Sentences with phrase «justice organizations working»

The Sunshine List shows that salary levels and number of senior management positions far exceed what is typical for social justice organizations working in poverty law.

The challenge itself was the product of collaboration between thinkMTV and the Campus Climate Challenge, a project of 30 leading environmental and social justice organizations working with hundreds of high schools and colleges to help them make their schools greener.

Formed in 2000, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade (LABB) is an environmental health and justice organization working with communities that neighbor the state's oil refineries and chemical plants.

Dallas, TX About Blog Black Trans Advocacy, a black trans lead social justice organization working to overcome violence and injustice in the world through the power, value and love of all people.

Dallas, TX About Blog Black Trans Advocacy, a black trans lead social justice organization working to overcome violence and injustice in the world through the power, value and love of all people.

Dallas, TX About Blog Black Trans Advocacy, a black trans lead social justice organization working to overcome violence and injustice in the world through the power, value and love of all people.

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National organizations like the Working Families Party and Jobs with Justice also signed the letter.

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.»

Here are some organizations working to make systemic change and ensure justice for Tina Fontaine.

With massive and increasing structural deficits; exploding debt in all sectors; hostile demographics; social and political fracturing and disintegration; grotesque wealth inequality; extraordinary global trade competition; a complete collapse of respect for vital government organizations such as the Justice Department and FBI, which the people now realize have gone rogue; an extremely complex and corrosive global geopolitical environment; the real prospect of war, potentially nuclear and worldwide; not to mention numerous additional factors, we can only point to few other times in history more dangerous to the people's financial welfare, and therefore more overall bullish for gold, one of the only financial sanctuaries proven to work in times of dislocation.

New resolutions can act as a rallying cry for further work on racial justice and racial unity, allowing SBC entities, churches and organizations to point to this resolution as a reason for continuing to preach, teach and speak out.

CNN routinely partners with and praises the work of organizations like International Justice Mission, Not For Sale, and World Relief, and has issued several flattering portraits of «the new Christian abolition movement.»

Many thousands of citizens, including many Christians, have been working for social justice for years — through nonprofit organizations, community organizing efforts, and justice - oriented churches.

He donated $ 3 million last month to the University of Texas where he played and matched Colin Kaepernick's $ 10,000 in the quarterback's «10 for 10» campaign, Durant's contributions helping a local organization doing community - based justice work.

«Global philanthropic support for efforts to prevent, mitigate, and resolve conflicts totaled $ 283 million in 2013... 288 foundations awarded nearly 2,000 grants in support of more than 1,200 organizations working for peace, justice, diplomacy, and national and global security, from conducting research on the prevention of nuclear terrorism to supporting citizen journalism in Egypt.

I trained with Ancient Song Doula Services, an organization devoted to racial and economic justice in birth work.

I have worked for five years with reproductive justice and sexual health organizations domestically and internationally as an advocate, case manager, and researcher.

TTIP Take Back the Power flyer Baby Milk Action is working alongside the growing number of NGOs, Unions and citizens such as War on Want, Trade Justice Movement, WDM and 38 Degrees and 120 organizations from 18 different...

To help, NWLC sent an email to followers asking them to post it on their social media channels and also reached out directly to bloggers, journalists and progressive organizations that work on social justice and economic issues.

Also on Tuesday, Police Commissioner James O'Neill said the NYPD will form a 30 - day working group to address marijuana - related issues, which will consult several experts, including the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, advocacy organizations, those involved in academics, and attorneys.

Zellnor then went to Cornell Law School where he served as student body president, an editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organiJustice 360, a criminal justice reform organijustice reform organization.

«I look forward to our continued partnership to improve our industrial waterfront economy, to create a Harbor Middle School, to continue working alongside organizations like UPROSE to create opportunities for our youth and supporting the Red Hook Community Justice Center to break the cycle of mass incarceration,» she said.

She is the Chairperson of the Coalition for Economic Justice, an organization that works on issues of equitable economic development and workers» rights.

He brings with him extensive knowledge of the local juvenile justice system, and good working relationships with community organizations and state oversight agencies,» said Poloncarz.

New York Communities for Change (NYCC): A vibrant community organization of working New Yorkers united for social and economic justice, NYCC has worked with the UFT on several organizing and social justice initiatives, including our historic campaign to organize New York City's 28,000 family child care providers and our ongoing effort to bring charter school teachers into the union.

Elvin Garcia has worked for Friends of Brook Park, an environmental justice organization, as a community representative for New York State Assemblyman Marcos A. Crespo, as a field organizer for Obama's re-election campaign in 2012 and then as a Community Affairs Representative for State Senator Gustavo Rivera.

Sexual and Reproductive Justice is working for the right to choose who and how we love and use our bodies - without intrusion from the government, employers, harmful religious organizations, -LSB-...]

The organization is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and is trying to help promote more volunteer programs to deal with climate justice.

Southwest Research and Information Center is a multi-cultural organization working to promote the health of people and communities, protect natural resources, ensure citizen participation, and secure environmental and social justice now and for future generations.

While their training programs seem to make it possible for enthusiastic and recently - transformed yoga practitioners to bridge their yoga practice and activist aspirations, by many accounts, the organization doesn't equip people with some of the complexities of social justice work.

Here is another great example of why an organization like OTM needs more than yoga asana, love, unity or peace to carry out responsible, justice based activism work.

D. signed on for the program of intensive workshops with the Unusual Suspects, a nonprofit organization of professional artists in Los Angeles that works with young people, ages 12 - 21, in the area's foster - care and juvenile - justice systems.

The need for a greater emphasis on prevention is something that Finn noticed throughout her nearly 10 years working on issues of gender inequality at organizations like the Tahirih Justice Center and Futures Without Violence.

The event is behind held in conjunction with The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools (AROS), an organization that works on behalf of «educational justice and equity in access to school resources and opportunities.»

Participants on the learning journey engaged with student leaders from the movement in the «60s, as well as leaders from organizations currently working for equity and justice.

Edgar also worked as the policy director for Californians for Justice where he partnered with organizations like California Teachers Association, Ed - Trust West, and the American Civil Liberties Union to make state Local Control Funding Formula regulations more inclusive of the community.

Since 1997, the HTA consulting team has worked to transform and enhance organizations providing education, social service, adult and juvenile justice, and health services in the context of local communities.

www.muslimadvocates.org Muslim Advocates: A national legal advocacy and educational organization that works on the front lines of civil rights to guarantee freedom and justice for Americans of all faiths

In recent years, with both its membership criteria and its strategic plan, UCEA has taken a public stand to foster «human progress» through its support of equity and social justice in our institutions, our organization, and our work.

«Parents know what's best for their children and will seek an adequate, decent education for their children,» said Dick Komer, an attorney who works with the Institute for Justice, a pro-school voucher organization based out of Arlington, Virginia.

Forge alliances with parents and community organizations to work for better schools and for social justice in the entire community.

Mission New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) is a group of public school educators committed to fighting for social justice in our school system and society at large, by organizing and mobilizing teachers, developing curriculum, and working with community, parent, and student organizations.

For eight years, he worked with International Justice Mission (IJM), a non-governmental international human rights organization, where he led intervention and investigation teams throughout Latin America and founded IJM offices in Guatemala and Bolivia.

New York Collective of Radical Educators (NYCoRE) is a group of public school educators committed to fighting for social justice in our school system and society at large, by organizing and mobilizing teachers, developing curriculum, and working with community, parent, and student organizations.

The Task Force is the country's premier social justice organization fighting to improve the lives of LGBT people, and working to create positive, lasting change and opportunity for all.

He serves on the board of directors of Equal Justice Works, a nonprofit organization that helps advance public interest law, and the ClimateWorks Foundation.

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice A coalition of labor and community organizations working together to build unity and support for the struggles of working people.

But the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding, a statewide coalition of municipalities, local boards of education, education associations, unions, pro-education advocacy organizations, parents, public schoolchildren and taxpayers, are working to change that once and for all.

The Student Advocacy Center Michigan worked with many students, parents and organizations to get this legislation passed; some of the other organizations included Michigan Protection and Advocacy, ACLU of Michigan, the Michigan School Justice Partnership and its county teams, NASW - Michigan, Education Trust, Michigan's Children, Michigan League for Public Policy and many others.

In response to his comments, over 50 California - based civil rights, social justice, and education organizations signed the letter below urging the Governor to continue the state's commitment to equity by not just narrowing, but closing the achievement and opportunity gaps, continuing the work of the Local Control Funding Formula, and supporting a strong accountability system.