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
Su-Bin	soo-been	Korean
Rambert	-	Ancient Germanic
Prudencio	proo-DHEN-thyo (Spanish), proo-DHEN-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Eveliina	E-ve-lee:-nah	Finnish
Wesley	WES-lee	English
Lilli	LI-lee (German), LEEL-lee (Finnish)	German, Finnish