Sentences with phrase «of public rally»

It is going to take that kind of public rally by the community to understand what we mean by a community building.»

FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant employees and members of the public rallied to save the plant's jobs in October 2015 when Entergy was pondering whether or not to close the facility because of economic losses.

Not exact matches

«The battleground has shifted to the legal courts and the court of public opinion,» he said, referring to lawsuits filed by tribes and an effort planned by the Lakota People's Law Project to rally lawmakers and others in Washington, D.C., to their cause.

After that came a massive anti-Keystone rally in Washington and John Kerry's two pointed mentions of global warming during his congressional hearing to become America's next secretary of state and in his first public speech as such.

President of French far - right Front National (FN) party Marine Le Pen acknowledges the public at the end of a major rally to launch her presidential programme on February 5, 2017 in Lyon, France.

Public Advocate Letitia James, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Comptroller Scott Stringer — three rumored 2021 mayoral candidates — as well as the district attorneys of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx were also at the rally.

With several regions having public holidays today, trading volumes have been relatively low and most of the major cryptocurrencies stayed in the consolidation patterns that developed after the strong rally in the second half of April.

What may have been intended to rally attention for Kanye may actually boost the public perception of Zuckerberg for not playing into mass media hype and shady marketing tactics.

Quiet overnight in Asia as Japanese markets were closed for a public holiday — China gained 50bp as HIBOR fell — Aussie enters a bull market, climbing almost 1 % as the Big Banks Rallied, while all of EM was in the red as the Greenback caught bid.

Organizers at national gun control groups, who provided logistical support and public relations advice as the students planned the Washington rally, said they believed that the students would not become disillusioned by the lack of immediate action in Congress.

This rally has not enticed the public to spend more and in fact, retail sales are off 6 % and still falling, thus, no recovery except in the minds of Wall Street and Washington.

«It is tempting to blame the sharp post-election rally in industrial metals prices on President - elect Trump's platform of lower taxation and higher public spending on infrastructure,» wrote analysts at Goldman Sachs.

Protesters have rallied, sometimes violently, against a lack of government services and problems with public transportation and corruption.

The public face of evangelicalism became most evident in the Billy Graham campaigns, by which the converts made at the mass rallies were redirected back into the denomination of their choice.

So this black person, who represents a group of colored people who were once segregated and considered less than whites, is attempting to rally in other black people to tell the public they don't consider gay people to have the same rights as straight people.

I have suggested elsewhere that value - free technology, the military - industrial complex, and narrow nationalism might be modern examples of such principalities and powers.9 Hendrikus Berkhof suggests that human traditions, astrology, fixed religious rules, clans, public opinion, race, class, state, and Volk are among the powers.10 Walter Wink sees the powers as the inner aspects of institutions, their «spirituality,» the inner spirit or driving force that animates, legitimates, and regulates their outward manifestations.11 They are «the invisible forces that determine human existence «12 When such things dehumanize human life, thwart and distort the human spirit, block God's gift of shalom, the followers of Jesus are rallied for a new kind of holy war.

The lighting of candles, and their placement in windows or public places as a message of peace and solidarity, and the organizing of a concert for a peace rally both would be important actions.

In our minds, this rallying cry roused young American Jews from indifference and resignation, and eventually awakened the American public to the plight of Soviet Jewry.

Yet many public spokesmen for the religious right now tell Evangelicals — including Evangelical women who have spent their lives teaching Evangelical girls and young women to resist the sexualization of their identity and worth in a hook - up culture, and Evangelical men who learned at Promise Keepers rallies that racial reconciliation is a moral imperative — to «grow up,» to stop being «panty - waists.»

Are the days of public evangelistic rallies behind us, or should we get over our British reserve and... More

He espoused a radical version of the religion that he preached online and at public rallies.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

They're also planning May 19 rally at the Wake County Commons Building, located at 4011 Carya Drive, in Raleigh, for the public to learn about the benefits of school - based health centers.

Organising public rallies and breastfeeding sit - ins to focus on the importance of the assessment.

Dozens of Chicago Public Schools food service workers rallied Tuesday afternoon to call for an end to quickly prepared frozen meals that can be readied in smaller kitchens by fewer workers.

As an average person, I WOULD NOT want you to stand or sit anywhere near me in places including, but not limited to, a PTA meeting, a children's soccer game, a restaurant, an office cubicle, an amusement park, a bus, an airplane, a political rally, and pretty much all other public spaces, because your attitude and UNNECESSARY USE OF CAPS LOCK totally suck.

«Those rallying in Albany next week should stand together with the city and advocate — side by side — for our children, particularly the most underserved, and all of whom are public school students.»

Shah, we found out, used to think Israelis should be relocated en masse to America, compared Israelis to Hitler, issued a public warning that «the Jews are rallying» (to take part in an opinion poll) and tweeted a link to an article which compared Zionism to al - Qaeda, and fretted that the Zionists are «grooming» Jews to «exert political influence at the highest levels of public office.»

This is not true and not the consensus of Nigerians, majority of fellow planners and not a true reflection of the sincere plan to organize this rally in public interest.

Showing up at Congressional townhall meetings and public rallies is all fun and games, but real political power demands that the Tea Partiers demonstrate the ability to shift the outcome of elections by sending bodies to the polls, contributions to the bank or both.

Unite assistant general secretary, Diana Holland, who will address the rally, said: «With next to nothing in the way of prior consultation, we are extremely concerned at the rush to dismantle these essential public bodies.

At 4:15 p.m., hundreds of public school parents and teachers from Kenmore, Lakeshore, Hamburg and across WNY are expected to rally at Sen. Mark Grisanti's office to «hold him accountable for breaking his promise to fully fund public education,» 65 Court St., # 213 (Corner of Court & Niagara Square), Buffalo.

Also at 10 a.m., NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson, New York City Public Advocate Letitia James, Bronx Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr. and other elected officials rally for the inclusion of the Fair Fares proposal in the fiscal 2019 New York City budget, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Some of the elected officials present at the Equality Day rally — Public Advocate Letitia James and State Senator Liz Krueger — have been vocal in their support of the Working Families Party, though neither chimed in when Brewer expressed her feelings on the Women's Equality Party.

News 12 Brooklyn story on BP Adams leading City University of New York (CUNY) students in a rally calling for greater affordability and investment in public higher education by the State.

They have pledged to protest Ms. Glen at public appearances and rally against her housing agenda on the steps of City Hall.

While Astorino would face a difficult challenge to convince the Legislature to approve his proposals, governors have enormous political leverage over lawmakers and can rally the public on behalf of reform.

At 6:15 p.m., Riders Alliance members, members of the New York Public Interest Research Group's straphangers campaign and others rally to call on Cuomo to address crumbling subway infrastructure, outside of Cuomo's office, 633 Third Ave., Manhattan.

The creation of a globalized Russian military combined with Moscow's extra-regional power projection in Syria has increased public perceptions of Russia as a great power and rallied Russian nationalists around Putin's government.

The increasingly prohibitive costs of territorial expansion suggest that Russia's military buildup is primarily aimed at rallying pro-Putin nationalist sentiments and distracting the public from Russia's economic malaise.

Frustrated public officials and community leaders on Monday will hold a Harlem rally in support of making Stewart - Cousins the chamber's first black woman majority leader.

Public school parents and other advocates rallied on the steps of City Hall on Thurs., Dec. 7 to call on the city to increase the level of...

Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rev. Al Sharpton, Public Advocate Letitia James and Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez will join the likes of Michael Moore and Mark Ruffalo at the «We Stand United — NYC Rally on Night Before Trump's Inauguration!»

Protesters and public officials blasted the concealed - carry bill that passed the House of Representatives last week in a Saturday City Hall rally.

And a candidate's Facebook page can serve as a public rallying point for supporters, which is particularly important for races that may be won by a relative handful of votes.

Rally & Protest: Hands off our NHS @ Central Hall, 11:30 am Public meeting followed by «Wall of Sound» sirens protest outside the Tory Conference.

Hundreds gathered at the state Capitol to rally for public financing of political campaigns.

At 6 p.m., NYC Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Jumaane Williams are joined by Rep. Adriano Espaillat, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Assemblywoman Carmen De La Rosa for a community rally in support of immigrants and human rights, Holyrood Episcopal Church, 715 W. 179th St., Manhattan.

«It's really important that we get a lot of people involved in the political process and when I see folks like Senator Schumer and Congressman Tonko and the governor say they support me, I think we're on the right path,» Tkaczyk said at an endorsement rally in Rotterdam on Tuesday at the public library there.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.