Sentences with phrase «of young activists working»

Billy Parish is a longtime contact from the network of young activists working to build an energy menu for America that works for the long haul.

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«I think it's a concerted effort that there is too much money to be made here and (they're) not going to be deterred by the structural or cultural defences (anymore),» said Chris Young, who works with companies on the receiving end of activist campaigns at Credit Suisse in New York.

This weekend, Fuse will air the new documentary from filmmaker Dan Parris about the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown, the Ferguson protests and how young activists are working for change.

This being the case, he continues, «young Catholic women have quite sensibly decided that, if they wish to do good works or be political activists while dressing like middle - class professionals and living in apartments, there is little reason to bind themselves, even in an attenuated way, to the classic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience - each of which has undergone a radical reinterpretation in the LCWR congregations.

Through the work of four playwrights, Matt Charman, Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne, the play follows several intertwining stories: a couple in a therapy session discuss the impact that the strong environmental beliefs of one, and the indifference of the other, is having on their relationship, a young woman, against her parents» advice, drops out of university to become a climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

Clarke worked as director of the RoadTrip2015 and RoadTrip2020 campaigns, which involved bussing hundreds of young activists to Tory target seats across the country.

And yet, this effort has also given way to a new wave of young Herero designers, models, and activists who work to keep their heritage alive — even if that means scandalizing certain purists with sheer skirts, detachable sleeves, and sequin bodices.

Eccentrically structured, and thus slotted in the Wavelengths section for experimental work, Dislocation Blues is narrated, sort of, through intermittent Skype conversations with Cleo Keahna, a young two - spirit Ojibwe and Meskwaki activist who joined the anti-pipeline demonstrations.

World ecology certainly pops up in the feature length commentary by director Richard Fleischer and actress Leigh Taylor - Young — the actress later becoming a bit of an activist herself — and amid several silent pauses, the best material in the track concerns memories of working with actor Edward G. Robinson, who died soon after filming was completed.

raising awareness and gain appreciation for the work of the children and their messages with local exhibitions of the artwork made by the young peace activists

A lively biography of the young black playwright who achieved success and recognition for her contribution to the arts and her hard work as a civil rights activist.

The work is based on the personal narratives of six individuals who have fled their countries in response to a range of oppressive conditions: Sarah Ezzat Mardini, who escaped war - torn Syria, José Maria João, a former child soldier from Angola; Mamy Maloba Langa, a survivor from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Shabeena Saveri, an Indian transgender activist; Luis Nava, a political dissident from Venezuela; and Farah Abdi Mohamed, a young atheist from Somalia.

Although Hammons has forged his own path, he carries the torch of his influential predecessors, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden and his much younger art colleague Jean - Michel Basquiat, whose inventive art works represent the experience of Black America, which is always in an activist mode.

By the same token, Purifoy's work as a social activist and an artist points to 21st century concerns and is evident of a stance taken by younger artists such as Theaster Gates and Andrea Zittel.»

In conjunction with the exhibition, Blum & Poe will publish a catalogue that will include new essays by curator Pedro Alonzo and conflict resolution and reconciliation activist Tim Phillips, along with new works of poetry by Tisa Bryant, Danielle Legros Georges, Robin Coste Lewis, and Kevin Young.

In the episode, actor Ian Somerhalder follows Anna Jane Joyner, a young woman trying to persuade her evangelical pastor father that climate disruption is real, while she is also a full - time climate activist and one of the real - life heroes working with me and thousands more to move beyond coal.