Sentences with phrase «leading activist»

These student - led activist organizations use sophisticated analysis, appropriate action, and creative partnerships to challenge the education systems to become responsive to student voice.

In her powerful book Breaking Free, Abby Sher has collected the true stories of Somaly Mam, Minh Dang and Maria Suarez, three women who survived servitude and have become leading activists in the anti-trafficking movement.

As one of Asia's leading activists against waste incineration, Von Hernandez helped make history in 1999 when the Philippines became the first country in the world to ban waste incineration nationwide.

Long - time anti-poverty advocate Mark Dunlea became the face and voice of the Hunger Action Network of New York State, leading the activist group for 29 years.

Leading activist Gillian Caldwell went public with her «climate trauma,» as she called it, quitting the group she helped build and posting an article called «16 Tips for Avoiding Climate Burnout,» in which she suggests compartmentalization: «Reinforce boundaries between professional work and personal life.

Because the religious community has been a central part of this history (and because so many leading activists are still among us), it has a special contribution to make here.

Ideas of citizenship led activists to emphasize what historians call «respectability.»

Sir Menzies avoided an embarrassing defeat after loyalists rallied round leading activists to reject Dr Harris's amendment by at least two votes to one.

Both shocked and energized by this ongoing tragedy, Cheadle teamed up with leading activist John Prendergast to focus the world's attention.

Ken Squire is founder and principal of 13D Monitor, a research service that tracks activist investing and has data on Icahn - led activist situations since 1994, when the investor targeted Samsonite Corp..

Bringing together newly commissioned essays from leading activists, curators, and humanitarians, extensive photographic documentation, and an array of archival materials, the catalogues will serve as the comprehensive record for this groundbreaking exhibition and provide readers with an expanded historical and political context for the project.

Embracing provocations with the same passions that empowered many radical predecessors, Black artists are leading activist dialogues and redefining presence, intermixing scholarship and creative practice with the diverse politics of social media.

This is what led activists to spend 85 days living in trees to block construction of the southern portion of the Keystone pipeline in Texas.

While it hasn't overwhelmed all schools yet with its energy and passion, the clarion call of empowered voice for young people is spreading across the nation, forming community youth councils and youth - led activist organizations.

Their action was planned by the youth - led activist group Baltimore Algebra Project, a nonprofit operated by people under...

Leading activist Gillian Caldwell went public with her «climate trauma,» as she called it.

Jana, a leading activist shareholder, and CalSTRS, one of the nation's largest public pension plans, delivered a letter to Apple on Saturday asking the company to consider developing software that would allow parents to limit children's phone use, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.

«AS AN INCREASING NUMBER OF AMERICANS — including a sizable number of American Jews — question the act of male circumcision, a group of San Francisco activists are advocating to ban circumcision, or what they call male genital mutilation... Many of the leading activists against circumcision around the country are Jewish.»

As a member of the CNY Solidarity Coalition, Balter has been one of the leading activists protesting Trump's policies and urging Katko to hold town hall meetings.

Dana Balter, a professor at Syracuse University and a leading activist, won the Democratic designation in February.

The leading activists of the New York city Independence Party do this hard work because it is the only way they can maintain control over the New York city Independence Party, given that the state Independence Party officers are hostile to the New York city officers.

The government's focus on social media has led activists to take extra precautions.

Actress Rose McGowan, who has become one of the leading activists demanding accountability for Hollywood sexual abuse, criticized Streep after she announced that she and many other actresses would wear black at this year's Golden Globes as an act of solidarity for abuse victims.

A LEADING activist for children's rights has called on students to play a part in transforming a system of schooling in England that he claims is not fit for purpose.

A leading activist investor and a pension fund sent a letter to Apple «urging it to develop new software tools that would help parents control and limit phone use more easily and to study the impact of overuse on mental health.»

The student - led activist group, Students Uniting Memphis (SUM), gathered with 500 community members to bring awareness to the injustices that occur when we divide people into «us» vs. «them.»

So what's to lead an activist to think it won't be ignored in the future?

As a leading activist in post-colonial Kenya, Maathai has worked within the country's government as well as publicly protested its activities.

Mundelein resident Randi Lehasky was a lead activist supporting the ban on commercially - bred animals and was in tears after the meeting.

Kevon Martis has been the leading activist working to halt the expansion of wind turbine developments in Michigan.

Liz Butler is a leading activist with more than 17 years of experience organizing and campaigning on environmental issues, with a focus on both market and legislative campaigns.

The third Climate Change Awards were presented in March 2017 to a legendary astronaut, a pioneer of the science of modeling, a leading activist for climate realism, and a United States Senator.

The Blood Dolphins three - part series features Ric O'Barry, the leading activist behind ending dolphin hunts, and his son Lincoln as they travel across the world trying to stop the slaughter.

About Blog Fantastic Activist is a place where the leading activists and founders of social movements can share their stories transparently, and where activists can come to read and learn from those examples.

Louise started her career teaching math and quickly became a leading activist and advocate on peace and social justice issues including the rights of women, minorities, the economically disadvantaged and exceptional children.