Sentences with phrase «long time activist»

Karen DeCrow has been a long time activist for women's rights.

A fearless, long time activist, Süheyla Doğan is known for her environment and cultural protection activities in her beloved Çanakkale.

Both a Jungian analyst and a long time activist, Jean says there are three questions to ask yourself when you come across a cause you are considering.

However, the first of Five Acts «five SFF screenings is today at 2:15 PM MT.. That's just a few hours after long time activist Fonda takes the stage with Gloria Allred, Common, Maria Bello and Daveed Diggs in a now snowy Utah resort town.

As a long time activist for equal housing in the African - American community Mascia hopes his record will speak louder than his «hurtful» words.

Not exact matches

These are very deep - seeded systemic issues that take a long time to resolve, but with authors and activists like Leader - Chivée at the helm, progress just might move forward that much quicker.

There was a time, not so long ago, when Google was the Internet activist's best friend.

Celebrity actor Mark Ruffalo, a long time environmental activist, briefly grabs a megaphone and riles up the crowd: «Let's make life uncomfortable for them.

Krasner: I have — like a lot of civil rights lawyers, like a lot of activists — been beating my head against the wall of the DA's office and the [Philadelphia] police department for a long time because the DA's office in Philly was not enforcing the law against police.

And activists have been doing that for a long time and we've done some good.

Weldon J. Rougeau, a long - time civil rights activist, has considered the issue of diversity from many perspectives — as director of the office of federal contract compliance programs at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, as president of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and even as a prisoner for 78 days (58 of them in solitary confinement) in a Baton Rouge, La., jail cell when he was a student activist.

St. Albert - Edmonton Long - time partisan activist and lawyer Michael Cooper defeated past Edmonton - Strathcona candidate Ryan Hastman to become the next Conservative candidate in this suburban riding.

Also in the running is long - time conservative activist and college professor Faron Ellis.

Pro-lifers were saddened to learn that long time pro-life activist Michael Schwartz succumbed to ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) this past weekend.

Foot's language was also used by Dr. Bob's wife Anne Smith in her journal, and by long - time Oxford Group activist James D. Newton in his biographical Uncommon Friends title.

But the last thing the occupiers want to resemble is either the long - time activists camped out in Lafayette Park across from the White House, ignored by everyone except tourists posing for photographs, or the aftermath of a Lollapalooza mosh pit.

Note that Ivan is describing something very different than traditional mass communications: he's talking about working closely (no doubt frequently one - on - one) with people on Facebook and other networking sites over a long period of time to help build a cadre of very committed activists — something that most electoral campaigns (and even most issue advocacy campaigns) simply can't do, whether because of lack of time or lack of resources.

But this time around, he does not have the support of the state's Conservative Party, which has thrown its weight behind judicial activist and Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long.

They have been upset for a long time and this rate hike will not help the company's reputation,» said Howie Hawkins, a local activist who has voiced support for publicly - owned power utilities.

In Brooklyn, long - time activist Jo Anne Simon dealt a rebuke to Mayor Bill de Blasio in a hard - fought race for Assemblywoman Joan Millman's seat in the 52nd Assembly District (Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope).

In addition serving the campus community, Roter, and Albany resident, is also a long - time community activist and leader.

His Lt. Governor, Gloria Mattera, is a long time peace and single payer universal health care activist from Brooklyn who has often polled 20 % of the vote in her prior races for Borough President and City Council.

The news will be enthusiastically greeted by protesters who have long complained of intrusive police surveillance of demonstrators and the over-use of «kettling», where activists are contained in a certain area for an indefinite period of time.

Herbert L. Tarbous, a long - time third party activist, will take on Rep. Frank Pallone in the Sixth District.

Hogan tried to portray himself as a long - time neighborhood activist who believes residents can pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

As a long - time community activist in Queens, Mr. Russo has been an active member of Queens Community Board 10 (which serves the South Queens communities of Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Howard Beach and South Richmond Hill) since 2012.

As a long - time community activist in Queens, Mr. Russo has been an active member of Queens Community Board 10 (which serves the South Queens communities of Ozone Park, South -LSB-...]

It didn't get much attention, but long - time Democratic Party activist Patti Kelly was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Zoning Board of Appeals at the town board's September 7 meeting.

The pair presented themselves as long - time activists who have challenged the establishment.

The incumbent rolled over long - time activist Kevin Gaughan roughly two - to - one.

About the Author: Kenneth Quinnell is a long - time blogger, campaign staffer and political activist.

New York Botanical Garden President Gregory Long and long - time community garden activist Karen Washington were guests at the White House on Friday, where Michelle Obama «presented the 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Services to The New York Botanical Garden and nine other cultural institutiLong and long - time community garden activist Karen Washington were guests at the White House on Friday, where Michelle Obama «presented the 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Services to The New York Botanical Garden and nine other cultural institutilong - time community garden activist Karen Washington were guests at the White House on Friday, where Michelle Obama «presented the 2010 National Medal for Museum and Library Services to The New York Botanical Garden and nine other cultural institutions.

Esposito is a long time environmental activist.

Victor Toro, a Bronx resident and activist who fled Chile in the 1980s after serving jail time for fighting the dictatorship there, will be allowed to stay in America a little longer after deportation proceedings against him were temporarily suspended.

Diamondstone is a long - time community activist who has highlighted Connor's role in the repeal of the commuter tax and Connor's loss of his Minority Leader position to David Paterson on a vote of Democratic Senators.

Long - time environmental and community activist Kathy Nolan, a Democrat, is challenging Republican supervisor Rob Stanley.

On Staten Island, the lone Republican borough president, James Oddo, does face a challenge from long - time Democratic activist Tom Shcherbenko, but Oddo is very popular in the borough and a heavy favorite.

Frank Morano, a long - time state Independence Party activist from Staten Island, announced this morning that he is resigning his state committee and executive committee posts, saying the third party no longer offers alternatives to the two - party system and in fact has «become just as bad, if not worse than the two major parties.»

He's expected to tell Tory activists that it's time to shake off the victim culture that he believes Wales has had for too long and to unlock the huge opportunities ahead by working closely with Westminster.

The easygoing challenger and long - time Democratic Party activist hasn't wasted the electorate's time trying to pin fictional failures on Mr. Oddo.

I am a long - time educator, activist and parent here in New York City, and I am announcing my intention to seek the Green Party's nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York.

Howard Wilson, a long - time Libertarian Party activist in New Hampshire, has this op - ed in the Monitor, the daily newspaper of Concord, New Hampshire.

«This is the first time that we have an opportunity to get somebody who's not actually a part of the system, to become a part of the system, to be able to possibly make changes,» said Manuel Alarcon, a 46 - year - old Conservative Party activist on Long Island.

Morano, a long - time Indy Party activist from Staten Island, has since resigned as his state committee and executive committee posts saying the party had «become just as bad, if not worse than the two major parties.»

Long - time community activist Howie Hawkins, who is running as the Green Party candidate for governor, said after the meeting that he thought opening a federal shelter might help the North Side by creating a few jobs and some economic activity at a vacant campus.

(17 minute audio) Howie Hawkins, long time Green Party activist and political candidate, explains that the Sanders campaign has revealed that a mass base exists now for an independent party of the left.

Howie Hawkins, long time Green Party activist and political candidate, explains that the Sanders campaign has revealed that a mass base exists now for an independent party of the left.

DeVincenzo is a long - time GOP activist, and was that party's candidate last month for the county legislative seat for Blauvelt and the Nyacks.

Matthew Oliver is a Conservative activist and former party agent, who now works for Unlock Democracy, the UK's leading campaign organisation for democracy, rights and freedoms, and long - time advocates for party funding reform.

A long - time social activist, Durham and his party advocate feminism, LGBT rights, and economic equality.