Sentences with phrase «high school activist»

The most recent push by liberals for so - called «gun control» is nothing more than a GUN BAN being pushed by high school activist kids, who are pretending to call for a «common sense» gun control.

It does not include a ban on assault weapons, one of the top points of contention for Democrats and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School activists.

Not exact matches

While Noah projects the righteous ardor of a campus activist, British - born Oliver comes across as an exasperated high school teacher.

David Hogg, a 17 - year - old high school senior and one of the most vocal activists, became a particular target.

Students and activists have rallied in the week after a gunman killed 17 at a Florida high school to demand lawmakers take action on gun control.

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.

«They're either misunderstanding our movement or they're just complaining and they're not doing anything — which, ultimately, a couple of complaints aren't going to hurt the cause,» Delaney Tarr, a high school senior turned activist, told Vox last week.

One of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's most visible student activists will postpone his first year of college to devote time to political causes, CNN is reporting.

Shel Horowitz has been both an environmental activist / organizer and a marketer since 1972 (as a 15 - year - old high school student).

It's something of a moot point now, as school administrators have decided not to allow conservative activist Charlie Kirk to speak at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a pro-gun rights student there, Kyle Kashuv, inviteschool administrators have decided not to allow conservative activist Charlie Kirk to speak at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a pro-gun rights student there, Kyle Kashuv, inviteSchool after a pro-gun rights student there, Kyle Kashuv, invited him.

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.

David Hogg, the student turned anti-gun activist following the shooting deaths of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida in February, has announced he is putting off his college education to work on the 2018 midterm elections.

On Saturday, survivors of last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, met with high school students from Chicago to discuss gun violence and its effects on their communities, coming together to «share stories, ideologies, and pizza,» according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma González.

Alex Wind, one of the student activists with the #NeverAgain movement, high - fived his protesting teachers just before everyone filed back into school.

«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.

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February has reignited the debate about how to keep children safe from a future attack, with President Trump and gun rights activists saying the best solution is to let teachers carry guns.

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.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma González and civil - rights activist and organized - labor icon Dolores Huerta are among those being celebrated at the annual Diversity Honors on Friday, April 27, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in...

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...

The decision by U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman makes permanent a ban he put in place in May after a legal challenge by Dawn Sherman, a student at Buffalo Grove High School, and her atheist activist father, Rob Sherman.

A Jewish activist group is now demanding de Blasio scrub all traces of the anti-Semitic Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant from city property — even Stuyvesant High School — as part of his campaign to rid the city of «symbols or hate.»

NYSUT President Dick Iannuzzi will join Kennedy and her mother, Ethel, as well as anti-bullying activist Jamie Nabozny at 10 a.m. at Beacon High School in midtown Manhattan to talk to students about bullying.

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.

Two Democratic candidates hoping to take on GOP Rep. John Faso are hosting town hall meetings as activists look to sustain focus on gun control issues following the Feb. 14 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

In a statement earlier Tuesday, the Clooneys say they're inspired by the «courage and eloquence» of the survivors - turned - activists from Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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.

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.

Next month, activists are calling for another national school walkout for the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shoschool walkout for the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shoSchool shooting.

The response to the slayings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., signaled a major shift for a state known as a legal laboratory for gun rights activists.

But the standing room - only crowd contained many activists calling for the lawmaker to crack down on shootings following a massacre at a Florida high school last month.

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Just days after the massacre that left 17 of their classmates and teachers dead, student survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting have become prominent gun control activists.

Pro-gun control activists in Golden's Bay Ridge district say liking the tweet indicates Seravalli is sympathetic to conspiracy theories saying the vocal teens from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are actors in a plot to impose stricter gun laws.

Ms. González, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., has emerged as one of the most prominent faces among the student activists who have mobilized against gun violence after a shooting at their school last month that left 17School in Parkland, Fla., has emerged as one of the most prominent faces among the student activists who have mobilized against gun violence after a shooting at their school last month that left 17school last month that left 17 dead.

If You Build It follows designer / activists Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie county, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives.

Since their formation in 2013, the activists and journalists, former high school teachers and college students who are the protagonists of this story, have lived on the run from the extremist group, ducking in and out of safe houses throughout Raqqa, Germany, and neighboring Turkey.

She attends the Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, New Mexico and has been involved in environmental and social justice / activist work since high school.

On the menu with Guardians 2: The Dinner (a drama / mystery starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan, and Rebecca Hall); Risk (documentary about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange); My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (a strange animated comedy for adults); Citizen Jane: Battle Cry for the City (a documentary about urban activist Jane Jacobs); Buster's Mal Heart (some sort of drama / thriller); and Angkor Awakens (a documentary about how the past informs present - day Cambodia).

A writer, teacher, and activist with more than a decade of experience teaching middle and high - school - aged students.

As a former teacher in a diverse public high school, a community activist, and independent scholar on GLBT youth in schools and communities, I joined the Massachusetts Commission on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Youth in 2006, when it was newly established, and was elected chair in 2009.

Running for mayor in 2005, after losing his first bid, Villaraigosa began talking with a variety of activists, including Maria Brenes, who runs Innercity Struggle, a group that fights for small, more rigorous high schools.

Dean Kathleen McCartney has announced that Civil Rights activist, author, and political adviser James Meredith will receive the Harvard Graduate School of Education Medal for Education Impact, the highest honor given by the school, and speak at the 2013 Convocation ceremony on MSchool of Education Medal for Education Impact, the highest honor given by the school, and speak at the 2013 Convocation ceremony on Mschool, and speak at the 2013 Convocation ceremony on May 29.

15, and high school students during the spring semester creating activist art.

Activist Learning: Students at Da Vinci High School, in Davis, California, applied their school's project - learning approach to enlist community support for Da Vinci teachers selected to be laid off because of budgetSchool, in Davis, California, applied their school's project - learning approach to enlist community support for Da Vinci teachers selected to be laid off because of budgetschool's project - learning approach to enlist community support for Da Vinci teachers selected to be laid off because of budget cuts.

Steve Barr, a progressive political activist who had founded Green Dot, had his eye on taking over and remaking a large urban high school.

Among the nine task force members Mr. Christie named on Oct. 28 are a local schools superintendent, a high school PTA officer, a charter school principal, and a school choice activist.

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.

Howard Fuller's memoir, written with Lisa Frazier Page, chronicles his journey from political activist to school superintendent and back again, revealing along the way the monumental challenge of ensuring that poor black children have access to a high - quality education.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.