Sentences with phrase «joined other activists»

Anji Malhotra, co-author of a study released by the University at Buffalo and Cornell law schools based on two years of research into Buffalo Police Department policing practices, joined other activists Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to call for action to be taken against what they called discriminatory policing practices.

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ACAT invites pastors, theologians, human rights activists, and those with ties to specific problem areas of the world to join in the attempt to discern the theological foundations of right and wrong and to persuade themselves and others what it is that may be true and just beyond preferences and national interests, beyond our limited contexts and confessions.

Join First Things editor R. R. Reno, veteran civil rights activist John M. Perkins, Professor Robert P. George of Princeton University, and others at the Union League Club in New York City to honor the life of Plough author Johann Christoph Arnold, who died earlier this year.

Mara Vanderslice, who started the first major Democratic faith consulting shop with Sapp after the 2004 election, has also joined the administration, along with other progressive religious activists.

However, we would like to join the ranks of people, including the more than 6,000 supporters who have signed the petition to stop the destruction of field trials of GM crops, in calling for anti-GM activists and other concerned citizens to not take action that could delay the assessment and ongoing research of Golden Rice as a potential new way to reduce vitamin A deficiency and reduce the damage it can do to the precious vision and eyes of children.

A big limitation of Change.org and other targeted social networks is that they have to persuade people to join; this Facebook app lets them bring their tools to online spaces that are already full of potential activists.

Campaigns should look for opportunities to join existing communities to learn from others and connect with important or influential voices, and in some cases it will make sense to start a new discussion group or listserv to connect with and organize activists.

To provide value to potential paid petition sponsors, StandUnited must build its sizable own base of activists will to support conservative causes and join other conservative lists.

As other young Tory activists join in the troubling conversation, talk turns to «solutions» for dealing with «chavs».

Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey is joining with other gun control activists to call on Congress to approve tough gun laws.

At 9:30 a.m., actor James Cromwell joins We Are Seneca Lakes and other activists outside ConEd's shareholder meeting to call for end to fracked gas infrastructure expansion, 4 Irving Pl., Manhattan.

Grisanti joins two other candidates — Democratic freshman Sen. Ted O'Brien, of Rochester, facing off against Republican Richard Funke; and Andrienne Esposito, a Democratic environmental activist who running against GOP Islip Town Supervisor Tom Croci for the Long Island seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Lee Zeldin — as the NYLCV's top priority candidates this season.

National political strategist L. Joy Williams, who was recently appointed as a senior adviser for education activist and actress Cynthia Nixon's gubernatorial campaign, weighed in on what made her join the Nixon campaign and her thoughts on Nixon's advocacy toward people of color and other marginalized groups, on Tuesday night.

Former Lib Dem Minister Vince Cable will join Shadow Defence Secretary Clive Lewis MP, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Tommy Sheppard MP of the SNP, and others at a sold out event of 1000 activists from all the progressive parties in central London.

Many activists joined efforts to reform local government, public education, medicine, finance, insurance, industry, railroads, churches, and many other areas.

Greens from three counties joined these other community activists at Wednesday's event.

Councilwoman Melissa Mark - Viverito joined other elected officials and activists at a rally Thursday

The Green Party of New York State joined today with other environmental, social and economic justice activists to demand action on climate change by government at all levels.

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They will be joined by other artists and activists such as Alice Braga, Ananda Everingham, Anastacia, Ashton Kutcher, Avan Jogia, Becca, Bill and Melinda Gates, Cate Blanchett, Chelsea Islan, Christina Hendricks, Criolo, Daniel Craig, Diamond, Diego Luna, G.E.M., Gilberto Gil, James Chau, Jamie Oliver, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lopez, Kate Winslet, UN Messenger of Peace Lang Lang, Liverpool Football Club captain Jordan Henderson and team mates, Lenine, Mia Maestro, Mafikizolo, Mads Mikkelsen, Mena Suvari, UNDP Champion Michelle Yeoh, Meryl Streep, Malala Yousafzai, Nazanin Boniadi, One Direction, Paloma Faith, Paul Wesley, Phoebe Tonkin, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan, Richard Branson, Robert Pattinson, Robert Redford, Rodrigo Santoro, Saoirse Ronan, Stephen Hawking, Sun Yang, UN Messenger of Peace Stevie Wonder, Tom Hiddleston, Thanh Bui, UNICEF supporter Wagner Moura, Yemi Alade, and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador for China Zhou Xun among others.

Naomie Harris, Gemma Chan and the US activist and actress Tessa Thompson will be joined by other activists «to show solidarity with people across all industries who have experienced inequality and abuse».

Two influential Chicago unions are joining South Side activists in their push to obtain a signed agreement guaranteeing local residents jobs and other benefits in the development of the Obama Presidential Center, officials announced Wednesday.

Parents, educators, community advocates, civil rights activists and others are welcome to join!

Join parents, teachers, students, public school workers, clergy, activists and others in the three day citywide march across the city.

The Artist as Activist: Tayeba Begum Lipi and Mahbubur Rahman joins other exhibitions at the Broad MSU examining work by living artists from the U.S. and around the globe who are addressing a range of social and political issues through their practice — including recent exhibitions of South Asian artists Naiza Khan, Imran Qureshi, and Mithu Sen.

Sandel will be joined by poet Elizabeth Alexander; actors Danny Burstein (Fiddler on the Roof); Brandon Victor Dixon (Hamilton); John Lithgow (The Crown); dancer, actor and recent Kennedy Center Honoree Carmen de Lavallade; immigration activist and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, and others, who will set the stage with thought - provoking readings and performances.

It got a lot of coverage; last year they occupied Mayor Newsom's spot and activists in other cities joined in; I like London's the ping pong Park,

Elton John, Jon Bon Jovi, Hozier and WALK THE MOON among the world - renowned talent to join US Vice President and Climate Reality Chairman Al Gore lead round - the - clock call to action on Nov. 13 - 14 along with other climate experts & activists; celebrities & musicians

They join Elton John, Jon Bon Jovi, Hozier, WALK THE MOON and other world - renowned talent as Former US Vice President and Climate Reality Chairman Al Gore leads round - the - clock call to action on Nov. 13 - 14 with climate experts & activists; celebrities & musicians

These and others join Ryan Reynolds, Jon Bon Jovi, Carole King, Vance Joy, Thirty Seconds to Mars, and other world - renowned talent as Former US Vice President and Climate Reality Chairman Al Gore leads round - the - clock call to action on December 5 - 6 with climate experts and activists; celebrities and musicians.

That same day, Munkhbayar and UMMRL joined several other activist groups in a demonstration outside of the main Parliament building.

On June 2, a coalition of activist organizations led by Erie Rising and joined by the likes of the Sierra Club, the Mark Ruffalo - lead Water Defense, the Angela Monti Fox - lead Mothers Project (mother of «Gasland» Producer and Director, Josh Fox), Food and Water Watch (FWW), among others, will take to Erie, CO to say «leave and leave now» to EnCana Corporation.

Now that the Sierra Club has joined with a coalition of environmental activist groups, labor unions, and other left - liberal groups to form the Democracy Initiative, the Sierra Club has an even more powerful platform to promote its radical agenda.

Following a rally outside the refinery gates that included speakers ranging from the Mayor of Richmond to local activists demanding an end to Chevron's toxic legacy, Matt and I joined 200 others in walking onto Chevron's property and sitting in at their gates in an act of peaceful civil disobedience.

She credited the student activists at Stoneman Douglas for setting the tone and creating a model and an atmosphere of unity that has inspired other students to join their movement.

Our volunteers joined more than 250 other activists from Planned Parenthood affiliates across the region to learn organizing tactics and strategy.