Sentences with phrase «racial justice and equality»

But I trust that as a democrat, the party that stands for racial justice and equality of opportunity, he will see that the right question is whether a public school is successful and equally available to all, not how it came into being.

Not exact matches

WDN marshals resources for a number of issues — like reproductive justice, racial equity, and economic opportunity — but the cause closest to Hall's heart is civic equality for women.

«It's even more important that Uber build a company that reflects the multi-racial, multi-cultural character of Oakland and the East Bay community, and its tradition of advocating for racial equality and economic justice.»

What will establish Madiba's giant stature in history was not only his prolonged fight for social justice and racial equality, but his determination, following the end of the apartheid regime, that there would be reconciliation, not revenge.

The eight criteria of a «mature faith» include these: «Holds life - affirming values, including commitment to racial and gender equality, affirmation of cultural and religious diversity, and a personal sense of responsibility for the welfare of others,» and «Advocates social and global change to bring about greater social justice.»

They embrace racial and economic justice and creation care; they affirm the full dignity and equality of women; they take for granted that faithful Christians must embrace evangelism and social action; and they hold to a biblical sexual ethic while vigorously opposing mistreatment of LGBT people and defending their appropriate civil rights.

BME teachers said the number one priority for securing better progress towards racial justice in schools and colleges should be mandatory racial equality training for all teachers.

«The NASUWT and its members will continue to act for equality and for racial justice in our schools, colleges and in our communities.»

We know racial justice is a worker issue, that racial equality is a union goal: we can not win at work when race divides us, nor does fairness truly exist when some of us are profiled at home, targeted on the streets, and treated unequally in the courts.

BlackLivesMatter was Tweeted 9 million times this year, and the hashtag that started on social media, has become a social calling card for social justice and racial equality activists across the U.S. Thanks for Signing Up!

Using the greatest hits blueprint, one would think any big - time film treatment about Thurgood Marshall, an American hero for racial equality, has to include Brown vs. Board of Education and his ascension to become the first black U.S. Supreme Court justice.

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When I served as student body president at AU and began working on the issues I had always cared about — gender equity, racial justice, opportunity regardless of economic background, and, yes, LGBTQ equality — it became clear that making a difference in the world wouldn't diminish or dilute my own pain and incompleteness.

Durant grew up in the Boston area, and exposure to an educational culture emphasizing democratic ideals, racial equality, and social justice created the framework for his artistic perspective.

On display are documents of the organizing and shaping of the transformative fight for racial equality and justice in the United States from the 1960s to the 1970s, as captured by the unblinking eye of surveillance.

Recently, ballet companies have been denounced for uncritically perpetuating traditions at odds with contemporary society and notions of racial diversity, equality, and social justice.

Though always engaged with themes relating to social justice and racial equality in his work, Lewis turned to a more abstract, personal expression in the mid-1940s after joining Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning — the group of downtown artist who would become the Abstract Expressionists.

What it means is that climate is not isolated from other issues such as gender equality or economic and racial justice, because causality runs both ways: those who are oppressed in other ways are precisely those who are vulnerable to the worst effects of climate change, and precisely those who are least responsible for its occurrence.

Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans.

Below I explore two issues — the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) and the criminal justice system — and show that equality and fairness before the law remains a problem in this country for Indigenous Australians.

In particular, States have an obligation in article 5 of ICERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, [17] the right to freedom of religion [18], and the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

(a) the guarantees of equality before the law and racial non-discrimination [34] in article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights («ICCPR») and articles 2 and 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination («CERD»), in particular the obligation in article 5 of CERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of (a) the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, (d)(v) the right to own property alone as well as in association with others [35], and (d)(vii) the right to freedom of religionracial non-discrimination [34] in article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights («ICCPR») and articles 2 and 5 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination («CERD»), in particular the obligation in article 5 of CERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of (a) the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, (d)(v) the right to own property alone as well as in association with others [35], and (d)(vii) the right to freedom of religionRacial Discrimination («CERD»), in particular the obligation in article 5 of CERD to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of (a) the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, (d)(v) the right to own property alone as well as in association with others [35], and (d)(vii) the right to freedom of religionracial discrimination and to guarantee the right of everyone to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of (a) the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice, (d)(v) the right to own property alone as well as in association with others [35], and (d)(vii) the right to freedom of religion [36];