Sentences with phrase «signing open letters»

With «80 + «concerned civic leaders» — including former mayors David Crombie and John Sewell, former UN ambassador Stephen Lewis, a whole slew of famous architects and planners,» (and me) signing open letters, you would think he might read them and reconsider.

These actions can range from signing open letters in defense of institutions and their research, to supporting colleagues who have been harassed or targeted, to informing the public about biomedical and behavioural research in innovative ways.

More than 50 business leaders from around the Houston area signed an open letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott Monday, signaling their opposition to a proposed «bathroom bill» that will target transgender individuals.

Still, on Friday, not many more than 600 had signed the open letter.

When 145 leaders in the technology sector signed an open letter condemning GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, they included a disclaimer: The message reflected only the signees» personal views, and not those of their companies or organizations.

At least 100 biopharma executives from major drug makers like Eli Lilly (lly), Johnson & Johnson (jnj), Bayer, Novartis (nvs), and a slew of biotech CEOs have signed an open letter advocating strategies to get more women involved in the life sciences.

As Cliff explains in his essay today, a compendium of biotech leaders — 166, to be exact — have signed an open letter slamming President Donald Trump's immigration and travel ban targeting Muslims.

Silicon Valley elites came out strongly against candidate Trump, including 140 who signed an open letter claiming he would be bad for innovation.

In 2015, together with Stephen Hawking and other scientific experts, Musk has signed an open letter to the United Nations.

Six of the country's largest investors have signed an open letter calling on asset managers to adhere to a code of conduct, in a move to «rebuild confidence.»

Last month, I signed an open letter to John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.

On Thursday, a group of top tech chiefs — including Timothy D. Cook of Apple, Jeffrey P. Bezos of Amazon and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook — signed an open letter to the president and congressional leaders urging them to preserve the program.

Leading researchers sign open letter saying privacy restrictions «likely to compound the real problem»

On the eve of President Obama's first foreign visit to Canada, a group of over 50 prominent Canadians have signed an open letter telling Obama that the tar sands don't fit in the new energy economy.

The Trade Justice Network joined over 30 labour, environmental, social justice and faith - based organizations in signing an open letter on NAFTA, the environment and climate change.

Some 1,700 health professionals and institutions also have signed an open letter to McDonald's Chief Executive Jim Skinner calling for it to stop marketing junk food to kids.

Tina Beattie signed an open letter in favour of same - sex marriage while the bill was going through parliament.

Thomas Pascoe from Coalition for Marriage and the former Bishop of Rochester Rt Rev Michael Nazir - Ali are among two dozen people to sign an open letter in The Times on Tuesday.

Lady Gaga signed an open letter from the advocacy organization ONE to fight for the right of girls living in poverty to have access to schooling.

Councillor Chris McEleny was one of 100 Catholics who signed an open letter featured in The Herald urging Scots to vote «yes» on Thursday.

Last week, more than 500 evangelical leaders signed an open letter decrying the ban and emphasizing how «compassion and security can coexist, as they have for decades.»

In a cross sector act of cooperation, signatories from 35 representative bodies in the UK food and drink supply chain have signed an open letter calling on the government to make an early agreement on future trade with the Republic of Ireland as the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.

Ironically enough, in an «urgent message» SNA sent to its 55,000 members this week to discourage them from signing an open letter supporting healthier meal standards, the organization reassured school food professionals that it welcomes their «thoughts and concerns.»

So I asked some of my food policy colleagues if they'd be willing to sign an open letter to the FDA and, even before I'd drafted the letter, I was gratified to get the support of many leading food and health experts and organizations.

Leading mother support and health worker organisations in the UK have signed an open letter calling for coordinated action to empower mothers who want to breastfeed.

Yesterday I signed an open letter to the child protection group's chief executive, Peter Wanless, together with other journalists, doctors, academics and campaigners.

Martha Osamor - mother of shadow minister Kate - signed an open letter in support of activists who'd been kicked out of Labour

Actor Mark Ruffalo is one of 100 wealthy New Yorkers who have signed an open letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a last - ditch attempt to get him to change his mind about continuing to tax wealthy state residents at a higher rate to generate revenue to restore some budget cuts.

Last week, Executive Director Charlie King pushed back hard against local Democratic elected officials who signed an open letter to the governor, questioning his progressive credentials and calling on him to end his opposition to extending the millionaire's tax.

A former president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Dutchess County is one of 375 members of the National Academy of Sciences who has signed an open letter to draw attention to the perils of climate change.

Some 39 MPs and peers have signed an open letter calling for Christine Shawcroft to be suspended from the National Executive Committee (NEC).

He was also one of the 103 business leaders to sign an open letter earlier this month stating that a Labour election win would threaten Britain's economic recovery.

Peneston was one of seven New York teachers of the year who signed an open letter to Cuomo saying his education reform proposals would hurt rather than help public schools across the state.

But his choice risks sparking fury after it emerged that she has previously signed an open letter defending activists suspended over the anti-Semitism row.

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► «[M] ore than 300 scholars and scientists, including seven Nobel laureates, have signed an open letter calling on Iran to release [chemist Mohammad Hossein] Rafiee» from its «notorious Evin Prison,» where he has been held «since June 2015, after speaking out in favor of the nuclear deal that was announced a month after he was imprisoned,» Zack Kopplin reported Tuesday at ScienceInsider.

Now, more than 300 scholars and scientists, including seven Nobel laureates, have signed an open letter calling on Iran to release Rafiee.

Earlier this year, a group of concerned scientists and journal publishers signed an open letter known as the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) to encourage review boards and tenure committees to «eliminate the use of journal - based metrics, such as Journal Impact Factors, in funding, appointment, and promotion considerations,» and to encourage the development of alternative metrics (altmetrics) to measure a scientist's research contributions.

They have signed an open letter offering cautious advice for the field of artificial intelligence, which was published this week by the Future of Life Institute, a research organisation in Boston.

Months ago, over 3700 of them signed an open letter to UC President Mark Yudof calling for speedy negotiations.

Almost 40 scientists from 11 countries have signed an open letter to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), the station's parent organization, to protest his «surprising and unexpected dismissal.»

In July, 14 doctors from the islands signed an open letter claiming that leukaemias, cancers and fish poisoning had increased among the 18 000 residents as a result of nuclear contamination.

This risk, although still decades away, is taken increasingly seriously by experts, many of whom signed an open letter coordinated by the Future of Life Institute in January 2015 to direct the future of AI away from potential pitfalls.

Last month, a group of over 50 AI scientists, including those from UC Berkeley and the Max Planck Institute, signed an open letter to the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), announcing a boycott against the university due to its recent partnership with South Korea's largest defense company, Hanwha System, to open a Research Center for the Convergence of National Defense and Artificial Intelligence, which will aim to «develop artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to be applied to military weapons, joining the global competition to develop autonomous arms.»

Cate Blanchett joins stars signing open letter that calls on Australia to protect screen industry

Movie and TV heavyweights including Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman and Lena Dunham are among those to sign an open letter calling for action against gender inequality.

Gugu Mbatha - Raw, Emilia Clarke, Kate Winslet, Tessa Thompson, and many others signed an open letter calling for action.

Over the weekend, nearly 200 female British and Irish stars had signed an open letter calling for an end to sexual harassment in the workplace.

Mindy has signed an open letter that appeared in The Guardian this past Friday condemning the Rohingya ethnic cleansing that is happing in Myanmar.

And in a further gesture of joint female protest co-ordinated with the American Time's Up group formed in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations last autumn, 190 British and Irish actors — including Carey Mulligan, Kate Winslet, Claire Foy, Noma Dumezweni, Emma Thompson, Jodie Whittaker, Sophie Okonedo, Emma Watson and Saoirse Ronan — have signed an open letter of intent, published in the Observer for the first time, and setting out their demands for change.