Sentences with phrase «of activist influence»

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However this consideration is not within the scope of Port Metro Vancouver's regulatory mandate, nor should it be unduly influenced by local activists motivated by the maxim to think globally and act locally.

He is an activist investor and has been able to influence a number of companies by getting board members appointed.

One of today's most prominent activists working to raise awareness about tech's influence over our attention, behavior and overall well - being is Tristan Harris.

Patagonia also released The Fisherman's Son, a 29 - minute documentary about Chilean surfer Ramon Navarro's rise from humble beginnings to the peak of the surfing world — and Navarro's growing influence as an activist preserving a surf spot on Chile's coastline from commercial development.

Unlike the activist firms run by Bill Ackman or Dan Loeb, the fund Paul Singer founded has raised an army of activists who can influence corporate fiefdoms everywhere.

We dive into everything from the Aztec origins of their names, to the influence of thier creative, activist, entrepreneurial parents, to running a successful Kickstarter and later raising money from Backstage Capital, to their ambitious vision to influence culture by creating musical tools to bridge the gap between instrumentalists and electronic music.

«The only way the boycott will be effective is if it creates enough reputational damage that regulation becomes a reasonable option or if advertisers leave en masse,» says Brayden King, a professor at the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management who studies how social movement activists influence corporate social responsibility and policymaking.

This differs from an institutional or activist investor that may actually want to take a material position in a company in an effort to influence the strategy or direction of a company.

Here's how it works: Activist investors, usually through the hedge funds they control, typically take a large equity stake in a company to obtain board seats or other means of exerting influence.

Even Sullivan's chapter on «The Liberationists» does not include those we have come to associate with that term (the strident gay - rights activists or flamboyant gay liberationists) but focuses instead on a ragtag group of theoreticians influenced by French philosophy.

«Relatively few people participate in the Iowa caucuses, so it's ideal for a group of highly committed activists to have a big influence,» says John Green, an expert on religion and politics at the University of Akron.

Knowing I have something of a national platform, I've been thinking a lot about how to use it more effectively — perhaps by focusing my best op - ed writing on one or two and using the rest of my influence to amplify those church leaders, activists, and artists doing the good work of justice all around the world.

Gilbert Baker is said to have gotten the idea for the rainbow flag from this flag in borrowing it from the Hippie movement of that time largely influenced by pioneering homosexual activist Allen Ginsberg.

Our freedom is that though evil exists it does not have to have power over us any longer that is the message of the Gospel even though slaves became christians it did nt initially stop slavery not for many years but it helped the slaves to survive and gave them hope that one day God had something better for them and eventually because of christians activists slavery was abolished.Just like us our hope is not in the here and now but that one day we would be finally free from the corruption of this world but while we are in it we are not under its evil influence and i not meaning that bad things do not happen to christians but that in Christ we have been set free from its power over us.brentnz

He would abolish quotas, let independents vote in primaries, and eliminate caucuses, which magnify the influence of dedicated activists over regular voters.

But it turned out that an extreme feminism is only one form of something with an interesting history and much wider influence, especially now that it has been taken up by homosexual activists.

A number of cities that contain large universities have found their governments influenced in varying degrees by university - based activists, many of them sixties» radicals now safely tenured faculty members.

«A growing number of chefs have joined the ranks of activists advancing the agenda of changing our food system... Today's food culture has given chefs a platform of influence, including the power, if not the luxury, to innovate.

They believed they were following a Continental (specifically German) model by featuring an activist constitutional court — a judicialisation of public policy which would not have escaped generically the American influence.

Possibly because of influence from Sheldon Adelson, the American casino billionaire and Israel activist.

This is changing, however, under the influence of Judicial Training Academies, which are «re-educating» the younger cohort of judges to imitate the «activist» style of the European supranational courts.

But the story within the story is of great interest to anyone who wants to understand how money and influence flow through consulting firms to politicians and supposedly grassroots activist organizations.

The programme might go some of the way to satisfy party activists that Liberal Democrats are influencing Treasury thinking on how to stimulate growth.

Declining party membership, partially due to the reduction of activists» influence upon policy - making under the reforms of Neil Kinnock and Blair, also contributed to financial problems.

Patrick Nelson, a Stillwater - based activist, has made removing the corrosive influence of money in politics a central campaign theme, and has vowed not to accept funds from corporate PACs.

Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN)- Acknowledging that he and they don't always see eye to eye, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nevada) on Saturday praised the influence of progressive activists gathered at the annual Netroots Nation convention.

At 6:30 p.m., activists participate in a discussion on the upcoming NYC Council speaker's race, the influence of money on elected officials and the impact on local communities of legislation and policies favorable to the real estate industry, LaGuardia Community College, 31 - 10 Thomson Ave., Room E242, Queens.

As America has suffered through mass shooting after mass shooting, it often seems there is an unbridgeable chasm between activists calling for reforms and gun rights purists who have worked to redefine the meaning of the Second Amendment through the courts and exercise outsize influence on legislatures.

According to Cahill, Hinchey was able to leverage his vocal and very active base of progressive Democratic activists to buoy local candidates and influence elections.

The Green Party's influence peaked in 2000 with the controversial campaign of consumer activist Ralph Nader who won 2.7 percent of the vote — leading him to be accused of having been a «spoiler» who had taken votes from Democratic candidate Al Gore, allowing George W. Bush to win the election.

Alexis Baden - Mayer, political director of the Organic Consumers Association, and Adam Eidinger, a local activist and founder of «Occupy Monsanto,» dropped more than $ 2,000 worth of dollar bills onto the floor around 4 p.m. to raise attention about large corporations» influence on the legislation.

Lib Dem activists oppose most of Andrew Lansley's proposed changes and want Clegg to exercise his influence by watering them down.

There have been tensions in the party between the more traditional northeastern Republicans like Cox, and leading state Senate Republicans, and the more right wing activist sector of the party, influenced by 2006 gubernatorial candidate and Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

Music by Questlove and Om «Mas Keith, and commentary from prominent African - American artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle — including Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Talib Kweli, and Melvin Van Peebles — give the historical footage a fresh, contemporary resonance and makes the film an exhilarating, unprecedented account of an American revolution.

Contact your state representative, write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, or connect with church groups and grassroots activists who can help influence state leaders.

A national coalition of peace activists — whose affiliates are already challenging local school policies - has set out to forge a comprehensive, and apparently unprecedented, effort to eliminate the influence of the U.S. military on public and private schools.

Their tremendous financial resources allow them to influence campaigns at all levels of government, and their huge memberships - more than 3 million total, spread across virtually every electoral district in the country - enable them to turn out armies of activists in support of union - endorsed candidates.

Activists pressure schools to redefine «civic education» in terms of influencing public policy and engaging in political activity - while giving short shrift to being a good parent, dependable neighbor, and conscientious member of the nongovernmental institutions that compose civil society.

This has been hailed as a major achievement of the new legislation, but, as education activist Jeff Bryant noted: «It's a sign of dysfunction, rather than a triumph of bipartisanship, to see officials in Washington, D.C. celebrating legislation that significantly curtails the influence of officials in Washington, D.C.»

CCSA Advocates is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the involvement of the charter school community in the political process, creating a pipeline of charter school supporters and activists, electing public officials who support California charter public schools, and growing the political influence of the California charter public school movement.

Social Studies Students research and compile a list of major 21st century activists and their issues in order to learn about changes they influenced.

«If the (young activists) keep going, they just have a ton of power and influence that can push for solutions for preventing mass shootings and for violence in cities like Chicago.»

CCSA Advocates is dedicated to increasing the involvement of the charter school community in the political process, creating a pipeline of charter school supporters and activists, electing public officials who support California charter schools, and growing the political influence of the California charter school movement.

Their target investments include a number of firms whose share prices might be influenced by high insider buying, spun - off divisions, reduced float, and targeting by activist shareholders, as well as your basic «good buys.»

Such a change could create a new generation of web - savvy micro activists, who control only a handful of shares but understand how to use social networking media to influence boards, much like Jackson does with Ironfire Capital and his blog.

It is obviously son - of - Greenbackd (deep value, contrarian and activist follow - on) and, although it deviates in several crucial aspects, it is influenced by the 1999 Piper Jaffray research report series, Wall Street's Endangered Species.

Travis Dirks has provided a guest post on the voting power of differently sized shareholdings, which has important implications for activist investors seeking to impose their influence on a managem...

Travis Dirks has provided a guest post on the voting power of differently sized shareholdings, which has important implications for activist investors seeking to impose their influence on a management.

However, the national political conventions that occur every four years during presidential elections offer a unique opportunity to influence individuals who have the power to improve animals» lives directly — this includes elected officials as well as other key decision makers, party officials, activists, and members of the media who are in town for the week's events.

We use the term corporate outreach to refer to any campaign where an activist or animal advocacy organization seeks to directly influence the behavior of a corporation.