Sentences with phrase «rally calling on»

Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, attends a rally calling on the U.S. Attorney to investigate the death of Ramarley Graham at the hands of police officers on Jan. 12, 2016.

Meanwhile, education advocates on Tuesday began their lobbying efforts with a rally calling on more equitable funding for high - needs schools across the state.

Also at 12:45 p.m., Coalition of Westchester organizations hold a press conference and rally calling on the court to enforce a 2009 desegregation order ahead of a hearing this afternoon on remedies to hold the county accountable for allegedly breaching its 2009 Consent Decree with HUD, steps of U.S. District Court, 500 Pearl St., Manhattan.

At noon, five months to the day after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Make the Road New York will hold a rally calling on FEMA and Congress to deliver the aid and resources thousands of Puerto Ricans desperately need to recover, FEMA Offices, 285 Fulton St., Manhattan.

Large charter networks and their influential affiliates, like Families for Excellent Schools, have held massive rallies calling on the state to lift the cap and have spent millions on cap - related lobbying and advertising.

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She, along with several of her classmates, have held gun control rallies in their Florida community and called on government officials to act now to prevent future mass shootings from taking place.

The Republican presidential nominee held a campaign rally in Ryan's home state of Wisconsin on Monday in which the crowd chanted «Paul Ryan sucks» and Trump railed against what he called «corrupt» media and a «rigged» election system — a frequent accusation the Manhattan billionaire has brought up without evidence.

In a CNET report yesterday, a beta startup called Breakr, which says it helps rouse and rally online fandoms, confoundingly claimed responsibility for Alex's ascent — including his now roughly 50,000 Twitter followers and a recent appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

During an appearance on «Squawk Box,» McCarthy, R - Calif., was responding to a question about Trump calling NBC's Chuck Todd a «son of a bitch» at a weekend rally.

You might have 10 percent down side, but your upside is 30, 40 percent — what we call a bear market rally in the name in the next quarter or two,» McDonald said Thursday on «Trading Nation.»

This study should serve as a wake - up call and a rallying cry for customer service teams and call centers who are on the front lines of most companies.

During a memorable appearance on «Squawk Box» in September 2010, the Appaloosa boss sparked the so - called «The Tepper Rally» when he said the Fed's asset - purchase program virtually guaranteed strength in stocks.

Craig's simple rallying call proved effective in bringing our staff on board.

One rabble - rouser, Arianna Huffington, has concocted a remarkable stunt, which she calls the Move Your Money Project, to rally consumers to transfer their deposits from big banks to small community banks across the U.S. Alas, there's no run yet on Citigroup

Austria's chancellor, Christian Kern, called on Monday for an EU - wide ban on Turkish rallies, saying it would take pressure off individual countries.

Rail unions notably called for a rally in Paris» city center to «put pressure on the government» before a key meeting with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe next week.

He also recaps his highly profitable call on the collapse of the housing market back in 2006, and warns that the ongoing easy money - fueled five - year plus rally in global financial markets could «end very badly.»

In the background, a campy»90s pop tune called «Meeting on Manezh,» the location for the rally, blared on repeat.

The so - called Trump rally — the DJIA is up almost 9 percent since Nov 8 — is built on the notion that a business - friendly president whose cabinet is «stocked» with bankers and billionaires will oversee more upward redistribution of growth, along with financial market deregulation.

Ms. Knoop applied for a permit to hold a rally on the steps of the gold - topped, Greek Revival State House in Montpelier and said a group called the Peace & Justice Center handled the liability insurance.

At a Fort Lauderdale anti-gun rally, Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez called «BS» on common objections to gun control — and video of her, too, went viral.

That was the message behind Emma Gonzalez's viral speech at a weekend rally, where the Marjory Stoneman Douglas senior called «BS» on all of the NRA talking points.

«The IBEX has had such a decent rally that now the one that's kind of on the cheap, that would go up the most due to the so - called inflationary fix, would probably at this point be the Shanghai.

In an emotional rally Saturday in Fort Lauderdale, politicians and Marjory Stoneman Douglas students called for a ban on weapons like the one used at the high school, and urged voters to kick out lawmakers who oppose the move or who take money from the National Rifle Association.

The Florida teens call for action arising from their tragedy on February 14 inspired us to rally in solidarity through our Amnesty International Columbus Alternative High School chapter.

In short, aside from some potential for a «clearing rally» to correct the short - term oversold condition of the market, even the low advisory bullishness figures provide little evidence for a «contrary opinion» call on the market.

Rallies are being held across the province to mark the anniversary and call on governments to re-commit to public health care; Darcy will be attending the rally in New Westminster at Sapperton Park.

The other leg is based on the performance the market or a stock market index this leg is gem rally called the equity leg.

From this we inferred that gold prices we set to stage a major rally to a new all time high, so signalled to our subscribers to buy a great deal of out of the money GLD call options to benefit from this rise (more details can be viewed in our full trading records, which is published on our website).

When Bolton Wanderers footballer Fabrice Muamba collapsed during a televised FA Cup match, the most common theme on social media for the following hour was a rallying call to «pray for Muamba».

Pastor Ross Smith of Celebration Church talks about the #Jesus4NZ rally, calling on believers to come together to pray for our nation at Parliament on Tuesday 30 January, 12 pm - 1:30 pm.

Standing in front of the United Methodist Building near the U.S. Capitol, the «Nuns on the Bus,» as they have billed themselves, rallied an excited crowd with stories from the road and a call to action for future protests to protect social programs.

The achievement of the divine intention is inevitable; yet men are called upon to «make the effort» on which depends the future of Western civilization.17 If men must be rallied to «make an effort» in our historical period, an effort which they may fail to make, why may it not be so in every historical period?

In the past three weeks, he has returned home to lead a call for electoral reforms that has earned him instant celebrity, sent a stab of anxiety through the ruling class and raised fears of trouble at a planned rally in Islamabad on Monday.

(CNN)- As President Obama rallies support for a military strike on Syria, Pope Francis condemned chemical weapons and called for an international day of fasting and prayer to press for a peaceful resolution to Syria's escalating civil war.

On Saturday, Silverman hopes that from 10,000 to 20,000 atheists, agnostics, doubters and secularists of all stripes to converge on the National Mall in Washington for what his group calls the Reason RallOn Saturday, Silverman hopes that from 10,000 to 20,000 atheists, agnostics, doubters and secularists of all stripes to converge on the National Mall in Washington for what his group calls the Reason Rallon the National Mall in Washington for what his group calls the Reason Rally.

Regeneration International, a group founded on Bob Rodale's principles of regeneration, held a Cool the Planet, Feed the World rally at a restaurant called Le REcyclerie on Monday evening.

Building on the brand's rallying call to «uncage» bravery in pursuit of passion, this campaign demonstrates how far the impact of creative courage can go.

His career highlights at S.I. include road trips in search of sports on the equator, the world's most dangerous sport and Roman gladiators as the first sports superstars, a lengthy meditation on Don King's hair, the second - ever descent of Africa's Zambezi River, a weighty essay on the 580 - pound sumo wrestler Konishiki, an investigation into the questionable around - the - world run by Robert Garside, a look inside the mind games at the 1987 world chess championship between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in Seville, Spain, three weeks in the Sahara covering the 2002 Paris - to - Dakar Rally, a trudge through Panama's Darien jungle retracing Vasco Núñez de Balboa's 1513 expedition, and a journey into the world of Jeopardy! His essay on George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees» line of succession was called the «scoop of the year» in the 2008 Houghton - Mifflin collection The Best American Sports Writing.

No one would have blamed him if he just called it quits after that final battle with Selig, but instead, he came back, rallied Yankees fans behind him, and put on one of the better age - 39 seasons in the game's history.

Following Arsenal's midweek half - triumph in Munich, experienced midfield Mikel Arteta has issued a rallying call to the rest of the troops encouraging them to put their continental disappointment to the back of their minds and full focus all energy on finishing in the top four to qualify for next season's European Cup, Arteta also guarded his Arsenal teammates of the dangers of heading into Saturday's fixture with Swansea in the wrong frame of mind «On Saturday, if we are not at it, we are going to face a really difficult team which is Swansea away from home.&raquon finishing in the top four to qualify for next season's European Cup, Arteta also guarded his Arsenal teammates of the dangers of heading into Saturday's fixture with Swansea in the wrong frame of mind «On Saturday, if we are not at it, we are going to face a really difficult team which is Swansea away from home.&raquOn Saturday, if we are not at it, we are going to face a really difficult team which is Swansea away from home.»

Whether it's attending a rally (the Mother's Out Front rally I attended a few weeks back was incredible), writing a letter to local administration (Laurel and I have done this several times, both to issue thanks and constructive comments), taking 2 seconds to sign a digital petition (like this one in support of smallholder farmers in Africa), sharing with your loved ones about something you care about (like the FashionABLE Genet scarves shown above), or placing a call to your Representative or Senator (I now plan on doing this more), SPEAK UP.

Supporters and individuals who have experienced speedy trial issues — including Cuomo's ex-wife Kerry Kennedy — held a rally at the Capitol yesterday calling for action on Kalief's Law by the Senate Codes Committee and by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fix New York's speedy trial statute.

He said during Mahama's tenure as president, he had called on citizens to rally behind government actions... «He kept consistently complaining that people have a habit of pouring water on anything he was trying to do without any specifics»

TrueBlueNY, a progressive group, held a rally in New York City today, while the Working Families Party in a statement called on him to resign his leadership post in the midst of the investigation.

Buffalo will serve as the first stop on Sept. 5 in a series of rallies taking at aim what a union calls the «Trump - Walmart agenda.»

Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has said the future of Ghana is bright under President Nana Akufo - Addo, calling on Ghanaians to rally behind him.

Justice Adzakuma was optimistic that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo was going to deliver on his promises and hence called on Ghanaians to rally behind as he takes over the mantle of leadership.

At 6:30 p.m., Queens Councilman Daniel Dromm, transportation advocates and community members hold rally for call for a vote of support by Community Board 4 on DOT's Traffic safety proposal for Queens Boulevard from 74th Street to Eliot Avenue, Sushi Island, 87 - 18 Queens Blvd., Queens.

The Unite union will hold a rally in Westminster today calling on the government to stop the «bonfire of the quangos».