Sentences with phrase «into citizen action»

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All sorts of social action apps have already sprung up, including Berlin - based «Refugees Welcome,» which has helped dozens of German citizens invite refugees into their homes, as well as «Mobile Justice,» an app related to the #BlackLivesMatter movement and giving users the ability to zap video footage from a phone directly to the American Civil Liberties Union.

And so we begin with confession, certainly for particular sins of racism but even for the sin we were unwittingly born into, the sin we did not advocate for or promote but that benefited us nonetheless, the passive and active attitudes and actions of our ancestors who failed to advocate for full equality and justice for their fellow citizens.

But if such reshaping of national fertility patterns is to be set in motion by government action, there would obviously have to be direct, far - reaching, and even forcible state interventions into the daily lives of the overwhelming majority of the citizens of these two countries — as well as others with similar «targets.»

At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.

The Idea Summit is a fun, celebratory event that features the work of Champions for Change, explores what it means to translate ideas into action, and provides opportunities for community members to network with local experts, citizen planners, funders and other attendees.

Adeyeye also said that the proposed action of the Federal Government would be a great injustice to the citizens now and in the future if they were plunged back into debt.

Dadey, with Citizens Union, says that over one year since the commission was signed into law, the probe of the Assembly speaker's actions, if it is indeed occurring, is the first true test of the new ethics commission.

While reacting to a purported protest carried out by members of the association, the State Government said though it was not against peaceful protest by aggrieved citizens but it would not be stampeded into taking any action without strictly following due process and rule of law.

End Citizens United's entry into the Minnesota race is particularly odd, given that Craig, while at the medical device company St. Jude Medical, directed the firm's political action committee in the 2012 election cycle, after spending the previous six years on its board.

Dadey, with Citizens Union says that over one year since the commission was signed into law, the probe of the Assembly Speaker's actions, if it is indeed occurring, is the first true test of the new ethics commission.

The discussion is a platform to persuade citizens to become more socially conscious and to take action to help Richmond move forward into the future.

He's convinced his only course of action is to protect the Whoville citizens by postponing the upcoming Who - Centennial until Horton places their speck into a safe location.

Furthermore, what effects do these actions have on the citizens caught in the middle of something so ugly and dangerous (a subplot that very few directors have the skill to weave into the grander scheme of things, let alone winding up allowing for some of the strongest takeaways from the film).

Snowden emerges sympathetically, as a disillusioned patriot, forced into his actions by his realization that US online spying has spiralled completely out of control, monitoring US citizens even more than external enemies.

As the future of business owners and employees and most importantly — educators of the citizens of tomorrow — it is vital foruniversities to invest time and effort into educating students on the impact their actions have online.

ALS has waded into state political contests, with the company and its executives contributing at least $ 45,000 to Florida politicians and political action committees since 2015 — including sizeable contributions to the Republican Party of Florida and a political action committee called Citizens First that has taken in tens of thousands in donations from charter organizations.

But knowing about character and putting character into action are two different things, so in 1987 a group of 120 concerned citizens gathered to decide which values would be important to focus on for the students and families in the Friendswood Independent School District.

The citizens of Connecticut deserve an investigation into the Malloy administrations actions surrounding the effort to first give Clark Elementary School to Achievement First, Inc. and then to give it to Friendship Charter Schools, Inc..

If Twitter UK can be embarrassed into acting quickly, recently ridding itself (this week in fact) of cyber bullies and other assorted trolls by the British news media, backed by the government, plus have them arrested and publically exposed to the nation, then why hasn't the head office of Amazon in the United States been forced to take the same action when it comes to attacks by trolls on Indie writers who are ordinary law abiding citizens like you and I?

And when we learned that Volkswagen cheated consumers by secretly embedding an emissions control «kill switch» in it's diesel vehicles, citizens and government officials swung into action to hold the company accountable.

• COREM (Community - Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby)-- website • CORENA (Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia)-- website • Dandenong Ranges Renewable Energy Association — website • Darebin Climate Action Now — website • Eastern Climate Action Melbourne — website • Environment Centre NT — website • Future Environment Defenders (FED Up)-- website • Geelong Sustainability — website • Groundswell Bass Coast — website • Healthy Futures — website • HOPE (Householders» Options to Protect the Environment Inc)-- website • Jesuit Social Services — website • Journeys for Climate Justice — website • Lake Wollumboola Protection Association Inc — website • Lighter Footprints — website • LIVE (Locals Into Victoria's Environment)-- website • Long Future Foundation — website • Market Forces — website • Nature Conservation Council of NSW — website • Parramatta Climate Action Network (ParraCAN)-- website • Psychology for a Safe Climate — website • RSTI (Research and Strategy for Transition Initiation)-- website • Save the Planet — website • Shoalhaven Transition Inc — Facebook • St Andrews Uniting Church Fairfield — website • Stonnington Climate Action Network — Facebook • Surf Coast Air Action — website • Sustainable Engineering Society (SENG)-- website • Transition Byron Shire — Facebook • Transition East Geelong — Facebook • WATCH (Wodonga Albury Towards Climate Health)-- website • Western Region Environment Centre — Facebook • Yarra Climate Action Now — website • Zero Emissions Byron — website

• 350 Eurobodalla • 350 Melbourne • Act on Climate • Australian Religious Response to Climate Change (ARRCC) • Baby Boomers for Climate Change Action • Ballarat Climate Action • Bayside Climate Change Action Group • Beyond Zero Emissions • CACE — Community Action for the Climate Emergency • CANWin (Climate Action Now Wingecarribee) • cedamia • Centre for Climate Safety • Climate Action Canberra • Climate Action Hobart • Climate Action Monaro • Climate Action Moreland • Climate Change Australia (Hastings branch) • Climate Change Balmain - Rozelle • Climate Code Red • Coffs Coast Climate Action Group • Conservation Council SA • COREM (Community - Owned Renewable Energy Mullumbimby) • CORENA (Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia) • Dandenong Ranges Renewable Energy Association • Darebin Climate Action Now • Eastern Climate Action Melbourne • Environment Centre NT • Future Environment Defenders (FED Up) • Geelong Sustainability • Groundswell Bass Coast • Healthy Futures • Householders» Options to Protect the Environment (HOPE) Inc • Journeys for Climate Justice • Lake Wollumboola Protection Association Inc • Lighter Footprints • LIVE (Locals Into Victoria's Environment) • Long Future Foundation • Market Forces • Nature Conservation Council of NSW • Parramatta Climate Action Network (ParraCAN) • Psychology for a Safe Climate • RSTI (Research and Strategy for Transition Initiation) • Save the Planet • Shoalhaven Transition Inc • St Andrews Uniting Church Fairfield • Stonnington Climate Action Network • Surf Coast Air Action • Sustainable Engineering Society • Transition Byron Shire • Transition East Geelong • Vote Climate • WATCH (Wodonga Albury Towards Climate Health) • Western Region Environment Centre • Yarra Climate Action Now • Zero Emissions Byron

Ten years ago the Canadian government launched a public inquiry to look into whether the actions of Canadian officials had contributed to the torture and other grave human rights violations that a Canadian citizen, Maher Arar, had experienced while he was illegally imprisoned in Syria for a year in 2002 and 2003.

Indeed, taking into consideration that EU criminal law cooperation has been criticised for being one - sided and mainly focused on increased repression, the EU still has to demonstrate that this policy serves the interests of citizens and States alike and that its competences are triggered only where independent action of Member States has proved not to be sufficient.

At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government upon vital questions affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.

«I would venture to say that Justice Matlow's neighbours, rather than feeling that the judiciary is brought into disrepute [by his actions], respected what he contributed as a fellow citizen and neighbour.

It is useful because it is honest; because it leaves not even the most obscure and friendless citizen without means of obtaining justice from a neighbouring State; because it obviates occasions of quarrels between States on account of the claims of their respective citizens; because it recognizes and strongly rests on this great moral truth that justice is the same whether due from one man or a million, or from a million to one man; because it teaches and greatly appreciates the value of our free republican national government, which places all our citizens on an equal footing, and enables each and every of them to obtain justice without any danger of being overborne by the weight and number of their opponents; and because it brings into action and enforces this great and glorious principle — that the people are the sovereign of this country, and consequently that fellow citizens and joint sovereigns can not be degraded by appearing with each other in their own courts to have their controversies determined.

Her actions also brought the integrity of the Texas judiciary and of her court into disrepute and was a source of scandal to the citizens of the state.

And we all need to learn to work with it and to turn it into action: more justice value for more citizens.

Despite repeated warnings, this is the first actual enforcement action in China and comes amid news reports citing the many workarounds Chinese citizens and investors have been employing to buy into tokenized schemes.

This being said, there have not been any official bans or regulations to circumvent the same path of action which will stop the Indian citizens into investing in the crypto market, like Bitcoin.

I couldn't see a way to bring a citizen dimension into therapy without «changing the subject» when clients came to sessions with personal concerns or environmental stresses — this despite the fact that in another part of my career I'd been engaging fellow community members in social - action projects.

Youth are held accountable for their actions in developmentally appropriate ways that promote community safety and allow them to grow into responsible citizens.