Sentences with phrase «youth voice in the community»

A student - led, culturally responsive solution to the achievement gap, the center aims to amplify youth voice in the community.

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«Hector has been a powerful progressive voice — championing affordable housing for youth and seniors, fighting for the environment, standing up for our immigrant community, and leading a progressive caucus in the County Legislature.

Afua Atta - Mensah, executive director of Community Voices Heard and a Working Families Party (WFP) leader, who is the child of Ghanaian immigrants, ran for district leader in Central Harlem in 2015 due to neglect of the West African population and lack of youth engagement.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

Helen believes that in these challenging times we Democrats must hold to our values and commitment to equality and justice for all, especially women, our youth, working families, veterans and the unheard voices of our community.

To help schools harness the power of youth voice and make e-safety learning fun and effective, Childnet is inviting schools to join its youth leadership programme to train young people to be peer educators in their school community.

Educators from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Teaching Systems Lab, and the instructional design firm Fresh Cognate have created Youth in Front, a new hub of learning - oriented resources and multimedia assets for young activists and the educators and adult allies interested making their voices heard — particularly those who are stepping into activism for the first time, and for the educators who are responding to action in their schools and communities.

One most important target is good quality education, in which educators and community members are also learners, children, adolescents, youths have their voices heard, and all of them can act as change agents, as active citizens.

How important was it to include youth voices in this year's conference, and how might young people gain greater agency in their communities and schools from AOCC?

They ensure that the Community School Coordinator is a part of the leadership team and that a Community School Committee (Committee)-- which includes parents, community partners, school staff, youth, and other stakeholders that are representatives of the school's various constituencies — has a voice in the planning and implementation of the Community School Coordinator is a part of the leadership team and that a Community School Committee (Committee)-- which includes parents, community partners, school staff, youth, and other stakeholders that are representatives of the school's various constituencies — has a voice in the planning and implementation of the Community School Committee (Committee)-- which includes parents, community partners, school staff, youth, and other stakeholders that are representatives of the school's various constituencies — has a voice in the planning and implementation of the community partners, school staff, youth, and other stakeholders that are representatives of the school's various constituencies — has a voice in the planning and implementation of the strategy.

Community organizations, individual schools and districts across the United States are adopting this practice more frequently, including Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) and Oakland Public Schools.

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leaYouth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have leayouth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

And by afternoon, the group shifted into sharing and pre-planning, sparked by 20 minute power - presentations from Jennifer Murrieta (How to build whole community around your school's SEL), Connie Young (A case for restorative practices in 7 Mindsets schools), and Roberto Rivera (Mindsets and movements: amplifying youth voice and culturally relevant pedagogy in SEL).

Use these questions as a starting point to spark a dialogue around the ways youth can get involved, be Upstanders, and make their voices heard in their own communities.

CPS has been changing its discipline code in large part because of a powerful student - led campaign by Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE), with the support of its affiliate community - based groups.

Come through YCA to develop your voice with the help of professional teaching artists and join the largest, most vibrant youth literary community in Chicago.

The mission of the Young Voices for the Planet film series is to limit the magnitude of climate change and its impacts by empowering children and youth, through uplifting and inspiring success stories, to take an essential role in informing their communities — and society at large, challenging decision - makers, and catalyzing change.

Richard has been actively involved in community based sports groups in S.W. Edmonton, a director of the Alberta Choral Federation for several years until 1998, and was a founding member of the Edmonton Children's Choir, Edmonton Youth Choir, and «Young Voices Festival».

Vancouver, British Columbia About Blog First Call is a non-partisan coalition of over 95 provincial and regional organizations who have united their voices to put children and youth first in BC through public education, community mobilization, and public policy advocacy.

«Granite Youth Alliance is a way for students to find their voices and address the problems in their community.

Student / Youth Voice When WKCD embraced student voice as part of our guiding principles in 2001, the idea that youth should be welcomed as crucial investors in improving their schools and communities had few advocYouth Voice When WKCD embraced student voice as part of our guiding principles in 2001, the idea that youth should be welcomed as crucial investors in improving their schools and communities had few advocyouth should be welcomed as crucial investors in improving their schools and communities had few advocates.