Sentences with phrase «people of color leading»

For true change to happen we need film schools to see women and people of color leading classes.

Yet people of color leading national liberations, Gandhi, Mandela, and Sun Yet - Sen appealed to it, against empire and racism.

At the forum, the candidates of color spoke to the importance of having a person of color lead the body, while the white candidates maintained they recognized their privilege but pointed to the work they have done to support marginalized groups as well as their commitment to supporting them.

«When our students walk into the building and they see a person of color leading something, that's a very good thing,» he said.

Brooklyn Community Forum on Anti-gentrification and Displacement Today's event spotlights the efforts by coalitions and activists, highlighting people of color led initiatives fighting gentrification and displacement.

With over 5000 people and 150 organizations, young people of color led the march in remembrance of the devastation from Sandy and recent hurricanes.

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The press release on Race Together bizarrely leads with the subheading «It began with one voice,» painting Howard Schultz as a visionary progressive for daring to discuss race — something others, especially people of color, haven't exactly been silent on in recent months or the last couple centuries.»

Recently we've seen how a diet of all - white - male test data can lead to bias in artificial intelligence, overlooking people of color, for example.

Co-founder and Executive Director of United We Dream, Cristina Jimenez explains, «Our movement is led by undocumented immigrants and people of color, and under Trump we've seen our members targeted in phishing attacks online and chased by white supremacists out in the streets.»

He was active in the National Association for the Advancement of colored people (NAACP) and was a leading figure in the international council of Atlanta which played a significant part in keeping peace between the races.

In March 2012, he became the Director for the Lifelines to Healing Campaign with the PICO National Network, a campaign led by hundreds of faith congregations throughout the United States committed to addressing gun violence and mass incarceration of young people of color.

The documentary explores not only the current systematic problems that have led to mass incarceration (which disproportionately effects people of color), but also the America's history of racial injustice — and how the two are related.

They would rather thank their own country than allow a person of color a chance to lead and change.

Lee's reporting skills really shine as she features the stories of women, people of color, and queer Christians are rising up to lead the Church.

In the film, Jay Z explains how strict drug laws have led to mass incarceration — giving America the world's largest prison population — and how drug laws have disproportionately targeted people of color.

While no one would promote divorce as being some sort of wonderful event, although it often is the route out of dysfunctional or abusive relationships and can lead to amazing transformations, what these answers illustrate is that perhaps, finally, people are taking off the rose - colored glasses about the institution as well as busting the fairy - tale romantic myths we keep perpetuating about it.

Loeb was commenting on an argument over which faction of the divided state Senate was best equipped to lead the chamber, and he said that Stewart - Cousins, who is African - American, has done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.»

Johnson's front - runner status and eventual victory drew criticism from some of his opponents and other members as he is a white man leading a body that is roughly half people of color.

This imbalance has led to the issues of people of color being underrepresented, our communities forgotten.

Many have pushed for Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a Westchester County legislator who has led Senate Democrats since 2012 and is the first woman or person of color to lead a legislative conference, to be included at the negotiating table during budget and other high - level talks.

The hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb, a prominent supporter of charter schools and a major financial backer of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and congressional Republicans, accused the African - American woman who leads the Democrats in the New York State Senate of having done «more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood.»

Johnson's presumptive victory would be the first time the city is not led by a person of color since Christine Quinn was speaker from 2006 to 2013.

If any of them become speaker, it would mark the first time the city is not led by a person of color since Christine Quinn was speaker from 2006 to 2013.

His election marks the first time the body will be led by an individual who is not a person of color since Christine Quinn led the body from 2006 to 2013.

Johnson's presumptive victory marks the first time that the city will not be led by a person of color since Christine Quinn led the body from 2006 to 2013.

Dr. Noelle LoConte, a member of ASCO's prevention committee who is the lead author of the position paper, told Reuters Health that «pink washing,» or exploiting the color pink to show a commitment to finding a cure for breast cancer, leads people to buy pink bottles of liquor during breast cancer awareness month.

The University of Natural Health, which is an Accredited Natural Health College, Holistic Nutrition School and their Holistic Health Schools, Holistic Healing Schools and their Holistic Colleges, including their Holistic Degrees and Holistic Health Courses, which lead to a Holistic Health Practitioner Certification as a Holistic Life Coach, is in compliance with all requirements imposed by or pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regulations issued there under, to the end that no person in the United States, shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity sponsored at this institution.

The University of Natural Health, which is an Accredited Natural Health College, Holistic Nutrition School and their Holistic Health Schools, Holistic Healing Schools and their Holistic Colleges, including their Holistic Degrees and Holistic Health Courses, which lead to a Holistic Health Practitioner Certification as a Holistic Life Coach, is in compliance with all requirements imposed by or pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regulations issued thereunder, to the end that no person in the United States, shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity sponsored at this institution.

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Just as people of color need to lead their own movement, so do trans people.

Just as people of color need to lead their own movement, so do trans people.

I understand your fustration concerning this matter, I guest this is why some of us can't find our soul mate, yes, I looked up black only because I thought it was easier for me to connect, but after serching for my soul mate, I notice there were people of all race who's looking for a mate also, to some color is not the issue, but to some it is, I will open my mind and heart, so God can lead me to the right person for me...

Rolling Stone recently spoke with Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, portraying T'Challa (Black Panther), as he covers the publication's March 2018 issue, as well as director Ryan Coogler — as both detail more about the highly - acclaimed film and its impact, with it being the first Marvel Studios movie to put a person of color in the lead role and to feature a mostly black cast.

As it stands, the King of the hype machine is Marvel, who continue from a record - breaking 2017 with three major releases: in February they have their first person - of - color led movie Black Panther, then in May is the start of the epic, two - part culmination Avengers: Infinity War, and finally in July Ant - Man and the Wasp will offer some more classical, family - focused heroics.

Last year we saw the two - year drought of no acting nominations for people of color turn into nominations in all four categories, two winning (Mahershala Ali and Viola Davis) and Moonlight become the first black - led and LGBTQ film to win Best Picture in Oscar's 89 - year history.

«Black Panther's» rule at the top of the box office finally came to an end last weekend, but it was dropped into the second place by another movie starring a person of color: the Universal action sequel «Pacific Rim Uprising,» led by «Star Wars» actor John Boyega, opened at $ 28 million in North America.

As Deadline Hollywood reports, the streak of movies with people of color and women in the lead finishing at No. 1 at the box office will end this weekend as Steven Spielberg's action - packed «Ready Player One,» an adaptation of Ernest Cline's best - seller starring Tye Sheridan, is expected to top the list.

The Academy's inability to nominate any actors of color (to say nothing of people of color in the vast majority of other categories) led to sweeping changes within the body of the Academy.

Get Out was the only film centering on a person of color to score a Best Picture nomination but it showed up big in the major categories, with three additional nominations: Director, Lead Actor, and Original Screenplay.

Given its African American director, Ryan Coogler, and 10 leading black stars, «Black Panther» has especially been embraced by the African American community, who see the movie's success has a potential bellwether for Hollywood to embrace more films by and featuring people of color.

June 26, 2014 • U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has become a leading conservative voice focused on building wealth among people of color.

Seen even more generally, Black Panther's success is a boon not just for films led by people of color, but films led by all minorities.

The prevailing narrative of Black Panther's spectacular opening weekend is that it shattered a long - held Hollywood myth that movies led by people of color — and, in Black Panther's case, rooted in black culture — don't perform well at the box office, particularly overseas.

Yeah, because this looks exactly like Munich, which was exactly like Jurassic Park, which was exactly like Indiana Jones which was almost a copy of Schindler's List which was the blueprint for Jaws and that film directly influenced Catch Me if you Can which led him to make Minority Report which seemed to be another telling of Saving Private Ryan which was loosely based on the character from The Terminal who was in some way based on Djimon Honsou's character in Amistad who was on a boat, just like the captain in Hook which had a black person in it like The Color Purple which is a film about aliens or E.T.s (Extra Terrestrials) who started a War of the Worlds after many Close Encounters in 1941 with the Empire of the Sun...

This view holds that true school reform must be part of a broader social justice campaign led by people of color, which calls for progressive changes to health care, housing, immigration, and economic policies, as well as education.

Yet we must also address out - of - school issues, and we have to undertake meaningful efforts to ensure that people of color are both leading and supporting education reform.

There is a need for more young people of color in STEM fields and for them to have access to skills that will help them succeed and lead.

Examining the role that single - site schools play and how we can maintain them in the overall charter mix is not simple, but it uncovers a number of factors that contribute to the paucity — at least on the coasts — of standalone schools that are also led by people of color.

These disparities have led to widespread concern about a potential «school - to - prison pipeline,» in which detentions, suspensions, and expulsions ultimately lead to the overrepresentation of people of color in the nation's prisons.

Tia Morris, Executive Director of Teach for America New Jersey, led the discussion, asking the panel: «What can be done to help young people of color navigate through a space that is predominantly White - controlled?»