Sentences with phrase «justice reforms around»

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Its 2017 budget is $ 940.7 million, with grants to seven regions around the globe focused on issues like economic governance and advancement, justice reform and human rights, according to the organization.

By investing in pioneering individuals, non-profits and mission driven companies who dare to re-imagine the possible, PSF has helped to bring about important breakthroughs — from cancer research and small scale agriculture to criminal justice reform and educational opportunities for young people in communities around the world.

The controversial «Note on financial reform from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace» makes the international financial crisis, still unfolding around us in slow motion, the occasion for a renewed call for a «global political authority.»

In Britannia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity, the new New Right skate around the world looking for examples of approaches that will help Britain bring growth to the sluggish economy, reform the education system, boost social mobility and social justice and abolish the slide into mediocrity.

The case, along with a police shooting in Missouri of teenager Michael Brown that led to no charges of a local police officer there, led to a series of protests in cities around the country and a debate over police tactics as well as calls to reform the criminal justice system.

The Senate also held hearings on the issue of criminal justice reforms following the death of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man whose death in police custody led to protests in New York and around the country.

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

Leading black members of Congress are vowing to lead a legislative fight for criminal justice reform after recent fatal police shootings around the US.

The pardons would allow Cuomo to work around the state legislature, which has not approved any such measure on criminal justice reform, the New York Times reports.

That is the Mayor's record of policing and criminal justice reform, and it is a vision that New Yorkers are rallying around,» he continued.

And she added that the city has an immigrant health initiative, passed legislation keeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement off of Rikers Island and the Criminal Justice Reform Act — and has hosted events around the city «to really inform members of our community about their rights.»

A group of Republican and Democratic sheriffs from around the state on Friday urged state leaders to adopt a package of reforms to the juvenile justice system.

The brother of the late Kalief Browder, the young man who killed himself after being jailed at Rikers Island, used today's renaming of a Bronx street for his lost sibling to call for political unity around criminal justice reform.

Deadline reports that Peele and his company, Monkeypaw Productions, are shopping around a series titled The Hunt, about a group of diverse hunters who want to track and kill the reformed Nazis who «escaped justice and embedded themselves in American society» after World War II.

After two years working in Portland, I found my way to Bay Area, California where I taught 9th grade social studies for 3 years while I supported faculty in developing their capacity to hold space for critical conversations around diversity, inclusion, and equity, as well as supporting social justice curriculum reform within the network.

Today at Rutgers» Bloustein School, we're reporting on #EdJusticeConf — a conference that deals with critical issues around education reform, social justice, and communities.

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She is currently a Lead Organizer with Students for Education Reform, organizing college students around education justice issues in her home district.

With Justice Cromwell's surprise decision to resign this September, the Federal Liberals promising reform of Supreme Court appointments, and recent media discussion around the political edges of judicial appointments, The Law Society of BC yesterday offered recommendations to Justice Minister Jody Wilson - Raybould promoting four core principles for the judicial appointment process.

The awards honor individuals and organizations whose outstanding work has contributed to reforming civil justice systems around the globe.

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The Social Justice team kicked off the year with a panel discussion around law reforms that best promote community safety.

Whether we're envisioning the future delivery of legal services, advocating for policy reforms and access to justice, or honing our students» courtroom skills, you can be sure that Spartan lawyers WILL make a lasting impact at home and around the world.

From Communications Daily: Public Knowledge Patent Reform Project Director Charles Duan believes justices are coalescing around a two - part damages test in which a court would initially determine which parts...