Sentences with phrase «challenging abuses of authority»

She is particularly interested in supporting marginalized community members in challenging abuses of authority, and she moonlights as an outreach worker for a needle exchange.

Not exact matches

I also see areas where the Reformers seem to have needed to challenge ecclesial authority to refute clerical abuses — sale of indulgences and offices — without considering the logical consequences of their justifications.

At the same time Chinese citizens are increasingly rights - conscious and challenging the authorities over livelihood issues, land seizures, forced evictions, abuses of power by corrupt cadres, discrimination, and economic inequalities.

As a litigator, he has focused on judicial review work since 1993, challenging the unfair exercise and abuse of power by public authorities, human rights breaches and discrimination.

Parents of elementary school students lose their challenge to respondent school board's redistricting decision contending the board exceeded its authority, acted arbitrarily and abused its discretion in adopting new school attendance zones; the Loudoun County Circuit Court dismisses the parents»...

Teens can be admitted into a residential program with a host of diagnoses: attachment issues, substance abuse, aggressive behaviors, mental health difficulties, sexualized challenges, issues with authority, criminal behavior, and so forth.

* recognize your current, habitual patterns of communication * challenge and change your stories about the other parent * deepen your understanding and management of your emotional responses * manage your ego instead of blaming the other parent * understand how you use and abuse power and authority in a relationship * listen as an act of being present * become curious when you believe you already know the answer * ask questions to confirm your understanding of what is being communicated before you respond.