Sentences with phrase «communities of activism»
This is particularly true when it comes to building communities of activism online.
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Schultz has long championed corporate social impact, but his high - profile push on the issue of race has some from both the business world and the black community wondering whether there's a limit to the growing trend of what's known as «CEO activism.»
Through works of mercy on our streets and peacemaking in conflict zones around the world, our communities have been known for their activism.
All I'm seeing out of this is that a career pastor got more involved with activism than community service, found his activism to be incompatible with his denomination and decided to try to turn his leaving the church into future speaking engagements.
His reasoning seems to be that such a large community should have enough power to sway political tides — if these leaders and pastors would just guide their congregations toward a kind of political activism.
In addition to leading activism efforts in our local communities and providing pastoral care to those devastated by the verdict, we also took to Twitter, blogs, pulpits and conference podiums to call upon white Christians to wake up to the reality of racism in America.
This standardization was the product of many factors, including: (1) professional politics within the mental health community, (2) increased gov involvement in mental health research and policymaking, (3) mounting pressure on psysts from health insurers to demonstrate the effectiveness of their practices,,,, Alan Stone, president of the APA in 1976, concluded that social psy and social activism, «carrying psyc on a mission to change the world, had brought the profession to the edge of extinction» (Wilson, 1993, p. 402)
Demographers criticized the survey on methodological grounds for exaggerating the numbers of Orthodox Jews in the area, while representatives of Reform and Conservative Judaism and secular Jews warned that, if the survey's figures were correct, the New York Jewish community was leaving a golden age of liberal activism and intellectual modernism and entering a period of social insularity and religious obscurantism.
In wake of the on - field protests that swept the NFL, when players knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice, the NBA released a memo to teams that recommended ways to support community activism while reminding them of a league rule that enforced players standing during the anthem.
, an annual three - day free festival, brings together brass bands from around the world for a celebration of music, community, and activism (Somerville)
We found instead a hub of scholarship, activism, and community outreach cloaked in laid - back, Bay Area informality, and a powerful example of a person living by her values.
Our mission is to identify, profile, test and even help develop the technologies, applications, services and devices that will define the next generation of political activism through application of technology and community.
«Jumaane's track record of justice seeking activism and solidarity with impacted communities and working people is what makes him the perfect candidate for lieutenant governor of New York,» said the group's co-founder, Winnie Wong.
As a result of her civic and political activism, Simon has a unique understanding of community concerns at a grass roots level.
Following a month of abundant citywide community activism and outreach, City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has submitted to City Hall more than 10,600 parent petition signatures, dozens of video and audio testimonies and nearly 20 resolutions from Community Education Councils, Community Boards and the Schools Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and day ccommunity activism and outreach, City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has submitted to City Hall more than 10,600 parent petition signatures, dozens of video and audio testimonies and nearly 20 resolutions from Community Education Councils, Community Boards and the Schools Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and day cCommunity Education Councils, Community Boards and the Schools Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and day cCommunity Boards and the Schools Chancellor's Parent Advisory Council, all protesting teacher and day care cuts.
(New York, NY)-- In response to brave gun violence prevention activism by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and from communities across the country, New York State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Chair of American State Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention, released the following statement:
On Tuesday morning Simon said that she was «dismayed that Brad would support a paid lobbyist with such limited involvement within our district and the organizations that are its lifeblood over my proven record of community activism, leadership and reform.»
Paul has a long history of service to this community in a plethora of leadership roles from civic activism to parish volunteerism.
Ellen Peterson - Lewis, for a lifetime of community activism.
«In the City Council, I will use my decades of community and senior activism to deliver for the South Bronx and East Harlem.»
Cerini, owner of the well - known 30 years family - run business, «Bronx Tax Man,» decided to enter the race after recently engaging in local community activism.
But anywhere else you've got to vote Labour, you've got to get the Conservative party out of government in this country so that we can begin community - led activism, so that we can be heard continually...
«Civic and community activism in Britain is strong, but is rarely seen as an important form of political activity,» said Mr Healey, who is financial secretary to the Treasury.
Her many years of activism in the community, including her service as Chief - of - Staff to outgoing Councilwoman Margarita Lopez, give her a leg up over the rest of the pack.
He even compared it to the AIDS activism in the gay community during the epidemic of the 1980s.
Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms
Kellner, a Democrat, traces his political activism back to his days as an undergrad at New York University, when he became active on behalf of the disabled community, his bio says.
«Her continued activism in the U.S. House of Representatives fighting for middle class values has greatly benefited our community.
Mr. Van Bramer distinguishes himself with his record on reform issues, his community activism, and his focus on improving the district's quality of life.»
He is a member of a number of organizations, including the Central - City Blenman Elm Neighborhood Association, Democrats of Greater of Tucson, Democratic Nucleus Club, Social Activism Committee of Grace Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Stonewall Democrats and the Transit on the Move Community Liaison Group.
After years of lobbying and community activism, North Rockland School District may finally be receiving the state funding needed to begin a full day kindergarten program.
The writer, who teaches English at Hostos Community College, said he is finishing a novel called «The Hearts of Hunts Point» and just embarking on a new book that will be both a memoir and a historical account of queer activism in the Bronx.
Community activism helped to curtail the tours, but the 1990s brought a new threat to Moi stocks: increased fishing, much of it from foreign commercial operations.
He ran a Web site that basically did several rights activism in these communities and he was trying to help these parents organize and demand investigation into the collapse of these schools and he has been arrested.
The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.
Cota's community activism started after years of rushing Jose Miguel to the hospital with childhood asthma attacks.
The AAAS Mentor Award honors AAAS members who have mentored significant numbers of underrepresented students, including women, minorities, and persons with disabilities, pursuing Ph.D.'s in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and who have demonstrated scholarship, activism, and community building on behalf of underrepresented groups in STEM fields.
The first Ralph S. Abascal Fellow at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, Katie has focused on reducing communities» exposure to environmental harm through policy change, advocacy and activism.
Pravica — well - known for his community activism and dedication to spreading the joy of science to the masses via television, radio, print media, and public forum appearances — has worked to further the field through development of several innovative concepts.
A network of projects that teach children in poor coastal communities how to surf and tell stories as a means of environmental activism, Beyond the Surface is a powerful example of how sport can inspire massive social change.
Intertwining activism and data can prove helpful in any community, and he's seen everyone from schoolteachers in Shanghai to scuba divers off the coast of Maldives collect information on all types of debris in urban, rural, and marine environments.
The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient - dense foods to the American diet through education, research and activism and supports a number of movements that contribute to this objective including accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming, pasture - feeding of livestock, community - supported farms, honest and informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies.
'» This festival session will include a panel featuring Johnson as well as Carrington Jackson, the Yoga in Action coordinator for Off the Mat Into the World, a nonprofit that bridges yoga and activism through trainings and opportunities for activism; Kerri Kelly, founder of CTZNWELL, a movement to mobilize the wellness community into a powerful force for change; and Chelsea Jackson Roberts, who founded a community program for teen girls called Yoga, Literature, and Art Camp at Spelman College in Atlanta.
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The film of 2012 that provided the most piercingly accurate gauge of our current ideologico - aesthetic situation was Kony 2012 with its canny manipulation of youth culture, the drive for a global community, child - like whimsy and Apple Inc. utopianism — all as part of a project that has less to do with real social activism and more to do with the self - interested exploitation of our common desire for a better world.
Beats Per Minute Is a Rousing Portrait of a Community in Crisis — David Sims reviews Robin Campillo's award - winning drama, which follows the AIDS - activism group ACT UP Paris in the early 1990s.
The HHC recognizes people and organizations that have contributed to the betterment of their communities and / or society at large in the fields of conflict resolution, environment and disasters, community and human rights activism, education, health, journalism, literacy, philanthropy, politics and poverty.
Pedro Robledo is known for his activism on behalf of the LGBT community in Argentina.
The TANs bring together a wide array of nongovernmental organizations, citizens associations, trade unions, communities and alternative media in forms of activism which target global level institutions and issues, while also attempting to use global level visibility to level changes at the national level.
At last week's Askwith Forum, «Art, Architecture, and Activism: The Sugar Hill Project,» key players in the development — Ellen Baxter of Broadway Housing Communities; artist, writer, and educator Faith Ringgold; and architect David Adjaye — spoke about integral components in designing this community.