Sentences with phrase «youth voices are heard»

The survey was developed and conducted to understand what youth today felt needed to improve in education, what they currently value and to help students feel more connected to education decisions in an effort to ensure youth voices are heard in discussions about education changes.

The SSYAC was established to ensure youth voices are heard by the Secretary of the Smithsonian, Dr. David J. Skorton, and his leadership.

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After all, every religious voice I heard in my youth - whether it was from the pulpit or in the news - told me that I was evil and that there was something wrong with me.

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.

Educating the gathering on electoral issues, the Ashanti Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr. Serebour Quaicoo, urged the youth in the Ashanti Region not to be passive about issues regarding the 2016 general elections but do their best to fully participate and let their voices be positively heard.

«The Youth Shelter Program of Westchester is proud to have our voices heard.

That is the message youth advocates from Our Voices Xposed (OVX) hope state lawmakers hear loud and clear on Feb 9 as part of a youth rally and march on the Vermont State Capitol.

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.

These youth are making their voices heard as Los Angeles Unified School Board leaders work to develop local budget priorities.

The Black Lives Matter and DREAMer movements are two examples of how youth civic engagement in the United States is changing as young people bypass traditional civic and political gatekeepers and leverage social media to make their voices heard around the world.

After winning student voice statewide, and in local school districts — giving youth a space to be heard in their schools — CFJ student leaders are already looking forward to the next step in achieving our vision for California schools — making sure student voices are valued.

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.

The #YouthvGovNC hearing on February 7, 2018 was a quintessential example of the power of the youth voice in leading the fight against climate change.

#ClimateMarch: Climate Reality Leader Sam Cowles marched so the youth voice would be heard.

The youth voice needs to be heard in the decisions our leaders are making in combating the effects of climate change because it is our youth that will inherit the consequences of the decisions we make.

At this public hearing, I will not only be sharing my ideas and urging the EPA to follow through on their plan, but will also be voicing the concerns of 1.8 million youth across America who have been educated about climate science and solutions by ACE.

December, 2017 Children's Participation in Justice Processes: Finding the Best Ways Forward was a two - day national symposium that brought together a multidisciplinary spectrum of leading stakeholders to share information and dialogue about how the voices of children and youth are heard, how their interests are protected and how their evidence is received in justice processes.