Sentences with phrase «justice group project»

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Emerson Collective is Powell Jobs» recent enterprise, founded in the early 2000s, which has invested capital in a number of education - related ventures, as well as in social justice projects in keeping with the group's goal of «opening doors to opportunity.»

Yet after covertly helping civil rights groups set up a well - funded Voter Education Project in 1961, the administration failed to provide the protection that activists required if they were to survive the intimidation of segregationists and what passed for justice in southern courts.

He has been very involved in many aspects of domestic and international agricultural policy and practice development, organizing, food labeling, standards, certification and accreditation work over the years, including: Founding Chair of the USDA / National Organic Standards Board, A founder of Domestic Fair Trade Association, National Organic Coalition, and Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, Founding member of National Family Farm Coalition and National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Board member of the International Organic Accreditation Service, Former NGO delegate to UN Codex / FAO / WHO Food Labeling Commission and WTO, Founding partner of Agricultural Justice Project, which has developed domestic fair trade standards for North America.

CSBHROs is comprised of Emeka Umeagbalasi of International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety); Aloysius Attah Anambra State Branch of the Civil Liberties Organization, CLO; Peter Onyegiri of Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy, CHRPA; Samuel Njoku of Human Rights Club, HRC, (a project of LRRDC); Justus Ijeoma, of Forum for Justice, Equity and Defense of Human Rights, FJEDHR; Chike Umeh of Society Advocacy Watch Project, SPAW; Obianuju Igboeli of Anambra Human Rights Forum, AHRF; Alex Olisa of Southeast Good Governance Forum, SGGF; Jerry Chukwuokolo of International Solidarity for Peace & Human Rights Initiative, ITERSOLIDARITY; Evlyn Eze of Street Law Africa, LawAfrica, and Tochukwu Ezeoke of Igbo Ekunie Initiative (pan Igbo rights advocacyproject of LRRDC); Justus Ijeoma, of Forum for Justice, Equity and Defense of Human Rights, FJEDHR; Chike Umeh of Society Advocacy Watch Project, SPAW; Obianuju Igboeli of Anambra Human Rights Forum, AHRF; Alex Olisa of Southeast Good Governance Forum, SGGF; Jerry Chukwuokolo of International Solidarity for Peace & Human Rights Initiative, ITERSOLIDARITY; Evlyn Eze of Street Law Africa, LawAfrica, and Tochukwu Ezeoke of Igbo Ekunie Initiative (pan Igbo rights advocacyProject, SPAW; Obianuju Igboeli of Anambra Human Rights Forum, AHRF; Alex Olisa of Southeast Good Governance Forum, SGGF; Jerry Chukwuokolo of International Solidarity for Peace & Human Rights Initiative, ITERSOLIDARITY; Evlyn Eze of Street Law Africa, LawAfrica, and Tochukwu Ezeoke of Igbo Ekunie Initiative (pan Igbo rights advocacy group)

A human rights group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has said the National Judicial Council must explain to Nigerians what it knows about the alleged attempt by a former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, to induce the embattled Justice John Okoro.

Ann Hannah spoke on this subject at a joint event by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Tamils and the International Truth and Justice Project at the Houses of Parliament on 23 April 2013.

The coalition includes anti-police brutality group Why Accountability, Queens Neighborhoods United, the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, El Grito de Sunset Park, the Police Reform Organizing Project, New Yorkers Against Bratton, Mothers Cry for Justice and Families for Freedom.

A separate lawsuit — brought by groups including the Urban Justice Center and the New York Environmental Law and Justice Project — is still pending, according to Capital New York.

Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) a pressure group called on President Muhammadu Buhari to «instruct the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation Mr Abubakar Malami SAN and Minister of Finance Ms Kemi Adeosun to publish more details on the alleged stealing.

Along with multiple other projects concerning family relations and mental health, the group represents not - for - profit organizations that ensure families undergoing a criminal justice process receive the age - appropriate services they need.

A civil society group, Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to «drop the proposed policy to grant amnesty to members of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the interests of justice».

Is this what awaits South Africa's Oscar Pistorius if he is... based Wits Justice Project, a civil society group.

In joining the Beyond Wild Justice project, Gonzalo became part of a larger group of learners examining the groundbreaking legal case in which middle school bullies were charged in a case of a 14 - year - old student who committed suicide.

The Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice says the project reveals significant racial gaps in how students from different groups are tProject of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice says the project reveals significant racial gaps in how students from different groups are tproject reveals significant racial gaps in how students from different groups are treated.

Yesterday, the director of Journey for Justice Alliance, Jitu Brown — alongside other civil rights groups including the NAACP, the Advancement Project, American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association — held a press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C..

Experience with one or more of the following: project - based learning, interdisciplinary curriculum, Common - Core, restorative justice, responsive classroom, making and the arts, small group intervention, and service learning.

Coalition Members: PCAPS (Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools) includes: Action United, AFT Pennsylvania, AFL - CIO Central Labor Council, Fight for Philly, Boat People SOS, Jewish Labor Committee, Jobs With Justice, Juntos, Media Mobilizing Project, Neighborhood Networks, Occupy Philadelphia Labor Work Group, Pennsylvania Working Families Organization, Philadelphians Allied for Responsible Economy (PHARE), Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT Local 3), Philadelphia Home and School Council, Philadelphia Student Union, SEIU 32BJ Local 1201, UNITE HERE Local 634, Working America and Youth United for Change (YUC)

Lawyers for the N.C. Justice Center, a statewide anti-poverty advocacy group that the N.C. Policy Watch is a project under, filed an amicus brief to encourage the judge to send the virtual charter school's application back to the state board.

«Community Campaigns for Educational Justice (CCEJ) is a not - for - profit project of Students for Education Reform, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit group.

We approach our project - based curriculum with an anti-bias lens and work hard to incorporate developmentally appropriate social justice concepts taught from K - 8th grade for a diverse group of learners.

Its aim is to bring people and groups together to engage in culture through visual art, youth work and community projects that explore spirituality and social justice.

The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School co-hosts an afternoon of projects commissioned in response to the Art and Social Justice Working Group.

Her 2013 exhibition at London's Showroom - «Workshop (2010 - ongoing),» a project that in 2014 earned her a Turner Prize nomination - included an active screen - printing studio where she assisted the group Justice for Domestic Workers in preparing visually arresting protest materials.

Beyond Pesticides works regularly with the Center for Food Safety; Environmental Working Group; Pesticide Action Network North America; Xerces Society; EarthShare; Combined Federal Campaign; American Bird Conservancy, Beyond Toxics, the Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Haereticus Environmental Laboratory, Institute for Fisheries Resources, the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Organic Farmers Marketing Association; Bio-Logical Pest Management; Roseland Farms; Kids for Saving Earth Worldwide; PEST Education Project; Pesticide Watch; Children's Health Environmental Coalition; Horizon Organic Dairy, Inc.; Donaldson - McMahon Family Farms; Lideres Campesinas en California; Kansas Chapter, Sierra Club; Farmworker Justice Fund; Maryland Pesticide Network and others.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] The #OurPowerPR Solidarity Brigade launched by the Climate Justice Alliance, Organización Boricuá, UPROSE, Black Dirt Farm Collective, Greenpeace, The Leap and 25 other partner organizations in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, arrive in Puerto Rico this month with three new delegations and 45 people to support «Just Recovery and Rebuild» projects focused on food, labor and energy sovereignty led by grassroots groups in Puerto Rico.

ActionAid USA African Services Committee AIDS Foundation of Chicago AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland Alliance for a Just Society BAART Programs California NOW Center for Biological Diversity Center for Economic and Social Rights Center of Concern Chicago Political Economy Group Conference of Major Superiors of Men Corporate Accountability International DYNS Services EcoEquity EG Justice Food & Water Watch Foundation Earth Franciscan Action Network Friends of the Earth U.S. Gender Action Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives Grassroots Global Justice Alliance Grassroots International Greenpeace USA Health Global Access Project (GAP) HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA) HIV / AIDS Law Project Holy Cross International Justice Office Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy International HIV / AIDS Alliance USA International Rivers Jobs with Justice Jubilee Oregon Jubilee USA Network Labor Campaign for Single Payer Labor Network for Sustainability Lifelong AIDS Alliance Main Street Alliance Marin Interfaith Task Force on the Americas, USA Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns National Nurses United National Organization for Women (NOW) NETWORK New Rules for Global Finance Nicaragua Center for Community Action Oxfam America PeterCares House PR CoNCRA Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Raging Grannies Rainforest Action Network RESULTS Right to the City Alliance Sustainable Energy and Economy Network / Institute for Policy Studies Sisters of the Holy Cross — Congregation Justice Committee START at Westminster SustainUS Tax Justice Network USA Voices Of Community Activists & Leaders (VOCAL - NY) Wealth for the Common Good Women Together for Change, Inc. 350.

A citizen advisory group is created to provide input in addition to the Economic and Environmental Justice Oversight panel regarding the development of project funding criteria and decisions.

As members of Rising Tide North America, a continental network of grassroots groups taking direct action and finding community - based solutions to the root causes of the climate crisis, we believe that to build the climate justice movement we need, we can have no keystone — no singular solution, campaign, project, or decision maker.

Hosted by Public Citizen's Consumer Justice Project, this group blog focuses on consumer law and policy from the consumer's point of view.

The group is already actively engaged in projects in China, Africa and elsewhere aimed at using justice systems to enhance e-commerce and economic development.

Now that even Newt Gingrich in the U.S.A. is saying much the same thing as folks at The Sentencing Project and other so - called «left - leaning» groups have been saying for some time, our neighbours to the south may be about to enjoy a «seismic shift in the legislative landscape» on criminal justice [see Douglas A. Berman... Continue Reading →

The Project convened a renowned group of academicians, lawyers, judges and business innovators to create an action plan for greater access to civil justice for the majority of Americans.

Additional participants included members of the national project team, and representatives from the Alaska Court System and Justice for All project, Alaska Legal Services Corporation, United Way / 211, the Alaska public library system and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, among other groups.

For more, check out the radio interview with one of the Center for Justice & Democracy's Civil Justice Resource Group members, Professor Richard Daynard who runs the Tobacco Products Liability Project at the Northeastern University School of Law.

According to non-profit justice advocacy group The Innocence Project, common reasons are:

In response to the Jordan decision, Williams, through her work on the province's Criminal Justice Transformation Group, helped launch a pilot project that encourages prosecutors in the Halifax area to find speedy and appropriate resolution of less serious crimes, freeing up time in court for more serious and complex matters.

Law schools offer a variety of ways students can support individuals, charities and community groups by providing free legal advice in clinics, delivering Street law presentations or working on a miscarriage of justice project.

Along with my University of Ottawa colleagues, Jena McGill, Suzanne Bouclin and Karin Galldin and an excellent group of research assistants, I'm part of a research team that is hoping to take a first crack at this sort of analysis through our SSHRC - funded project, Emerging Technological Solutions to Access to Justice: Opportunities and Risks of Mobile and Web - Based Apps.

Larry Golden, founding director of the Illinois Innocence Project, says the group works to reform the criminal justice system, «one of the most major uses of power in American society.»

In the letter signed by the clinic and ten advocacy groups including the Community Justice Project, the Miami Workers Center, Advocacy Partners Team, Catalyst Miami, and Florida Voices for Health, Newman demanded that the DCF immediately announce and implement a plan to reopen and add more registration sites for a more extended period.

On May 6 - 7, 2016, a distinguished group of leading academics and experts joined the World Justice Project for a two - day conference at Stanford Law School.

It is the challenges they face that constitute the human rights crisis: This is reflected in the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index [22] which, on the question of affordable and accessible civil justice, ranks the US 94th out of a total of 113 countries, and which, out of the regional group of North America and Western Europe, ranks the US last (behind countries like Romania and BulJustice Project Rule of Law Index [22] which, on the question of affordable and accessible civil justice, ranks the US 94th out of a total of 113 countries, and which, out of the regional group of North America and Western Europe, ranks the US last (behind countries like Romania and Buljustice, ranks the US 94th out of a total of 113 countries, and which, out of the regional group of North America and Western Europe, ranks the US last (behind countries like Romania and Bulgaria).

Northwest Justice Project, representing the Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless, the group that wants to build Madison Park, has filed an appeal seeking removal of restricitons placed on the Madison Park pProject, representing the Walla Walla Alliance for the Homeless, the group that wants to build Madison Park, has filed an appeal seeking removal of restricitons placed on the Madison Park projectproject.

Alejandro Ponce, chief research officer of the World Justice Project, Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Beatriz Magaloni of Stanford University lead the expert group to discuss each of these arenas and create a policy - relevant research agenda.

Collaborative efforts stemming from our February 11, 2016 Access to Justice BC Leadership Group meeting resulted in Access to Justice BC working alongside the Mediate BC Family Unbundled Legal Services Project (funded by the Law Foundation) to support and promote the availability of «unbundled» legal services.

A key clinical project has been the UNM Access to Justice Practitioner Network, a group of lawyers willing to offer pro bono and reduced - fee services to under - served clients that the clinic is unable to help.

The participatory photo project «Overcoming Barriers with Laughter and Tears / Superando Barreras con Risas y Lágrimas», by local group Latin American Injured Women for Justice, uses the Photovoice method to capture what life is like now with permanent disabilities.

Where the UN member states could not agree to measuring rule of law the World Justice Project continues to enlarge the group of countries it measures and to further develop its already impressive index.

On May 6 - 7, 2016, a distinguished group of leading academics and experts joined the World Justice Project's Rule of Law Research Consortium (RLRC) for a two - day conference at Stanford Law School.

See for example Action Committee Metrics Working Group: Project Description, Access to Justice BC: Access to Justice Measurement Framework and Applying the Measurement Framework - A User's Guide.