Sentences with phrase «against community activist»

Jackson, a Democrat, supports Clinton and is facing off in Tuesday's primary against community activist Luis Tejada, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's Chief of Staff Micah Lasher, and Marisol Alcantara, state Sen. Adriano Espaillat's handpicked successor.

Not exact matches

Members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Demand Progress and other digital rights activists are calling for a «day of action» on Feb. 11 when they hope to rouse the internet community into collectively speaking out against the NSA and the government's other intrusive surveillance tactics.

The now - canceled panel, «Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games,» was to feature «experts on online harassment in gaming and geek culture,» including activist Randi Harper, and discuss «how to combat it, how to design against it, and how to create online communities that are moving away from harassment.»

The B.C. Government's activist - driven agenda against Kinder Morgan is sending chills through the investment community across Canada and beyond, warned Chris Gardner, president of the Independent Contractors and Business Association.

She is also a social activist and has started community - wide 5 - 10K runs to fight against world poverty.

The vote came at the end of a special meeting in the Common Council chambers that attracted hundreds of parents, community leaders and activists, all urging the board to take action against Paladino for the remarks that gained international attention.

«We want to defend the President against the so called Igbo activists, we want to show the international community that Nigeria is fully behind President Buhari,» one of the organizers told Today News Africa on condition of anonymity.

Facing off against Cancel on Tuesday will be Yuh - Line Niou, a former aide to Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim who narrowly lost to Cancel in April; businessman Don Lee; civil rights attorney Jenifer Rajkumar; former Community Board Chairwoman Gigi Li, and Paul Newell, a community activist who unsuccessfully challenged Silver in a 2008 DemocraticCommunity Board Chairwoman Gigi Li, and Paul Newell, a community activist who unsuccessfully challenged Silver in a 2008 Democraticcommunity activist who unsuccessfully challenged Silver in a 2008 Democratic primary.

Miriam Colque, community and human rights advocate, Latin American Community Association (Latca) Luna Playback London Imagen Latina Justice 4 Cleaners (Soas) Carlos Cruz Garcia, United Migrants Education Project Colombian Solidarity Campaign Tres Coastas Campaign Unity Centre Right to Remain Bob Hughes, No One Is Illegal Karen Doyle, Movement for Justice Justice for Domestic Workers Awqapuma Colque and Nemequene Tundama, Tawantinsuyu Nation Zita Holbourne, national co-chair, Black Activists Rising Against Cutcommunity and human rights advocate, Latin American Community Association (Latca) Luna Playback London Imagen Latina Justice 4 Cleaners (Soas) Carlos Cruz Garcia, United Migrants Education Project Colombian Solidarity Campaign Tres Coastas Campaign Unity Centre Right to Remain Bob Hughes, No One Is Illegal Karen Doyle, Movement for Justice Justice for Domestic Workers Awqapuma Colque and Nemequene Tundama, Tawantinsuyu Nation Zita Holbourne, national co-chair, Black Activists Rising Against CutCommunity Association (Latca) Luna Playback London Imagen Latina Justice 4 Cleaners (Soas) Carlos Cruz Garcia, United Migrants Education Project Colombian Solidarity Campaign Tres Coastas Campaign Unity Centre Right to Remain Bob Hughes, No One Is Illegal Karen Doyle, Movement for Justice Justice for Domestic Workers Awqapuma Colque and Nemequene Tundama, Tawantinsuyu Nation Zita Holbourne, national co-chair, Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (Barac)

Community activist Josmar Trujillo, who heads the group New Yorkers Against Bratton, denounced the plan.

Marius officially entered the race in March to face off against incumbent Councilwoman Debi Rose and community activist Kamillah Hanks in the Sept. 12 primary.

At 6:30 p.m., Dell Smitherman will join community leaders and activists to formally kick off his campaign against Sen. John Sampson, 1322 Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn.

Ritter had yet to make a public statement as of Thursday afternoon, but it appeared unlikely the Community Board 10 member and activist would go up against her boss at the polls...

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick joined local, state and federal leaders, as well as community activists and business leaders, on Friday, May 24 to remind local residents and companies of the opportunity to share their story with the judge considering the sentence in the federal case against Tonawanda Coke.

Community activist Pramilla Malick decided to run for the Senate when she realized the Democrats didn't have a candidate to run against nine - term Republican incumbent John Bonacic.

Elected officials, LGBT activists and entertainers (with some meeting more than one category) exhorted the audience to stand firm against many of Trump's actions and initiatives, particularly those that would harm the LGBT community.

Also at noon, members of the Puerto Rican community, activists, union leaders, and the Hedge Clippers, will rally against Trump because of his opposition to debt relief that would help 3.5 million Americans facing a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, Trump International Hotel and Tower, 1 Central Park W., Manhattan.

But she has avoided campaigning in the gay community, where some activists still hold a grudge against her for not pushing the gay agenda hard enough.

Union Members, Community Activists to Rally Against Loss of Hudson River Psychiatric Center Services Wednesday June 08, 2011 at 01:26 pm

Another Hartford incumbent, Rep. Doug McCrory, easily won against his Democratic challenger, community activist Donna Thompson - Daniel.

(At the weekend, Desiree Prigrim - Hunter, a Bronx community activist, formally announced that she would run against him this fall.)

Alcantara is running against Micah Lasher, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's Chief of Staff, former Councilman Robert Jackson, and community activist, Luis Tejada.

Mr. Rangel's campaign announced today that all three American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employee unions — DC 37, DC 1707 and the Civil Service Employees Association — are endorsing him in his race against State Senator Adriano Espaillat, Pastor Mike Walrond and Bronx community activist Yolanda Garcia.

«Teachers, parents and community activists will stand against any attempt to hurt our students and our schools.»

In addition to Espaillat, the embattled Rangel is facing off against Bronx community activist Yolanda Garcia and senior pastor of Harlem's First Corinthian Baptist Church Michael Walrond.

Also on the primary ballot will be community activist Tamika Mapp, who ran against Rodriguez for his Assembly seat in the 2014 primary, and former State Assemblymember Israel Martinez.

Alcantara is a community activist and union organizer running for the 31st Senate District in northern Manhattan against Robert Jackson and Micah Lasher.

Against this gale force, we were able to build an improbable coalition of families, teachers and classified employees, and community activists.

If the power of solidarity is going to reclaim our schools, more affluent, predominantly white activists will need to develop an anti-racist understanding of the movement against standardized testing and the barriers that communities of color face to joining — including the very real fear from parents of color that their children's schools will be shut down if they don't encourage them to score well on the tests.

Hundreds of protesters hit the streets in Denver to send a message to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos... Voucher proponents on the Hill are pushing a federal tax credit voucher program... two new community schools announced in Philadelphia, and activists in Florida campaign against for - profit charter corporations.

A darling of the education reform industry, DFER's new National President, Shavar Jeffries, joined DFER after a stunning defeat against Newark councilman and community activist, Ras Baraka, for mayor of Newark when Booker became a United States Senator.

• Parents do not have the confidence to argue against the articulate and forceful activists who seek to impose their views, for fear of being branded as disloyal to their faith or their community.

In California and across the country, everyday activists supporting sustainable solutions in their communities are making the difference in the fight against the climate crisis.

According to a Feb. 2 report by Global Witness and The Guardian, 197 activists were killed in 2017 for defending their communities and natural resources against agribusiness, mining companies, infrastructure projects and poachers.

Thanks to the mineworkers» union and community pressure, Bonds and other activists filled a lawsuit against coal operators forced companies to haul safe and legal loads.

«It is up to activists like Leng and affected local communities to make a stand against the short - sighted, greed - driven policies of the Phnom Penh elite.

Germany's impressive wind and solar deployment in recent years has been used by activists in the environmental community, as well as governments, to argue against the need for investment in other zero carbon energy sources, particularly nuclear and other centralized forms of energy.

At the same time, we have been community workers, lawyers, advocates, teachers and activists working to instill in the community a sense of its legal rights and protections while advocating against injustice.