Sentences with phrase «justice advocates now»

Not exact matches

Rashad Robinson, executive director of online racial justice organization Color of Change, said in a statement late Tuesday that while he applauded Uber's newfound transparency, «the onus is now on Kalanick and Uber's leadership team to prove that all this public soul - searching isn't just a public relations ploy and to work with advocates and experts to meaningfully increase diversity at the company.»

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.

My eldest, now 16, is a Latin scholar and social justice advocate.

She worked in the U.S. Senate, clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and has advocated for conservative judges for the group now known as the Judicial Crisis Network.

As a maternal health advocate and therapist Ginger is also a regularly invited blogger for international groups that advocate for social justice and policy, including Caring Economy and Center for Partnership Studies, National Association for Mothers Centers (now MOM - Mentum), and American Mothers.

Many across the nation find themselves this week asking a similar question in the days since two recent police shootings of black men — in Baton Rouge Now, he is living in Savannah, Ga., where he he has been working with the city's Black Lives Matter branch to advocate for social justice issues

She now feels prepared to enter the classroom and is currently seeking a teaching position in the Boston area where she will be able to incorporate lessons of social justice into the science curriculum and work with students in developing skills to advocate for positive change in their communities.

Despite having promised their support for the lawsuit, they are now not only trying to get the case dismissed, but are asking the court to prevent the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding [CCJEF], a broad coalition of towns, schools, parents and public school advocates, from even serving as the plaintiffs in the case.

In fact, a number of organizations join Children Now in calling for the further development and adoption of a Weighted Student Formula concept in 2013, including the ACLU, California School Boards Association, Californians for Justice, Campaign for Quality Education, The Education Trust — West, EdVoice, MALDEF, New Schools Venture Fund, Parent Leadership Action Network, Public Advocates, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, United Ways of California, Youth Together, and many others.

«There's no way you can be in Houston or Flint or Puerto Rico right now and not feel the urgency,» says Elizabeth Yeampierre, one of America's leading climate - justice advocates.

From the outset Sir Rupert has advocated momentum in implementation, an objective supported now by the Ministry of Justice which was initially lukewarm on change.

My recent comments on Advocate Daily about this [see the whole story here: Police concerns unfounded, alarmist] seem more timely now that Canadian police chiefs say that the federal Department of Justice is weighing how to get around the Supreme Court's ruling that police need a warrant to obtain subscriber data linked to online activities [See the Star report here]

Now — as the traditional way of doing business shifts and new pressures threaten the ability to deliver on the promise of our rights and freedoms — is the time for lawyers to examine their changing roles and for the profession to clarify its responsibilities as advocate for the rule of law and a protector of the justice system.

The memos written and supported by these attorneys advocating torture have now been repudiated by the Department of Justice, the White House, the Department of Defense and other experts in the field.

He is Past President of the New Jersey Trial Lawyer's (ATLA - NJ, now NJAJ), the South Jersey Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) a Master of the Camden Inns of Court, a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and a Past President of the Civil Justice Foundation.

The Canadian Judicial Council's whitewash of Justice Bryan Shaughnessy's misconduct is not being left unchallenged, and now it appears that Justice Boswell's written decision has also caused grave concern among victims» rights advocates.

[Roberts, then at Hogan & Hartson, would become Chief Justice; Phillips is one of the most respected high - court advocates with 78 arguments to the Supreme Court and now chair of Sidley & Austin; and Kneedler, of the Solicitor General's office has done more than 100 Supreme Court arguments.]

Roger Smith, a longtime access to justice advocate, has written that «These cuts mean that England and Wales» --(once a «global leader» in legal aid provision) «will join the other jurisdictions around the world where legal aid... is now heading into retreat».

This book highlights and recognises the foundational work of the many human rights and social justice advocates, be they individuals, communities and organisations, who have the vision and courage required to make a difference and it is now time for politicians and policy makers to join us to address this national crisis.

As Indigenous health and human rights advocate Professor Tom Calma told Croakey this morning, these are three useful reports now sitting on the shelf — the Senate inquiries on SDOH and Justice Reinvestment, and the Implementation Plan.

As a result, more young people are now staying and succeeding in school, courts are handing down fewer death penalty sentences, advocates are successfully addressing inequities in our criminal justice system that do great harm, and other groups are leading efforts to protect our civil liberties.