursuing careers.

There was the immediate issue of soldiers returning home to liberated wives, but also broader social trends, such as people moving en masse from rural to urban areas, and an overall increase in life span — death waited much longer to break up an unhappy home.

This contributes to warmer urban areas, which can lead to a host of problems such as water quality issues from storm water being heated up.

In addition, issues such as land and water use planning, inter-municipal cooperation, urban revitalization, and open space preservation are monitored by the Alliance.