Sentences with phrase «by social justice activists»

«I want to give people hope with my vision for where this city can go,» Ellis told The Alt shortly after Mayor Kathy Sheehan's State of the City address (which was delayed and disrupted by protests by social justice activists and union members).

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And I'd been guilty of perpetuating this sort of prejudice by perpetuating stereotypes of psychics as shifty, exotic people or as being unreal, unable to be found as mothers or neighbors or activists like Emily, who's active in social justice - based causes, particularly the fight for transgender equal rights.

For Dear, a peace activist, any genuine spiritual ascent must be accompanied by a commitment to contemplative nonviolence, social justice and radical Christian discipleship.

The more prophetic forms of Christianity that press toward human rights and social justice are precisely those most under attack by non-Christian militants at local levels, and many activists want to bring judgment against these religions.

This is a month - long online seminar program hosted by authors, speakers, and social justice activists Patti Digh and Victor Lee Lewis, who was featured in the documentary film, The Color of Fear, with help from a community of people who want and are willing to help us understand the reality of racism by telling their stories and sharing their resources.

A coalition of social justice and community activists Thursday demanded that Buffalo lawmakers override Mayor Byron W. Brown's plans to increase the city's police department budget by $ 500,000, arguing that such an increase is unjustifiable given what they characterized as the department's poor record on solving homicides and making residents feel safe.

The event, called Candles for Clemency, was attended by various social justice activists and family and friends of prisoners.

Earlier today, Bratton's opposition to Cuomo's plan was criticized by Russell Simmons, the hip - hop mogul and social activist who is a longtime friend and supporter of Cuomo, and by the Justice League NYC, a coalition group that led some of the protests following the Eric Garner decision, and met with Mayor Bill de Blasio to discuss police reform issues.

Just Resisting also was part of a coalition of social justice and community activists who demanded last May that Buffalo lawmakers override Mayor Byron W. Brown's plans to increase the city's police department budget by $ 500,000 in the city's overall 2017 - 18 budget.

Later that same day, delegates will participate in a program focused on the future of the labor movement by well - known labor and social justice activist Bill Fletcher, Jr. in the Hart Theatre of The Egg, at 2 p.m. Fletcher is currently the director of Field Services and Education for the American Federation of Government Employees.

The Green Party of New York State joined today with other environmental, social and economic justice activists to demand action on climate change by government at all levels.

While their training programs seem to make it possible for enthusiastic and recently - transformed yoga practitioners to bridge their yoga practice and activist aspirations, by many accounts, the organization doesn't equip people with some of the complexities of social justice work.

Grenville blithely leaves behind his idealism in favor of a more conventional idea of success, only to have his conscience pricked by Dalrymple's unconventional daughter, Charlotte, an activist for social justice, even as he's entering into a comfortable if passionless engagement with Dalrymple's other daughter, the passive, and much simpler, Emily.

http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/learning/secondary-workshops Inspiring a Campaign Key Stage 2 Citizenship / PSHE 90 - 150 minutes Morris was a powerful campaigner for social justice and his influence is still cited today by leading activists and thinkers.

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Inquiry to Action Groups (ItAGs) are an opportunity to build community by learning together, developing as activists, and linking social justice issues with classroom practice.

Jose Lara, a prominent leader of the LA teachers union, UTLA, was recently named the 2015 Social Justice Activist of the Year by the National Education Association (NEA).

We wanted to provide an opportunity for social justice activists who had dissociated from their investment portfolio to invest their money and their trust in communities most impacted by racial, climate and economic crises.

Community partnerships and programs will include the continuation of a multi-year engagement with the Museum of Impact, the world's first mobile social justice museum; collaboration with King School Museum of Contemporary Art; establishment of an interdisciplinary library that invites artists, writers, musicians, educators, and activists to contribute all types of media; a free lecture by Thomas; educator workshops; curatorial conversations; Miller Family Free Day, and Portland Public School collaborations.

Missing Peace Art Space finished its first full year with several strong graphic exhibitions: «Art Makes Us Human» by the late Mary Perry Stone devoted to peace and social justice through March 7; the deeply humanistic watercolors of Muncie, Indiana watercolorist Martha Gilliom through July 11; the satirical and comedic style of peace activist Frank Swift with his «Planet Gazimbo in Galaxy Zamz» through September 9; and the pristine political posters of Bulgarian / now New York Luba Lukova in «Graphic Guts» through December 12.

Examples of events already held by presenting venues include a conversation between San Francisco - area artists and high school students at a screening of Suzanne Lacy's The Roof is On Fire; an artists» talk with Hong Kong - based video artist / activists; a mural project with the Juvenile Justice Center of Mahoning County in Ohio addressing themes of community, social justice, and individual rights; workshops connecting veterans with civilians with Warrior Writers, a Philadelphia - based arts organization; and presentations by Sahrawi artists during the Arts and Human Rights Festival in the Sharawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Western Justice Center of Mahoning County in Ohio addressing themes of community, social justice, and individual rights; workshops connecting veterans with civilians with Warrior Writers, a Philadelphia - based arts organization; and presentations by Sahrawi artists during the Arts and Human Rights Festival in the Sharawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Western justice, and individual rights; workshops connecting veterans with civilians with Warrior Writers, a Philadelphia - based arts organization; and presentations by Sahrawi artists during the Arts and Human Rights Festival in the Sharawi refugee camps of Tindouf, Western Sahara.

The Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy (CEED) was founded by a group of researchers, educators and community activists who saw the need to affirm and revitalize principles of democracy and social justice in energy and environmental policy.

The Terminal City Legal Collective supports political activists while helping advance the goals of social justice movements by conducting legal trainings and operating a hotline for arrested protesters.

As long - time community activists have explained, the struggle for social justice is one that must be characterized by patience and a willingness to see small victories in a slow journey full of setbacks.

• Produced workshop series for teenaged girls on visual art and social justice, facilitated by noted female artists, professors, and activists.

The jury is still out whether these environmental and social justice activists will be heard and supported by our new administration or not?