Sentences with phrase «other activists»

On this site parents are told about their legal rights, how to file a complaint, and they are given associations with other activists from their area to oppose harmful school reform.

And so critics from left, right and the intellectual center gang up on the handful of environmentalists and other activists who try to get population into national and global discussions.

I look for companies that will become targets for other activists to unlock value.

I've had some of my greatest experiences in forests — walking through the forest, hanging out with other activists in the forest, or with my family.

Whereas other activists stick to protests and publicity stunts, he and his team have spent the past 5 years challenging scientists on their own turf.

By now, the business community is used to accusations of its alleged black arts from environmentalists, left - wing politicians and assorted other activists.

Yet research demonstrates that raising the minimum wage does not have the benefits unions and other activists promise.

In February 2011, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in conjunction with several other activist groups filed a brief with the U.S. District Court in New York City in support of ivi.

That same day, Munkhbayar and UMMRL joined several other activist groups in a demonstration outside of the main Parliament building.

Unlike other activist investors, Icahn often focuses not just on market fundamentals but instead on the poor governance that so often affects those fundamentals.

Children are More than Test Scores is a blog run by teacher Jesse Turner, called the «Walking Man» due to his passionate trekking for children from Connecticut to Washington, DC in 2011, and for a myriad of other activist activities fighting for public schools.

Laura Martin, communications director for the club, said she and other activists on Thursday met with Margot Allen, Ensign's regional representative on military issues, who informed the group of Ensign's opposition to «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» and intention to vote for the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill, which contains repeal language.

GILBERT & GEORGE's large - scale photowork Smoke Rising, (1989), Nigel Rolfe's Dance Slap for Africa, (1983) and will be shown along with other activist works or works with emphasis on performance including a film by Phil Collins and historic works by Marina Abramović.

Our volunteers joined more than 250 other activists from Planned Parenthood affiliates across the region to learn organizing tactics and strategy.

Arab - American activist Linda Sarsour and other activists at CAIR - NY's emergency rally against President Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban.

Naomie Harris, Gemma Chan and the US activist and actress Tessa Thompson will be joined by other activists «to show solidarity with people across all industries who have experienced inequality and abuse».

But these proposals hit a wall of legislative resistance, and when Carr and other activists came calling, Schneiderman was the best feasible option.

The day before the October 23, 1967, March on the Pentagon, Mr. Coffin, Dr. Benjamin Spock, and eight other activists met with an official in the Justice Department and turned in the draft cards of young war resisters — an action that was to result in the indictment of five of the group on conspiracy charges.

by a local activist and flagged for The Intercept, while two other activists sent two additional posts.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his wife, Coretta, John Lewis, and other activists march for voting rights, 1965 Gelatin silver print; printed later 20 x 24 inches From an Edition of 15

Housing Works, VOCAL - NY, Coalition for the Homeless and other activists continued to call on Gov. Cuomo to release the funds for the first 6,000 units of the State's supportive housing commitment.

Anji Malhotra, co-author of a study released by the University at Buffalo and Cornell law schools based on two years of research into Buffalo Police Department policing practices, joined other activists Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to call for action to be taken against what they called discriminatory policing practices.

And many of those articles don't address the fact that the price nuclear power is artificial driven up by the people who oppose it through government regulation, law suits, and other activist activity.

There is clearly the risk of cross-contamination if the disputes overlap and particularly if politicians or other activists try to cite both as weapons against the Conservatives.

«Breakthrough» hailed by Democrats and others Activists called the announcement nothing short of monumental.

In Honduras, a country with some of the highest murder rates in the world, Cáceres hopes the victory in Agua Zarca will bring hope to other activists fighting irresponsible development in Honduras and throughout Latin America.

«And that's a skill that I would say other activists groups don't have.

«I think that Elliott - given their size, their relative aggressiveness versus other activists are saying we've got the capital, we've got the patience that's necessary and we're going to try to now unlock Europe,» said Young, who is working with Telecom Italia (TIM) where Elliott is attempting to overhaul the board at a shareholder meeting on Friday.

Other activists blasted NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's speech at CPAC, which accused «opportunists» of exploiting «tragedy for political gain.»

Its Envoy for Religious Freedom David Saperstein (pictured below) was due to meet the Christian human rights lawyer Zhang Kai and other activists last Wednesday, however the Chinese government arrested them before this could happen.

It is only because the boycotters and other activists understood their adversaries that they could overcome tremendous odds so cleverly.

Plus, retweeting other activists helps you share the love, which they'll likely do in return.

Outreach can include a wide array of possible channels discussed in the chapters to come, including online advertising, digital video, Facebook, direct pitching to bloggers and other activists behind the scenes, Twitter and more.

The New York City Council may not get an actual vote on the controversial Trans - Pacific Partnership — but today members and other activists rallied for the passage of a resolution urging Congress to shoot down what they deemed a job - killing deal that would wreck the environment.

At 9:30 a.m., actor James Cromwell joins We Are Seneca Lakes and other activists outside ConEd's shareholder meeting to call for end to fracked gas infrastructure expansion, 4 Irving Pl., Manhattan.

At 9:45 a.m., former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, professors and other activists hold a press conference to push for emergency state intervention into the 650 - megawatt Competitive Power Ventures Valley Energy Center, Legislative Office Building, Room 130, Albany.

Inspire other activists to adopt these strategies in ways that serve their specific goals and needs.

Zefzafi and other activists insist the movement is not seeking independence for the region, despite its long history of resistance to central rule and the fact that some protesters have waved the flag of the short - lived Rif republic that existed from 1921 to 1926.

Using the mic check style of call and response made popular by Occupy groups, Brown says he and other activists stay they also will stay night and day to pressure lawmakers to add the funds.

With Labour leading, parties are adopting quotas and other activist methods to boost women's representation.

At 11 a.m., Make the Road New York and other activists host a press conference followed by a march to call on de Blasio to end discriminatory school policing policies by eliminating the use of arrests and summons for misdemeanors and non-criminal violations in schools, 52 Chambers St., Manhattan.

McWilliams explained the issue of the East Ramapo School District came up frequently in his conversations with residents and other activists upon his return from Philadelphia.

But if the loudest and most active (read: white upper - middle - class suburban) parents think standardized tests are just an annual annoyance, if these parents and other activist voters choose to disbelieve the results in the fact - free era of modern political discourse, then accountability will be diluted down to the posting of test results and the annual finger wagging of the local news media.

Three years later, when Pence took office, local Tea Party groups and other activists began a campaign to repeal the standards they saw as a federal overreach into classrooms.

Short clips depict the strategies and tactics that rural women, Maathai and other activists used to protect critical public lands, fight for human rights and protest political corruption.