Sentences with phrase «cultural activist who»

Juan William Chávez is an artist and cultural activist who creates and shares space in the built and natural environment to address community identified issues.

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«I think it's a concerted effort that there is too much money to be made here and (they're) not going to be deterred by the structural or cultural defences (anymore),» said Chris Young, who works with companies on the receiving end of activist campaigns at Credit Suisse in New York.

BioEdge has the latest report: «There is a small minority of activists who say that there is a cultural identity in being born deaf and that we should....

When it comes to young boys, parents have the final say, not the gay rights activists who pressured the BSA to fall in line with their agenda and have turned Scouting into yet another cultural battleground.

On a mother (of a) quest for 15 years as a journalist, activist and nonprofit visionary, Lisa Reagan explores the space between our unsustainable industrial story and the emerging story of what is possible for Cultural Creative families — who are leading the way forward.

On a Mother (of a) Quest for 15 years as a journalist, activist and nonprofit visionary, Lisa Reagan explores the space between our unsustainable industrial story and the emerging story of what is possible for Cultural Creative families — who are leading the way forward.

During the many sit - ins, cultural events and discussions at the Park, people of very different backgrounds, who would otherwise not come into contact — Turkish secularists and nationalists, Kurdish activists, members of the creative professions and white collar workers, Socialists, religious and ethnic minorities, Islamists as well as LGBT and gender campaigners — found a way to manage coexistence and respect for pluralism.

But in advocating for the drug, sold under the brand name Truvada, officials seeking to curtail HIV / AIDS infections are going up against some surprising opponents: high - profile AIDS activists who say they have serious questions about the drug's cultural and health impacts.

The dormant volcano has become a battleground between astronomers, who have placed 13 telescopes at its summit and now wish to build one more, and Hawaiian cultural and environmental activists who believe the stargazing science has already had too much impact on the 4,205 - meter - high mountain.

Social activist who thinks beyond capitalism and socialism with a mindset aimed at building a sustainable economy based on increasing equality, and the preservation of our natural wealth and cultural diversity...

Ai Weiwei (born 1957 in Beijing) is an internationally known artist and activist who addresses social, cultural, and political issues throughout his diverse body of work.

Although Martha Wilson, who is based in New York, is best known as an alternative - museum founder, cultural activist, freedom of expression advocate, educator, and mother, she has also worked as an artist in her own right.

Michael Piazza's death in 2006 robbed Chicago of one of its most persistent cultural and social activists, an artist and teacher who believed that creativity could be a corrective and redemptive force with the potential to ameliorate the conditions...

Activists who have been working to draw attention to labor practices in connection with the Guggenheim's planned expansion in Abu Dhabi — and who last week briefly occupied the loading dock of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice during the 2015 Biennale — said this week that their tactics seemed to be generating more overt resistance from the government of the United Arab Emirates, which oversees cultural construction projects.

This exhibition of paintings and drawings is a tribute to Bill Ainslie as a vigorous artist, a gentle man who loved life and a charismatic cultural activist with a crucial legacy.

Their presence is balanced by seasoned cultural purveyors, including Hungarian - Syrian artist Róza El - Hassan (INDA Gallery, Budapest), who represented Hungary in the 1997 Venice Biennale and enjoyed a major retrospective In - Between at Kunstmuseum Basel in 2012, in addition to her ongoing project Syrian Voices with activist Shadi Al Shhadeh; veteran color theorist Siri Berg (Hionas Gallery, New York), whose 1986 seminal show Black & White 1976 - 1981 at the American Swedish Historical Museum (Philadelphia) was recently restaged at the gallery.

Sarah Glennie continued; «The focus of IMMA's 2016 programme is to celebrate the radical thinkers and activists who paved the way for courageous social change, whilst reflecting on the artistic and cultural community who played an active role in the period leading up to 1916.

Since 1990, The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has served as a cultural institution both extending the legacy of Robert Rauschenberg's work and strengthening the field for artists who follow in his activist footsteps.

«I enjoy working with folks who need support in managing a wide variety of issues from self - esteem and identity concerns to the stress of dealing with multiple roles, relationships, and life demands (as students, partners, friends, parents, new professionals, family members, community activists, etc.) My clinical interests include multicultural and women's issues, racial / ethnic identity development (especially among biracial / multi - racial / ethnic / cultural individuals), sexual and gender identity development, adjustment and transition issues, and building healthy relationships through assertive communication and positive self - esteem.»