Sentences with phrase «as a civil rights advocate»

Prior to graduate school, she worked as a social worker with children in foster care and as a civil rights advocate.

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Advocates have portrayed the District of Columbia measure as a civil rights issue, saying studies have shown that African Americans are disproportionately more likely to be arrested on marijuana charges than are people of other races.

More than 150 organizations spanning consumer advocates, civil rights and faith organizations across the country as well as 20 state attorneys general agree with Congresswoman Waters.

In the recent book, Civil Liberties Under Attack, one of the authors mentions the case of a government official with an impeccable record who was placed under charges because unidentified informers asserted he «advocated the Communist Party line, such as favoring peace and civil liberties,» and «his convictions concerning equal rights for all races and classes extend slightly beyond the normal feelings of the average individual &laCivil Liberties Under Attack, one of the authors mentions the case of a government official with an impeccable record who was placed under charges because unidentified informers asserted he «advocated the Communist Party line, such as favoring peace and civil liberties,» and «his convictions concerning equal rights for all races and classes extend slightly beyond the normal feelings of the average individual &lacivil liberties,» and «his convictions concerning equal rights for all races and classes extend slightly beyond the normal feelings of the average individual «1

Martin Luther King advocated Ghandi's non-violent protest, but in 1963 he was jailed for leading mass demonstrations against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, which led to the city being dubbed «Bombingham» as attacks against civil rights protesters increased.

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There's a recognition that while Democrats have been the historic supporters of LGBT rights in the most recent decades, the advocates realize they need Republicans — in a midst of a civil war between a Libertarian wing and a more socially conservative wing — to take up their cause as well.

A civil rights lawyer and advocate for racial and social justice, Ms. Wiley joined the de Blasio administration in early 2014 to focus on legal issues as well as on the mayor's efforts to address issues of inequality.

At the Greater New York gala of the Human Rights Campaign — the United States» largest LGBTQ civil rights organization — Gillibrand said that as the year progresses, elected officials, LGBTQ advocates and supporters can advocate, organize and vote to guarantee protection of LGBTQ rRights Campaign — the United States» largest LGBTQ civil rights organization — Gillibrand said that as the year progresses, elected officials, LGBTQ advocates and supporters can advocate, organize and vote to guarantee protection of LGBTQ rrights organization — Gillibrand said that as the year progresses, elected officials, LGBTQ advocates and supporters can advocate, organize and vote to guarantee protection of LGBTQ rightsrights.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER As the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA) prepares to lead roughly 700 LGBT advocates to the State Capitol in Albany for the group's annual Equality and Justice Day lobbying effort on April 30, supporters of a decade - old transgender civil rights measure are stepping up the push to secure Senate passage this -LSB-...]

The drive for the bill has won editorial support from newspapers across the state, and advocates have also enjoyed assists from top law enforcement officials — including James Sheppard, the chief of police in Rochester, and Steven Krokoff, his counterpart in Albany — who aggressively knocked down criticism from opponents of transgender civil rights protections that such laws create public safety problems in locations such as bathrooms and locker rooms.

Democracy Matters is a campus - based organization that advocates for campaign finance reform as well as issues concerning the environment, civil rights, education, health care and foreign policy.

Civil rights advocates last week testified during a LATFOR hearing that the lines unfairly divided communities of color in central Nassau County as well as in Brentwood - Islip in Suffolk County, splitting minority voters — who tend to vote for Democrats — among districts now represented by white Republican incumbents.

Applications from left - leaning organizations such as the Family Planning Advocates (FPA), the Women's Equality Coalition (WEC), the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) as well as the right - leaning New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms (NYCF) were rejected by the commission.

Conservatives frame privatization as a civil rights issue, but Trump's extreme agenda is energizing racial justice and public education advocates.

The fight for equality under the law, argued advocates, had not ended with the advances made in the civil rights movement, but was still an ongoing battle, as current as ever.

Mr. Hebbur was impressed by Mr. Vasquez's experience as a civil rights lawyer and community advocate.

Civil - rights advocates hailed Mr. Cuomo's decision as a long overdue step toward helping former inmates re-enter society.

But that seemingly innocuous request to gather more information about the U.S. population has enraged census and civil rights advocates, who see it as part of a broader campaign by President Donald Trump and his administration to undermine the legitimacy of the decennial head count.

• Bradley Whitford as Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey, a passionate advocate for civil rights who became LBJ's vice-president and remained loyal to the president even when LBJ was roaring insults to his face.

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Hence, whether you are going into teaching, policy making, curriculum development, research and scholarship, administration, social entrepreneurship, new educational media, or some other field — I suggest that to the extent that you see yourself as committed to the «civil rights struggle of our time,» you should work to empower youth rather than solely to advocate or act on their behalves.

As part of the settlement, Disability Rights Advocates, the civil - rights organization that had represented Breimhorst, and the College Board, the consortium of colleges that owns the SAT, agreed to jointly appoint a panel of «experts» to study whether scores on the SAT should continue to be flagged when students take the test with extendedRights Advocates, the civil - rights organization that had represented Breimhorst, and the College Board, the consortium of colleges that owns the SAT, agreed to jointly appoint a panel of «experts» to study whether scores on the SAT should continue to be flagged when students take the test with extendedrights organization that had represented Breimhorst, and the College Board, the consortium of colleges that owns the SAT, agreed to jointly appoint a panel of «experts» to study whether scores on the SAT should continue to be flagged when students take the test with extended time.

But civil - rights advocates have recognized that shining light on disparities of result, such as the requirement that test data be disaggregated by racial and income groups under NCLB, is an important first step to reform.

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At that point, language - minority speakers and their advocates were arguing for bilingual education as a civil right.

In 2001, the union couldn't overcome bipartisan support from congressional leaders, reform - minded governors, business leaders eager to hire well - educated workers, and civil rights advocates who saw NCLB as a natural extension of Brown v. Board.

At the national level, Head Start parents, children's advocates, and civil rights leaders feared that a move would undermine Head Start's comprehensive approach that emphasized health care as much as education.

In these roles, she leads and grows a national network of charter school attorneys known as «The Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys»; provides technical assistance and training to charter school operators, authorizers, attorneys and advocates seeking to improve school - level civil rights policies and practices; addresses fiscal equity and labor issues confronting charter schools; provides litigation and strategic assistance to state partners considering litigation; and supports charter school advocates and operators seeking to improve their regulatory and authorizing environments.

Our nation's most respected civil rights advocacy groups, like the NAACP, now have further evidence to distrust the motives of charter advocates and to characterize our movement as a stalking horse for privatization.

This was civil rights advocates» point of view, and they worked closely with the White House and business groups such as the Chamber of Commerce to advance it.

To advocate effectively on behalf of students, principals and teachers must continue to support and uphold the constitutional, civil, and due process rights of all students.Student Achievement Schools should prepare students for the challenges that they will face as they transition from one stage of life to the next by helping students focus on gaining the skills, knowledge, and understandings today that they will need tomorrow.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

Just as importantly, eight decades of court rulings — driven by the courtroom work of civil rights activists and school funding equity advocates — also provides reformers with the legal arguments necessary to challenge tenure laws and other policies that impede the constitutional obligation of states to provide children with high - quality education.

He served as a member of the National Assessment Forum, a coalition of education and civil rights organizations advocating reforms in nationa, state and local assessment policies and practices.

So it isn't shocking that Ravitch engaged in what can best be called cynical race - baiting (and, at worse, craven bigotry) with a piece she wrote on her eponymous blog bemoaning school reform advocate 50CAN's hiring of new generation civil rights activist Derrell Bradford as head of its New York branch.

My dream work would be within the field of education law, specifically as an advocate for civil rights in education.

Some parents of color are strong advocates for school choice as a civil right, for example, yet the NAACP opposes vouchers and has called for a moratorium on charter schools.

He was selected to participate in the Educational Policy Fellowship Program through the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington, DC, and served as a member of the National Assessment Forum, a coalition of education and civil rights organizations advocating reforms in national, state, and local assessment policies and practices.

Funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education, the IDRA EAC - South technical assistance in the U.S. South promulgates family engagement as a civil rights issue because families are the most logical advocates and supporters of all children's rights to an accessible, excellent, equitable and welcoming public school.

At a time in which education is the civil rights and economic empowerment issue of our time, Jackson and his old - school civil rights colleagues in Chicago as well as throughout the nation, have abdicated their roles as advocates for brighter futures for black and other minority children.

Jay was selected to participate in the Educational Policy Fellowship Program through the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington, D.C., and served as a member of the National Assessment Forum, a coalition of education and civil rights organizations advocating reforms in national, state, and local assessment policies and practices.

Pressing the education system to pay more attention to high achievers (or high - ability youngsters capable of becoming high achievers) is easily depicted as elitist in a country where «top one percent» has become almost a curse and any number of civil - rights advocates and enforcers are poised to allege discrimination and «disparate impact» at the drop of a hat.

Shanteal Lake is a social justice advocate who views equity in education as one of the civil rights issues of her time.

Had record of advocacy for non-violent food nearly as long as careers in comedy and civil rights Dick Gregory, 84, remembered by most media as «a groundbreaking comedian and civil rights activist,» but also actively advocating a vegan lifestyle for nearly two - thirds of his life, died in Washington D.C. on August 19, 2017 from a -LSB-...]

The portrait honors local Washington, D.C. community member Alpha Lillstrom as a longtime advocate for civil rights.

Anthony's expertise has also been recognised by the Legal 500 2017 edition, where he is recommended as a Leading Silk in Band 2 in crime as «a well - prepared, thorough and engaging advocate — his legal arguments are consistently impressive» and as a Leading Silk in Band 3 in the civil liberties and human rights category as being «well known in the field, especially in claims against the police.»

Engaging in civil disobedience as a lawyer puts your opportunity to continue to advocate for your client's rights and interests at risk.

Our purpose is to promote access to justice for all Ontarians, preserve and improve the civil justice system, and advocate for the rights of those who have suffered injury and losses as the result of wrongdoing by others, while at the same time advocating strongly for safety initiatives.

Katherine Watt, Fountain Court Chambers, acts and advises in a wide range of commercial and civil disputes, both as an advocate in her own right and as part of a team of counsel in heavy and complex litigation, and in both the English courts and international arbitrations.