Sentences with phrase «journey as an activist»

She explained her «lightbulb moment» (the spark that set her on her journey as an activist) to me this way: «Passion begins with a burden and a split - second moment when you understand something like never before.

I began this journey as an activist at 13 — and there's no reason we can not and should not inspire, educate and mobilize from the youngest of ages in every community, beginning today.

Ultimately, I wrote the guidebook I wish I had found when I started my own journey as an activist, in college, and had no idea how to get started and really have a meaningful impact on the issues I cared about.

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your mission is documenting HISD's school food reform journey, helping school food reform activists with a road - map to improve food in their districts, as well as bringing awareness to the issues that surround school food reform.

The activists who take part are slowly undergoing a journey a bit like that of the dissident - turned - conformist Winston Smith in 1984, with Nick Clegg playing the role of O'Brien, as the menacing thought police leader who explains to Orwell's hero what needs to be done to serve the party objective, namely, power.

It took Tony Blair just three years from his rise to the Labour leadership in 1994 to turn these years of habitual defeat into a moment of colossal, crushing victory in which the same Labour activists who had soldiered so miserably for so long became all - conquering electoral troops who, as Blair puts it in one of the phrases that make his book A Journey so readable, «scattered our enemies in the imaginations of their hearts».

Mayor Bill de Blasio journeyed to Albany Wednesday to rally with Democratic legislators and activists for the extension of the «millionaires» tax,» set to expire this year, as well as the «mansion tax,» a proposal the mayor has been pushing since 2015.

A simple observation sparked my own journey as a global warming activist.

«The Journey is the Destination» (Bronwen Hughes) Ben Schnetzer stars as real life photographer and activist Dan Eldon who covered a number of tragic conflicts in Africa.

Vowing to get Jake back by any means necessary, Leon's own journey - on his brand - new BMX bike - will carry him through the lives of a doting but ailing foster mother, Maureen; Maureen's cranky and hilarious sister, Sylvia; a social worker Leon knows only as «The Zebra»; and a colorful community of local gardeners and West Indian political activists.

Prior to her photographic journeys, she worked as a human rights activist, raising issues facing black lesbian women in South Africa.

It brilliantly shows his talents, showcasing him as an artist, an activist, an historian... The exhibition is complemented by a small photo exhibition from several members of the Photographic Society of Mytilene, whose poignant images depict the journey made by refugees and migrants.

As hundreds of conservationists, coal miners and activists start a five day journey through the mountains of West Virginia to call for an end to the devastating practice of mountaintop removal coal mining, a similar battle to ensure a just and sustainable future is being waged at the new round of UN climate talks being held in Bonn, Germany.

Whether you're a Lush addict, a green beauty fan, an animal rights activist, or a Willy Wonka dreamer, come join me on this curious journey through a fascinating place where all products are still made by hand because, as brand and product trainer Sara Ponte told me, «We'd rather give jobs to people than machines.»

As long - time community activists have explained, the struggle for social justice is one that must be characterized by patience and a willingness to see small victories in a slow journey full of setbacks.