Sentences with phrase «include peace movements»

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Mr. Lens, a Chicago - based labor leader and activist in peace and radical movements, is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, The Promise and Pitfalls of Revolution.

Students at Perspectives Charter Schools» three Chicago campuses have participated for the last four years in a peace movement that includes classes designed to develop independent thinkers and ethical leaders, a radio show, and peace talks in which students are welcomed to openly grieve or share stories about loved ones lost to gun violence, said Diana Shulla - Cose, founder and president of the charter school.

Her involvement in the peace movement and anti-war activism, illustrated by The War Series, provided a springboard for further inquiries into many significant visual and cultural movements, including conceptual art, postmodernism, and feminism.

Their practice includes, performances in the public sphere, art and movement workshops, parades and other participatory actions that encourage peace, sustainability, sex - positivity, gender fluidity, and love, while critiquing patriarchy, war, and systems of power.

He also became deeply engaged in the peace movement, including campaigns against nuclear weapons with personal involvement in direct actions against visiting nuclear armed warships in Australian ports (initially doing this while he was also in the RAAF!).