Sentences with phrase «who feel a sense of belonging»

And the «community», which is global and often manifests online, is made up of people who feel a sense of belonging with each other due to their shared and loose connections to Africa and global sensibilities.

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It's now essential to me that my clients feel included in our community, and when I lead events, all the women who enter the room feel that sense of belonging right away.

When poor children grow up in an environment marked by stable, responsive parenting; by schools that make them feel a sense of belonging and purpose; and by classroom teachers who challenge and support them, they thrive, and their opportunities for a successful life increase exponentially.

University students who used a Facebook group as part of a large sociology class did better on course assignments and felt a stronger sense of belonging, according to a Baylor University study.

The voice belongs to Gary Oldman, who plays Churchill with an obvious relish and a sense of fun that the viewer feels and shares almost instantly.

Simien's film takes place at Winchester University, a predominantly white, prestigious university where we're introduced to six significant characters: Sam White (Tessa Thompson), the biracial activist who overcompensates her blackness; Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), the black homosexual who lives in an all - white residence building, and feels little sense of belonging; Colandrea «CoCo» Conners (Teyonah Parris), the white - washed blogger who acknowledges racism yet chooses to ignore it in fear of non-acceptance from the white majority; The Dean (Dennis Haysbert), who has worked hard his whole life solely to over-emphasize his superiority and intelligence towards white corporate men, specifically the president of Winchester; The Dean's son Troy (Brandon Bell), who spends his college career doing things to make his father happy and impress the white majority; and Kurt Fletcher (Kyle Gallner), the privileged, ignorant son of the President of Winchester.

As reported by The Independent, a new study by the University of Hertfordshire has found that young people who have a «low sense of belonging» in their school are seven times more likely to self - harm than those who feel attached.

Citing the intriguing life story of former New York Times book editor Anatole Broyard, an African - American who spent much of his adult life passing as a white man to achieve career success and broader opportunities, and research on gender stereotypes and math skills and race stereotypes and I.Q. tests, Steele offered three recommendations for making classrooms places where students feel a sense of belonging:

Especially as someone who isolated myself for years in fear of being judged and rejected, I know the value of feeling a sense of belonging.

The resulting sense of pride and belonging among his students, who often felt alienated from the mainstream, became an integral part of his work with these students — K.O.S, the Kids of Survival — which could be seen as sustaining a dialog between members of the group as well as with interlocutors of the past such as W.E.B. DuBois or George Orwell.

The Korea Times March 27, 2012 Artist Creates Phantoms of Homes, Nostalgia By Noh Hyun - gi Anyone who has moved around the globe will understand the feeling of dislocation — faint memories of places accumulate only to diffuse the sense of belonging.

«Bilingualism «is at the core of what this country means» but Canadians don't have a sense of ownership of both official languages, says Graham Fraser, the Commissioner of Official Languages -LRB-...) «I think the larger challenge is creating a situation where Canadians feel that both languages belong to them,» said Mr. Fraser, who wrote, Sorry, I don't speak French: Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won't Go Away prior to being appointed the Official Languages Commissioner in 2006.

Children who are adjusting well have a sense of belonging to the new school — they feel comfortable, secure and relaxed rather than anxious, fearful or upset.

If there's that feeling of there's something here for me and there's something that caters for who I am as a unique individual, I think that's a major contributor to that sense of belonging.

Children who make a positive start to school are more likely to feel comfortable and develop a sense of belonging to the school community.

«Children who feel that their family, cultural background and individual uniqueness are respected and valued have a stronger sense of identity, belonging and self - esteem»

We've met lots of other families and my daughter who's now seven she still has play dates with other little girls that she doesn't go to primary school with now but who she made a really, really strong bond with at this centre and that is beautiful to see that you know, I am now friends with those children's parents and there's a sense of belonging, you see each other in the community and you know you belong to the same place and it's a nice feeling.

Are we not, when it comes down to it, creatures who yearn to feel a sense of belonging?

Foster parents of youth with histories of trauma, foster parents of youth unable to connect, foster parents of youth with a confused sense of belonging, foster parents of youth who are grieving, foster parents of youth who feel powerless, foster parents of youth who must contend with the child welfare system, foster parents of youth who are angry at the world

The CEO Program will help seasoned AEs, who have felt less a part of Institute over the past few years, now feel a renewed energy and sense of belonging; newer AEs are given the proper instruction they need to start managing their associations with greater confidence, and have more opportunities to network with AEs of similar tenures.