Sentences with phrase «black lives matter leader»

A Former Black Lives Matter Leader's Case for School Choice A Misguided Attack on Charter Schools

Rashad Turner, a former Black Lives Matter leader spoke out against the proposed moratorium in The Hill:

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«Thank you President Trump for your honesty & courage to tell the truth about #Charlottesville & condemn the leftist terrorists in BLM / Antifa,» former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke wrote on Twitter after Trump «s latest remarks, referring to Black Lives Matter (BLM) and anti-facists.

[8] Marguerite Casey Foundation, «Alicia Garza: Black Lives Matter Proves that «New Leaders Are Possible», http://caseygrants.org/alicia-garza-black-lives-matter-proves-that-new-leaders-are-possible/, accessed on February 6, 2016

Senate Democrats are facing growing pressure to break the white male stranglehold on senior staff positions in their ranks — a push that's uniting consultants and lobbyists inside the Beltway with Black Lives Matter and other minority leaders who are accusing the party of «soft bigotry.»

At 7 p.m., a community forum on the Black Lives Matter movement featuring a panel of religious and community leaders, Brown Memorial Baptist Church, 484 Washington Ave., Brooklyn.

This event will be a «conversation on issues including voting rights, Black Lives Matter, youth and education, and how leaders can work across public and private sectors to solve society's problems.»

«I was impressed with what Stephon's brother Stevante said that how proud he was of Sacramento, of his city, how people turned out and made this case a national one and brought attention because I think too often, our elected leaders, they will talk about things when it's a lot of children in a school, but when it's young black men of color who are being shot by the police unarmed... I think if we're gonna say black lives matter, we have to mean it, and we have to implement change,» she continued.

I tell folks sometimes that black lives matter — and that since I have one, it matters a whole lot to me — but the electoral process left me confused about whether our leaders actually agree with me.

StudentsNotSuspects is a broad, L.A. - based coalition advocating for the dignity and opportunity of all students and is comprised of students, youth leaders, parents, educators, and organizations including the ACLU of Southern California, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, Public Counsel, Students Deserve, United Teachers Los Angeles, and Youth Justice Coalition.

In an article in Black Enterprise, Kevin Chavous, attorney, author, and national education reform leader, wishes that Black Lives Matter and NAACP chapters could talk to Marva Collins today.

As I began to read through the articles, I found topics about the NAACP and Black Lives Matter being pitted against Black leaders in education.

In Chicago communities ravaged by gun violence, students, anti-violence advocates and activists in the Black Lives Matter Chicago movement say they are energized and inspired by the way Emma Gonzalez, a senior at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who has been a leader in the student movement, has specifically mentioned cities like Chicago in her vocal pleas for gun reform.

Monday, August 1: Buffalo Community Activists & Clergy to Host Emergency Town Hall Meeting to Address Educational Crisis Community groups co-hosting meeting; Northeast Charter Schools Network, clergy leaders, the Buffalo Black Lives Matter chapter and others to attend

The early morning event was organized and led by three 8th grade student leaders who were inspired by a school in Vermont that flew a Black Lives Matter flag and included discussion of how the school community is working to deepen the cultural relevancy of its practices to make sure every student sees themselves reflected in the faculty, in the books they read and in the history they learn.

We've teamed up with FLAUNT Magazine for #infiniteLA, a series of videos featuring an array of Los Angeles leaders, including artist Mark Bradford, Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones, Homeboy Industries founder Father Greg Boyle and more, discussing the themes explored in theYayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors exhibition.

The protests escalated over a period of months, and the original protesters were joined in support by 87 Native American governments, Black Lives Matter supporters, indigenous leaders in South America, and other civil rights and environmental groups.

According to her campaign website, she is about to publish a young adult anthology featuring 48 essays from leaders describing their teenage struggles, including Patrisse Khan - Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter; teen trans activist Gavin Grimm; and Danielle Vabner, a young woman who lost her baby brother at the Sandy Hook massacre.

In Chicago communities ravaged by gun violence, students, anti-violence advocates and activists in the Black Lives Matter Chicago movement say they are energized and inspired by the way Emma Gonzalez, a senior at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who has been a leader in the student movement, has specifically mentioned cities like Chicago in her vocal pleas for gun reform.

Students explore the connections between young people in Florida campaigning for gun reform and youth leaders in Black Lives Matter — and consider why the media has focused so much