Sentences with phrase «social activists such»

But it is also thanks to social activists such as Odede and Posner that small steps are being taken to make Kibera a better place to live.

The mountaintop experience, in the lives of great social activists such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., motivates them to descend from the mountain and work for the transformation of the world.

Not exact matches

It offers such metaphors of the Christian life as «ambassador for Christ» — a favorite of evangelicals — and «citizen of God's commonwealth,» a favorite of social activists.

But the activists, such as the biblical prophets, claim that the life of social concern is thoroughly religious, and they make «doing justice» the very heart of any authentic religious relation to the sacred mystery of God.

Such projects are typically of a social activist mode that was accurately described as «left over from the sixties.»

A coalition of social justice and community activists Thursday demanded that Buffalo lawmakers override Mayor Byron W. Brown's plans to increase the city's police department budget by $ 500,000, arguing that such an increase is unjustifiable given what they characterized as the department's poor record on solving homicides and making residents feel safe.

The demo in 2003 took a lot of organisation, by numerous individuals, activists, anti-war organizations, all connected through personal contacts as well as social movements such as the European Social Forum and World Social Forum, which were platforms for discussion and organissocial movements such as the European Social Forum and World Social Forum, which were platforms for discussion and organisSocial Forum and World Social Forum, which were platforms for discussion and organisSocial Forum, which were platforms for discussion and organisation.

Using the Google Hangout's chat function, participants such as Joe Kerns, co-founder of the start - up Roundview.co and a volunteer with the New York City Code for America brigade betaNYC, and Chris Whong, a data solutions activist at Socrata who is co-captain of betaNY, asked questions about the degree to which information about constituent services prompted by social media and other avenues is available as public data for analysis.

The activists sent a letter to NYPD inspector general Phil Eure, asking him to probe questions such as how a person is put in its gang database, how a person can challenge placement and how social media like Facebook and Instagram are used to collect intelligence.

As well as using standard social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, political activists make use of live audio and video streaming sites, including Audioboo and Bambuser, to keep the world up to date with news from the front line.

Perhaps leaders of the NAEA push an activist agenda not because they want arts teachers to become activists themselves, but because they believe that high - sounding epithets such as «social justice» and noble visions of «equity» will advance the cause of arts education.

Prior to NYOT, Jessica worked as a technology consultant for global brands such as Accenture and Deloitte, and has been named an Entrepreneur in Residence at General Assembly, a 2015 Wells Fargo Millennial Activist, a 2015 Camelback Ventures Social Innovation Fellow, a 2016 Points of Light Civic Accelerator Entrepreneur, a 4.0 Schools Launch Entrepreneur, a JPMorganChase Global Enterprise Technology Leader, a Morgan Stanley Emerging Leader, a Deloitte Future Leaders Apprentice, and one of 50 Visionary Women Leaders to Watch in 2015 by Innov8t iv Magazine.

Because movement conservatives of that time such as William F. Buckley Jr., and Barry Goldwater didn't view state - sanctioned racism as the great moral question that it was, because their fetish for preserving tradition led them to believe that the federal government didn't have the obligation to address segregation, because of their concerns about communism and the expansion of federal government, and because they viewed the civil disobedience by activists such as Martin Luther King (as well as their push to force social change) as an affront to the order they craved, they essentially gave succor to Jim Crow segregationists even if that wasn't their original intent.

Such a change could create a new generation of web - savvy micro activists, who control only a handful of shares but understand how to use social networking media to influence boards, much like Jackson does with Ironfire Capital and his blog.

Unfortunately, the history of «animal rights» advocacy includes many dozens and perhaps hundreds of examples of self - declared «animal rights» activists who have been criminally convicted of harassing others via telephone, graffiti, and social media, and probably thousands of instances of «animal rights» activists getting away with such behavior.

Social media is a fantastic tool for activists and is used effectively by many such as Lil Olive, whose passing and legacy I wrote about recently.

In their 2012 Corporate Social Responsibility Report Galen Weston says, «We are engaging with industry experts and activists on the best solutions to animal welfare challenges such as sow stalls and improved housing environments for laying hens.»

Many of them are significant figures, but not widely known, such as scholar and social critic Harold Cruise (whose portrait graces the cover of the catalog); artist Faith Ringgold; Ron Kajiwara, a graphic designer at Vogue magazine; and civil rights activists James Farmer and Hugh Hurd, who was also an actor.

• A new site - specific installation by social practice artist and disability activist Carmen Papalia, premiering at the BCMA, which will consist of performance documentation such as text - based banners, photographs, and other ephemera reflecting the artist's collaboration with members of the campus community on the subject of nonvisual learning.

Nonetheless, their stance is activist, questioning issues such as accessibility, community, social justice, authorship and much more.

To be eligible, artists need 20 or more years investment in their practice, live in Houston or an adjacent county, and meet specific criteria such as contributing to the community as an educator and / or social activist, having maintained long term affiliations with an arts organization, and more.

By the same token, Purifoy's work as a social activist and an artist points to 21st century concerns and is evident of a stance taken by younger artists such as Theaster Gates and Andrea Zittel.»

Simpson continues to influence the legacy of black artists today by speaking with artists and activists such as the Art Hoe Collective, a group of young women using social media to give marginalized groups a safe platform to broadcast their artwork.

Although such processes may be beneficial for communities whose goal is social cohesion (e.g., a religious or activist movement), they can be devastating for scientific communities by leading to widely - accepted claims that reflect the scientific community's blind spots more than they reflect justified scientific conclusions.

«Although such processes may be beneficial for communities whose goal is social cohesion (e.g., a religious or activist movement), they can be devastating for scientific communities»

Medha Patkar, 1992 Goldman Environmental Prize recipient for Asia and well - known Indian social activist, points to the vast increases in population around Pune and zealous development aiming to create a mega city in the region as the main culprits behind such a significant cut in water supply.