Sentences with phrase «rights leaders across»

Reps. Nydia Velázquez and Joe Crowley say federal immigration agents appear to be «targeting» a number of «immigrant rights leaders across the United States,» and demanded a sit - down with agency brass about «the rash of enforcement actions.»

These lawyers, pastors, journalists, and human rights leaders across China are trying out the strategies of the historic American civil rights movement, using litigation, media publicity, and nonviolent protests.

Not exact matches

Yet despite their suspicion of the public and doubts about the government's willingness to defend their religious rights, tribal leaders across North America are increasingly critical of Native and non-Native «medicine teachers» who proclaim themselves the carriers of revelation and special power.

The established dislike of Miliband resonates with the right - wing media portrayal of the Labour Leader as «Odd Ed» or «Red Ed» — a portrayal which has solidified into conventional wisdom across the media.

Amidst attacks on reproductive rights across the nation, New York can demonstrate what we already know to be true — that both New York voters and their elected leaders support full equality for women, including the right to choose.»

Just one day after Mayor Bill de Blasio appeared at City Hall with a bevy of business leaders to push for extending mayoral control of New York City schools, the state Senate education committee held its second hearing on the issue right across the street.

This event will be a «conversation on issues including voting rights, Black Lives Matter, youth and education, and how leaders can work across public and private sectors to solve society's problems.»

The group's statement read in part, «We therefore call on President Buhari, governors of the South - East, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, opinion leaders, and human rights groups to engage IPOB and other self - determination groups in fruitful dialogue that will address their grievances and permanently end agitation across Nigeria.

«We are calling on men and women of good conscience across the globe, Amnesty International and relevant human rights organizations to prevail on the Attorney General of the Federation and the judicial commission to drop the fabricated charges preferred against our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and others detained illegally alongside him in Kuje Prison because they committed no offense against anybody or Nigeria state».

Zoosk is an online dating app and a market leader in mobile dating, available in over 80 countries and over 25 languages; Zoosk specializes in helping singles across the globe find the right person for them by providing personalized dating experience using latest technology.

Travelling from schools right across the UK, the teams of students aged 10 to 18 will come together in London to pitch in front of a panel of judges comprised of industry leaders and high profile figures, such as digital entrepreneur Baroness Martha Lane Fox, Tech City CEO Gerard Grech and TV presenter Davina McCall.

So while this Scott Morgan may not be a marijuana - rights activist, a musician, or a rugby player, I am honored to be part of a high - impact organization — powered not by a cape but by an amazing team and board, an equally amazing alumni network of 2,000 leaders, and partnerships with 180 education organizations across the country — working for an all - important cause on behalf of underserved students and our nation.

The idea is that, in order to develop effective leaders across the depth and breadth of the company, you need the right type of simulation toolset.

In the face of change, charter leaders need to be clear how roles, responsibilities, and decision rights across the organization will evolve — and why.

Much has changed in recent times and the role and influence of school leadership has increased as our schools and school leaders have started to take up the responsibility for school improvement not just in their own schools, but right across the system.

The DfE has stated that the leaders — who were elected by their peers across the country — «were chosen because they have the right experience and local knowledge to take on this important role».

This program turns research on effective district leadership into guidance that ensures all leaders across a district are focused on the right practices.

This Saturday, thousands of New York City teachers will be in Washington, D.C., with the parents, community groups and clergy with whom we work so closely, our friends in the civil rights movement, elected leaders from the City Council and state Legislature and tens of thousands of others from across the nation for a historic march for jobs and justice on the eve of the unveiling of the new Martin Luther King Jr..

The gap between official statistics and the perceptions of the profession seems vast; school leaders across the country report that they are struggling to fill vacancies with suitably qualified permanent staff, right at the time when they face increasing numbers of pupils, higher accountability standards and more demands on subject specialisms.

We work with school leaders across the country and support them in asking questions that help design the right professional development for their teachers.

Jen also continued to build a movement by growing a community engagement team that visited nearly 50,000 homes across Connecticut, trained hundreds of volunteers and grew new alliances with faith leaders, education, business and civil rights organizations.

To help with new Parent and Family Engagement requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and to meet the civil rights obligations of schools in working with Limited English Proficient (LEP) and English Learner (EL) families across the state of Maine, leaders in the Maine Department of Education are partnering with TransACT ® Parent Notices to provide all 266 local education agencies representing thousands of schools and teachers with unlimited access to expertly written parent notifications that meet legal requirements and guidance on required audiences, and recommended timelines.

Given that education is the civil rights issue of our time, LEE is attempting to build the capacity of former teachers and education leaders to make educational equity a reality in underserved communities across this great nation.

Unfortunately, despite the efforts of civil rights leaders like Moses and education reformers across the country there are still too many kids of color that are not receiving the education they deserve.

«Teacher leaders from across the state took decisive action today to strengthen the organization's position on the right of parents to opt their children out of high - stakes standardized tests and re-elect CEA President Sheila Cohen and Vice President Jeff Leake overwhelmingly.

«I think it's particularly important right now for education leaders across the country to mount information campaigns to help Americans understand what the purpose of the standards are and some of the ramifications that they'll see with their children in the schools,» he said in a talk with reporters before the release of the poll results on Wednesday.

The website of The Wall Street Journal is the top source for public affairs information among business leaders, professionals, and by center - right influentials, and Politico is read daily by political leaders and staffers across partisan lines.

Success, however, will ultimately depend on environmental advocates joining with moderates and right - of - center leaders in pushing for a range of smaller scale policy actions across levels of government.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning, 48 environmental, civil rights, and community leaders from across the country joined together for a historic display of civil disobedience at the White House where they demanded that President Obama deny the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and address the climate crisis.

And finally, D'Arcy Jenish writes about the October Crisis of 1970 in Legion Magazine (September, 2010) that «Tommy Douglas, leader of the federal New Democratic Party, accused Trudeau of using «a sledgehammer to crack a peanut,» and as well «A quarter of a century later, in a memoir published in 1996, longtime Conservative aide and adviser Hugh Segal wrote that «Civil liberties, including the right to free assembly, the right to free speech and other fundamental rights (were) suspended across the land.

These meetings bring together leaders from across the region, representing such fields as the arts, business, education, engineering, environment, faith, human rights, labor, law, the judiciary, media, military, public health, public safety, and law enforcement.

Law school faculty and students will collaborate with scholars in other disciplines from across the UCLA campus, and the institute will train the next generation of human rights leaders and develop strategies to address crises around the globe.

Late last year we asked senior leaders across Snap to look closely at their teams to ensure they had the right resources and organizations to support their missions.

Apple CEO Tim Cook was in Birmingham, Ala. on Wednesday, marking both the 50th anniversary of the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and the rollout of Apple's Swift programming curriculum across all Alabama Community College (ACCS) branches.

As an IT leader and the driving force behind innovation in your business, it should be your top priority to ensure your teams have the right mix of skills across the project life - cycle, especially if you intend to maintain resources beyond the initial stages of digital transformation.

«At a time when politicians across the country insist on politicizing women's health, Massachusetts must become a leader in promoting and expanding access to women's health and protecting reproductive rights,» Sampson said.

With one month until New Jersey election, Phil Murphy leads on women's health issues Women leaders across the state say Murphy is the only gubernatorial candidate committed to women's reproductive health and rights