Sentences with phrase «of social justice movements»

The Terminal City Legal Collective supports political activists while helping advance the goals of social justice movements by conducting legal trainings and operating a hotline for arrested protesters.

Prafulla Samantara, India: An iconic leader of social justice movements in India, Prafulla Samantara led a historic 12 - year legal battle that affirmed the indigenous Dongria Kondh's land rights and protected the Niyamgiri Hills from a massive, open - pit aluminum ore mine.

MLK and the Future of Inclusion» is a panel discussion presented with WNYC, the local NPR affiliate, about the future of social justice movements.

The jerseys serve to bring awareness to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel and will hopefully be the driving force to bring a more profound understanding of the history of the social justice movement that characterized Dr. Martin Luther King Jr..

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But new was the artist's social justice embrace of the Black Lives Matter movement — several videos on Lemonade and her song Formation prominently feature black women whose loved ones were killed by police — and thinly - veiled, sordid details of the singer's apparent marital strife.

All sorts of social action apps have already sprung up, including Berlin - based «Refugees Welcome,» which has helped dozens of German citizens invite refugees into their homes, as well as «Mobile Justice,» an app related to the #BlackLivesMatter movement and giving users the ability to zap video footage from a phone directly to the American Civil Liberties Union.

That Alberta has a government that is committed to Green principles which include, but are not limited to, the 6 principles of the world - wide Green Party movement — Ecological wisdom, Social justice, Participatory democracy, Non-violence, Sustainability and Respect for diversity.

If by «liberation» people mean that Christian thought and life are to be socially engaged, committed to those forms of systemic change necessary for the greater actualization of social justice, and open to the dynamic movements of the Spirit among the people, then there is little doubt: the Social Gospel is America's indigenous form of liberation thesocial justice, and open to the dynamic movements of the Spirit among the people, then there is little doubt: the Social Gospel is America's indigenous form of liberation theSocial Gospel is America's indigenous form of liberation theology.

The ecumenical movement articulated as social middle axiom the idea of free society, the idea of responsible society, and the idea of just, participatory, and sustainable society, and then the idea of justice, peace and integrity of creation throughout its recent history.

It's no secret that JAY - Z has been one of the most influential artists in the hip - hop industry for over a decade, but Jay has really been making moves for social justice lately, especially for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Feminism challenges the legitimacy of sex roles Along with other social movements, feminism is rooted in the critique that a society so constructed that certain people and groups profit from inequalities — between men and women, rich and poor, black and white, etc. — is a society in which money is more highly valued than love, justice, and human life itself.

Cone blended the racial pride of the black power movement with an emphasis on social justice that had been a part of the black church since enslaved Africans first read the Bible.

He never hesitated to join a movement promoting social justice, and during the thirties and forties he lent his name to more than a hundred of them — a matter of some amusement to his friends.

As I said earlier, Christianity, as a movement, was born from the ashes of late antiquity's social malaise, gobbling up the philosophical attitudes and cultic practices that were lying about, offering ultimate meaning to the Greeks, ultimate justice to the Jews, a City of God to the Romans.

Social justice was very much the emphasis of the Socialist movement of India in its opposition to capitalism.

As Paul Markhan wrote in an excellent essay about the phenomenon, young people who identify with this movement have grown weary of evangelicalism's allegiance to Republican politics, are interested in pursuing social reform and social justice, believe that the gospel has as much to do with this life as the next, and are eager to be a part of inclusive, diverse, and authentic Christian communities.

In The Reason For God, Keller argues that Christians have served on the front lines of nearly every social movement toward morality and justice in modern Western civilization, including the abolition of slavery and the Civil Rights Movement in America, which is certainly true given the religious demographics of Western and American culture.

The church must therefore be willing to keep in close touch with the trends and movements of social life and to raise its voice when these trends need to be directed into the channels of social justice.

But the history of the voting privilege in the twentieth century shows that it takes the combined power of mass movements, economic pressures, and the Federal Government with its military force to give even a relative assurance that this requirement of justice will be realized.3 It seems, therefore, that when we move from the perspective of love to concrete issues of social strategy and political power, justice is accomplished by a confluence of historical forces and humane considerations which indeed may be enforced by love, but which must have other sources.

The social activist movements of those years also contributed to the seminaries» guilty conscience, so that they made at least token attempts to become sources of societal change as well as exemplifications of equity and justice.

Regardless, I can't understand why our church is joining and supporting the rabid atheist social justice movements of the socialist, who are openly and actively destroying Christianity across the world.

Radical conservatives would more frequently criticize the evils of U.S. policy at home and abroad, defend economic justice as vigorously as they do liberty, and refuse to allow their valid opposition to Marxism - Leninism to lead them to regard all Third World movements for social change as Marxist - Leninist fronts.

This is beginning to happen, but, paradoxically, the interfaith movement which draws together people of all faiths in the search for justice and peace at the same time often makes its members very critical of the compromises that many faith communities have made with the abuse of power and social injustice.

We see it in the flourishing of fundamentalism; in the controversy raging in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; in the phenomenon of the Jesus freaks, the spreading charismatic movement, the popularity of Transcendental Meditation; in attacks on the National and World councils of churches and the cooling of ardor for such social issues as racial justice, world peace, and the abolition of hunger and malnutrition.

This confession, rooted in the ancient piety and worship of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church and nourished in the ecumenical movement, underlies an ethic of profound involvement in the struggle for social justice, profound realism about the powers of this world including those which possess the righteous, and a profound hope which is never satisfied by the achievements of this world.

There are new theological articulations arising from black awareness, from women's consciousness and from movements for social justice.8 But the heart of the Christian gospel is still the experience of forgiveness, love and grace in personal life.

Where these movements of eco-justice stand in isolation from the struggle against «capitalist infringements of communal rights to natural resources», that is, from the struggle for social justice, they are likely to be of a purely middle class character and tend to get coopted by the ideology of market economy.

In the Life and Work movement of the non-Catholic churches in their search for social justice and international peace (which is now part of the WCC) and in the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Church, Christian Ecumenism has given up the church's traditional pietist and negativist approaches to modernity and has been involved in the attempt to redefine the forces and values of secular culture within the framework of Christian anthropology.

Will there be a demand in the year of the General Elections that the State be democratic enough to respond to the peoples» movements and discipline the market and the market - mechanism so that they may be de-ideologised so as to make room for objectives like social welfare and justice as well as national self - reliance and eco-justice.

The question over whether evangelicals with counter-cultural stances fit in broader movements similarly came up as some social justice — minded evangelicals endorsed the main thrust of the Black Lives Matter cause in recent years without getting behind the organization's LGBT position.

For background, the intersection of food and social justice can take many faces, from sustainability and plant - based movements to making healthy food accessible to low - income people and eradicating food deserts.

Launched in 2010, the Brown Boi Project works to build leadership, economic self sufficiency, and health of young masculine of center womyn, trans men, and queer / straight men of color — pipelining them into the social justice movement.

I was very drawn to the themes of gender roles and reproductive justice within social movements and finished out my time there in an internship at DDESER (Network for reproductive and sexual rights in Mexico).

And while Shah merely tweeted that Hamas were a legitimate resistance movement, Corbyn said they were «dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people, and bringing about long term peace and social justice and political justice in the whole region.»

Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is scheduled to give the keynote address at an upcoming social justice conference at the Brooklyn Museum, funded by and featuring high profile supporters of the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement.

Later that same day, delegates will participate in a program focused on the future of the labor movement by well - known labor and social justice activist Bill Fletcher, Jr. in the Hart Theatre of The Egg, at 2 p.m. Fletcher is currently the director of Field Services and Education for the American Federation of Government Employees.

«From Egypt to Tunisia, from Wisconsin to «Occupy Wall Street» there is a movement for social justice in this country and the living wage fight in New York is an integral part of it,» said Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

«Whereas, the movement further resolved to be inspired and motivated by the ideals of social democracy, with great emphasis on: the triumph of social justice; the nobility of human dignity; the harmony of fairness and equality; the power of working together in solidarity; the excellence of good governance, driven by good leadership; the wisdom of reforms and transformation far beyond mere growth; the horror of poverty, demanding eradication; the dignity of prosperity; the imperative of democracy and the security of peace with justice

He challenged those who don't believe in government seeking social justice by pointing out that the very building they were in, Hawkstone Hall, had hosted launches of Wilberforce's anti-slavery drive, the ragged school movement of Shaftyesbury (pictured) and that the spire was donated by the family of Abraham Lincoln who had drawn his inspiration from the conservative moments that had started there.

We must build the electoral arm of the peace, democracy, ecology, and social justice movements — the Green Party.

The movement is fueled by new technologies such as mapping apps and GPS - enabled smart phones, other handheld GPS devices, Google maps and OpenStreetMap, an open - source online map with a history of involvement in social justice.

The next step is embracing the social justice aspect of diets, and fighting for marginalized groups in the body peace movement.

Sing Your Song (A film by Susanne Rostock)-- Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer; this film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

Sonya Childress Firelight Media Sonya Childress serves as the Director of Partnerships and Engagement for Firelight Media and has positioned film as a tool to shift narratives and support social justice movement building for over 15 years.

Sing Your Song (Director: Susanne Rostock)-- Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer; this film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

While there has been a clear schism between reform's free market enthusiasts and its social justice wing, there can be little doubt that the movement's center of gravity has shifted sharply to the left, even though political progressives mostly regard the standard reform agenda — choice, charters, testing, anti-union policies — with contempt.

Reformers who have been eager to embrace the social justice orthodoxy of that movement could not be expected to push back meaningfully.

Even the teachers unions have been in the grip of neoliberal education policies, although for years I have advocated a social movement unionism — that is dedicated to engage beyond workplace concerns, but also in terms of wider political struggle for social and economic justice, for human rights, and for participatory and direct democracy.

When I published a piece earlier this year about the tense estrangement between conservative education reformers and the movement's increasingly dominant social justice wing, it did not sit well with members of the latter group, including Rhames, who penned a response on Education Post titled, «An Open Letter to White Conservative Education Reformers.»

Fritch's generation of teachers has few historical roots with the labor movement, yet they speak of social justice and daily serve kids from working - class families.