Sentences with phrase «peace activist who»

One of the main characters, Jennifer Jones, is based loosely on Samantha Smith, the young peace activist who wrote a letter to Yuri Andopov.

It is written by a children's media and Peace activist who is leading the organisation Radijojo and several of its projects, working both in the field and in the general management.

The person who did think of the Earth Flag, a simple image of our planet on a blue background, was John McConnell, a charismatic peace activist who frequented the halls of the United Nations from the 1950s through the 1990s.

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William Sloane Coffin's Once to Every Man (Atheneum) recounts the rich career of an activist clergyman who served as chaplain at Yale University for 17 years, during which time he was involved in civil rights demonstrations in the south, student work camps in Africa, Peace Corps training in Puerto Rico, and antiwar protests in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.

In the face of that silence, community activists and a key lawmaker who represents the neighborhood near the Peace Bridge agree that the -LSB-...]

His Lt. Governor, Gloria Mattera, is a long time peace and single payer universal health care activist from Brooklyn who has often polled 20 % of the vote in her prior races for Borough President and City Council.

Currying favor with Dadey, who also happens to hold the No. 2 post in the state GOP, might the first step for Flanagan on the road to making peace with upstate GOPers — both local party leaders and grassroots activists.

But Kathleen R. Mecca, the Columbus Park activist who long has led neighborhood opposition to Peace Bridge expansion plans, envisions something very different.

Ellen Abbot took a closer look at Ursula Rozum, a 28 - year old activist who works for the Syracuse Peace Council and is running in the race for the newly redistricted 24th Congressional seat as the Green Party candidate.

Cuomo too has been under pressure to reunify the two warring sides from activists from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party who feel he has emboldened the Senate GOP by not doing enough to bring intraparty peace in the chamber.

From the teenage atheist who renounced his German citizenship to the peace - activists eptuagenarian who pursued an «equation of everything» on his deathbed, the Einstein in this page - turner is inventive and fallible, with his accomplishments intimately linked to his nonconformity.

Call Me Lucky (Director: Bobcat Goldthwait)-- Barry Crimmins was a volatile but brilliant bar comic who became an honored peace activist and influential political satirist.

Yoko Ono is an award - winning multi-media artist and peace activist, who constantly challenges and stretches traditional boundaries.

The work is inspired by the Peace Pilgrim (1908 — 1981), a political activist who crossed the country on foot as many as twenty times.

The film Band of Sisters features activist nuns who work as organic farmers, environmental attorneys, peace activists, holistic health care practitioners, podcasters, and more.

There are hundreds of human rights activists and social workers who are not only speaking for human rights, but who are struggling to achieve their goals of education, peace and equality.

Vandana Shiva is an Indian Physicist and internationally renowned activist, who has spread a powerful vision of peace and non-violence around the globe.

Peace activists will visit the district office of Russ Carnahan (D - 3 MO), who is currently on a trip to Israel on an AIPAC - affiliated junket.