Sentences with phrase «rights community often»

But, in the Middle East and around the world, Christians are often targeted for persecution in particularly severe ways, and the human rights community often seems not to notice.

Not exact matches

When we start building a community we tend to have a bit of a rough edge, we are figuring things out as we go, getting it right sometimes, getting it wrong often.

Beyond being an incredible song, its chorus became a rallying cry of protesters in the United States — «a kind of comfort that people of color and other oppressed communities desperately need all too often: the hope — the feeling — that despite tensions in this country growing worse and worse, in the long run, we're all gon» be all right,» as Slate culture writer Aisha Harris put it.

Beginning in 2003, the Division of Corporate Finance too often has issued no - action letters omitting shareholder proposals that ask management to undertake a risk assessment or review the financial implications of an array of environmental, community, public health and human rights concerns and issues.

In recent weeks, racial justice activists and civil rights groups have noted that gun violence in black communities, rather than inspiring reform legislation or prompting national outcry, is often framed as the result of black people being unable to control themselves.

And if the secularists doing the balancing are old - fashioned Enlightenment rationalists, the development of this consensus will become one where the rights of the individual remain the ultimate criterion for judging the often conflicting claims of various particular communities.

And religious faiths often inspire individuals and communities to transcend their limitations in acts of reconciliation and justice through human rights campaigns and acts of mercy.

Because the information and entertainment industries serve to consolidate those same structures, in which the voice of the people is not listened to and is often silenced, in which we have to demystify media power, and in which it is necessary to work with the whole community to create structures that allow the right to communication to be expressed in all its fullness.

Though Giambra often blames the local business community for much of his troubles, a one - time merger commission member and former chairwoman of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, Marsha S. Henderson, still believes the county executive was on the right track.

If you want to learn how campaigns ebb and flow, persistence, vision, building wide communities of interest and the rivalries that exist between allies (often worse than with your foes), understanding the political process and how to use it, then this is your go - to book.But my enthusiasm extends beyond the political — right now, I'm reading Claire Tomalin's biography of Dickens.

It's the reason I support African Initiatives, a small international development charity based in Bristol, which brings education, hope and human rights to remote rural communities — the kind of communities in which a girl is often seen as an extra mouth to feed until she is married off in exchange for cattle.»

But it is often these radical life experiences that push prep school children right out of their comfort zones which helps to nurture independence and boost self - confidence as they learn to adapt and appreciate how different communities live, develop and grow.

Schools are often at the center of communities» responses to disaster, putting education reporters right in the mix — assuming they bring pencils and wading boots, that is.

Education «reformers» often proclaim they are carrying on the tradition of great civil rights leaders, employing the rhetoric of that movement while in reality pushing measures that exacerbate inequality and impact most harshly on children and communities of color - like school closures, privatization, and over-testing.

By Shawnta Barnes and David McGuire In their article, «Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools» USA Today noted, «Because most white communities in the 1950s and 1960s preferred white teachers over black ones, court - ordered desegregation often ended the teaching careers of black educators.»

In their article, «Decades after civil rights gains, black teachers a rarity in public schools» USA Today noted, «Because most white communities in the 1950s and 1960s preferred white teachers over black ones, court - ordered desegregation often ended the teaching careers of black educators.»

This odd, dark and often creepy tale of a dysfunctional community and a family that fits right in will keep readers wondering right until the last page.»

Margot — Right, and much has been made of the point that it's really a misnomer to call it * self * publishing when so often the whole community is involved.

I suppose it's true that some sort of change is in order, since you have failed to convince the financial blog community, but as is often the case with you, I'm not at all convinced that you are applying sound reasoning in assuming that the frothy mix of politics is the right place to take your war on passive index investing; which is about the most benign thing a person could do, and one that I am not sure can be outlawed without significant impact on our basic personal freedoms!

So often, we think of our animal welfare communities as focusing solely on local efforts — having more than enough on their plates to deal with right here in Chicago.

There she painted friends, neighbours, casual acquaintances and people she encountered on the street among the immigrant community, and just as often cultural figures connected to Harlem or to the civil rights movement.

«Governments and companies often have legal rights to forests, but communities do not,» the report says.

As part of his leadership, Loure often partners with the Maasai Pastoral Women's Council, an NGO that supports women's rights within the Maasai community.

Also, you need to remember the context, which is often lost in dealing with you; If your position is that 600 some scientists is a lot, and a lot of scientists are likely to be right, mine is that 600 is actually not very many, and further this group of 600 sending some message, may simply be a product of sample bias and not representative of the climate science community as a whole.

Illegal logging is not only decimating the world's forests, it is routinely associated with severe human rights abuses, and members of local communities often pay with their lives if they try to defend their land against unlawful intruders.

The jobs that are created by palm oil plantations do little to benefit local communities as they are often given to migrant workers and are rife with labor rights violations.

Yet an important tool for preventing forest loss is often overlooked: legally recognizing the right of forest communities and indigenous peoples.

This isn't a struggle for Harrison Pensa: even among law firms, which often do more than their fair share of volunteer activities, HP is remarkably committed to public service and community work (take the Thanksgiving Turkey Bowl and the Claude and Elaine Pensa Lecture in Human Rights as just two examples).

As is often the case with condominiums, the rights of the individual owners and residents need to be weighed against what is desirable for the condominium community as a whole.

Sadly, all too often our broken justice system falls short of providing this right, and the consequences of these shortcomings is felt most acutely in low - income communities all across this country,» Sen. Booker said.

So in balancing the need to protect the community against a respondent's right to their home and the implications for an individual — often a young person — who is sought to be made the subject of an ASBO, where a lot of the evidence is going to be hearsay, how should courts address this and, more significantly, how should practitioners present that evidence?

In the IPO filing, Snap wrote: «Even when we have the right solution, it's often in the form of a new product that might take a while for our community to learn how to use.

Similar to how Twitter is now trying to make things right with its user base - who have too often been the victims of harassment, abuse, hate, and threats of violence — the company has been trying to reset relations with its developer community, too.

Speaking up for their community and the right to health often had them branded as trouble - makers.

The progress of a claim and the utilisation of the procedural rights under the Native Title Act often provide a productive forum for Indigenous communities to negotiate with governments and other interested groups in respect of a broad range of issues relevant to the well - being and future viability of Indigenous communities.

Parents of people with special needs often experience additional responsibilities, such as managing challenging behaviors, finding clinics that provide needed services, taking their child to appointments, and advocating for their child's rights in the community.

Families often ask us about the right time to move into an assisted living community.

«Older home owners, in recent years, have been able to sell their large homes in the suburbs and buy an energy - efficient right - sized home, often in walkable communities with a wealth of opportunities for activities and social engagement,» said Jim Chapman, chairman of NAHB's 55 + Housing Industry Council and president of Jim Chapman Communities in Atlanta.