Sentences with phrase «justice advocate for»

Michael has been an environmental and social justice advocate for over 25 years.

Among them were Tarana Burke (founder of the resurgent #MeToo movement), Saru Jayaraman (a workplace justice advocate for restaurant workers), Billie Jean King (tennis champion and founder of the Women's Tennis Association), and Marai Larasi (executive director of Imkaan, the group working to end violence against black and minority women).

Stars, including Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep and Emma Watson, will be accompanied by key activists from a range of fields, including the founder of the #MeToo movement and a workplace justice advocate for restaurant workers.

I'm 32, I'm a Leo, I'm Russian, Anglo - Saxon and Serbo - Croatian I am a very open minded and non-judgmental man I'm romantic and passionate about life, I enjoy reading, art both creating and observing I'm an independent artist and die - hard social justice advocate for civil rights movements

In honor of my family's legacy with the labor community, the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice advocates for all workers and all families.

Youth Court Global Youth Justice Global Youth Justice empowers youth to serve as youth justice advocates for a more peaceful world.

Mr. Komanoff blames environmental and environmental justice advocates for the failure of Washington State's carbon tax ballot initiative, I - 732.

Not exact matches

Haviland, a passionate advocate for social justice and global women's and children's health issues, says that «every business person can take on a social mission.

Prison Fellowship is the nation's largest outreach to prisoners, former prisoners, and their families, and a leading advocate for criminal justice reform.

With more than 40 years of experience helping restore men and women behind bars, Prison Fellowship advocates for federal and state criminal justice reforms that transform those responsible for crime, validate victims, and encourage communities to play a role in creating a safe, redemptive, and just society.

As a textualist largely in the mold of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Gorsuch has frequently advocated for interpreting laws based solely on text, regardless of the desirability of the outcomes.

How far G FarmaLabs goes depends on the Department of Justice changing its classification of marijuana and the end of prohibition nationwide, for which Gonzalez is a public advocate.

Since the Jews for Jesus case in the»80s with Sekulow, Ekonomou has done some work for the American Center for Law and Justice, a non-profit which advocates for religious and constitutional freedoms and is known for supporting Christian causes.

Hall is a passionate advocate for social justice who has testified before Congress on health - care reform's impact on small business.

«It's even more important that Uber build a company that reflects the multi-racial, multi-cultural character of Oakland and the East Bay community, and its tradition of advocating for racial equality and economic justice.»

The clamor for Rosenstein's dismissal among Trump allies was all but expected with Friday's release of the Nunes memo, whose advocates say reveals anti-Trump bias and abuse of power at the highest levels of the FBI and the Justice Department.

The letter echoes the demands trade justice advocates have long called for: transparent and democratic negotiations; strong and enforceable labour rights, including for migrant workers; protection of public services; enforceable environmental standards; and the right to regulate in the public's interest.

The Trade Justice Network (TJN) is a network comprised of environmental, labour, cultural, farming, social justice and other civil society organizations that aims to raise awareness about free trade agreements and advocates for a more sustainable, fair and socially just international trade Justice Network (TJN) is a network comprised of environmental, labour, cultural, farming, social justice and other civil society organizations that aims to raise awareness about free trade agreements and advocates for a more sustainable, fair and socially just international trade justice and other civil society organizations that aims to raise awareness about free trade agreements and advocates for a more sustainable, fair and socially just international trade regime.

A survivor of the tainted blood scandal, Cumming is the co-founder of BloodWatch, an organization formed to advocate for fulfilling Mr. Justice Horace Krever's recommendations following that scandal.

We need more Christians who claim to advocate for gender justice to practise what they preach.

The NAACP has also advocated with CAIR to call for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate — which they will.

Over at Mirror of Justice, though, Thomas Berg sounds a bit more worried: «a possible lesson here for religious - liberty advocates (applicable in other contexts too) is to beware of pushing the envelope too much.»

And one of the most prominent advocates for justice in history, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a baptist preacher.

To The CNN Moderators, why did you delete the thread where «justice for all» was advocating the killing of gays because the bible says that's what they deserve?

I can't do much but I'm doing this: I'm paying attention, I'm doing what I can from my small corner to advocate for you and hold your name up, and there is one small candle burning in my house for you, reminding me to pray for justice, to remember you.

Drawing on the biblical motifs of community and solidarity, the document formulates several principles of economic justice and then advocates community interests above private interests, and calls for public ownership and worker management in corporations.

After college, my ideas turned into practice, and life marched on in a series of how to be the best possible Christian, with a social justice flair (eschew money, buy fair trade, advocate for social justice causes, create programs for the needy in my neighborhood).

The eight criteria of a «mature faith» include these: «Holds life - affirming values, including commitment to racial and gender equality, affirmation of cultural and religious diversity, and a personal sense of responsibility for the welfare of others,» and «Advocates social and global change to bring about greater social justice.»

They are advocates for justice.

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.

At a time when political developments in Washington are generally discouraging to advocates for economic justice, faith - based organizing shows the enormous potentials found in grass - roots America and particularly in the rich web of religious communities.

Now as social justice director for the Salvation Army's Southern Territory in Australia she advocates and sets up provision for marginalised and exploited groups.

With other feminists, I believe that we must consider the likelihood a) that countries with less stringent guidelines for ova donation will proceed more efficiently with research; b) that countries in the one - third world will likely benefit from research using ill - gotten gametes; and c) that advocates for ESCR will argue that, for the sake of justice, the U.S. needs to implement more liberal guidelines for gamete procurement so as to avoid the injustice inherent in situation b).

«In addition, as the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change works with the state government to deliver democratic dividends, we urge it to also assist in addressing the challenges to rule of law posed by these arrests and prosecutions, encouraging respect for press freedom and advocating for protection and justice for targeted communities in southern Kaduna.»

Not only did he donate $ 1.5 million to Black Lives Matter and other social justice groups last year, but he's become an outspoken advocate for criminal justice reform.

He is not tempted to speak as though Emergent is inventing the wheel, as many of his colleagues do, when it places women in leadership roles or advocates for social justice.

Brandeis was among the first justices educated in the new «case - law method» pioneered by Harvard's Christopher Langdell in the 1870s, and he was the first justice to reach the Court with a long record as an advocate for progressive causes.

1) Churches need to be a voice for economic justice for lower - income families by, for instance, advocating for more generous child and earned - income tax credits, as well as for the elimination of the marriage penalties embedded in many of our public policies directed towards lower - income families.

The advocates of justice for the poor accused the environmentalists of being elitists...

«This has been an answer to prayer,» she said in a press release from the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), one of Abedini's leading advocates.

«As a follower of Jesus, I am called to work for justice and reconciliation, and to be an advocate for those who can not speak for themselves,» said the 74 - year - old Virginia representative in deciding not to pursue an 18th term after 34 years of service.

Conferences during the early days of the environmental movement were often punctuated by sharp exchanges between environmentalists and the advocates of justice for the poor.

It is certainly time that advocates for racial justice began to insist that schools take on the high mission of developing these qualities.

The advocates of justice for the poor accused the environmentalists of being elitists who were more concerned about national parks than about people.

Bravo for those and their advocates who tenaciously fight until they're finally heard and justice is served.

We can come alongside our brothers and sisters, lending our voices and power to theirs, and stand together for a unified people advocating for justice and peace and wholeness.

He pointed out that just last year the bishops issued a statement calling for the rehabilitation of prisoners and advocating «restorative justice.»

I'm all for praying for the victims, their families and resolution but I also advocate for justice for the victims.

Bloodsworth, who is presently an advocate for criminal - justice reform, drives this home: «And if it can happen to me, it can happen to you.

Indeed, Ryan's radical budget and ideologically driven plan to end Medicare as a guaranteed benefit program did what decades of work by Catholic social justice advocates had never been able to achieve: It activated a gut level Catholic concern for solidarity and the common good.