It takes a village to raise a child from cradle to college, particularly when that child is struggling
with issues of poverty, a language barrier or instability in the home or school.
«There is a tendency to assume that if we get just a number of things right in our micro-economic planning, for instance, to promote trade and so on, we would be able to deal
with the issues of poverty through a trickle down policy.
We're going to continue to push for dealing
with the issues of poverty and homelessness.
Not exact matches
The African nation
of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population
with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October
issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much
of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view
of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread
poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other
issues.
There is a growing problem
of people not having enough saved for retirement, and elder
poverty is a serious
issue that our society has to grapple
with.
For example, if the neighborhood is experiencing
issues with poverty, that could be due to a lack
of employment for the residents.
The main problems
with the religious right, Harris says, include disregard for
poverty and international justice (particularly for women), obsession over the
issues of abortion and gay marriage, and a mindset that generally embraces greed - centered capitalism.
This is particularly the case as
issues of poverty become increasingly entwined
with drugs and violent crime, which in any case demand immediate coercive interaction by some sanctioned authority.
By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms
with the fact that the criminalization
of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition
of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners
of war, and experienced first - hand some
of the major problems
with America's healthcare system, which along
with poverty and education
issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.
The song is obviously a criticism
of the Church's preoccupation
with things like gay marriage and politics in the face
of more important
issues like
poverty.
But at the same time, moral
issues of major proportions are the daily bill
of fare in newspapers and on television, and our nation seems infected
with social problems that have a deep religious dimension:
poverty, pollution, discrimination, runaway technology, to name a few.
The great
issues of our time are moral: the uses
of power; wealth and
poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character
of society; loss
of the sense
of the common good in tandem
with the pampering
of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system
of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation
of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization
of many societies; continued racism; the persistence
of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims
of future generations.
Moreover, more than 40 percent
of family - focused articles in these journals and in the CENTURY dealt
with social - justice - related
issues like child
poverty.
But to shape a community into the image
of Christ is also to engage
with issues like
poverty and homelessness.
Since then, she has worked
with national speaker and consultant Rev. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil, earned a Masters in Social Justice, and directed a short - term missions site on the west - side
of Chicago, where she created interactive opportunities for young people to engage
issues of poverty, injustice and race.
While Bread & Wine is a memoir that focuses on life around the table, Eat
With Joy delves more deeply and directly into
issues related to the theology
of eating, touching on everything from food anxiety and eating disorders, to
poverty, to obesity, to just and sustainable eating, to hospitality, to mindfulness, to communion.
The show combines talk about big social
issues like race,
poverty and violence,
with deeply personal themes like failure, indentity and chasing your dreams, becoming one
of the year's most acclaimed new shows.
I want to share
with you one
of the biggest
issues I struggle
with: money Many years ago I made a vow
of poverty.
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..
Their buildings can serve as food distribution centers, job training centers, or provide counseling around domestic violence
issues that often skyrocket
with the stresses
of poverty.
The foreign debt continues to be an
issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment
of the necessary role
of the state to correct the distortions
of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives
of «an active state has played in the economic development
of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society
with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type
of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.
He is utterly scornful
of the utopian proposals to end world
poverty that
issue with wearied regularity from politicians, rock stars, and international bureaucracies.
I strongly disagree
with the political stances on most
issues with the Republicans being targeted here, and I realize there's a great deal
of moral hypocrisy within a Republican Party that pretends to care about God, but blames poor people for their
poverty.
«But how far our concern about these
issues actually goes in terms
of do we concern ourselves simply
with poverty in Scotland or actually are we interested in these
issues across the United Kingdom.»
A final set
of juxtapositions is focused on contemporary events: racial strife,
poverty, the press, political power, Jesus mania, and money are among the
issues dealt
with.
This dimension
of American
poverty has historically been overlooked,
with policymakers — and many social justice groups, including Catholic ones — instead focusing solely on financial
issues.
In his time
with World Vision, Rich has traveled to more than 40
of the nearly 100 countries where World Vision works, and has a firsthand understanding
of the
issues that affect those in
poverty.
IRRI has been working
with partners and networks to address the overarching
issue of poverty in the country through rice research.
There are plenty
of other «developed» countries
with racial and social inequality and
poverty - related health
issues.
Some parents who have joined your program are dealing
with very complex
issues and some
of these
issues such as addictions,
poverty, or family violence, will need support and assistance beyond what you can offer in your Active Parenting Program.
When viewed as a public health
issue with lifelong consequences including
poverty, mental illness, injustice, and risk
of infectious disease — we all benefit when children are diapered.
By Jon Sparkes
With terms like «social justice» and «tackling inequality» being used by all main political parties in recent years, and the political rhetoric increasingly shifting to the need for addressing the «root causes»
of social
issues, one would be inclined to believe that homelessness, one
of the most acute forms
of poverty, is in decline.
FPEEG, the All - Party Fuel
Poverty and Energy Efficiency Group, is a coalition of cross party MPs and industry stakeholders committed to maintain awareness in Parliament of fuel poverty issues; to monitor and comment on progress against government's targets to eradicate fuel poverty; to advocate policies that deliver affordable warmth for vulnerable households with emphasis on improved domestic energy efficiency including effective thermal insulation alongside efficient and effective heating s
Poverty and Energy Efficiency Group, is a coalition
of cross party MPs and industry stakeholders committed to maintain awareness in Parliament
of fuel
poverty issues; to monitor and comment on progress against government's targets to eradicate fuel poverty; to advocate policies that deliver affordable warmth for vulnerable households with emphasis on improved domestic energy efficiency including effective thermal insulation alongside efficient and effective heating s
poverty issues; to monitor and comment on progress against government's targets to eradicate fuel
poverty; to advocate policies that deliver affordable warmth for vulnerable households with emphasis on improved domestic energy efficiency including effective thermal insulation alongside efficient and effective heating s
poverty; to advocate policies that deliver affordable warmth for vulnerable households
with emphasis on improved domestic energy efficiency including effective thermal insulation alongside efficient and effective heating systems.
So the second set features three volumes — Conflict and Crisis, Rights and Justice, and
Poverty and Development — that roughly translate into peace, development and human rights, but that take a broader view
of what these areas encompass,
with issues such as arms control, humanitarian assistance and transitional justice covered.
On its website, We Are Europe states: «
With Europe we've had 70 years
of peace, and together we've led the world on
issues from climate change and human rights, to the fight against global
poverty...
This will help ensure that
issues of poverty can be addressed
with communities working together to ensure that every student is prepared, safe, healthy and ready to learn.
In an interview
with The Daily Orange in March, he said
poverty was the «worst
of all» the
issues plaguing Syracuse.
The Conference, which is being organized by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation in conjunction
with the Government
of the People's Republic
of China, under the overall theme «Tourism for Peace and Development,» will feature, amongst others, discussions on major
issues for sustainable development including the contribution
of Tourism to
poverty reduction and peace.
According to him, «You must improve the business terrain to deal decisively
with issues of joblessness and
poverty,»
Ms. Timoner, who lives in Park Slope
with her wife and two sons, is eager to attack what she sees as the pressing
issues of the day —
poverty, racism, violence, deep inequality —
with a kind
of communitarian approach to Judaism.
With those funds, Miner and de Blasio say cities could provide programming that would lift students and families out
of poverty, which is what's they say is one
of the biggest
issues facing their cities.
According to President Akufo - Addo, the completion
of the SDGs in 2030, presents this generation
with the great opportunity to fight inequality on all fronts, wipe out extreme
poverty, tackle the
issues of climate change and reverse the degradation and unsustainable use
of our environmental resources.
With bank debt at 2 trillion causing debt deflation, a slump in output, supermarkets losing profits because
of poverty, a slump in output, a massive trade deficit that requires a massive boost
of sovereign currency
issue, I would say he is in the neoliberal mold, not the Labour one, and probably not that competent.
Also there are still
issues with CDBG money being used to fund jobs instead
of being spent to relieve
poverty.
The envisaged plan is total urbanization
of the republic
of Ghana that should reduce the
issue of poverty and want the economy is currently plagued
with.
Mark Emanatian is the Capital District Organizer
with Citizen Action
of New York: «Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant and Jewish groups are coming together to an interfaith call for justice to work on the
issues of poverty, what causes
poverty, how we can solve
poverty.»
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting the Empire State
Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI) task force charged with helping to address the issue of poverty in Jamestown is still working to determine how to allocate a $ 1 million in state... [Read m
Poverty Reduction Initiative (ESPRI) task force charged
with helping to address the
issue of poverty in Jamestown is still working to determine how to allocate a $ 1 million in state... [Read m
poverty in Jamestown is still working to determine how to allocate a $ 1 million in state... [Read more...]
Identifying
poverty and a race - wide
issue, not just affecting inner - city or minority communities, as it was mentioned 62 percent
of poverty in Erie County takes place outside the City
of Buffalo;
with the Rural Outreach Center (ROC) having been established in East Aurora as a central area
of assistance; to go along
with the Department
of Social Services utilizing University at Buffalo student interms to assist those in the community.
I have been watching
with growing alarm as our City government continues to flounder, making little if any headway on
issues such as police and community relations, rampant violence, decaying relationships
with neighborhood organizations and the lack
of progress on jobs,
poverty and education.
«Although the share
of children in immigrant families did affect the child
poverty rate in the analyses, the findings suggest that media coverage and public discussion on the effects
of immigration on child
poverty do not seem to correspond
with the empirical evidence and are likely to overstate the
issue.»