Sentences with phrase «local activists urging»

The protest, planned by NYC Shut it Down and Millions March NYC, kicked off in Washington Square Park with speeches by local activists urging unity and greater community engagement in the outer boroughs and calling for the firing of Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

When a local activist urged my husband and me to help him distribute Christmas food packages to poor Mayan women, I asked if our presence would evoke images of colonial masters doling out scraps, but he strongly disagreed.

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Environmental activists protested outside a Cuomo fundraiser in Manhattan on April 13, with signs against various local projects and fliers urging the governor to «Stop all fracking infrastructure.»

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat,» Iannece said.

According to the Telegraph, Tory activists are also angry at him urging his MPs to ignore the views of their local associations when deciding which side to back.

«It makes sense that local activists are urging Zephyr Teachout to run for Congress,» said Stephanie Taylor, the co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

From left: David Paterson and Tom Duane A group of local activists held a rally today, urging Governor David Paterson to sign a bill...

As Republicans set the wheels in motion to repeal the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, local activist are urging Congressman Chris Collins and his peers not to end the health care plan unless they've got a replacement ready to go.

District Attorney David Soares has been urged by activists to take stand, but says Governor Andrew Cuomo's July executive order giving the state attorney general powers above those of local D.A.'s in civilian police shooting cases has stalled the case, which the administration disputes.

Its portfolio includes giving those on its 230,000 - strong mailing list a chance to endorse online petitions to legislators on timely topics (last week's letter urged Congress to support research on gun violence), a Vote for Science campaign that highlights a different issue each month, and an upcoming national summit for local activists.

Addressing the large audience of New England - area teachers and parent - activists attending the meeting at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the speakers nevertheless urged advocates of education programs for the gifted to lobby local and state officials for the expansion of gifted - education programs.

7) National: MuckRock's Beryl Lipton urges us to redouble efforts to keep the spotlight on private prisons in 2018, especially through scrutiny by local activists.

Baker has put out notices urging folks to spay and neuter their pets, but he is counting on a campaign spearheaded by a local animal - activist group to put a sharp dent in the problem.

Local No Kill activists have been urging the shelter to hold low - cost adoption events for years, so this is a step in the right direction.

Concerned locals have been documenting the cull's victims through photo and video footage and animal activist groups have again called on the city to end its futile population control method, urging Sochi to instead build a shelter for homeless animals.

The activists were calling for the immediate shut - down of the Valmont Coal Plant, as well as urging the City of Boulder to cut its ties with Xcel Energy and to create a truly sustainable community built on local democracy, locally - generated energy and locally - produced food.»

If they refuse, the Parkland kids and a group called the Town Hall Project, are urging local activists to schedule their own town halls.