Sentences with phrase «from celebrity activists»

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From 6:00 AM until 3:00 PM on Saturday, January 30th, local celebrities, sports figures, community activists and members of the DuSable Board of Trustees will took to the airwaves to invite listeners to become DuSable Museum Members.

, Molinaro said Nixon's entry into the race for governor is «great news for our campaign,» because Cuomo «will be forced to take on a high profile challenge from a celebrity - activist who is guaranteed the spotlight from the state and national media.»

«That's great news for our campaign, as Andrew Cuomo will be forced to take on a high - profile challenge from a celebrity - activist who is guaranteed the spotlight from the state and national media,» Molinaro said in an email to supporters.

But instead, his Bill Clinton - style triangulation and personal spats have enraged an activist base that's becoming ever more energized and liberal, and ready to sign up for party infighting with their own celebrity from outside of politics to make a point.

The group is fronted by the comedian and actress Francesca Martinez, who has cerebral palsy, and it has received support from MPs, celebrities and fellow activists.

The new polls make clear that more than a year of high - profile opposition to the Common Core from parent activists on the left and the right, as well as from tea party groups, celebrity comedians and politicians such as Jindal and Huckabee, has taken a toll.

Today for our Summer Session topic of celebrity, we bring you an interview from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert with the feminist art activists the Guerrilla Girls.

These seemingly internecine art world problems are mirrored in culture at large, where branded feminism appears in the guise of once - radical gestures: from Lynda Benglis's phallic woman, to the indiscriminate schlong - wagging of Miley Cyrus; from the mantra «the personal is political,» to countless «lady blogs» microscopping the daily minutiae of celebrities through a «feminist lens»; from the fight for equal pay to the «Lean - In» ideology espoused by Facebook executive and self - styled activist Sheryl Sandberg, which rethinks «revolution» as a greasy ladder that can be scaled through technocratic efficiency and a 24/7 work ethic.

When the Oregon Petition first circulated, in fact, environmental activists successfully added the names of several fictional characters and celebrities to the list, including John Grisham, Michael J. Fox, Drs. Frank Burns, B. J. Honeycutt, and Benjamin Pierce (from the TV show M * A * S * H), an individual by the name of «Dr. Red Wine,» and Geraldine Halliwell, formerly known as pop singer Ginger Spice of the Spice Girls.

This round - the - clock program will unite a global audience in demanding a strong climate agreement in Paris and include presentations and performances from leading climate experts and activists and award - winning celebrities and musicians.

Former US Vice President and Climate Reality Chairman Al Gore to lead round - the - clock call to action on Nov. 13 - 14 from climate experts & activists; celebrities & musicians.

So, just to update Michael E Mann's «heroes» and villains: He'll have no truck with #antiscience Judith Curry, Lennart Bengtsson, Mike Hulme, etc, etc, but he's got major - league bromance going with the inventor of the Percentigrade scale of global warming, a conspiracy theorist who thinks al - Qaeda is a western intelligence operation, and a celebrity activist who's happy to take $ 9 million for an anti-fracking documentary from - what does Mann call it?

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The Clinton Global Initiative is a gathering of heads of state, businesses, activists, celebrities, and nonprofits from around the world that's designed to foster progress through «commitments» — binding vows to back projects

As riots erupted and smoke billowed from black neighborhoods in the wake of Martin Luther King's assassination, Robert F. Kennedy met with black activists, politicians and celebrities in a hotel suite «to tamp things down and divine what should come next,» writes David Margolick in «The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.»