Sentences with phrase «civil rights conversation»

Meanwhile the federal government wished to stay out of the civil rights conversation altogether.

He had the pulse of the mid-decade sea change from the relative conservatism of the»50s, having clearly been cognizant of the long burn of the Civil Rights conversation and the constant, fraying wear - and - tear of HUAC and the Cold War.

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According to the New York Times, black students have never been responsible for mass shootings that drove the national conversation about gun safety and minority schools have never been the targets of such attacks, leaving civil rights groups wondering why black students would be the focus when seeking to address an issue that plagues white, male students.

«Starbucks has sought engagement and counsel to ensure it has a broad historical view on race; access to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) experts; views from civil rights leaders; and deep conversation and engagement with a wide number of diverse communities.»

As more states embrace marriage equality and civil rights for LGBT people, how do you think the conversation regarding their inclusion in the church will change?

The NFL Players» Union issued a statement defending its members right to free speech, saying «It is a source of enormous pride that some of the best conversations about these issues have taken place in our locker rooms in a respectful, civil and thoughtful way that should serve as a model for how all of us can communicate with each other.

Employers and their HR departments should be cognizant of the possibility that employees» conversations on these polarizing topics, which are also closely intertwined with protected classes under civil rights laws, can elicit emotional reactions from employees and customers alike.

This article is based on conversations with Catherine Barnard, professor of EU Law at the University of Cambridge, Anand Menon, professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of UK in a Changing Europe, Steve Peers, professor of EU, Human Rights and World Trade Law at the University of Essex, Amy Porges, adviser and government representative on WTO negotiations and litigation and free trade agreements, John Springford, director of Research at the Centre for European Reform and other politicians, trade negotiators, civil servants and officials in London, Washington and Brussels who asked not to be named.

At 6 p.m., Sen. Liz Krueger will host a conversation with New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, discussing his work to challenge Trump Administration policies on a host of issues from immigration to the environment to civil and voting rights.

Participating in the conversation were Russlynn Ali, assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education; Joan Steitz, a molecular biophysicist at Yale University who studies RNA; Shirley Malcom, head of the directorate for education and human resources at AAAS; and Sara Seager, a planetary scientist and physicist at MIT who studies the atmospheres of planets beyond the solar system.

Some highlights of the conversation include the Joel Silver cameo, the notion that Roger Rabbit is a film about civil rights, and the fact that Steven Spielberg paved the way for an unprecedented cooperation between Disney and Warner Brothers to gain access to so many cartoon characters.

Similarly, No Child Left Behind's left - leaning supporters like the Education Trust, Citizens» Commission on Civil Rights, and Council of the Great City Schools, which are all concerned about the achievement gap, do not enter the Winerip conversation either.

The ideas in the poem started a conversation about current and historical civil rights movements and how the disparate concepts of playgrounds and elegies could relate.

Ethan, a tenth grader at Jenkins High School who is in the production, says that since he began playing Marcus Garvey — an early - twentieth - century activist who inspired many U.S. civil rights leaders — he has started to see the civil rights movement pop up everywhere: on television, in conversations, even in class.

Recent events in Ferguson have sparked a national conversation about civil rights, and many college and high school students are joining in.

«This conversation is not only about civil rights — or even altruism,» she says.

They fear Congress will strip core provisions of the law but hope that the national conversation about race sparked by recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City will help keep a spotlight on civil rights.

The campaign «will run through the end of 2016 and focus on elevating Black voices and stakeholders from the civil rights and charter communities, dispelling myths and putting the focus of this conversation back on what works for children.»

Many of my conversations with our elders, especially people of color who were active through the Civil Rights era, have been grounding.

A Conversation with Thomas Friedman, Part 4: Information Overload, College Costs and Education as a Civil Right

In this conversation Dr. Fuller — a civil rights activist and champion for the people of New Orleans, spoke candidly about education reform in New Orleans and the need to empower the communities most impacted by reform efforts over the past 10 years.

Perhaps most offensive of all, we equate the need for high stakes testing, and command - and - control policies, with the obligation to ensure the protection of the civil rights for our most at - risk children without any conversation about the funding, or even more necessary, accountability for those holding others accountable.

Liz King, senior policy analyst and director of education policy for The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said «All children deserve to be safe and treated fairly in schools, but that goal can not be achieved by undermining their civil rights or excluding their communities from conversations about their saCivil and Human Rights, said «All children deserve to be safe and treated fairly in schools, but that goal can not be achieved by undermining their civil rights or excluding their communities from conversations about their sRights, said «All children deserve to be safe and treated fairly in schools, but that goal can not be achieved by undermining their civil rights or excluding their communities from conversations about their sacivil rights or excluding their communities from conversations about their srights or excluding their communities from conversations about their safety.

During their roundtable discussion with Secretary DeVos, civil rights advocates expressed their frustration about the absence of diverse communities in the conversation, their continued objection to anti-civil rights actions by the department, and their continued support for vital guidance on nondiscrimination in school discipline.

«In 2013, that is a very different conversation than in the civil rights era,» the superintendent, William S. McKersie, said.

«In 2013, that is a very different conversation than in the civil rights era,» said the superintendent, William S. McKersie.

Visits to schools around the state and conversations with teachers and students make it clear that many teachers have found creative ways to teach Mississippi students about the Civil Rights Movement, and its legacy, in their state.

In education policy conversations, words like «equity» and «civil rights» are often used in an abstract sense, paired with vague notions of failing schools.

We heartily support and encourage civil debate and conversation, and we recognize your right to disagree with another Book Country member in the comments or forum threads.

My novel about the races (black & white) in America and the Civil Rights movement came about by my witnessing a conversation in the office where I was working for the State of New Jersey's Dept. of Transportation.

I started thinking about Civil Rights and how there was still a white male — black male conversation.

Join the Portland Museum of Art, the Maine Humanities Council, and the University of Maine School of Law for an intimate conversation between artist David Driskell and lawyer Melvyn Zarr on the Civil Rights Movement and its legacy, both in Maine and across the United States.

«So it was kind of this idea of thinking about a show that would be centered on a theme that would be broad, but fit into a lot of conversations happening right now about women's right and civil rights.

2014 Venus Drawn Out: 20th Century Drawings by Great Women Artists, The Armory Show Modern, New York, NY Beyond the Spectrum: Abstraction in African American Art, 1950 - 1975, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY RISING UP / UPRISING: Twentieth Century African American Art, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY The Harmon & Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Conversations: African and African American Artworks in Dialogue from the Collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Camille O. and William H. Cosby Jr., Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC Prospect.3: Notes for Now, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

2014 Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the 60's, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH; The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX Beyond the Spectrum: Abstraction in African - American Art 1950 - 1975, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY Conversations: African and African American Artwork in Dialogue, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art, The Saint Louis University Museum of Art, Saint Louis, MO

With 30 + events — ranging from an onsite conversation with Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton, to a Forum on civil rights and criminal justice with local politicians, NGOs and community leaders — MANIFEST: JUSTICE will host substantive, creative and engaging activities each day.

Afterwards, he had a conversation with the young civil rights leader and joined the movement for non-violent civil disobedience.

«Artist Talk: Theaster Gates,» California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, September 27, 2011 «Theaster Gates: An Epitaph for Civil Rights and Other Domesticated Structures,» Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, June 20, 2011 «7 Projects,» Archeworks, Chicago, IL, April 4, 2011 «In Conversation: Naomi Beckwith, Theaster Gates, and Franklin Sirmans,» part of Open Forum, The Armory Show, New York, NY, March 4, 2011

These performative interactions foster conversation about community, civil rights, and belonging in the United States.

Witness: LaToya Ruby Frazier in Conversation with Kellie Jones The enduring images of the civil rights movement

Drawing from the histories of the Civil Rights and Black Resistance movements, Black aesthetic tradition, and the historical avant - garde, Becoming Imperceptible invites you to reimagine both our history and future and opens up a rigorous conversation about system and form in the European, African, and American avant - gardes of the last century.

Select group exhibitions featuring her work include Third Space / Shifting Conversations About Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL (2017); Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African - American Art, Portland Art Museum, ME (2017); The Color Line: African American Artists and the Civil Rights in the United States, Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2016); SHE: International Women Artists, Long Museum, Shanghai (2016); No Man's Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, traveled to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (2015); 30 Americans, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2011), which has traveled extensively around the United States (2011 - 2017, ongoing); and Americans Now, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (2010).

He compares our conversation on climate change as similar to growing up in Tennessee during the Civil Rights era.

Sam, since today's conversation is about access to justice and potentially advocating for a civil right to counsel, we thought it would be interesting to kind of check the pulse of our listeners and see both how they feel about the concept of creating a civil right to counsel, and also about kind of what their commitment to access to justice and pro bono work is, and so we created a really simple two question survey in the show notes for today's podcast episodes.