Sentences with phrase «serves as a civil rights»

Mr. Gomez serves as a Civil Rights Specialist for the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in its Lakewood, Colorado, Resource Center, where he performs work in various civil rights areas, but his main focus is disability law, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Serve as Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator for organization, responsible for all non discrimination policies and resolution of breaches of said policies within the organization.

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As a student, he was active in the Civil Rights movement and served as an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King, JrAs a student, he was active in the Civil Rights movement and served as an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jras an usher at the funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr..

Her act served as a symbol for the civil rights movement and springboard for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Prior to joining Calvert in 2005, Ms. Lasdon served as Deputy Director of Research for People for the American Way Foundation, where she published research on civil rights and civil liberties issues.

William Sloane Coffin's Once to Every Man (Atheneum) recounts the rich career of an activist clergyman who served as chaplain at Yale University for 17 years, during which time he was involved in civil rights demonstrations in the south, student work camps in Africa, Peace Corps training in Puerto Rico, and antiwar protests in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere.

Mr. Walmsley, rector of St. Paul's Church (Episcopal) in New Haven, Connecticut, served for ten years as director of the Episcopal Church's national program in the field of social action and civil rights.

Remember Justice Kennedy's astonishing words in Lawrence v. Texas about the word liberty in our Constitution, the words which will serve to justify the emerging right to same - sex marriage and even the deconstruction of civil marriage itself as an oppressive constraint on the individual:

The dilemma of the Protestant Churches in America as they seek to serve the American people and American society is most clearly revealed in the civil rights struggle since World War II.

The NFL Players» Union issued a statement defending its members right to free speech, saying «It is a source of enormous pride that some of the best conversations about these issues have taken place in our locker rooms in a respectful, civil and thoughtful way that should serve as a model for how all of us can communicate with each other.

For many years, Ms. Bazán served as a member and was Chair of the National Council of La Raza, the nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization.

Wait a minute, since you and your bigoted friends aren't really talking about taking away citizenship from our gay brothers and sisters (it would be a civil war if you tried, I'm not gay and I would fight against you), how could you take away any of their «God» given rights as a citizen, you know the same «God» given rights that you and your patriotic friends enjoy (I am assuming that you and everyone else that feels like you have served our great country in uniform just like me and my gay brothers and sister have done, are doing and will do).

And during every war from the Revolution War to Vietnam, African Americans served as soilders for a country that denied them their full civil rights.

Clegg lives in Woodstock and has worked as a civil rights attorney and serves as chair of the Ulster County Human Rights Commirights attorney and serves as chair of the Ulster County Human Rights CommiRights Commission.

He served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War II and was a civil rights freedom rider who challenged racial segregation laws that denied blacks the right to use public facilities, like restaurants and hotels.

In a boiling decade when the civil rights movement was in full swing and police were clashing with African - Americans across the nation, Lindsay believed the NYPD needed a Civilian Complaint Review Board to serve as a check on their power and show the public, particularly minorities, that a white police force could be held accountable by unbiased people outside the department.

Haren's past work includes working on civil rights and constitutional law cases while serving as chief counsel to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D - Calif.)

Democratic Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant said Paladino's remarks served as a reminder there's still work left to do on the civil rights front, adding: «It sends a message that we have a got long way to go, we're not there yet.»

The event was organized by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), and attendees included civil rights activist Linda Sarsour; Fatoumata Waggeh of African Communities Together; City Comptroller Scott Stringer; and José Rolando Matalón, who serves as the Senior Rabbi at Manhattan's B'nai Jeshurun synagogue.

Cuomo has also appointed members of racial and ethnic minorities to important positions, including Assemblyman Darryl Towns (a former chairman of the caucus) as commissioner of Homes and Community Renewal; Mylan Denerstein serves as counsel to the governor and Alphonso David serves as Cuomo's deputy secretary for civil rights.

«She was a hard - working, substantive lawyer with deep roots in the community,» said Andrew G. Celli Jr., a founding partner at Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady who served as the chief of the civil rights bureau from 1999 to 2003 under the former attorney general, Eliot Spitzer.

He also served as a legal intern with the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Office of Manhattan Borough President Ruth Messinger, Judge David Trager of the Eastern District of New York and the Civil Rights Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

The civil rights activist has served as a spokesman for the family of Garner — a 43 - year - old Staten Island man whose chokehold death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner following a July 18 attempt to arrest him for allegedly selling loose cigarettes — and is also heavily involved in the case of Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Mo..

With Cuomo: Served as the executive deputy attorney general for social justice for entire attorney general term, handling cases related to civil rights, environmental protection, health care and labor.

Afterward, almost the entire 48 - member Democratic delegation stood and joined Brooklyn Councilman Robert Cornegy in intoning «Lift Every Voice and Sing,» a rousing spiritual that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People christened the «Negro National Anthem» in 1920, and which served as soundtrack to the 20th century Civil Rights Movement.

After serving as Manhattan borough president from 1966 to 1977, Sutton became an African - American broadcasting pioneer by purchasing radio stations WLIB and WBLS, launching the first radio chain aimed at black listeners, civil rights leader Al Sharpton said Sunday.

«Articulating what the right to science means in practice has the potential to serve as a watershed moment by providing the basis for governments and civil society, including the scientific community, to assess the extent to which any government is adequately supporting a robust scientific enterprise,» Wyndham said in her presentation.

by Bryant Frazer Very early on in Blue Streak, as Miles Logan, the character portrayed by a fast - talking Martin Lawrence, co-opts Dr. Martin Luther King's famous «I Have a Dream» speech to describe his own civil rights movement upon getting released from the joint after serving time for his role in a botched jewel heist, it's clear the film is aiming for giddy irreverence.

The film chronicles the life of a sharecropper's son who served as butler to seven US presidents during the tragedies and triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement.

On top of serving as an ode to civil rights, Death Wish was well made, entertaining, and nearly deranged in its simplicity.

You may assume empathy and even genuinely feel empathy, but for whatever reason, be it unfamiliarity or decades of pop culture that make you assume how everyone acts, your interactions prove to be little more than micro-aggressions that serve as a biting reminder of the clear power divide despite living in a post Civil Rights America.

06, Ed.D.» 11, is serving as counsel of record for the Civil Rights Project at UCLA in an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, brief filed for a case set to be argued before the United States Supreme Court.

And today the City of St. Jude has an incredible history — it served as the final campsite for the Selma - to - Montgomery march, the two eldest children of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King were born at the hospital, and many of my students» relatives were active in the civil rights movement.

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As the longest serving director of the governmental organization, she played important roles in creating high caliber career development programs for civil rights professionals to better serve the state's increasingly diverse population, and balanced aggressive enforcement of civil rights laws with the need to advance civil rights social collaboration.

«We are thrilled that the Ed School has selected us for the work that we have done over many decades — work that has included the creation of curriculum for classroom use, national surveys to document the extent of the problem, development of teaching training materials, and, when necessary, serving as expert witnesses in federal lawsuits when school districts have been reluctant to grant civil rights to their students,» Stein says.

The President has yet to nominate anyone to serve as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, preferring to appoint an «acting assistant secretary» in order to avoid the Senate confirmation process.

Founded in 2000 as the state's first independent public charter school, Highlander was named after the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee, a historic institution that has served as a training ground for grassroots activists — including Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. — since the earliest days of the civil rights movement.

Last year's equity DCL was signed by the assistant secretary for civil rights, Catherine E. Lhamon, who prior to joining OCR had served as lead attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union in a major California school - finance civil rights, Catherine E. Lhamon, who prior to joining OCR had served as lead attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union in a major California school - finance Civil Liberties Union in a major California school - finance case.

Emma Brown of the Washington Post reports that Candice E. Jackson will serve as acting assistant secretary for civil rights in the Department of Education.

In 1999, at only 27, he was appointed by President William Clinton to the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, where he served as senior policy officer.

In addition to being a partner at Civil Rights Solutions, Renita Thukral serves as the Sr..

They have been cited for abusive discipline practices, such as suspending 5 - year - olds and violating the civil rights of students with disabilities, failing to serve needy populations, such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities, and even financial fraud, mismanagement and self - dealing scandals.

Even before King and the civil rights era, teaching served as one of the on - ramps to the middle class for Black professionals and a source of great dignity and social respect.

His community involvement includes serving as a member of his town's election commission, and the advisory boards for Mississippi Kids Count, the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, and the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

«For more than three years, Commissioner Cerf has served New Jersey as one of the most passionate and articulate voices for the greatest civil rights challenge of our time: delivering a high quality education for every child in our state, regardless of zip code or socioeconomic status,» Christie said in a statement.

Save for a few NAACP branches (including its affiliate in Connecticut, have stepped up in the discussions over Gov. Dan Malloy's school reform effort, and advocated on behalf of Bridgeport mother Tanya McDowell, who will serve five years for trying to provide her child with a high - quality school), the nation's oldest civil rights group offers nothing substantial on addressing issues such as ending Zip Code Education policies, expanding school choice, addressing childhood illiteracy, and revamping how teachers are recruited, trained, paid, and evaluated (especially when it comes to bringing more black men into the teaching profession).

He served as a member of the National Assessment Forum, a coalition of education and civil rights organizations advocating reforms in nationa, state and local assessment policies and practices.

As news of the NAACP's shifting stance on public charter schools circulated on progressive blogs, Twitter and other outlets, the disparate reactions revealed deep divisions among civil rights groups and education leaders over the role charter schools should play in serving kids of color.

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