raise (one's) consciousness

To increase one's awareness or understanding of one's own needs or the needs of others. Traveling abroad really raised my consciousness about the plight of the poor around the world.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Teodosija	-	Serbian, Macedonian
Yosef	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Patsy	PAT-see	English, Irish
Cordula	-	German
Sandra	['sændrə]
Ruslan	roo-SLAHN (Russian)	Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Cheche