Sentences with phrase «justice reform advocate who»

Martin is a national leader and criminal justice reform advocate who spent six years in New York prisons.

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Hall is a passionate advocate for social justice who has testified before Congress on health - care reform's impact on small business.

Bloodsworth, who is presently an advocate for criminal - justice reform, drives this home: «And if it can happen to me, it can happen to you.

At noon, advocates from AQE, Strong Economy for All, New York Communities for Change, VOCAL - NY and Citizen Action New York publicly criticize Paul Tudor Jones, the founder of the poverty - fighting Robin Hood Foundation, who spent millions to bankroll Republicans in the state Senate who oppose raising the minimum wage and criminal justice reforms, Robin Hood Foundation, 826 Broadway, Manhattan.

The governor proposed criminal justice reforms that were cheered by advocates, who say the current system discriminates against the poor and people of color, while also managing to double as an attack on his longtime frenemy, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Many advocates for juvenile justice reform applauded a plan by Cuomo to offer pardons to thousands of people who were convicted of nonviolent felonies or misdemeanors when they were 16 or 17 and have spent at least 10 years since without any additional convictions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed criminal justice reforms were cheered Wednesday by advocates, who say the current system discriminates against the poor and people of color.

Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, a Brooklyn Democrat who heads the chamber's codes committee and is an outspoken supporter of criminal justice reform, told POLITICO New York that while Holder's death was tragic, it was a poor starting point for the kind of changes the mayor is advocating.

Kaepernick, however, has been hailed by inmate advocates who cite his outspoken calls for criminal justice reforms.

Criminal justice reform advocates say the strategy leads to the types of confrontations that Garner, who was being questioned for selling illegal cigarettes, faced.

Glenn Martin, a criminal justice reform advocate and founder of JustLeadershipUSA, who is also a member of Lippman's commission, was imprisoned for six years.

If there is any real threat to education reform it isn't the inclusion of advocates who believe deeply in social justice, it's the inability of cultural fundamentalists to realize there is no future in their own supremacy.

He is a tireless advocate for both protection of our criminal justice system and its reform with a particular passion about the issue of mental illness and addressing those with mental illness who appear in our criminal courts.

Recently, certain «consumer advocates,» who, more factually stated, are spokesmen for personal injury trial lawyers, have made outrageous claims that Texas» recent civil justice reforms have stacked the deck against consumers.

One is from Dr Alex Wodak, law reform advocate, social justice champion and drug and alcohol physician, who once said: «The media has more impact on health than all the stethoscopes in the world.»