Sentences with phrase «other civil rights»

Particular activities carried out by the Office include implementing and enforcing the Fair Housing Act and other civil rights laws, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 109 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, and the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968.

In the next section students will cover Fair Housing, starting with a history of Fair Housing, then the impact of Fair Housing on the real estate professional, followed by the reaction of the real estate profession to fair housing laws, and then an over of the Fair Housing Act, other Civil Rights laws that impact Fair Housing, and Fair Housing - related presidential executive orders.

This comprehensive course starts with Fair Housing, including the history of Fair Housing, the history of housing practices, the role of state and federal laws in curbing unfair practices, protected classes, risk management in Fair Housing, New York Fair Housing, the impact of Fair Housing on the real estate professional, as well as the reaction of licensees to Fair Housing, an overview of the Fair Housing Act, other Civil Rights laws that impact Fair Housing, Fair Housing - related Presidential Executive Orders, Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH), criminal history and records used in Fair Housing, and emerging and existing Fair Housing issues.

The Act uses remedies and practices from other civil rights laws.

These claims include excessive force, wrongful arrest and other civil rights violations.

Danielle currently represents a Wisconsin nonprofit organization in state and federal court in suits involving the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a death - sentenced Georgia inmate and is involved in other civil rights matters.

The State and Federal Employment disputes handled by Whittel & Melton include FLSA (fair labor standards act), Wage and Overtime disputes, Minimum Wage Violations, Discrimination (age, sex, disability, pregnancy, national origin, race), Retaliation claims including FMLA (family medical leave act), workers compensation and sexual harassment in the workplace, Whistleblower protection, qui tam and other civil rights pursuits.

Most Texas police officers conduct themselves professionally, but police brutality and other civil rights violations sometimes still happen in the Dallas - Fort Worth area, and sometimes someone gets hurt.

The word disability for me is associated with civil rights because of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and other civil rights protections that use the word disability.

She defends race and ethnicity discrimination claims brought under Title 42, Section 1981 of the US Code, as well as all other civil rights claims.

Even though many of a person's other civil rights may be restored at the conclusion of probation, the prohibition on firearm possession remains in effect for life.

«A blog providing the knowledge you need to form your true beliefs about police misconduct, wrongful convictions, government transparency, and other civil rights issues.»

The protests escalated over a period of months, and the original protesters were joined in support by 87 Native American governments, Black Lives Matter supporters, indigenous leaders in South America, and other civil rights and environmental groups.

Media Matters and 20 other civil rights and gun violence prevention groups are asking iHeartRadio to break its silence and publicly state whether it honored Berry.

Abstract painter Jack Whitten came of age in segregated Alabama, where he participated in sit - ins and other civil rights protests before moving to New York City in 1960 to study art.

His midcareer retrospective «A Shout Within a Storm,» on view through April 22, includes the work The Winds of Revolt (Selma) 2, 2016, in which Kaino has rendered in charcoal on a waxed paper ground an iconic 1965 photograph of Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King, and other civil rights leaders marching arm in arm.

As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of matters such as: appropriations, fiscal law and financial management; acquisitions, financial assistance and public private partnerships; innovative financing; real property and asset management; information technology investment and capital planning; employee ethical conduct, conflicts of interest and political activities; equal employment opportunity and other civil rights matters; Federal personnel and employment; and alternative dispute resolution.

Mr. Gomez, a seasoned instructor, has given hundreds of ADA and other Civil Rights presentations in person and via webinar / videoconference throughout the United States to thousands of State and Local Public Agencies, as well was contractors, attorneys, MPO's and private consultants.

This revelation won't play well with Native groups (and other civil rights - based school reformers), which have already complained virulently that other states — including New Mexico and Oklahoma — didn't bother to do this either.

Difference is, the Sheff efforts are rooted in Brown vs. Board of Education and other Civil Rights legislation, whereas the Common Core and other «reformy» actions are untried ploys that ultimately will increase the racial and economic segregation of our Two Connecticuts and further widen the achievement gap for our students.

As reported in several news outlets, we understand that this meeting was part of a broader review of 2014's «Dear colleague» letter and other civil rights protections.

07/9/2013: LULAC co-signs Letter with other civil rights organizations to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee regarding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

08/27/2013: LULAC joins 9 other civil rights organizations in releasing a white paper analyzing the Department of Education's ESEA Waiver system.

05/05/2014: LULAC joins other civil rights organizations in writing a brief supporting LGBT rights.

04/18/2013: LULAC co-signs Letter with other civil rights organizations to Congress regarding the Student Non-Discrimination Act.

Hall and other civil rights activists within the reform movement have made this point for the past two years.

Yesterday, the director of Journey for Justice Alliance, Jitu Brown — alongside other civil rights groups including the NAACP, the Advancement Project, American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association — held a press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C..

As Kantor (1991) indicated, the significance of ESEA was twofold: (1) it characterized the federal role in advancing educational equity, much in the same merit as other Civil Rights laws; and (2) it institutionalized the federal role and influence in education policy.

Professor Gary Orfield is Professor of Education and Social Policy and founding Co-Director of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University is the author of many books and articles on school desegregation and other civil rights issues and his work was cited by the Supreme Court in its recent decision on affirmative action.

Public opinion on marriage equality shifted more dramatically than nearly any other civil rights debate in history.

Further, it is extremely important to emphasize that our report focused on a number of other civil rights dimensions in charter schools, none of which have been addressed in this critique.

It is extremely important to emphasize that our report focused on a number of other civil rights dimensions in charter schools, none of which have been addressed in these recent postings.

The NAACP and other civil rights groups criticized the performances and the films for presenting stereotyped and negative images of blacks.

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place.

The years needed for change as in other civil rights movements echoes in the slow burn of win - appeal we suffer as an audience in the film.

State AG Eric Schneiderman has opened an inquiry into the Weinstein Company examining whether allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against its co-founder Harvey Weinstein reflect broad gender discrimination and other civil rights violations.

His reputation is not solid with respect to support of the Democratic Party nor our issues, nor other civil rights issues we care about.

Destruction of property is certainly in line with the Suffragettes and other civil rights groups.

The New York Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups are asking Cuomo and the Legislature to pass a law to fix that oversight.

The fact the founders are «young, female, queer - friendly, [and] artsy» [5] sets them apart from all other civil rights movements.

No longer able to accept black invisibility in theology and getting angrier and angrier at the white brutality meted out against Martin King and other civil rights activists, my Southern, Arkansas racial identity began to rise in my theological consciousness.

one day when it becomes mainstream that feminist / LGBT rights are just as important and equal to other civil rights, one mormon dude with «divine connection» with god will come out and say «god came to his dreams and told him those rights are just as important and the church will CHANGE its UNCHANGEABLE doctrine of truth»

For such converts, even during peaceful times, membership in the church meant loss of family and property and other civil rights.

For feminists, the puzzle is why «the right to choose» hasn't experienced the same success as other Civil Rights initiatives.

Like other civil rights, the tide is turning.

using your view of godly choices to deny other their civil rights does.

Since when has the Catholic church concerned itself with any other civil rights besides the right of people to be deceived by religion?

Although enforcement of the Equal Pay Act and other civil rights laws has helped to narrow the gender pay gap, these actions only cover segments of the American working population, and many important protections are not yet codified in law.

Cook has long been known for his advocacy for LGBT rights and other civil rights issues.

no one is invoking the name of santa claus as justification for denying others their civil rights