Sentences with phrase «organizing protest marches»

The pressure on Arsene Wenger to leave his post as manager of Arsenal is being ramped up by the fans at the moment and the club faithful have not shied away from unfurling banners, organizing protest marches as well as flying planes over stadiums to get their message across.

Arsene Wenger has come under a lot of criticism in recent times from the fans following another disappointing campaign and the supporters are looking to pressurize the Frenchman to leave the Emirates Stadium at the end of the season by organizing protest marches, unfurling banners during games and even flying planes over stadiums with anti-Wenger messages.

The film mirrors contemporary society in the most powerful, poignant way, and yet doesn't ever lose its edge in telling the story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's endeavor to organize a protest march in Alabama in 1965.

MEXICO CITY — An organized protest march of about 1,000 Central American migrants slowly traveling through Mexico toward the U.S. border has become a hot - button political issue in Washington,...

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Police in Barcelona estimated that 350,000 people had attended the march while Societat Civil Catalana, an anti-independence group that organized the protest, put the number of demonstrators at 930,000.

A women's march was being organized in Washington, the teenager wrote, to protest the incoming administration of President - elect Donald J. Trump and to speak up for gender equality.

The day is billed as one of protest and advocacy for gender equity organized by the activists behind the Jan. 21 Women's March on Washington.

Murdock created her protest independent of the March 14 National School walkout, which the Women's March helped organize.

Other churches are marching, organizing protests, standing with the powerless, lobbying their governments, speaking up and using their voices to amplify the oppressed.

Apropos of our conversation here about «message discipline» at protest marches, DeadElephant.ORG has just come across a new way to split the difference between uniformity and individuality, and it's worth considering for your own organizing efforts.

Hawkins and the Green Party are helping to organize the People's Climate March and Climate Convergence in New York City next weekend which is expected to be the largest climate change protest in history.

Among the speakers were a contingent of seven Kingston High School students who helped organize a March 14 school walkout to protest gun violence.

The groups IndivisibleNY19 and NY21Votes organized the protest, according to their website, saying that Faso is not holding a town hall during March recess.

There would be no mistaking the pro-charter, anti-de Blasio administration rally today a few blocks north of City Hall for the triumphant protest the group helped organize in Albany this past March.

@SJuan76 surely you are correct that the initial actions of the Trump administration were not reasons for organizing the march, but many of the marchers were aware of these actions by the time the march began, and their protests were in part directed against those actions.

A group organized by the Freedom to Boycott NYS Coalition, marched today from the Mt. Kisco, Westchester train station toward the home that Cuomo shares with Food Network Sandra Lee to protest the governor's BDS executive order.

This freedom of association has proven to be a crucial civil liberty over the past several decades, and organizing or attending a protest or march can be a useful way to show solidarity as an effective ally against forms of oppression.

In 2004, they took her to a march, organized by the Carroll County Education Association to protest a proposal by the governor to strip public school teachers of several health insurance benefits and double their premiums.

Parents in Newark, New Orleans and Chicago have organized joint protests and marches to call attention to the destruction of their community institutions: their public schools.

The student protests over gun violence during the past several months, including a huge rally in Washington, D.C., in March, were organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14 that left 17 people dead, including 14 students and three staff members.

In February, Perkins was faced with a march on Albany organized by the charter schools to protest his and his colleagues» opposition to lifting the charter - school cap.

The trilogy carries authority and authenticity as it depicts the personal experiences of Lewis, including his early years in Troy, Alabama, his experiences organizing sit - ins to protest segregation, his participation in the freedom rides and the March on Washington and Bloody Sunday, when a 25 - year - old Lewis inhaled tear gas and absorbed the blows of billy - clubs.

Carolyn, district librarian for Eanes (Texas) Independent School District and Lilead Fellow, created this Resources for Planning a Peaceful March to support youth and educators who are organizing protests related to gun violence.

Tracey Van Slyke organized the protest after Animal Control officer Ross Barth and four Port Hope Police officers served a warrant at her home on Wednesday, March 9, and subsequently seized her 11 - month - old dog, Chaos.

As more feminist marches, protests, and gatherings organize in the wake of the -LSB-.....]

Since the shocking results of our recent election cycle, I've been exploring Judd's writing on activism in the 1970s, where, conflicted, he admits to the political implications of the artwork he had wished to make in isolation from the turbulent political climate of his day.3 In fact, during this time he had also marched in an anti-Vietnam protest alongside Ad Reinhardt, organized artists against Robert Moses» Lower Manhattan Expressway, and advocated for a Jeffersonian model of self - governing townships.

Lekalakala and McDaid also organized marches and public rallies against the nuclear project, protesting across South Africa.

Richard B. Spencer (Wikipedia) organized and led a protest march on Oct. 7th, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, drawing this reaction from Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer on Twitter:

The young survivors are also organizing a nationwide march to protest the lack of gun control that students believe allowed Cruz to get a hold of the rifle that he used to kill last week.

The March for Our Lives protest brought out thousands of teenagers and young children across the country, marking an extraordinary moment in U.S. history: It was likely the largest political rally organized by people not old enough to vote.

Students who survived the shooting in Florida are also planning to protest in Washington, D.C. on March 24 at an event organized by March For Our Lives.

On Saturday in Boynton Beach, Shusterman has organized a March for Our Lives demonstration for South Florida seniors, a stationary protest with ailing knees and hips in mind called Stand Up for Our Grandkids.

The students organized a massive protest in Washington and other cities dubbed the «March for Our Lives» earlier this month and now plan a series of town halls on the subject of gun violence.

Wednesday's coordinated protests were organized by Empower, the youth wing of the Women's March, which brought thousands to Washington last year.