Sentences with phrase «power of activism»

Not exact matches

«These are big companies, really concerned with their strategic direction,» said Lawrence Glickman, a Cornell history professor and the author of «Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America.»

Adweek applauded Duracell's «Island Without Power» ad talking about Puerto Rico's struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, saying,» «Island Without Power» is an example of a brand doing activism right in the wake of political upheaval and natural disaster in a year when many brands got it very wrong.»

We discuss implications for disclosure by institutional investors; regulation of their fees; stewardship codes; the rise of index investing; proxy advisors; hedge funds; wolf pack activism; and the allocation of power between corporate managers and shareholders.

The April 20 walkout will be a test for the staying power of this new wave of activism.

In the age of digital activism, propaganda's dire power corrupts politics and divides society.

His reasoning seems to be that such a large community should have enough power to sway political tides — if these leaders and pastors would just guide their congregations toward a kind of political activism.

Corruption inevitably kicks in so that, in the long run, only the faces at the top have changed and the power of love has not replaced the love of power which is the ultimate transformational solution to the ills of human society that sacred activism always sought.

This point of view has been popularized by the phrase «Do your own thing,» and it has resulted in an affirmation of just about every goal imaginable within the plethora of possible objectives that people could choose — pleasure, power, wealth, prestige, even violent activism for social betterment.

So here it goes: In contemporary usage I hear «kingdom» used for two primary dimensions — for public sector social justice activism (I call this «skinny jeans» because a pastor told me a story about his social justice associates who wore skinny jeans) and for seeing kingdom as God's redemptive power unleashed wherever that power is unleashed (again, I call this pleated pants kingdom because of the same story).

As Cardinal Bea explained, «There is no desire for power, no earthly interest, no mere activism, no routine, but the true spirit of Christ.»

Ahhh!!!!! Hopefully, the power of internet activism will counteract this propoganda.

Cultural factors need to be addressed, which is where the power of the brelfie and social media campaigns can — and do — have a really positive effect in shifting attitudes and encouraging activism on the issue.

A central theme of Kurland's campaign has been her willingness to take on established powers in the city, an approach typified by her 2009 challenge to Quinn's reelection and her tireless activism around the St. Vincent's issue.

Komen ran into the power of citizen - activism, for one thing.

With increasing debate and rhetoric around the influence and power of digital activism, what will the future be for this form of mobilisation if misinformed commentary or ill - conceived use of digital tools and networks attempt to undermine it?

He charted a course between the anti-austerity activism demanded by the left and the emollient accommodation with conservative sensibilities urged on him by veterans of Tony Blair's march to power in the mid-1990s.

«Government, political power seekers and holders have also connived to castrate the hitherto vibrant civil society segment with outright infiltration and poisoned carrots in the form of feigned activism and political positions.»

After he moved to San Francisco and participated in Kenneth Rexroth (TM) s Scott Street Salons, Ferlinghetti (TM) s pacifism and skepticism of the power of state materialized into his unique brand of political activism.

We believe in the power of social activism to generate social, political, economic and environmental change.

The pairing of Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn in the first movie to be given permission to film inside the United Nations building ignites the handsome political thriller «The Interpreter» into an engrossing but sometimes overcomplicated drama about power, genocide, political activism and terrorism.

It's not activism, although the film's outrage about the abuse of power at various levels is palpable.

It's not an act of activism, either, although the film's outrage about the abuse of power of the local police and the intentionally blind eyes of the state police, as well as the armed forces, is palpable.

The group ultimately targets the Black Power Desk, a real - life counter-intelligence unit within Special Branch that aims to crush all forms of black activism.

The 49th NAACP Image Awards Feb. 15 celebrated actors from «Get Out,» «Power,» and host Anthony Anderson's own «Black - ish» while also honoring the activism of performers Danny Glover and Charlie Wilson.

Warchus and Beresford have made an unashamed love letter to activism, to the working - class, and most importantly, the power of solidarity between the oppressed, making a strong case that the events it depicts were a major turning point for the gay rights movement in the U.K. (where gay marriage became law earlier this year, passed by a right - wing government no less).

As an example of the power of white activism, Warren repeatedly highlights the impact tens of thousands of white volunteers contributed to Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

This form of soft power activism is new for chiefs in two ways.

The spring issue of American Educator on supporting students and families all year and the power of union activism.

So, what can adults — parents, educators — do to lead girls to a more accurate idea of power and activism?

What would really jump - start Parent Power activism was a move in 2009 that no one among the rest of the school reform movement would have thought possible.

Kalimah Priforce, whose first activism was a hunger strike at age eight, and Kimberly Bryant, a successful engineer turned founder of Black Girls Code, are organizing large - scale hackathons preparing youth to redesign the future through the power of coding.

The current activism and political landscape across the country has brought increased attention to the power of black women voters and the 2017 Atlanta and East Point mayoral elections of Keisha Lance Bottoms and Deana Holiday Ingraham were historic for black women.

This article encourages educators to leverage the visibility of young Parkland activists to talk about the power of youth activism past and present — including activism overlooked by the media.

Following a non-linear narrative, the film brings together mainstream network news, activist footage, artists» works, and popular entertainment, referencing regimes of power that precipitated a generation of AIDS and queer activism and continues today with international struggles for freedom and expression.

In Part I of II, Nato Thompson, Creative Time artistic director, and author of Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the 21st Century, talks about: Being on the radio (the Leonard Lopate Show) with Vito Acconci; living in Philadelphia, a city he loves...

These elements will take on New York City, unfolding throughout the duration of Performa 17 to immerse audiences in powerful messages grounded in activism, feminism, and community while exploring the role and power of mass media.

Through a varied practice utilizing sculpture, performance, video, and activism, Reyes explores the power of individual and collective organization to incite change through communication, creativity, happiness, and humour.

In the lead - up to A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum, we began a series of conversations amongst ourselves and our colleagues about the connections (or disconnections) between women of color and both mainstream feminism and the Black Power movement, activism in and out of the art world, art history, and the Brooklyn Museum itself.

Bring in the Reality presents works at the intersection of storytelling and activism in a variety of media to «speak truth to power.»

Examining the migration of black visual artists to Los Angeles, she discloses the geography of artistic invention against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, Black Power and arts activism, and violent unrest.

Barbara Kruger will open the first week with her Untitled series, adapting her directive slogans into six modes of messaging and Zanele Muholi will employ the power of imagery as activism presenting her photography city - wide.

By juxtaposing mainstream network news, activist footage, artists» work, and popular entertainment from the last turbulent decades, Untitled references regimes of power that precipitated a generation of AIDS and queer activism and continues today with international struggle and expression.

Fifty years ago the Black Panther Party was created, fighting for «power to the people» with a mix of political activism, militancy, progressive community programs and pop culture awareness.

«In Part 1 of 2, Los Angeles artist and activist Kysa Johnson talks about: the various platforms and outlets for her activism, and how donating money, signing petitions and watching protest - based movies gave way to attending the initial protest in L.A., the Women's March in Washington, a protest at LAX airport, artist political group meetings, [and] phone calls to Congress; how her «being active» was a necessary reaction to the extreme change in the political landscape, and how protests... matter because the visibility and solidarity of resistance is a key arm of resistance that lets those in power know that you're angry.»

Through a varied practice utilizing sculpture, performance, video, and activism, Reyes explores the power of individual and collective organization to incite change through communication, creativity, happiness, and humor.

These ideas — the power of socially engaged art, the history and legacy of feminist tactics and methods of making art, and the collective consciousness found in art activism — all were at the core of every Guerrilla Girls project I'd worked on: the Girls in Ireland, teaching at MCAD, and what would become the Guerrilla Girls Takeover, happening across Minnesota from now until March.

We also observed the role of artistic collectives, the power of art activism, how process was as important as the end result (the art object), and the role that feminist art methodologies played (and plays) in what we understand as contemporary practice today.

I've identified at least one way to generate pollution free power (waste heat recycling) and suggested (to your clear disagreement) that it's possible that market forces, including investor and management activism could identify solutions and that certifying groups could set standards of «green» activity that could be adopted by industries.

The December gathering, just across the Hudson from the mountain, in Garrison, centered on a lecture by the University of Oklahoma historian Robert D. Lifset, laying out the observations in «Power on the Hudson: Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American Environmentalism,» his rich new history of that event and how it shaped environmental activism and law ever since.

James E. Hansen, the NASA scientist who has moved ever more into the arena of environmental activism after four decades of climate research, has called on the public to join him at a large demonstration on global warming March 2 at an antiquated power plant supplying the Capitol with electricity and heat from a mix of coil, oil and natural gas.