Sentences with phrase «meeting with student activists»

Lieutenant governor candidate Kathy Hochul and former New York City Council speaker Christine Quinn held an emotional meeting with student activists on Wednesday as part of the «information gathering stage» for legislation that would combat sexual assaults on college campuses.

«Often at the beginning of legislative procedures... you're not always familiar with every single thing,» Quinn said after she and Hochul met with student activists in New York City last month.

Not exact matches

On Saturday, survivors of last month's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, met with high school students from Chicago to discuss gun violence and its effects on their communities, coming together to «share stories, ideologies, and pizza,» according to Parkland survivor and student activist Emma González.

NFRD is a unique opportunity to meet other student food waste activists, hear from prominent speakers in the movement to end food waste, and bond with your FRN chapter.

Today's visit, in which Mr Cameron will also meet with students at Manchester university, comes the day after the Conservatives» first Built to Last roadshow last night, part of a nationwide initiative to get activists involved in changing their party.

«When he came to Wales, whether he was meeting students, health managers or party activists in Ceredigion, or farmers in the mart in Newcastle Emlyn, whether he was canvassing during the by - election at Tredegar or Blaenau Gwent, he had the same effectiveness with people.

The move was met with outrage from local politicians and education activists, who argued that the community needed the seats for local elementary students instead.

Moving southwest, a meeting with Greenpeace student activist Erica Kris prompted an «investigation» at Arizona State University (ASU), although there was no third party involved to prevent bias.

In schools with activist momentum, school leaders should meet with student groups, listen to their concerns and their plans, and discuss strategies, how to mitigate potential consequences, and ways to ensure safety.

Last week, Trump met personally in the Oval Office with Kyle Kashuv, a Stoneman Douglas student who has become one of his school's few pro-gun rights activists with his frequent appearances on Fox News Channel.

At 7 p.m., Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders broadcasts a town hall meeting at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., with student activists to discuss issues such as college affordability.

Board members praised Superintendent Robert Runcie's handling of the crisis as well as the many students who have turned into activists, meeting with lawmakers in Tallahassee to call for stricter gun laws.