Sentences with phrase «for school activists»

Last week's California elections dispensed a golden rule for school activists and politicians: Money matters, but not always.

Not exact matches

In one notable moment, Emma Gonzalez, the outspoken activist and Stoneman Douglas High School survivor, asked Loesch if it should be harder than it is now for people to obtain semiautomatic weapons or modifications, such as bump stocks, that can make firearms fully automatic.

Harvard Law School professor Lucian Bebchuk studied about 2,000 companies for five years after takeover attempts, buyouts and other activists» interventions from 1994 to 2007.

Parkland shooting survivor and gun control activist David Hogg says his teachers are «very understanding» when he skips school for gun control rallies.

In what apparently is the latest incident in a campaign to push children toward becoming LGBT - rights activists, a teacher has instructed a middle - school student to sign up for «recurring text messages» associated with an LGBT «Day of Silence» campaign.

The gun control bill that the Florida Legislature passed on Wednesday was, in many respects, a major victory for the new activists of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

For Laura Ingraham, there was no choice but to apologize to Parkland school shooting activist David Hogg for her foolish tweet regarding the 17 - year - old being rejected by several collegFor Laura Ingraham, there was no choice but to apologize to Parkland school shooting activist David Hogg for her foolish tweet regarding the 17 - year - old being rejected by several collegfor her foolish tweet regarding the 17 - year - old being rejected by several colleges.

Students from Chicago say that they plan on walking out of school this month, joining activists around the country in the National School Walkout and the March for Our Lives events, and they've extended an invitation for Parkland students to visit Chschool this month, joining activists around the country in the National School Walkout and the March for Our Lives events, and they've extended an invitation for Parkland students to visit ChSchool Walkout and the March for Our Lives events, and they've extended an invitation for Parkland students to visit Chicago.

«It's time for you to stop being politely angry,» Gbowee told CBS news anchor Norah O'Donnell in a sweeping conversation that moved from her native Liberia to the women's marches in the United States last year to the young activists who have emerged in the aftermath of the shooting in February at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

National activist groups and students are planning two major protest actions next month: the National School Walkout on March 14 and the March for Our Lives on March 24.

About 60 survivors — and student activists — born out of Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, traveled to the infamous Columbine High School in Colorado as part of the Vote for Our Lives rally.

If the point of your article is to criticize the AIDS lobby for ignoring the ethical dimensions of this social malady, or to criticize the moral philosophy that compels AIDS activists to hand out condoms in public high schools instead of emphasizing the importance of chastity and self - discipline, then you should be commended.

About 60 survivors — and student activists — born out of Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, traveled to the infamous Columbine High School in Colorado as part of the Vote for Our...

«This is a deliberate attack on the Chaldean Catholic Assyrian community of Detroit,» said Wisam Naoum, a community activist helping coordinate legal assistance for detainees and their families at a Chaldean - focused charter school in the area.

Planning for both of these meetings, within the UN bureaucracy and among the thousands of NGO activists who participate in UN-sponsored programs, was dominated by strident doomsayers and hard - core population controllers of the Garrett Hardin / Paul Ehrlich («the battle to feed all humanity is over») school.

When the school board voted to oust the three remaining pregnant students from the cheerleading squad, the controversy became a magnet for activist groups and the national press.

An American atheist activist group is trying to stop a pastor from holding lunchtime Bible study sessions for students at a school in Ohio.

He presses for Bible instruction in public schools, school prayer, public displays of the Ten Commandments, impeachment of «activist» judges, antiabortion statutes, prohibition of gay marriage and a host of other conservative positions.

Founded in 1989, Center Families programs include support groups for LGBT parents and prospective parents; trainings for teachers and school administrators; advocacy and activist efforts; support around alternative insemination and other biological parenthood options; forums on custody issues when LGBT parents separate; financial planning for alternative families; and recreational programs for children 8 and under (Halloween Parties, Holiday Parties, Play Days, etc.).

Unfortunately, they are doing so without any input from the community, an attitude that activists such as myself, along with Andrea Northup of the D.C. Farm to School Network, and Tara Flakker of Parents for Better D.C. School Food, would like to see changed.

Dana Woldow, School Food Activist and Founder, Parents, Educators & Activists Connection for Healthier School Food (PEACHSF)-LSB-

Food activist Nancy Huehnergarth tweeted this troubling Dairy Reporter item last Friday, which indicates that the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) are asking the Food & Drug Administration for permission to add aspartame and other artificial sweeteners to the flavored milk sold in U.S. schools without certain front - label disclosures.

Nutrition activists have been trying since 1994 to get soft drinks and junk food out of the reach of kids such as Vincent, who may find snacks and soda for sale in their cafeteria, vending machines and school stores.

Having been involved and around school food service for the past 17 years now, I just wonder where all of these activists were back then?

As for Texas, food blogger and school nutrition activist, Bettina Elias Siegel pointed out that the call for cupcake amnesty was unnecessary since the ban on junk food in Texas public schools was lifted more than a decade ago.

When the school lunch program was institutionalized across the country in 1946, Congress voted 9 cents for every child in the country eating school lunch, according to Victoria Leonard, director of Children «s Nutrition for the Center for Science and Public Interest, a Washington - based consumer activist group.

In the film, leaders from all sides of the school food debate, including government officials, school foodservice experts, activists, and students, weigh in on the program and discuss ways to continue nourishing America's children for another 60 years.

Janet Poppendieck, PhD — Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, lifelong hunger activist, and former Kellogg Foundation National Fellow, Poppendieck's most recent book is titled Free for All: Fixing School Food in America.

Pioneering chef, author and sustainable food activist Alice Waters makes an impassioned case in Time magazine not just for staying the course for healthier school food, but thinking bigger about feeding our nation's children:

«Free for All» should be required reading for all school meal activists and school administrators.

School food activist Dr. Susan Rubin (for whom I have great respect) questions why I even gave Ms. Palin the «air time» (so to speak).

Liberal Democrat activists have defeated their leadership over coalition plans for free schools and academies.

«When I meet the parents, kids, early childhood educators, and activists who advocate every day for universal pre-K and after - school, I know we can win this,» Nixon wrote in the email to supporters.

A group of activists protested outside SED today, calling for the June 22 hearing on Buffalo School Board Carl Paladino's fate to be held in the Queen City, not Albany.

Staten Island Assemblywoman and GOP NYC mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis said she returned campaign contributions from Palestinian - American activist Linda Sarsour, and condemned CUNY's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy for inviting the Women's March organizer to speak at its commencement next month.

The school has been criticized by some human rights activists for its action describing it as unjust.

The pamphlet describes a series of school - related programs and discussions for elementary and high school students touching on same - sex marriage that LGBT activists in Massachusetts say are distorted and sensationalized to draw opposition to same - sex marriage.

«I had children in the schools, so I really knew my community and when I stepped up to say I want to fight for Hamburg, they knew I meant it,» Hochul said of her first political campaign for Hamburg Town Board as a young lawyer and activist.

For Tirelessly Advocation for New York City's Public School Children — Shino Tanikawa, Public School Parent; Vice President of Community Education Council District 2 and Education ActiviFor Tirelessly Advocation for New York City's Public School Children — Shino Tanikawa, Public School Parent; Vice President of Community Education Council District 2 and Education Activifor New York City's Public School Children — Shino Tanikawa, Public School Parent; Vice President of Community Education Council District 2 and Education Activist.

Flanagan has come under criticism from conservative activists and gun - rights supporters for his support of the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun control package approved in the wake of a Connecticut school shooting.

But I don't buy that — activists are activists, and most are looking for an outlet, whether they're trying to keep a smelter out of their neighborhood or put a Christian home - schooler on the local school board.

Activists are trying to change that by supporting a bill that would set up mandatory protocols — including contacting the student's parents — for schools to follow if a student expresses suicidal thoughts.

She spoke at a press conference Monday organized by the Alliance for Quality Education, an activist group that pushes for more state funding for schools and has said that the current funding distribution favors wealthy, white districts over poor areas with people of color.

A dramatic spike in the use of a particular type of electronic cigarette among middle and high school students has local parents, educators and activists, clamoring for action.

At 10:30 a.m., clergy members and education activists from around the state will deliver 800 + petition signatures to Cuomo calling for «full and fair» school funding ($ 2.2 billion in additional state aid), governor's office, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

The activist wing of the WFP had raised concerns over Cuomo's fiscal policies, including his support for tax cuts aimed at businesses and property owners, as well as his embrace of charter schools.

Ivan Lafayette, the former legislator who served the Jackson Heights and Woodside area for more than three decades, has endorsed school teacher and activist Daniel Dromm over incumbent City Councilwoman Helen Sears (D - Jackson Heights) in the race for the 25th District seat.

Democratic District Leader Daniel Dromm racked up one more endorsement this week as state Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D - Jackson Heights) broke ranks with the Queens Democratic Party and endorsed the community activist and public school teacher in the race for City Councilwoman Helen Sears» (D - Jackson Heights) seat.

Full disclosure: Among the people backing Fordham law professor and former Howard Dean internet director Zephyr Teachout's effort to challenge sitting NY Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, according to the filings by her and her running mate Tim Wu with the state board of elections: Union Square Ventures» Brad Burnham ($ 20,000), Tumblr founder David Karp ($ 20,000) WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ($ 5,000), Netflix VP Chris Libertelli ($ 5,000), Kickstarter's Fred Benenson ($ 5,000), campaign finance reform activist Arnold Hiatt ($ 2,500), Lawrence Lessig ($ 2,500), Reddit's Alexis Ohanian ($ 2,500), our own Andrew Rasiej ($ 1,500), Digg's Andrew McLaughlin ($ 1,000), Open Technology Institute's Sascha Meinrath ($ 1,000), Harvard Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 100).

The March for Our Lives movement was organized by a group of students - turned - activists who survived shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.