Sentences with phrase «stand against violence»

Perspectives» student Razia Hutchins and hundreds of her classmates at Perspectives Charter Schools led their community in taking a stand against violence.

A lot, according to violence prevention and reduction charity Stand Against Violence

Record of achievement Stand Against Violence has already had tremendous success on a national scale and its classroom materials and workshops are being used by schools, police and youth offending teams, among others.

Stand Against Violence uses the example of what happened to Lloyd to demonstrate to young people the potential consequences of violence and the impact of individuals» actions on those around them.

Taking a stand A new specialist charity, Stand Against Violence, offers teachers and schools a solution to these issues.

The challenging subject matter in the Stand Against Violence resource provoked some incredible and emotive discussions from all of the young people.

Suspensions are the only way to take a stand against violence.

From Zeckle: I respect the Mennonites and Quakers» stand against violence.

Not exact matches

Now, the survivors of the Florida school shooting are taking a stand against gun violence in a big way — and their efforts have spawned a boycott of the NRA.

«Because I care about Israel, I must stand up against violence, corruption, inequality, and abuse of power,» said Portman, defending her decision not to attend the Genesis Prize.

«Together we can send the unambiguous message that the women of UBC have supporters everywhere who will stand against sexual violence — that the rape chants that students at the Sauder School were participating in are deplorable and must be properly dealt with as a violation of women's human rights; that repeated sexual attacks on young women on campus are a crisis with which we should all be concerned.

It stands very clearly against violence and oppression.

The offensive remark referred to the protests sweeping the NFL in response to violence against African Americans, with teammates taking a knee instead of standing during the national anthem.

They are the roots of violence and mutual rejection between people; they are both challenged and transformed in encounter with the crucified Jesus, and the «peace» that we may hope for as a result of the act of God in the death of Jesus is something that stands against each of them alike.

Mantel's memoir, like the novels, is thick with smoldering grievances: against teachers («I don't know if there is a case on record of a child of seven murdering a schoolteacher, but I think there ought to be»); adults generally («In Hadfield, as everywhere in history of the world, violence without justification or apology was meted out by big people to small»); and above all, against the Catholic Church, which stood in judgment on her mother when Mantel was a child.

Christian theology does not lack grounds upon which to stand against sexual violence and violation.

The claim of Christian belief is not first and foremost that it offers the only accurate system of thought, as against all other competitors; it is that, by standing in the place of Christ, it is possible to live in such intimacy with God that no fear or failure can ever break God's commitment to us, and to live in such a degree of mutual gift and understanding that no human conflict or division need bring us to uncontrollable violence and mutual damage.

Last but not least, Christian theology must provide a firmer foundation for care and justice, for standing against sexual and family violence, for healing the violated and for changing society's values and structures.

«We all need to get behind #RedWednesday - we need to stand together against violence carried out in the name of religion - we need to speak up about regimes which persecute people of faith.»

The glorification of violence as a means to solve conflict is everywhere in our culture and I was that lame person that couldn't stand mixed - martial - arts battles and railed against video games and movies that depicted war or crime as an adventure, even arguing we are «a generation of virtual sociopaths.»

They have families of the murdered with families of the executed and they stand side by side to speak against all violence.

What this means for Jose Reyes — who was not only arrested but will stand trial in Hawaii for domestic violence against his wife — is unknown.

The memorial is intended to honor those 49 people and to «stand as an international symbol against ignorance, hate, bigotry, and gun violence,» read the executive order that created the commission.

Labour has a proud history of standing up for women, from Barbara Castle's support for the Equal Pay Act, to Harriet Harman making tackling male violence against women a priority for the party, and Diane Abbott's campaigning for BAME representation.

Governor Andrew Cuomo conceived of the memorial for the victims in the Pulse massacre to «stand as an international symbol against ignorance, hate, bigotry, and gun violence,» read the executive order that created the commission.

I stand today not just with our legislators, but everyone who is working to push back against the scourge of gun violence in our nation.»

And while the event was not meant to solve poverty or gun violence in the city, it brought a very diverse community to stand together against any kind of violence they may face next.

As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.

«You stand up, and always have, [against] gun violence,...

DA Flynn and his law enforcement partners take a stand against domestic violence during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in violence during Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Violence Awareness Month in October.

Public Advocate Letitia James Supports Call for Divestment from Assault Weapon Manufacturers As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.

City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito wants New Yorkers to stand up and cheer for their sports teams, while also taking a stand against domestic violence.

The 17th annual Brides March was held this Tues., Sept. 26th, as women marched through the streets of Northern Manhattan and the Bronx to take a stand against domestic violence.

Citing those bomb threats and recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, Cuomo says it's vital «now, more than ever» for New York to stand against «bias and hate.»

Leah Gunn Barrett, executive director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, stands with Fred Harber and Nassau Legislator Ellen Birnbaum.

«We also call on the Ghanaian media and journalists to stand up against acts of violence against colleagues» the MFWA said.

The protesters, who displayed placards of various inscription such as «Melaye, Senate is not your father's house; Dino, leave Tinubu alone; We say no to violence against women; Women folks stand up against Dino, among others, said Melaye's action was not only highly condemnable and disgraceful but also disgusting, irritating, shameful and most embarrassing to the collective psyche of not only the women folks but to the entire nation.

Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa / Black Panther, who anchored his own marvelous feature just a few months ago, is reduced to a glorified field general in «Infinity War,» standing alongside Okoye (Danai Gurira) and M'Baku (Winston Duke) and watching Thanos» troops burn, trample, and otherwise disfigure the countryside (an image that's more upsetting, for various reasons, than a lot of Thanos» violence against individuals).

Voiceless (PG - 13 for violence and mature themes) Pro-life drama about a Born Again war veteran (Rusty Joiner) who relocates with his wife (Jocelyn Cruz) to Philly where he puts his marriage and new job in jeopardy by taking a stand against an abortion clinic opening across the street from the church where he works.

A tangled web of violence, drugs, greed, power, friendship and betrayal - all played out against an evocative and recognisable Dublin background - Stuart Carolan's brainchild proudly stands in the company of other seminal crime series from around the world.

It isn't an easy sit, the end resolution a cultural demolition that, no matter how pure the intentions of the survivors might be, could prove to be even more heinous than the violence they, their compatriots and those standing against them all faced in a cold, lonely wilderness where every step could be someone's last.

Kingsley's roundhouse climactic speech reveals evil as a beast not easily classified and explained, but it's not until the epilogue that Polanski unleashes his film's final, and most powerful, punch — a supple crane shot inside a concert hall that both evokes the inextricable web of deceit, violence, and shame that binds Death and the Maiden's three crippled characters, and stands as a superlative evocation of how man's crimes against his fellow man are frequently hidden beneath a façade of everyday decorum.

The security forces now stand accused for orchestrating, rather than preventing and prosecuting sexual violence against women, girls and boys.

Space is too short to highlight every noteworthy feature, but here are a few that have stood time's test: E. D. Hirsch's placement of progressive education within the Romantic tradition (first issue), Joel Best's skeptical view of school violence (2002), Michael Podgursky's discovery of the well - paid teacher (2003), Bruno Manno's and Bryan Hassel's takes on the charter movement (2003), Brian Jacob and Steve Levitt's technique for catching teachers who cheat (2004), Barry Garelick's jeremiad against progressive math (2005), Frederick Hess and Martin West's exposé of school «strike phobia» (2006), Roland Fryer's identification of «acting white» (2006), Clay Christiansen and Michael Horn's vision for virtual learning (2008), and Milton Gaither's authoritative look at home schooling (2009).

Patrick Phillips, author of Blood at the Root Jason Ward, author of Hanging Bridge Standing Against Oppression: Racial, Historical Violence and Resiliency 4:00 - 5:00 pm Legislative Plaza Room 31

Book lovers who flocked to the 2016 Southern Festival of Books last weekend had the opportunity to attend multiple panels discussing race, such as «Murder, Unrest and Injustice in the Jim Crow South» featuring authors Thomas Mullen and Ross Howell Jr., and «Standing Against Oppression: Racial, Historical Violence and Resiliency» featuring authors Jason Ward and Patrick Phillips.

She explained that she and her Green Belt Movement were fighting against a massive planning application for the park — a fight in which, characteristically, she stood up to the forces of power and violence, and in which she proved ultimately successful.

Considering various cultures that use copper for medicinal purposes, Ward seeks a healing power that could stand against such traumas as racism, violence, and other injustices.

Artist Statement «â $ œWe have to stand up against unnecessary violence!

We say it is time that the world stand up against Shell, that they can not continue in their violence against people, in their violence against communities.