Sentences with phrase «justice reform activists»

That many in the school reform movement have either been reluctant or outright hostile about working with Black Lives Matter and criminal justice reform activists on addressing issues that are tied to schools (including overuse of harsh school discipline and the penchant of traditional districts to refer children to juvenile courts), has also made it easy for NEA and AFT to win over some activists.

Over the last several years, a grass - roots campaign by criminal justice reform activists, former inmates and local politicians have held protests demanding that the jail complex be shut down.

Not exact matches

In recent weeks, racial justice activists and civil rights groups have noted that gun violence in black communities, rather than inspiring reform legislation or prompting national outcry, is often framed as the result of black people being unable to control themselves.

For years, trade and justice activists have proposed renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement to address some of the deal's most damaging features: for example, by removing the anti-democratic investor - state dispute settlement provisions of Chapter 11, linking trade benefits to genuine protections for human and labour rights (all the more important given the deteriorating democratic situation in Mexico), and establishing a continent - wide strategy for auto investment and production. We were always told that renegotiating NAFTA was a pipe dream: it would not be possible to open the text and get all three countries on board with reforms, no matter how legitimate the concerns.

Cuomo has spoken in recent days both to Lynch as well as activists including Russell Simmons and Jay Z regarding potential reforms to the state's criminal justice system following the Garner case.

Earlier today, Bratton's opposition to Cuomo's plan was criticized by Russell Simmons, the hip - hop mogul and social activist who is a longtime friend and supporter of Cuomo, and by the Justice League NYC, a coalition group that led some of the protests following the Eric Garner decision, and met with Mayor Bill de Blasio to discuss police reform issues.

In response to Lento's criticism, Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said that the governor's criminal justice reforms, which were introduced during his annual State of the State address but fell out of the budget, «represent a balanced approach» and were developed «in consultation with activists, criminal justice experts and prosecutors.»

These types of moves do not increase the confidence that activists concerned about criminal justice and prison reform have in this administration.

Soares said Wednesday that as lawmakers and activists push reforms to the criminal justice system, he hopes this case will reignite conversations between law enforcement and members of the community.

«At his state of the state address this year, Governor Cuomo told me personally he would ensure passage of bail reform, speedy trial reform, and discovery reform,» said Akeem Browder, a criminal justice activist and Kalief Browder's brother, in a statement.

Cuomo is in a tense reelection bid against actress and political activist Cynthia Nixon, who has made criminal justice reform a key part of her campaign.

This coming Mon., Apr. 13th, community activists and leaders will embark on a 250 - mile walk through five states to deliver to Congress what they call «Justice Package» — a set of criminal justice reforms aimed at addressing racial profiling, aggressive policing and the need for community inveJustice Package» — a set of criminal justice reforms aimed at addressing racial profiling, aggressive policing and the need for community invejustice reforms aimed at addressing racial profiling, aggressive policing and the need for community investment.

These activists come from the environmental movement, the rank and file of the unions, the movement for criminal justice reform and many other disparate progressive causes.

A chemist by training and an environmental activist by avocation, Subra is a true original: «the people's scientist,» says Michele Roberts, a scientist who is a national co-coordinator at the Environmental Justice and Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform in Washington, D.C.

This includes working to co-opt activists within the criminal justice reform and Black Lives Matter movements.

Climate change isn't just about the planet, writes environmental activist Leehi Yona, but is connected to an array of issues spanning from transgender justice to racism to immigration reform.

Tina is a social justice activist who has worked to empower people to develop their individual and community power through education reform, food justice, environmental and economic justice and political justice.

With respect to the last comment, it is extremely dangerous to equate so - called social justice law (really just activist lawyers with ideological agendas and patron funding) with justice system reform or access to justice.

In introducing the governor to a gathering of some 200 or so state - based tort - reform activists from across the country, ATRA members, law professors and other civil justice experts, ATRA president Tiger Joyce noted that, «Gov. Walker campaigned on the need for key civil justice reforms in his state as a means to improving the climate for business, growing the economy and creating new jobs.

That new case concerns a criminal justice / sentencing issue, forfeiture, that has been a focal point of concerns for reform activists across the political spectrum.

While many activists have been pushing for reform in the area of asset forfeiture for years, the US Department of Justice revived a federal program that allows law enforcement to engage in the practice of asset forfeiture in local and state jurisdictions where it has been outlawed.