Sentences with phrase «justice leaders like»

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Presidents and Supreme Court Justices, like Kings and Emperors, want to be obeyed; they want the people, without resistance, to pay their taxes and obey their laws and fight their wars, even where those people supported a different leader or disagree with a particular policy.

This might seem like an appropriate time for a resurrected revolutionary leader victim to bring the bastards to justice — something a little more along the lines of direct action.

Jesus goes on to encourage the leaders to continue giving, but tells them to focus more of their devotion and energy to things that matter more, like justice, mercy, and faith.

Muslim leaders also try to promote peace with justice through their participation in inter-religious organizations like the World Congress of Religions for Peace.

A two - state solution is needed, along with really radical, justice inspired leaders on either side — like Nelson Mandela and Frederik de Klerk in South Africa.

The easy thing would be to keep bouncing around hoping to find some amalgamation of a church where there is a pastor who preaches like Tim Keller, a worship leader who leads like CeCe Winans and people who all have a heart of justice like Shane Claiborne.

«This students are among the best and brightest in our great borough,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. «Clubs like La Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica are a great launching pad for the future leaders of The Bronx, and I remain honored and humbled that the school community of the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice chose to name their organization after me.»

Asked for more detail on how Stringer got to the three - year goal and what that «data analysis» looked like, the comptroller's office told Gotham Gazette that the ten - year timeline is simply too long, that if New York wants to be a leader in criminal justice reform, it must move faster.

The Def Jam records founder stood in the blowing snow outside City Hall next to leading rap music figures like Common and Immortal Technique, and beside leaders from singer Harry Belafonte's Gathering for Justice group and with Eric Garner Jr., son of the late Eric Garner.

«The reason nearly every progressive leader in New York and organizations like Naral Pro-Choice and Citizens Union are all supporting Eric Schneiderman is because no one in this race has fought harder for social justice, reproductive rights and cracking down on gun violence,» said James Freedland, a Schneiderman campaign spokesman.

Not only do I feel like I have the guts to speak truth, as many environmental justice leaders demand, but I feel like I can do it in a way where people will listen.

And like in Star Wars, there will be a group of brave, wise and saintly leaders that will emerge out of this visionary movement; who will teach, model and fight for truth and justice in the coming age.

While Hollywood itself can be very self - congratulatory and seem superficial - I really felt like the speeches and inclusion of so many great social justice pioneers and leaders as «dates» to the super famous on the red carpet really was something special.

Demand that school leaders invest in really supporting students by providing social and emotional support, like access to school psychologists and restorative justice counselors, and spaces where students can work through problems instead of calling law enforcement to deal with discipline issues.

Attempting to make its mission of preserving traditional teacher compensation seem like social justice and social entrepreneurism, the NEA also managed to hand out $ 100,000 to Be the Change, an social entrepreneurial outfit whose board includes New Leaders for New Schools cofounder Jon Schnur and City Year co-founder Alan Khazei.

Point them to the compelling poetry gathered by Gail Bush and Randy Meyer in Indivisible: Poems for Social Justice or to additional, related titles by J. Patrick Lewis, including Freedom like Sunlight: Praisesongs for Black Americans; Heroes and She - roes: Poems of Amazing and Everyday Heroes; Vherses: A Celebration of Outstanding Women; and When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders.

There are some who might appear to benefit from such an apparent war as pundits who like to rile up their colleagues (we've had a bit of that) or — if the Department of Justice is to be believed — even some corporate leaders in publishing who felt they could justify certain pricing approaches on the basis at least one perceived war in publishing (construed as a retailer - vs.

It gained support of prominent community leaders like Van Jones, a social justice advocate in Oakland, Calif., and co-founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, who joined Apollo's board soon after it formed.

Notably, it provides climate - savvy political leaders like in California an opportunity to raise the issue of international solidarity and global justice in the context of state - level debates.

«Some justices found that they were relatively far removed from ideologies of party leaders (and potential successors) by the time they retired, and justices who timed their retirements politically had limited success in obtaining like - minded replacements.»

You have a number of globally recognized leaders in measuring access to justice and working with data, like Ab Currie and Gillian Hadfield.

Our attorneys are proven leaders, with partners from every one of our member firms having served in national, state or local leadership positions in professional associations like the American Association for Justice, ABOTA and Public Justice.