Sentences with phrase «particularly by activist»

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And I'd been guilty of perpetuating this sort of prejudice by perpetuating stereotypes of psychics as shifty, exotic people or as being unreal, unable to be found as mothers or neighbors or activists like Emily, who's active in social justice - based causes, particularly the fight for transgender equal rights.

Belief in resurrection, by contrast, flourished in a context of persecution and deprivation, appealing particularly to activist groups by giving martyrdom a transcendent justification.

With the repatriation of all its citizens now impossible — particularly the most vocal opposition activists who left Rwanda in the post-1998 period and were thus unaffected (in theory) by the Clause's implementation — the Rwandan government shifted its approach to generously support a range of other initiatives and durable solutions in refugee - hosting states, for example the provision of passports to Rwandan refugees abroad from visiting delegations.

One of the more noteworthy developments in the online politics world over the past six months has been the enthusiastic embrace of the micro-blogging tool Twitter by conservative activists, particularly after the «Dontgo» movement this past summer.

«I wish to appeal particularly to the leadership, members, supporters, sympathisers and grassroots activists of our beloved party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), which was founded by Jerry John Rawlings on the ideals of probity and accountability to do more in making these ideas a reality.»

There is currently a massive campaign in the media, particularly on social media, by NDC activists in support of the EC chairperson.

Activists are particularly concerned that the party only increased its share of the vote by four percentage points compared with 2005, especially in light of Gordon Brown's unpopularity in the runup to the general election.

Social media is increasingly being used as a vital means of political engagement and mobilisation, particularly by candidates challenging incumbent MPs, by smaller parties, and by non-party grassroots activists.

«When a professor or activist is being particularly ridiculous or insulting, I think I am doing them a favor by posting their publicly available email addresses,» Morano said.

Parent Power activists such as the Connecticut Parents Union are already gearing up for a fight with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association over expanding the reach of the state's Parent Trigger law; the fight is particularly tinged by revelations earlier this year of the AFT's presentation on how it unsuccessfully attempted to kibosh the passage of the Parent Power law and how it exacted revenge by ousting Jason Bartlett, the legislator who led the passage of the law and the neutralizing of his former colleague, Gary Holder - Winfield.

Many of these efforts are spurred by grassroots activists, as well as a growing research base suggesting that suspensions — particularly for minor infractions — are a flawed discipline strategy.

He's not particularly well - known today, but he waged numerous takeover battles using tactics that are forerunners of those employed by many of the takeover artists of the 1980s and the activists of the 1990s and 2000s.

However, management's been shareholder - friendly to date (also prompted by activist Everest's 3.4 % stake), particularly with a v aggressive share buyback programme which has significantly enhanced NAV.

Her lexicon focused on the gesturing female figure as the protagonist, moving across space and defying the strictures of linear time by mixing historical narratives, drawing equally from ancient working processes and formats with her activist orientation and an ongoing questioning of the formation and construction of memory and representation, particularly the representation of women.

The deniers, particularly the activist ones, are not interested in the details of science - they win by pretending to and keeping well informed understanding folks busy looking for citations of bogus details, or filling in the context of selected snippets, as in the original CRU «revelations».

Germany's impressive wind and solar deployment in recent years has been used by activists in the environmental community, as well as governments, to argue against the need for investment in other zero carbon energy sources, particularly nuclear and other centralized forms of energy.

«By early 1963, Martin Luther King had stalled and — particularly to younger activists in the SNCC — seemed increasingly irrelevant.