Sentences with phrase «activist group leaders»

Instead, they yielded their time to union officials or activist group leaders.

July 29th — Mississauga News: Climate change town hall hosted by Mississauga MPs a disappointment, says activist group leader

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It's about all of these community groups, these activists, these non-profits, these local leaders as clergy saying, «Forget about Krasner.

Schultz is already well - known as one of this generation's CEO activists, a group which includes Goldman Sachs» Lloyd Blankfein, Duke Energy's Jim Rogers, and Google's Eric Schmidt — and other high - ranking corporate leaders like Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg.

Climate change activists around the city, including the leader of a Sunset Park group, are praising a decision by the de Blasio administration to divest $ 5 billion in pension holdings from companies dealing in fossil fuel.

That group grew out of what some have said are liberal Christian activist groups but in recent weeks has grown to include a broad scope of Protestant, Catholic and evangelical leaders.

This week, speaker, author and activist Shane Claiborne joined a group of Christian leaders for the Red Letter Revival in Lynchburg, Virginia.

The controversy pits leaders of religious groups that sponsor about 1 million Boy Scouts against activists who want the organization to end its ban on openly gay Scouts and Scout leaders.

Update (Feb. 25): Assyrian activists tell CNN that they expect ISIS to release a video today threatening to kill the approximately 150 Christian captives unless President Obama and other leaders end joint air strikes against the group.

The American Values Network, a group of political activists and pastors, sparked a debate when it recently released a video challenging some conservative and Republican leaders» professed admiration for Rand, an atheist who saw selfishness as a virtue and celebrated unfettered capitalism.

One of the problems is that, in spite of efforts by such ecumenical leaders as M. M. Thomas (the Reinhold Niebuhr of Asian Christianity), who has been closely associated with the activist groups, most have not been able to, or have not been interested in, clarifying the theological bases of their action.

While Lipton and activist organizations — like Make the Road Action, a leading immigrants» rights group that endorsed Nixon on Friday — were careful to blame the crack - up on Cuomo, at least one labor leader offered a more scathing indictment of the WFP.

NY19Votes has now put over 1,000 volunteers out on doors, empowered local Indivisible groups to run their own local canvasses and provided training for hundreds of leaders and activists.

The activist group Citizen Action and local leaders are instead fighting to have the party endorse Zephyr Teachout, a law professor and former aide to Howard Dean, at its convention this weekend.

Today, Renzi's PD is a (not particularly comfortable) home for a number of ideological and interest groups, frustrated activists and local leaders exerting a strong micro-level power (Calise 2013).

«They will be joined by an extraordinary group of community leaders and activists who support Jumaane in pursuing progressive policies that will change the lives of all New Yorkers for the better,» the event description reads.

«Sparked by the conservative activist group Club for Growth,» the repeal movement has won the support of Sen. Jim DeMint (R - SC) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R - OH), who said Republicans would «have an effort to repeal the bill.»

Liberal activist groups last week called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return thousands of dollars he has received in campaign contributions from Daniel Loeb, a billionaire who has come under criticism for racially charged remarks directed at Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

As the headliner of a group that included celebrity activists and the House minority leader, Nancy Pelosi, Mr. Cuomo seemed to bask in the spotlight.

Trafford MBC's former Conservative leader Sean Anstee has said campaigning by hundreds of activists from outside the area was an important «contributory factor» in his party losing overall control of the council - but said it is not «cut and dry» Labour will take control after becoming the largest group.

Samuels, an outspoken and sometimes eccentric Democratic activist whose group played a role in ousting former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. last year, declined to tell me how much money he plans to spend or reveal the names of the lawmakers in his crosshairs.

A group of City Council members, left - leaning activists and business leaders are studying some of New York City's tax break programs, such as the Industrial and Commercial Abatement Program, which are set to expire in 2016.

B.U.I.L.D. of Buffalo, Inc. is a group of community leaders, activists and concerned individuals who have a mission to bring about changes in the lives of all people.

Buffalo schools open in a month and a large group of clergy, activists, parents and school leaders turned out Monday night in Friendship Baptist Church for an emergency meeting to discuss what they see as an educational crisis.

In what is breathlessly described as «a setback to the Tooting MP» that «damage [s] Sadiq», the Standard «can reveal that leaders of the controversial Momentum group told activists to support the Labour candidate».

Attorney Elizabeth Beacham White, legal counsel for the PAC, called the filing «a frivolous complaint filed by a liberal activist group that harasses conservative leaders.»

«30 percent of the schools in the district should be reserved for protocol from the Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection... The Final selection form the district which excludes the 30 % protocol should include strong women activists, female opinion leaders, other women executives, queen - mothers and members of women groups,» the statement added.

NEW YORK, NY (05/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Early this afternoon, a team of welfare recipients, unemployed New Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budget.

GREENWICH VILLAGE — Community activists and other local leaders are unhappy that the recent announcement that the City Council had reached a deal with Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on changes to his citywide rezoning proposals came with few details, and scant outreach to local groups.

Activist group Queer Rising is calling on amateur paparazzi to join them at a protest of New York State Senator Ruben Diaz Sr.'s fundraiser, thrown by Senate Majority leader John Sampson.

But the Web site for the group says its organizers include a union leader and activists fighting the city's horse - drawn carriages enjoyed by tourists.

Member groups in the New Deal for New York campaign include Community Voices Heard (CVH, in New York City, Newburgh, Poughkeepsie and Yonkers), Niagara Organizing Alliance for Hope (NOAH, in Niagara County), People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH, in Buffalo), Syracuse United Neighbors (SUN), Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL, in New York City, Westchester and Albany), and VOICE (in Erie County).

With the attendance of 34 activists, Boris Johnson, three Conservative MPs and the leader of the Conservative group on the London Assembly, we disappointed activists from other parties who were counting on a poor show from the Conservatives.

A range of groups, from businesses, school leaders and progressive activists in New York also spoke out against the House vote, and the provision to end the state and local tax deduction, saying they will be harmful to state residents.

The seminar was to engage municipal agriculture directors, district officials, youth and women groups, party activists, traditional leaders and civil society groups in the District and across the Region to explore potentials in the agriculture sector for employment creation and to reduce poverty and dependency resulting from unemployment.

With a background as a civil rights activist and as an early leader of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, Perales would be a plus with Latinos, one of the fastest - growing groups of New Yorkers.

Washington (CNN)- Activists ratcheted up the pressure for health care reform Tuesday, picketing in front of a hotel where a group of insurance industry leaders were meeting.

Many groups are trying to emphasize that one does not have to be an LGBT activist to be an LGBT leader.

Browning is perhaps an unlikely leader for an activist group, coming to advocacy after three decades in journalism.

A broad - based coalition of neighborhood activists, social justice and food advocacy groups, top chefs, writers, farmers, fishermen, ranchers, civic leaders and state agencies is revamping the way food is grown, distributed and disposed.

Contact your state representative, write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, or connect with church groups and grassroots activists who can help influence state leaders.

This one is taking place within the Democratic Party, where the unions» opposition to reform has led to increasing dissatisfaction — led by groups like Democrats for Education Reform, vocally expressed by moderate and liberal opinion leaders, energized by a growing network of education activists (many with roots in Teach for America), and funded by well - heeled philanthropists like Bill Gates and Eli Broad.

In schools with activist momentum, school leaders should meet with student groups, listen to their concerns and their plans, and discuss strategies, how to mitigate potential consequences, and ways to ensure safety.

Bea Eusebio, who graduated from high school just a week prior, brought a student activist perspective to the panel representing the Mikva Challenge, a Chicago - based group that develops youth to «be informed, empowered, and active citizens and community leaders.»

The vote followed opposition from teacher organizations, civil rights groups, women's rights activists, students, centrist think tanks, reform leaders, evangelical Christians, special education advocates.

The National Education Association hosted a National Summit on Family, School, and Community Engagement last week in Alexandria, Va where educators, education leaders, parents, family and community activists, business leaders and representatives of the faith community met for two days of small group and panel discussions.

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

As you sat around the finely crafted gazebo like structure, the viewer shifted their attention to each projection as it screened a different group of LGBT community members, artists, activist, and civic leaders celebrating the queer history of Trinidad Colorado.

Indigenous groups, labor, youth, scientists, food justice and clean water activists, religious groups, and civil rights organizations joined environmental groups in calling on world leaders attending the UN Climate Summit in New York this Tuesday to start taking real action to halt climate disruption.

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