Sentences with phrase «justice agenda»

He doesn't appear to understand the social justice agenda.

People's Action is a network of grassroots organizations with a fierce reputation for direct action from across the country that work to advance a national economic and racial justice agenda.

Look at their election platforms and you see the same old justice agenda.

The social justice agenda — equitable, equivalent and easy knowledge for all, is easier to implement and is widespread through eLearning.

Mr. Cuomo also announced today he would be accomplishing another piece of his 2015 criminal justice agenda unilaterally: removing people under 18 from the state's adult prisons.

We think the best way to promote a working families, economic justice agenda in Albany is to vote on the W.F.P. line.

«Perhaps for the first time in our history, a social justice agenda in education intersects precisely with the requirements of enhanced national competitiveness.

* As Tavis Smiley reports in his new book on Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader faced a major decline in popularity during his last few years, as many thought his social justice agenda too radical.

Our cover star is Iain Duncan Smith, a man who sees himself as not only the work and pensions secretary but also as someone who is driving the social justice agenda across government.

Iain Duncan Smith's social justice agenda on the right has reopened the arguments over which Beatrice Webb and Helen Bosanquet fell out on the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws in 1909.

Pondiscio wrote that a social justice agenda prevailed at the annual NewSchools Venture Fund meeting in San Francisco.

«The government needs to co-ordinate the social justice agenda from the centre and should give a Minister in the Cabinet Office specific responsibility to lead on this work and to ensure that the policies deliver in improving opportunities for all.»

Meanwhile, a continued roll out of endorsements came from Sharpton, Hazel Dukes and the Anti-Defamation League for Cuomo's criminal justice agenda this year, which includes a proposed elimination of bail for people facing misdemeanor and non-violent felonies, speeding up access to court proceedings and expanding the discovery process in cases.

CPD strengthens our collective capacity to envision and win an innovative pro-worker, pro-immigrant, racial and economic justice agenda.

Those who doubt the impact of academic theory on real - world political actors should perhaps stop themselves the next time they unthinkingly condemn Elizabeth Warren for participating in a socialist worldview, or consider how Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen has willfully bent the policy of America's monetary regulator to her own social justice agenda.

At MTS they encounter in the faculty a radical liberation / justice agenda — one that is propounded precisely in opposition to the liberal social agenda the students know and trust.

«We need to be able to show that in this president's home state we have the most progressive social justice agenda and have the track record to prove it.»

But how can a union that led marches against stop - and - frisk and hosted a dialogue between Justice League NYC, a leading civil rights group, and City Hall also bankroll a political party so hostile to its social - justice agenda?

For teachers who need an outlet to pursue their own social justice agendas, the Syracuse Teachers Association is perfect.

And although they dominate the Premier's time, and of course matter in the grand scheme of governing, we must not overlook his social justice agenda.

Such a justice agenda would operate on the principle that «government has an obligation to affirmatively attack the injustice» that exists.

«We want to get this done in New York for New York, but then we are going to take this justice agenda, this fairness agenda, and we are going to say to this nation, «We did it in New York.

He was a great encourager to me personally in the early stages of the social justice agenda.

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During the speech, Cuomo announced a seven - point «justice agenda,» which would appoint an independent monitor to have access to grand jury information, recruit more minorities into law enforcement, fund body cameras and bulletproof patrol cars in high crime areas and provide race and ethic data on police actions, among other things.

The words «social return on investment» have percolated through the Conservatives» work, from Chris White MP's Public Services Act to Iain Duncan Smith's social justice agenda.

I think David Cameron was smart enough to realise that Iain Duncan Smith was onto something with his Social Justice agenda.

They feel cheated by the last decade and believe Blairism / Brownism has to be trashed and discredited before the Labour party can return to a social justice agenda.

Melissa Mark - Viverito, the city council speaker, has been prescient and persistent, pushing for an increased NYPD headcount for nearly two years as part of a criminal justice agenda that included decriminalizing some low - level offenses and establishing a fund to help poor people who've been arrested make bail.

It's no surprise that he has just been named the successor to Iain Duncan Smith: his back story is perfect, and is driven by the same social justice agenda.

«He understood the mood of the meeting and appears to fully understand the social justice agenda,» said one MP.

I like George and will always be grateful for the support he gave me in the early days of the social justice agenda.

That's the political importance of Iain Duncan Smith's social justice agenda (although, of course, the agenda is much more than political).

Mayor Bloomberg's relentless pursuit of a New York food utopia through implementation of his social justice agenda, while well meaning, is certain to fail (note the ban on all sugary sodas larger than 16 oz in September 2012 which head scratchingly exempted diet sodas which are arguably just as bad if not worse as diet drinks have been shown to trigger overeating).

While one segment has coalesced around a broad social justice agenda, including education, housing, economics, and criminal justice advocacy, a contrasting group of center - right leaders say the presence of «social justice warriors» will marginalize their voices.

Rick Hess fingers the reformers» social justice agenda, which is at odds with the interests of middle class suburban parents.

«In the context of the prime minister's social justice agenda, that outcome looks perverse,» she added.

Educational Leaders Encouraging the Intellectual and Professional Capacity of Others: A Social Justice Agenda (Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing, Inc.).

AUSTIN, Tex. — Unionists are successfully politicizing math now to bolster their social justice agenda.

Or was White simply using the wrong tactic, spending too little time on what the Common Core could do for middle - class families and too much on how this fit into his own social - justice agenda?

Now, his social justice agenda is documented in a newly released book, titled «Making History Bushwick,» which was released Friday to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Bushwick Open Studios.

In the spirit of revolution, the group was generally involved in radical change, not just in the way that the show was received but also in what it could stand for — the company had (and continue to have) a social justice agenda, often including protests for the rights of women or Aboriginals.

The whole notion of a justice agenda is somewhat bizarre, given the nature of what politicians do.

So a justice agenda is not simply about the courts.