Sentences with phrase «national action network»

CURRENT RESEARCH: MASTER»S THESIS «African - American Religious Resistance and the Politicization of God: From Slavery Through the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements» Community / Voluntary Involvement Association of Black Women Historians — 2011 to Present National Action Network — 2011 to Present National Congress of Black Women — 2011 National Council of Negro Women — 2011 to Present Beauregard Parish Mayor's Youth Council / Collegiate Advisor — 2010 to Present (NAACP) / Youth Leader (Beauregard Parish)-- 2008 to Present Colonel Willie Banks U.S. Representative / Campaign Manager — 2008 Kerry Anderson Judicial / Campaign Committee — 2008 Martha O'Neal Judicial / Campaign Committee — 2008 Councilwoman Jonnie Mango / Campaign Manager — 2003 & 2007

In «Father and Sons,» filmed at the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, a group of African - American teenagers and a police officer stand at a microphone in a room of empty chairs.

Other works featured in LIVESupport include «Church State,» a two - part sculpture comprised of ink - covered church pews mounted on wheels; «Ambulascope,» a downward facing telescope supported by a seven - foot tower of walking canes, which are marked with ink and adorned with Magnetic Resonance Images (MRIs) of the spinal column; «Riot Gates,» a series of large - scale X-Ray images of the human skull mounted on security gates and surrounded by a border of ink - covered shoe tips, objects often used by the artist as tenuous representation of the body; «Role Play Drawings» a series of found black and white cards from the 1960s used for teaching young children, which Ward has altered using ink to mark out the key elements and reshape the narrative, which leaves the viewer to interpret the remaining psychological tension; and «Father and Sons,» a video filmed at Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice, which comments on the anxiety and complex dialogue that African - American police officers are often faced with when dealing with young African - American teenagers.

Father and Sons, the video, depicts a uniformed black police officer and his two teenage sons standing silently in front of a microphone in the Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network House of Justice.

The $ 300,000 NEA and AFT gave to Al Sharpton's National Action Network in 2014 - 2015, for example, hasn't stopped the controversial civil rights activist from being a strong supporter for expanding public charter schools, while outfits such as the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights have sparred with the Big Two over federal accountability rules contained over the now - abolished No Child Left Behind Act.

Additionally, the union gave $ 25,000 each to Al Sharpton's National Action Network and the radical Hispanic activist group, La Raza.

We know Randi's organization has paid his organization, the National Action Network, many thousands of dollars.

Many folks were at first bewildered when Sharpton — who has ties, both financially and ideologically, to teachers» unions» groups — started advocating for charter schools; they were later shocked, shocked to learn that a mega-billions hedge fund linked to conservative school reform had channeled a $ 500,000 donation to Sharpton's National Action Network when the organization was struggling with tax woes.»

The union gave $ 200,000 to Al Sharpton's National Action Network even though the civil rights leader is a strong supporter of charter schools.

But even the health care and nurses unions involved in the rallies recognize their inherent political nature, while acknowledging that the National Action Network provides greater visibility for their fight to save closing hospitals.

Stringer, long rumored as a challenger to Mayor Bill de Blasio in this year's Democratic mayoral primary, used his speech at the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network's Martin Luther King Jr..

Waterman, who is also running to replace Vann, said the National Action Network did little in terms of outreach to the board, and questioned how much of the meeting was dedicated to protecting the hospital.

«They deserve to be prosecuted,» Garner's widow, Esaw Garner, said at the headquarters of the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network in Harlem.

At 6:30 pm on Tuesday, City Comptroller Scott Stringer will host «Trailblazers» at Mist Harlem, honoring African - American leaders Michael A. Hardy, EVP of the National Action Network; Bill Thompson, the former Comptroller; and LaKeesha Walrond, the executive pastor at First Corinthian Baptist Church.

Day Policy Forum at the National Action Network House of Justice in Harlem.

On Saturday morning at the National Action Network on 145th Street in Harlem, Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson spoke to the crowd in a passionate speech about how the tragic death of 43 year old Eric Garner has affected her and the -LSB-...]

«We need all the community allies and all the community support we can get, and the National Action Network provides that.»

Asked last week about whether the rally indicated Sharpton and National Action Network endorsement for his campaign, Foy dismissed the idea, saying he wasn't trying to invite politics into the conversation about a hospital that he said is crucial to the well - being of the neighborhood.

Kirsten John Foy, the northeast regional vice president of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network — who previously served as director of intergovernmental affairs for then public advocate Bill de Blasio — contended de Blasio is preventing Pantaleo from being held accountable.

In week two, much of the meeting was dedicated to the expansion of the National Action Network in Brooklyn, including the induction of new officers and the passing out of sign - up forms.

«The way you beat Trump is you solve the homeless crisis here in New York,» Stringer said during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration at Al Sharpton's National Action Network.

In an interview with MSNBC host Al Sharpton at the National Action Network annual conference, Gillibrand said she was focused on her 2018 re-election bid to the U.S. Senate.

Kirsten John Foy, president of the Brooklyn chapter of the National Action Network, where Barneys CEO Mark Lee will meet Tuesday with the Rev. Al Sharpton.

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton and Kirsten John Foy of the National Action Network (NAN), Lancman, Donovan Richards, chairman of the Council's Committee on Public Safety and other Council members held a press conference at City Hall on Tuesday morning to denounce racial disparities in marijuana arrests.

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at the opening of the annual convention of his civil rights group, the National Action Network.

Lee is slated to meet with Sharpton Tuesday morning at the National Action Network in Harlem.

«Right now we are at a time of very significant turmoil,» said U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who spoke passionately at an event organized at Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.

The AFT and UFT are long - time sponsors of the Sharpton - led National Action Network.

The governor made the announcement Wednesday while addressing the annual convention of the National Action Network, a social justice group founded by Al Sharpton, in New York City.

One activist at the rally, Kirsten John Foye of the National Action Network, pledged to organize protests at Success Academy campuses when the school year begins.

Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network (NAN) marked its 25th anniversary at its national convention, which took place at the Sheraton Times Square last week.

The Syracuse National Action Network and many in the city's African American community are calling for an independent review into what happened at a cookout event on Syracuse's Near West Side that turned into a shooting on Sunday.

Aalayah Eastmond, a junior at Stoneman Douglas High School, was at Sharpton's National Action Network in Harlem for the minister's weekly meetings.

Another declared Democratic primary candidate is Reverend Michael Waldron, a Harlem - based pastor involved in the National Action Network.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, speaking at the annual Martin Luther King Day event at the Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network Monday, mocked Republican senators who now say they can't recall President Trump uttering a vulgarity during meeting at the White house on immigration.

It then outlines three events they have collectively committed to attending: a forum held by the National Action Network Tuesday night, and forums held by NY1 and City & State on Dec. 1

Kirsten John Foy, the northeast director of Al Sharpton's National Action Network, implied Mr. Thompson, unlike Republican Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, conducted himself fairly.

«We can call it the National Action Network,» he said, in his keynote address at the annual conference for Sharpton's National Action Network.

«I authorized yesterday a lawyer representing my 2013 campaign to reach out to the U.S. Attorney's office and offer any assistance we can provide, let them know we're happy to work with them in any way that would be helpful,» de Blasio said Wednesday after a speech at the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network's convention.

Two days later, State Attorney Eric Schneiderman, flanked by the National Action Network's Kirsten John Foy and civil rights leaders, issued a bulletin to law enforcement agencies and district attorney's offices statewide that identifies hate crimes statutes and stresses that law enforcement has to properly identify incidents as possible hate crimes promptly.

Outside the National Action Network's office on 145th Street, Cuomo told reporters, «Frankly, these cuts, Medicaid and CUNY, are not the biggest items of concern.

Day event at the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.

The call for more stringent oversight came during a Council Speaker's forum at Al Sharpton's National Action Network headquarters where all eight of the candidates attacked the Housing Authority.

The Rev. Al Sharpton stands next to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor Aalayah Eastmond, a junior at the school, at National Action Network Saturday in Harlem.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School junior shared the horror and heartbreak she endured with the breathless assembly at the National Action Network's weekly rally in Harlem.

Additionally, Al Sharpton's National Action Network announced that unless Loeb resigns, it will organize protests outside every Success Academy school once the academic year begins.

Appearing at a reception of the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network, Cuomo gave a shoutout to Brian Benjamin, a Harlem Democrat expected to win a special election for a state Senate seat next month.

Kudos to the Independent Democratic Conference and the National Action Network for this essential funding that will ensure that immigrants are provided with the best possible representation.

NEW YORK, NY (12/18/2017)(readMedia)-- Last week, over thirty organizations, nonprofits, labor unions, including the New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, and civil rights organizations, including Statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American and LGBTQ community groups sent a letter demanding that Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders prioritize Early Voting in the 2018 - 19 budget.

The Let NY Vote coalition is made up of over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citzen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and National Action Network, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.