Sentences with phrase «join the protest march»

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More than 1 million people joined the marches in the United States yesterday, but nearly 5 million participated overall — with protests taking place around the world in cities like Sydney, Paris, London, Tokyo, and more.

A movement by scientists to march on Washington as a protest against the Trump White House's treatment of science has gained traction, with more than 115,000 supporters joining a Facebook (fb) group for the cause.

Native Americans march to a burial ground sacred site that was disturbed by bulldozers building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), near the encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest of the oil pipeline that is slated to cross the Missouri River nearby, Sept. 4, 2016 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

Since Election Day, Philadelphia physician Rhea Powell has marched with other women in Washington, protested in her home town against the potential repeal of Obama's health care law and joined in airport demonstrations against Trump's immigration restrictions.

On March 14, students at Lewis Middle School in Allied Gardens joined hundreds of thousands of other students from across the country in a walkout to protest gun violence in schools following the death of 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida one month earlier.

Indeed, it was Fosdick's influence, along with that of Walter Rauschenbusch and other advocates of the social gospel, that led me to experience considerable alienation from the evangelical community during my years of graduate study on secular campuses in the 1960s, when I joined protests against racial injustice and marched against the Vietnam war.

Tens of thousands of Nicaraguans have joined a march for «Peace and Justice» called by the Catholic Church, the second massive demonstration in less than a week following a wave of deadly protests against social security reforms.

Just as more white people have joined in marches and protests, there have been similar calls for white athletes to mirror their black counterparts.

In a rather awe sight to behold was the choice of some residents who were going to different churches within New Haven area of Enugu for Sunday worship as they joined the crowd in the protest march holding their Bibles and chanting «Anyi amakwe» meaning «We will not agree».

For the past four months the Guardian has joined English Defence League demonstrations, witnessing its growing popularity, from protests attracting just a few hundred hardcore activists at the end of last year to rallies and marches which are bringing thousands of people on to the street — and into direct conflict with the police and local Muslim communities.

Cuomo made the announcement while an estimated 2.6 million people in Washington, D.C., New York, and around the world prepared to join women's marches in protest of Trump's presidency.

Protests against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's harmful public education agenda peaked in New York City on March 12, when parents, their children and educators joined hands to form a human chain around their buildings before or after classes as if to protect them from the governor's proposals.

«Sex and the City» star and Democratic candidate for New York governor Cynthia Nixon joined hundreds of environmentalists Monday for a march and rally protesting incumbent Andrew Cuomo's climate change policies.

City Councilmen - elect Daniel Dromm and Jimmy Van Bramer, state Assemblyman Jose Peralta (D - Jackson Heights) and Councilmen John Liu (D - Flushing) and David Weprin (D - Hollis) joined activists for a rally outside the Jackson Heights post office Monday, where they announced a protest march to Monserrate's district office on Northern Boulevard Saturday.

Academy Award - winning filmmaker Quentin Tarantino joined hundreds of demonstrators waving signs, shouting through megaphones and marching along the city's streets on Saturday to protest police brutality nationwide.

About 1,000 members of the UFT and 1199 SEIU marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on June 14 to join a thousands - strong labor rally at City Hall, protesting Mayor Bloomberg's proposed budget cuts and layoffs.

At Saturday's March for Our Lives, survivors of last month's Parkland, Fla., school shooting joined hundreds of thousands of people to protest against gun violence and call for more restrictive gun laws.

Muslim Alkurdi, 18, of Albuquerque High School, joins hundreds of classmates in Albuquerque, N.M, Monday, March 2, 2015, as students staged a walkout to protest a new standardized test they say isn't an accurate measurement of their education.

Today, PURE joined with the Washington, D. C. - based legal advocacy group Advancement Project and Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) in a press conference and march to protest the Noble Charter School Network's predatory student discipline policy.

Hundreds of high school students marched out of their classes and joined community members in front of Helix Charter High School in La Mesa, California, on Monday to protest the actions of a school resource officer who threw a female student to the ground last week.

Dolores Ramos, 16, right, joins dozens of Highland High School students in Albuquerque, N.M., as students staged a walkout Monday March 2, 2015, to protest a new standardized test they say isn't an accurate measurement of their education.

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Several Hawai'i judges privately expressed support for the march, Portnoy said, but added that «archaic rules» governing judicial conduct prevented them from joining the protest.

Finally, here's information on the Walk for Respect in favour of S18C — where you can join a march, lodge your protest against the changes or share stories of racist experiences.

As tens of thousands of people today join #InvasionDay and #SurvivalDay protests, marches and events around the country (see this list compiled by The Guardian), there is no shortage of articulate and powerful commentary to inform reflections about the significance of 26 January — including for the health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.