Sentences with phrase «life of activism»

Nothing prepared her for the life of activism that has involved regular meetings with politicians and co-authoring a book.

Her love for all creatures inspired her to a life of activism and her commitment to herbal medicine was deep, quiet, and persistent.

Shahid was born and raised in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, and began her life of activism at a very early age.

Not exact matches

Historically, there's always been a problem of lawyers thinking they know everything, which is in fact a problem in life with lawyers... There's been a culture of activism of making it clear to lawyers that the support is necessary and appreciated, but they weren't necessarily the leaders of the movement.

United for a Fair Economy conducts the Responsible Wealth Project, a network of over 750 business leaders, investors, and other wealthy individuals who work to build a fairer economy through shareholder activism, support for the living wage, and fair taxation work.

That's what makes movements like the March for Our Lives, and much of the activism that's followed the Parkland shooting, so important.

That's what makes movements like the March for Our Lives — and much of the activism that's followed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 — so important.

This diminishment of a religious mind to political activism marks a loss in our understanding of how an intellectual life is made and how a full life is lived.

As mainline Protestantism ceased to be a culture - forming force in American public life, the void was filled by a new Catholic presence in the public square and, perhaps most influentially in electoral terms, by the emergent activism of evangelical, fundamentalist, and Pentecostal Protestantism in what would become known as the Religious Right» a movement that has formed a crucial part of the Republican governing coalition for more than a quarter - century.

A politics of reason gave way to a politics of emotion and flirted with the politics of irrationality; the claims of moral reason were displaced by moralism; the notion that all men and women were called to live lives of responsibility was displaced by the notion that some people were, by reason of birth, victims; patriotism became suspect, to be replaced by a vague internationalism; democratic persuasion was displaced by judicial activism.

In a major announcement, massive sports retail store Dick's Sporting Goods said it will no longer sell assault style weapons in the wake of the mass shooting that took 17 lives at Parkland, and the ensuing activism from survivors of the tragedy.

Her book, The Spiritual Lives of Young African Americans, explores what this population can teach the wider body of believers about integrating faith and activism.

Will traditional marriage follow the path of preborn life — an issue moving from judicial activism and socially elite proclamations that a generational shift was «inevitable» and «the debate is over» to our day decades later where the youngsters are more right minded about abortion than their parents.

But he was more interested in the fact that each religion was presumed to possess the same «spiritual values» of «the American Way of Life,» by which he meant a soft - hearted faith in democracy (political, economic, and religious) combined with a more robust faith in idealism, activism, and moral conviction.

I also happen to believe that a significant portion of the modern institutional church has completely forsaken following Christ's teaching for a life of in your face activism and confrontation of perceived «sin» rather than sharing the good news in love, or even simply living the good news.

Others relate to disagreements over questions of life style (e.g., «voluntary poverty» versus «good stewardship»), triumphalist proposals of the «Let's get organized and run candidates» type, and the proper relationship between activism and scholarship.

They use David Bebbington's scheme of marks that identify evangelicalism: conversionism (an emphasis on the new birth as a life - changing experience), biblicism (reliance on the Bible as ultimate authority), activism (a commitment to evangelizing), and crucicentrism (a focus on Christ's redeeming work on the cross, usually pictured as the only way of salvation).

Many Soviet parents thought of their children, without irony, as «children of the revolution»; in the West, Communists lived with one foot in society and the other in an incomparably more important world of activism and organization and doctrinal study.

We should likewise overcome evil with good and challenge this system with radical lives of political activism.»

In other words, who I become as a mother can filter into other arenas of life, including activism on behalf of other mothers and their children.

There is indeed a quality of geeky isolation from reality, common sense, and the fullness of life that I see as a motif in atheist and Darwin activism alike.

Today, churches continue to serve as grounds for biblically based activism and advocacy, living up to the prophetic call for speaking up for the rights of the oppressed.

This week, we talk with Liz Forkin Bohannon, founder of Sseko Designs about how her unique approach to business, fashion and activism is changing the world, one life at a time.

It is almost as if the social activism of the 1920s and 1930s, summed up in the 1925 Life and Work slogan «Doctrine divides but service unites,» were once again ecumenically triumphant.

The Rev Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, has died at the age of 99.

The weekly schedule of many churches mirrors the frantic activism of American life in general.

This is not «mere activism,» but a life of charity, a heart of love.

And some people have fame, and some people are just working hard all the time without much acknowledgement, but I think what you're telling us is kind of a message not just for activism, but for all life, that we can't really control anything.

The national crusade for civil rights, a struggle still incomplete; the rise of student activism, spurred by the Vietnam war; and a couple of violent racial incidents in Ames ripened the atmosphere for the students of Iowa State to champion Trice, who had given his life for the school.

McKesson is best known for his activism in support of Black Lives Matter, a movement which began in part as reaction to the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in the summer of 2014.

If you research the lives of political movers and shakers, you will learn that their activism did cost most of them some of their personal relationships.

We found instead a hub of scholarship, activism, and community outreach cloaked in laid - back, Bay Area informality, and a powerful example of a person living by her values.

Non-Toxic Kids is your source for green parenting news and activism, reviews of eco-friendly products, books and music for children, and tips for more natural family living.

On These Shoulders We Stand is an illuminating historical account of early gay life and activism in Los Angeles.

«Thanks to the leadership of Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly, New York City is the safest large city in America but liberal judicial activism and political interference threatens to turn back the clock putting people in danger and sacrificing the quality of life in the city,» Long said.

This determined focus on home and work life has traditionally left little room for political activism, but there are encouraging signs of change.

New Epolitics.com contributor Michael Khoo (of Spitfire Strategies) looks at online activism around Net Neutrality and teases out some valuable lessons about clicktivism... and the ability of Big Data to complicate online campaigners» lives.

The array of approaches undertaken in the papers similarly testified to a dynamic field of study: among the techniques demonstrated were the textual analysis of migrant correspondence, life story interviews, the analysis of online and offline forms of diasporic activism, archival methods, participant observation, and quantitative methodologies.

Here's a potential treat for our UK readers and anyone else going to the eCampaigning Forum in Oxford later this month: an extended live debate about the nature and effectiveness of digital activism.

To toss you guys a final morsel from last weekend's PDF unConference, Josh Levy led a great discussion of activism in Second Life, using as a starting point a short documentary he created.

«Thanks to the leadership of Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly, New York City is the safest large city in America but liberal judicial activism and political interference threatens to turn back the clock putting people in danger and sacrificing the quality of life in the city,» Long said in a statement.

Today, however, marks the official launch of Flynn's bid, which he marked with a video that focuses on the tragic death of his older brother, JP, who was killed in the 1988 terrorist attack on Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and how that spurred the younger Flynn to a life of service, activism and action.

Domestic proponents of reforms need to push questions surrounding oil and gas to the center of political life and foster large - scale activism against bad governance.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER The 33 individuals profiled in this commemorative special section come from many walks of life — government, healthcare, business, labor, law, the arts, advocacy, and activism.

At 6:30 p.m. Thursday, the Brooklyn Historical Society will hold «The Changing Face of Activism,» which will explore the historical progression of activism from the 1960s desegregation movement to the present day Black Lives Matter mActivism,» which will explore the historical progression of activism from the 1960s desegregation movement to the present day Black Lives Matter mactivism from the 1960s desegregation movement to the present day Black Lives Matter movement.

Mr. Van Bramer distinguishes himself with his record on reform issues, his community activism, and his focus on improving the district's quality of life.»

The oft - controversial advocate used the occasion to fire on her favorite targets: the NYPD's policy of regulating quality - of - life offenses, and liberals who do not embrace all aspects of the progressive program and all currents of left - wing activism.

«Many describe the life of a scholar and an activist as one of isolation and constant pressure, but also of determination,» as they try to maintain scholarly standards while also devoting time to activism, June writes.

But «[o] thers choose the hyphenated life, aware of the hazards but hopeful that if their scholarship measures up, their activism won't count against them.

The authors contend that the Parkinson's community must come together and focus its activism in support of: developing a better understand the environmental, genetic, and behavioral causes and risk factors for Parkinson's to help prevent its onset; increasing access to care — an estimated 40 percent of people with the disease in both the U.S. and Europe do not see a neurologist and the number is far greater in developing nations; advocating for increases in research funding for the disease; and lowering the cost of treatments — many patients in low - income countries do not have access to drugs that are both lifesaving and improve quality of life.