Sentences with phrase «justice and equality at»

She has been displaying her art on Ocean Front Walk, by Dudley, for about five years while at the same time being an ever - present advocate for love, justice and equality at our community meetings.

Not exact matches

No argument is more effective in promoting gay marriage than the insistence that its rejection offends our sense of justice and equality, especially as concern for the underprivileged and marginalized lies at the heart of our Judeo - Christian heritage.
At this time, when the people are moved by a strong urge for social equality and economic and political justice, there is a great need for a country - wide agency to look after their religious needs and to guide them to an understanding of the principles of Islam.
The tenets of Sikhism - humility, equality, and justice - lie at the heart of the American ethic.
The Archbishop added: «With equality, confidence and justice at home comes the ability to contribute to effectively around the world.
Looking at America and the race problem he says: «America can demonstrate that justice, equality, and cooperation are possible between white and colored people «21 Mr. Wright makes the important point that the belief in the inevitability of a great evil, such as war, will itself contribute to man s inability to deal with that evil.
Of course, the sexual revolution of the «60s and «70s was itself uneven: some of the constructive power of sexuality was released, and gains were made in sexual justice and equality, but at the same time some sexual experience was trivialized.
But Justice Kennedy could not be bothered with sorting out just which level of scrutiny should apply, or how the Court's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment precedents on equality bore on the case at hand.
Yet again, Bob Marley assured us on «So Much Things to Say» that a likely windfall from social justice, equality and fairness, patriotism, truth, and exertion of spiritual fortitude against «spiritual wickedness in high and low places» accrues to society or community at large.
The second question is related to the above: a «free market» baseline of justice is about procedure - how outcomes are arrived at, who is involved in making decisions, has rights over their own actions, how actions are agreed by parties etc. (or something like that) whereas equality is an outcome, that may or may not be achieved under various procedural arrangements, and may or may not be viewed as desirable by people who hold different views about what forms of society - specifications over who has what rights to do what to who.
This can be achieved by reciprocity both at transnational and transcultural levels, through mutual respect, equality, justice and the guarantee of human dignity for all, at all times, and under all circumstances.
I am fighting for true equality for all; for equal pay and fair treatment at work, expanded voting rights, educational equity, criminal justice reform, freedom from gun violence in our schools and on our streets, and health care for all Americans.
Mansell says social justice and equality are at the «very core» of her manifesto.
In the meantime please keep writing to the policy commissions (copying me in) at: Britain in the World, Sustainable Communities (for housing, environment, local government, transport, culture, media, sport), Crime, Justice, Citizenship and Equalities, Education and Skills, Health and Prosperity and Work (for economy, welfare, pensions, workers» rights).
With each and every growing controversy, we have seen that the government's changes to the criminal justice system have been rooted in the panacea of cutting costs, with little regard to preserving the integrity and the fundamental principles of equality before the law and access to justice that sit at the heart of our legal system.
«With each and every growing controversy, we have seen that the government's changes to the criminal justice system have been rooted in the panacea of cutting costs, with little regard to preserving the integrity and the fundamental principles of equality before the law and access to justice that sit at the heart of our legal system,» he said.
«Fairness, social justice and equality are at the heart of a civilised society.
«We are here because there is a disconnect between the world we live in of the South Bronx and the world of justice and equality,» said Lydia Lebron (see video above), pastor of the Resurrection United Methodist Church in the South Bronx, at a rally outside of Yankee Stadium last week.
He's vowed to appoint right - wing Supreme Court justices who could at least partially overturn marriage equality and said he'd sign the horrific anti-LGBT «First Amendment Defense Act.»
We know racial justice is a worker issue, that racial equality is a union goal: we can not win at work when race divides us, nor does fairness truly exist when some of us are profiled at home, targeted on the streets, and treated unequally in the courts.
Gaga «remains an Upper West Sider at heart» and «social justice activist and a real leader for marriage equality in this country,» Stringer said, grabbing a few headlines that won't hurt with name recognition while being chivalrous in the process.
«No matter which continent Gaga happens to be in today,» the Manhattan borough president, mayoral hopeful, and Germanotta family friend tells the Daily News, «she remains an Upper West Sider at heart» as well as a «social justice activist and a real leader for marriage equality in this country.»
However, nowhere was this powerful belief in equality more clear than at Monday's «Equality and Justice Day» rally in Albany, where citizens from across our state came together and demanded equality under law in one unified voice.
Chris Rovzar at New York magazine reports on yesterday's Equality and Justice Day in Albany, where a rally was held and legislators were lobbied by constituents urging them to pass marriage equality in New York:
Chris Rovzar at New York magazine reports on yesterday's Equality and Justice Day in Albany, where a rally was held and legislators were lobbied by constituents urging them to pass marriage equality in New York: «There was only one dissenter... Read
From the start to the finish, the 71st Cannes was dominated by protest and petition for gender equality, culminating in the extraordinary sight at the festival's closing ceremony Saturday of Italian filmmaker and Harvey Weinstein accuser Asia Argento vowing justice for sexual predators in the film industry.
Here she is looking at this building that is the symbol of justice, truth, and equality and all these ideals we hold dear.
In writing the majority opinion, Justice Ginsburg, a long and tireless advocate for gender equality, noted that «single - sex education affords pedagogical benefits to at least some students» and concluded, «that reality is uncontested in this litigation.»
Even simple, related terms, such as equality, equity, and justice, which might seem to be the same at first glance, need to be carefully understood.
As an organization that fights for equality and justice, the ACLU of Pennsylvania supports efforts to make sure that every Pennsylvania student, rich or poor, has an equal shot at a quality education.
When I served as student body president at AU and began working on the issues I had always cared about — gender equity, racial justice, opportunity regardless of economic background, and, yes, LGBTQ equality — it became clear that making a difference in the world wouldn't diminish or dilute my own pain and incompleteness.
As the Declaration of the Occupation of New York City states, «We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self - interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments.»
Recently, ballet companies have been denounced for uncritically perpetuating traditions at odds with contemporary society and notions of racial diversity, equality, and social justice.
After all, we would argue that being able to read at an advanced level, or having access to a lawyer are far greater advantages than access to a computer and, if such is the case, then the status quo is much more problematic with regard to the equality of arms principle that is a building block towards access to justice than any well conceived online platform could ever be.
In a column written for the Globe and Mail this week, Elaine Craig, assistant professor at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, said the decision by the FLSC represents «a refusal to act in the interests of equality and justice.
«How we treat those who have made mistakes speaks to who we are as a society and is a statement about our values — about our dedication to fairness, equality and justice, about how to protect our families and communities from harm, heal after loss and trauma and lift back up those among us who have earned a chance at redemption.»
The Legal Aid Society hosted our 41st Annual Awards Dinner last night at Cipriani 42nd Street where we presented Richard J. Davis, Chair of Legal Aid's Board of Directors, and Herb Sturz, Senior Advisor to the Open Society Foundations, with the Servant of Justice Award in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments and contributions to the advancement of justice and eqJustice Award in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments and contributions to the advancement of justice and eqjustice and equality.
And it follows that prosecuting non-lawyers because they give legal advice to people who can not obtain lawyers at reasonable cost, and can not afford present unreasonable costs, is to bar the people so advised and aided by those non-lawyers from their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in particular, s. 7 (fundamental justice), s. 11 (d)(fair trial), and s. 15 (equality rightAnd it follows that prosecuting non-lawyers because they give legal advice to people who can not obtain lawyers at reasonable cost, and can not afford present unreasonable costs, is to bar the people so advised and aided by those non-lawyers from their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in particular, s. 7 (fundamental justice), s. 11 (d)(fair trial), and s. 15 (equality rightand can not afford present unreasonable costs, is to bar the people so advised and aided by those non-lawyers from their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in particular, s. 7 (fundamental justice), s. 11 (d)(fair trial), and s. 15 (equality rightand aided by those non-lawyers from their constitutional rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in particular, s. 7 (fundamental justice), s. 11 (d)(fair trial), and s. 15 (equality rightand Freedoms, in particular, s. 7 (fundamental justice), s. 11 (d)(fair trial), and s. 15 (equality rightand s. 15 (equality rights).
In this way, Indigenizing the law can contribute to «equality of justice, internal empowerment of Indigenous peoples at the community level, and the healing of collective colonial trauma (at 220 - 221).
At Rise, we believe that the ability to know and assert one's legal rights is the starting point for a justice system based on fairness and equality.
The authors of the complaint said this, at p. 10: «That any modern judge could ask a complainant if she kept her knees together, couple that with numerous other sexist and degrading comments, and then go on to ignore much of the law incumbent upon him to apply, eliminates confidence in that judge's commitment to independence, integrity, impartiality, and commitment to equality, brings the administration of justice into disrepute, and undermines the rule of law.»
The authors asserted, at p. 1, that the events of the Wagar trial: ``... undermine public confidence in the fair administration of justice, both in general and in relation to Justice Camp's current capacity for independence, integrity and impartiality, and his ability to respect the equality and dignity of all persons appearing before him.justice, both in general and in relation to Justice Camp's current capacity for independence, integrity and impartiality, and his ability to respect the equality and dignity of all persons appearing before him.Justice Camp's current capacity for independence, integrity and impartiality, and his ability to respect the equality and dignity of all persons appearing before him.»
YRAP also collaborates on projects promoting justice equality and rights for all youth, particularly youth at risk and new Canadians.
As this year is also the 30th anniversary of the Charter, we believe it presents a great opportunity for the clinic to celebrate the progress we have made in Canada with respect to the advancement of equality, while at the same time renewing our collective commitment to social justice and human rights.
The same announcement regarding the Privacy Shield confirmed that Andrus Ansip, vice president for the digital single market on the European Commission, and Vera Jourová, commissioner for justice, consumers, and gender equality at the EU, would prepare a draft «adequacy decision» in the coming weeks, which could then be adopted by the European Commission after obtaining the advice of the Article 29 Working Party and after consulting a committee composed of representatives of the member states.
Justice Quince has received the following honors and awards: 2017, National Bar Association Hall of Fame; 2017, Women Lawyers Division Jurist of the Year; 2017 Sharon Press Excellence in ADR; 2008, Lifetime Achievement Award by The Florida Bar's Government Lawyer Section; Florida Commission on the Status of Women, 2007 Florida Women's Hall of Fame award; American Bar Association Commission on Women in the Profession; 2007 Justice Quince was inducted into Florida Blue Key as an honorary member; 2006 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award; 2006 Rickards High School Outstanding School Volunteer Award; 2005 Key to the City of Winter Haven; 2005 Richard W. Ervin Equal Justice Award; 2004 Key to the City of Panama City, Florida; 2004 Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Black Law Student Association Alumni Achievement Award; 2004 Lee County Association for Women Lawyers and the Lee County Bar Association Award for dedication to the promotion of equality in law and outstanding service as a distinguished member of the Florida judiciary; 2002 Florida Bar Equal Opportunities in the Profession Award; 2002 Florida Girls State Award; 2003 Helping Hand Award; 2003 Southern Women in Public Service Pacesetter Award; 2003 Florida Girls State Award; 2003 Pioneering the Future in our Community Award; 2003 Outstanding Jurist and Howard University Alumna Award; 2001 William H. Hastie Award from the National Bar Association Judicial Council; National Bar Association Presidential Achievement Award; Girl Scouts, Woman of Distinction Award, 2001; National Bar Association Women Lawyers Division Jurist Award for Outstanding Leadership Achievements and Dedicated Service to the Community At Large; Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association for Service on the Bench; Virgil Hawkins Bar Association Award for Community Service and Advancement of Equal Justice Under Law; the Virgil Hawkins Bar Association Certificate for Achievement in Jurisprudence; the Fort Lauderdale High School Award for participating in the School Law Magnet Program; the Broward County School Board Appreciation Award for Inspiration and Devotion to Our Youth; Award of Distinguished Service and Continuing Commitment to the People of Florida from the Fort Lauderdale B'nai B'rith; Proclamation from the Broward Board of County Commissioners stating that February 28, 1999, as «The Honorable Peggy A. Quince Appreciation Day»; Hillsborough County Sheriff's Black Advisory Council Appreciation Award; Lakeland NAACP Award for Contribution to Civil Rights; the African - American Production Company Personal Achievement Award; Paul C. Perkins Bar Association Appreciation Award; Florida State University College of Law Appreciation Certificate for Contributions made to Summer Law Program For Undergraduate Students; Certificate from the Office of the Attorney General, Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute for Exemplary Contributions to Crime Prevention in the State of Florida; and 2016, inducted into Stetson University College of Law Hall of fame.
At the same time, however, it is essential that any such reforms do not shorten claim backlogs at the expense of justice and equality for the native title claimantAt the same time, however, it is essential that any such reforms do not shorten claim backlogs at the expense of justice and equality for the native title claimantat the expense of justice and equality for the native title claimants.
At the same time, it is important that such goals are not pursued at the expense of justice and equality for native title claimantAt the same time, it is important that such goals are not pursued at the expense of justice and equality for native title claimantat the expense of justice and equality for native title claimants.
Scholars at WCW advance gender equality, social justice, and human wellbeing through high - quality research, theory, and action programs.
«Whether they use their influence to keep black lives at the forefront of the conversation about justice, or the silent soldiers who provide strength from within, we are grateful for their leadership, courage and tenacity to break down barriers towards the achievement of equality
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