Sentences with phrase «invest in justice»

It has to make economic sense to invest in justice.

Liberal Democrat constitutional affairs spokesman Simon Hughes added: «If Britain is to continue its reputation for proper access to high quality justice then we need to invest in our justice system as befits a key part of the welfare state.

DATA: «Investing in Justice: A Roadmap to Cost - Effective Funding of Civil Legal Aid in Massachusetts»

I am currently the firm's liaison with the Chicago Bar Foundation's Investing in justice campaign.

A Parliamentary inquiry into the harmful use of alcohol in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities released in 2015 also recommended investing in Justice reinvestment.

Not exact matches

She gets that investing in women isn't just a social justice issue but an economic issue as well.

With a background in civil rights advocacy, Amina has a special appreciation for the impact of working for social and economic justice through investing and shareholder engagement.

By investing in pioneering individuals, non-profits and mission driven companies who dare to re-imagine the possible, PSF has helped to bring about important breakthroughs — from cancer research and small scale agriculture to criminal justice reform and educational opportunities for young people in communities around the world.

Emerson Collective is Powell Jobs» recent enterprise, founded in the early 2000s, which has invested capital in a number of education - related ventures, as well as in social justice projects in keeping with the group's goal of «opening doors to opportunity.»

«Words can't do justice to the degree to which passive investing is now in an epic bubble, with money funnelling into a narrow group of names.

The longer you invest in a leveraged fund the more likely you are to lose money, warns Morningstar analyst Paul Justice.

Over the longer haul hope invests itself strongly in winning the game, getting the job, shortening the war, and achieving economic justice only if these seem to add up to something enduring.

Beth Messersmith: So we think that Smart Start and early learning, the investments that we make in early childhood, for every dollar invested economists say that there is an $ 8 to $ 12 return on investment because it makes such a tremendous difference in terms of long - term wages, success in school, keeping people out of the criminal justice system.

Centre for Social Justice urges chancellor to row back on manifesto pledge to reduce income tax and invest in benefits instead

The six - point plan, which also called for reducing incarceration rates and investing in schools to close what King termed the «school to prison pipeline,» is the broadest package yet proposed by Democratic gubernatorial candidates, though they all have pushed various justice reform issues, particularly Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.

«From investing in education and creating good - paying jobs to protecting immigrants» rights and advancing issues of social justice, Congresswoman Meng and Assemblyman Blake will help lead the fight to ensure our nation remains a beacon of hope and opportunity for everyone.

Since then «green conservatism» has taken second place to «gentler conservatism» as the party leadership invested more and more time in social justice.

Ultimately, though, the detailed character portrayals at the heart of Seven Seconds invest us into the Butlers» search for justice, while poignantly illustrating that in the real world, that justice is rare.

This one is tense, heartfelt, wise and weighty, driven by a revelatory lead performance and crafted by a director deeply invested in doing justice to his subject.

Protesters from teaching unions and global justice NGOs lobbied against education firm Pearson, to question the company's record on investing in «low cost» private schools.

Economists have demonstrated convincingly that every dollar invested in early childhood saves $ 4, because children who participate in early education are less likely to require special education services, and they are less likely to end up in the costly juvenile - justice system.

«Democrats amended the platform to: support community schools with wraparound services in struggling neighborhoods; implement restorative justice and alternative discipline practices; invest in engaging STEM curricula; explicitly oppose high - stakes testing as a means to close schools or evaluate educators; support a parents» right to opt their children out of tests; and support and respect all educators and school employees.

Demand that school leaders invest in really supporting students by providing social and emotional support, like access to school psychologists and restorative justice counselors, and spaces where students can work through problems instead of calling law enforcement to deal with discipline issues.

Los Angeles United School District (LAUSD) should help schools transforms school report cards into parent - friendly, school climate «flashlights,» as well as invest in culturally relevant pedagogy and restorative justice.

Never one to mince words, Chicago Teacher Union president (and member in good standing of the International Socialist Organization) Jesse Sharkey proclaimed, «The banks owe us a rebate of hundreds of millions of dollars, which we should invest in 50 sustainable community schools with robust wraparound services, restorative justice programs, low class sizes and sufficient staffing levels.»

Every dollar invested in high - quality pre-K saves taxpayers up to seven dollars by reducing the need for remedial and special education, welfare, and criminal justice services, according to a number of studies.

The bill fails to invest in student aid to improve access or affordability for low - income students; instead, the Committee should consider increasing the maximum Pell Grant, maintaining the inflation adjustment for Pell, and expanding Pell eligibility to undocumented and justice - impacted students.

We must embrace and invest in positive discipline practices and restorative justice as critical components for building that culture.

The teachers there that have really bought into it say, «I'd rather invest the time now than have someone in the criminal justice system have to do it later.»»

Preschool: America's Best Investment Can investing in high - quality early education reduce the demand for high - cost special education, social welfare and criminal justice systems?

She is excited to work with other elementary teachers invested in social justice work.

Politics has played an important role: in Europe, several governments including France, Russia and Germany are investing tens of millions to shore up their publishing and bookselling infrastructure, while in the United States a contentious lawsuit saw the Department of Justice convicting Apple and five of America's largest publishers of colluding to fix ebook prices.

While the central thesis is narrow, to do it justice the book will have to canvas a broad range of issues in behavioral and value investing.

We wanted to provide an opportunity for social justice activists who had dissociated from their investment portfolio to invest their money and their trust in communities most impacted by racial, climate and economic crises.

And so Shenmue III represents another chance to invest ourselves in the life of Ryo and his search for justice.

And through conversations with others in the growing climate justice movement, I began to see all kinds of ways that climate change could become a catalyzing force for positive change — how it could be the best argument progressives have ever had to demand the rebuilding and reviving of local economies; to reclaim our democracies from corrosive corporate influence; to block harmful new free trade deals and rewrite old ones; to invest in starving public infrastructure like mass transit and affordable housing; to take back ownership of essential services like energy and water; to remake our sick agricultural system into something much healthier; to open borders to migrants whose displacement is linked to climate impacts; to finally respect Indigenous land rights — all of which would help to end grotesque levels of inequality within our nations and between them.

The coalitions of racial justice, labor, and environmental groups that will be needed to win price - and - invest campaigns in the states might also be the template we need for rebuilding progressive power nationally.

On the occasion of the Friends of the Earth International days of action for climate justice, activists from Center for the Environment / Friends of the Earth Bosnia & Herzegovina gathered in front of the Republika Srpska government building to show clearly what the country can expect over the next 30 years if the government continues to pursue a policy of investing in fossil fuels.

Some argue for investing it in clean energy and environmental justice.

The bloggers over at Powerline, led in this case by the Koch - cozy John Hinderaker, are all in a tizzy this week after the New York Times reported that Tom Steyer, a major political force in the fight for climate justice, used to invest heavily in coal mining operations.

Political deals (sometimes dubbed «grand bargains») to win Republican support for carbon taxes, such as the proposal by Democratic Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) and Brian Schatz (HA) therefore risk alienating labor, low - income advocates and economic - justice activists, many of whom are already tepid at best about carbon tax legislation that doesn't directly invest considerable carbon revenues in a «just transition.»

That they are committed to investing in a business model (s) which can offer more Canadians access to justice which is affordable.

Recommendation 3: The Committee recommends that the Government of Canada provide leadership and invest resources in collaborating with provincial and territorial governments in order to develop and make available research on best practices and implementation procedures for mega-trials and for alternatives to the traditional criminal justice system model, including restorative justice programs, integrated service models, «shadow courts» and therapeutic courts.

But the justice system depends on information... It therefore stands to reason that we invest in hardware and software to ensure that said information is properly protected.

Justice systems in the North should invest more energy in developing restitution processes that work, according to a leading Canadian victims» advocate.

Some advocacy groups in the U.S. have promoted the idea of letting non-lawyers invest equity in law firms as a way to provide access to justice, enable innovation in the legal marketplace, and expand legal services.

«What needs to happen is that the province must invest in the services that deliver justice to British Columbians,» said Simmons.

But if you're invested in the rule of law and the integrity of the justice system, it's hard to stand by without wanting to provide some assistance.

Sadly, investing in the start of the justice system chain (as you put it) doesn't seem to garner too many votes or generate much public goodwill over a four - year term in office.

Chief Justice Robert Bauman in B.C. stated yesterday that the system needed some «shock therapy» and dramatic actions to «shake the foundations» in order to foster the type of change required, in conjunction with $ 150,000 invested over three years for Access to Justice B.C..