Sentences with phrase «impact of activists»

The social impact of activists is less well understood.

«In a minority of cases, activist hedge funds may bring some lasting value for shareholders but largely at the expense of workers and bond holders; thus the impact of activist hedge funds appears to take the form of wealth transfer rather than wealth creation.»

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What Lusk ignores is the impact food activists like Pollan have had on the range of choices consumers can now make.

Ari specializes in developing creative, political, and social impact campaigns to reach a new generation of activists, consumers, and voters.

There were librarians and archivists focused on copyright term extension and digital locks; several doctors spoke to the impact of the TPP on public health and access to medicines, food experts highlighted the dangers associated with food security, environmental activists focused on the TPP and climate change, and speakers of all ages (including a 92 year old woman) expressed concern with the investor - state dispute resolution provisions.

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Some fraction of conservative activists probably favor this outcome, but mass support for flat taxes is likely a result of people initially misunderstanding the distributional impact.

Crouch's life reflects a different model of the relationship between Christianity and culture than the activist approach that tends to define Christian engagement in terms of its social impact.

In a widely noticed essay in 1991 the lawyer - activist Nan Hunter argued, with an unsettling directness, that «the impact of [gay and lesbian marriage] will be to dismantle the legal structure of gender in every marriage.»

But recipients of the money, such as David Silverman, president of the American Atheists, see his impact as much greater than just a one - off activist.

We're mad about education, the impact of society upon our children, and abortion activists.

But MPs, active councillors and even locally well known activists in a given community can have a huge impact on the fate of a planning application.

Through the work of four playwrights, Matt Charman, Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne, the play follows several intertwining stories: a couple in a therapy session discuss the impact that the strong environmental beliefs of one, and the indifference of the other, is having on their relationship, a young woman, against her parents» advice, drops out of university to become a climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

The now - defunct Progressive Media USA, a liberal activist group, had done polling on the potential line of attack and concluded that it alone would have little impact against McCain, whose «brand» as a maverick Republican has proved difficult to crack.

«As an author and a community activist, I have made a living promoting change through various mediums, but this crisis has been very hard on those of us trying to positively impact our communities from outside of government.»

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

While the RNC's lack of a television presence will have the most direct impact on DeWine's reelection chances, there is already speculation in Republican circles that the pullout could have a negative trickle - down effect in House races as well — dispiriting activists and depressing the party's base.

The event is a presentation for labor leaders and union activists to learn strategies and gain a better understanding of the impacts of privatization of public services.

On Tuesday, about 40 anti-fracking activists with New Yorkers Against Fracking (a coalition of 60 groups) held a rally in front of the Department of Environmental Conservation «s headquarters in Albany, demanding a human health study be added to the department's ongoing environmental impact study.

At 6:30 p.m., activists participate in a discussion on the upcoming NYC Council speaker's race, the influence of money on elected officials and the impact on local communities of legislation and policies favorable to the real estate industry, LaGuardia Community College, 31 - 10 Thomson Ave., Room E242, Queens.

Howie Katz, the gay activist who led the hate crimes bill coalition in New York for more than a decade (and another Impact Award winner this year), and Matt Foreman, who headed the Pride Agenda when the bill finally passed in 2000, both recall that Paterson was one of two African - American legislators who spearheaded the refusal to compromise on the inclusion of sexual orientation in the legislation.

The former attorney general, who shot to stardom as the «Sheriff of Wall Street,» said he thinks he have a a significant impact on the comptroller's office, giving it a more activist role.

Elected officials, activists, advocates and university students have a number of actions planned for this week to decry the president's policy dictates targeting Muslims and undocumented immigrants, as well as to provide support and guidance to impacted people.

Whereas, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a social activist and leader whose ideas impacted a generation and transformed the social, political, and cultural landscape of our nation; his impassioned «I Have A Dream» speech delivered at the historic March on Washington in August of 1963 was heard in homes across the country and is recognized as one of the most powerful and profound orations in American history

Activists have been galvanised by the impact of mass industrial and political action in France, as opponents of the president's plans to raise the retirement age take their campaign to the streets.

I suppose Unite will say it is an encouraging case study of the impact a very small number of activists can have.

Despite heated rhetoric on both sides of the aisle — critics said an IG would hamper and hamstring the NYPD's work and advocates promised it would bring about the wholesale reform community activists were crying for — the apparent impact of the new office, at least so far, has been minimal.

Introduced by presenter Cathy Marino - Thomas, former head of Marriage Equality USA and a 2016 Impact Award honoree, as «a dynamo in a small blonde body,» Windsor said from the stage, «Given the circumstances, there's a surprising joy in this room tonight, and the joy is there because it's a room full of gay activists and their supporters, and we're all present and not hurt!

Supervisor Gromack from the Town of Clarkstown, East Ramapo activist, Betty Carmand, along with Spring Valley Councilwoman, Emelia White will give their perspectives on the impact of the proposed slaughterhouse to their towns and lend their voice to the call to have the grant rescinded.

Local activists say that the environmental impact of the mine has not been fully investigated.

However, activists pointed out that military and civilian planes often fly over Pantex, and that a 1983 study of the environmental impact had listed a plane crash as an unlikely, but real, risk.

And climate activists say that President Trump's border wall with Mexico and other efforts to keep people out represent a backward effort to stem a tide of migration that would be better addressed at its source: in places where climate impacts are already happening.

Marlo Thomas is an award - winning actress, author and activist whose body of work continues to impact American entertainment and culture.

Pioneering scientist, social activist, humanitarian — Mary - Claire King is also foremost a free spirit who for over four decades has marched to the beat of her own drummer, animated by the impulse to solve iconic scientific puzzles, a passion for victims of disease and social injustice, and a warm humility that belies her profound impacts on science, on medicine, and on society.

West - Aussie models and body confidence activists Georgia Gibbs and Kate Wasley sat down with us to talk the impact of social media, health at any size and beauty with no boundaries.

Some of them are part of my life (my sister, my family of friends, my university professors, ladies I collaborate with) and others part of me forever (my mother and grandmother); and then there are also those who I have never actually met, but make an impact all the same: inspiring food bloggers and photographers whose work and kindness I admire and aspire to, poets and activists, comedians and writers who make me feel so damn proud to be a woman.

We finished up with Schwarz discussing the dichotomy of 1970s Hollywood, on the one hand decadent and permissive, and on the other a place where gay men and women had to stay firmly in the closet; the impact of AIDS on the gay liberation movement; why Carr was an accidental activist; and, of course, the 1989 Oscars that changed everything for Carr, and then how Carr changed the way we approach Oscar season.

If effectiveness must be the measuring stick by which we judge activist documentaries, then consider the impact of Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe's (T) ERROR, about the FBI's post-9 / 11 efforts to identify and deter potential domestic terrorists before they act.

In this double feature, I looked at the impact of film historian and gay rights activist Vito Russo.

So while this Scott Morgan may not be a marijuana - rights activist, a musician, or a rugby player, I am honored to be part of a high - impact organization — powered not by a cape but by an amazing team and board, an equally amazing alumni network of 2,000 leaders, and partnerships with 180 education organizations across the country — working for an all - important cause on behalf of underserved students and our nation.

Rather, the two agencies applied the deeply controversial concept — beloved of civil - rights activists — known as «disparate impact.»

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 May 29.

Written for policy makers and activists as well as school leaders and educators, The Working Class is both a timely survey of the impact of current policies and an invaluable source of practical advice on what can be done to better support disadvantaged children in the school system.

There is little research about the impact of school closings on student achievement, according to Barbara Gross of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, a nonprofit educational research and policy group that has been giving technical help to the activists.

In this edition of the EdCast, Meredith, activist and author, shares his reasons for accepting the HGSE honor — the first he has in 50 years — and discusses his lasting impact on education and what he feels is missing in education today.

But for the parents and activists opposed to the closures — some of whom traveled to D.C. in January to complain directly to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan — quantifying the impact is harder than a mere tallying of students or grades.

Chicago activist Julie Woestehoff of Parents United for Responsible Education spoke about the damaging impact of high - stakes testing on children.

Labor leaders, community activists, and others will also present an oral history of CPS school closings, consolidations and turnarounds and illustrate its impact on impoverished communities and conduct workshops on how to save troubled schools.

In this conversation Dr. Fuller — a civil rights activist and champion for the people of New Orleans, spoke candidly about education reform in New Orleans and the need to empower the communities most impacted by reform efforts over the past 10 years.

INCS Action and its affiliated organizations, INCS Action PAC and INCS Action IC, were created in 2014 with the mission to engage the charter school community in the legislative and political process, grow the coalition of charter public school supporters and activists, and educate Illinois public officials on the impact of charter public schools in the lives of families and in communities across the state.