Sentences with phrase «with civic rights»

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The authority of office is not one based in common belief and life but in «agreements» and «rights» on the basis of which buffer zones are placed between persons who are not civic friends or brothers and sisters in the Lord but adversaries with differing interests.

Would they improve the ability of parents to control the education of their children (a right once said by the Supreme Court «to override the desire of the legislature to foster a homogeneous people with American ideals prepared readily to understand current discussions of civic matters»)?

by saying: In three ways --(1) its members must fulfil their moral responsibilities and functions in a Christian spirit; (2) its members must exercise their purely civic rights in a Christian spirit; (3) it must itself supply them with a systematic statement of principles to aid them in doing these two things, and this will carry with it a denunciation of customs or institutions in contemporary life and practice which offend against those principles...

After all, the Dodgers - Giants rivalry ranks right up there with the great civic and athletic showdowns in western civilization, including Athens - Sparta, Yankees - Red Sox and, of course, Canadiens - Nordiques.

As the race for Borough President heats up with more prospective candidates testing the waters, one stellar civic leader anxiously awaits an opening to represent New York's 11th Senate District should the right pieces fall into place.

Getting yourself involved in the governance of your country is an individual right that must be well expressed and voting during an election must be well exercised with moral and civic responsibility as a citizen of a State.

Civic rights go with civic responsibility, but these rights have been flagrantly violated by those who have committed imprisonable offences.»

Through participation in this civic leadership development program; students will become deeply familiar with the 1st & 19th Amendments guaranteed in the US Constitution and the role each amendment played in securing greater gender equity for women and appreciate the historical significance of Seneca Falls, NY as the Birthplace of Women's Rights in America.

What is the role of the biomedical scientist amid the world's growing poverty crisis and the related human rights inequalities and the spread of diseases in underprivileged areas, The author provides examples of where the scientist can interface with human rights organizations, medical doctors, political and civic leaders, and the science - religion dialogue.

The field promotes health and civic rights by ensuring that people with disabilities have the right to health, safety, and education; by teaching preventive breast cancer self - examination; and by reducing smoking behavior.

Raybon said she was pleased to note how many different viewpoints were expressed and respected during the lesson — a sign that when provided with the right opportunities, students can engage in civics and in informed civil discourse.

K - 12 teachers mingle with top constitutional scholars and other civic and government teachers, train to teach the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and participate in simulated congressional hearings.

Those who embody the triple helix of the three E's (ENA, we whimsically call it) know their subject excellently, be it a profession or their civic duties; they are engaged, they care about that realm; when faced with a difficult challenge, they try to do the right thing, the ethical thing; and when they fail, as all of us inevitably do, they reflect on what can be done better next time.

«No matter what students grow up to do with their lives, they all have civic rights and responsibilities, so they need to be prepared,» says political philosopher Meira Levinson, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Children Are Citizens, part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project Zero, is dedicated to the notion that children are not just future citizens; they are citizens now, with the right to express their opinions and participate in the civic and cultural worlds around them.

The recent row over Bill Maher and Ben Affleck's heated discussion of Islam on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher strikes me as an opportunity for a civic lesson — one rooted not in debating who is right or wrong, or who is bigoted or not, but one, that, in true Facing History and Ourselves fashion, is rooted in history.

While a formal civics course is not offered until high school, kindergarten students learn to «identify personal traits, such as courage, honesty, and responsibility» and third - graders learn to «explain how local government officials are chosen, e.g., election, appointment,» according to the Idaho State Department of Education's social studies standards.22 By the time students reach 12th grade, they are more prepared to learn civics - related topics, such as the electoral process and role of political parties; the methods of public participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, than students with no prior exposure to a civics curriculum.

The website, for example, provides teachers with student tasks for applying civics in real - world situations and with civics lesson plans on American rights and responsibilities; giving back to the community; and examining historical contexts of justice and inequality.

And though the Cobalt bookends would not be confused with Honda Civics, both were right on target for their prices and their market.

The civic was nice and the dealer was very easy to work with but the civic just didn't fit me right.

With more than 54 percent of the world's population now living in urban centers, the goal of Soofa and Visionect is to improve the quality of life for people by providing easily accessible civic information at the right time and in the right place.

These conventions help in regulating companies with respect to various aspects of the human rights, such as non-discrimination; women's rights; life, liberty and physical integrity of the person; civic freedoms; employee's rights; child labour; slavery, forced and bonded labour; economic, social and cultural rights; and voluntarism and market forces (Beyond Voluntarism 7 - 34).

I can't understand why more Americans are not bothered that a trade organization (the CVMA) is interfering both with state HOUSING laws and with the rights of individual cities in California to determine what is and is not consistent with their civic values (as evidenced by the CVMA's attempt to overturn the declaw ban in West Hollywood).

This time around, we're sure the trailer will ring better with the professionally outraged web - based civic rights advocates.

The Fifteenth amendment, the Nineteenth amendment, and the Twenty Sixth amendment along with the Voting Rights Act made it possible for virtually anyone to show up on election day and participate in the most basic form of civic engagement.

(5) With the «constitutionalizing» of more and more political and social issues into fundamental rights, the Canadian judiciary has all but removed those issues, in a fairly permanent way, from the realm of future civic engagement and future political debate.

But that sense of duty plays less well with Gen Xers and boomers; their civic motivation comes from a personal sense of right and wrong.