Sentences with phrase «wave of activist»

The tragedy prompted a wave of activist now known as the «Never Again» movement.

The latest wave of activist - investor involvement has led to a record number of spinoffs, divestitures and various other strategic reorganizations in 2014, many of which often elicit cheers from shareholders.

These experiments have a long history, but a new wave of activists have been inspired to seek a local response to federal setbacks to Internet freedom, such as the FCC's decision...

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The appointment of Dauman is also like waving a red flag in front of Viacom's critics — including activist shareholders such as Mario Gabelli and SpringOwl Asset Management.

Ellis - Lamkins is one of a number of activists who have recently moved over to the private sector, seeing more promise in a new wave of socially conscious Silicon Valley startups.

Congress» failure to protect the data of vulnerable users has created real world fears for immigrant rights activists working tirelessly to protect undocumented families facing a wave of deportation under President Trump.

The media attention has resulted in a wave of young, unchurched Australians turning up on Sundays, intrigued by the activities of McKenna and his fellow activists, and the Jesus they say they represent.

Even as the color of rain forests and wetlands enjoys a wave of unprecedented popularity, with everyone from NBC («Green is Universal») to Hertz («Make the world a little greener») wrapping themselves in shades of emerald, pine and avocado, cutting - edge activists and advertisers have begun to look elsewhere.

Old farts like me have no monopoly on talent or skill, and nowadays, wave upon wave of fresh digital activists and advocates join the ranks of internet political practitioners every day.

A site that's designed to wave a red flag in front of a bull, for a fire - up - the - activists campaign for instance, should have a different tone than one that's aimed at journalists, Hill staff and or uncommitted voters.

Finally, look for a wave of innovation to come out of the new breed of organizations (and individual activists) whom Trump has spurred into action... against him.

Again, social media didn't cause the Tunisian Revolution, but they enabled it — without the ability of a small number of activists to pass along shocking news and imagery from the first wave of protests, they might have fizzled out as so many street demonstrations in so many countries have in the past.

Blogads are usually quite inexpensive for the number of people they allow you to reach (though prices on popular blogs have gone up significantly in the past few years), and they're putting you before a targeted audience: activists on a red - meat wave - the - bloody - flag political blog, pacifists on a peace - oriented site, enviros on a green energy blog, and so on.

As many local activists waved signs protesting the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline, she denounced her Republican opponent, former state legislator John Faso of Kinderhook, as a lobbyist for an energy company dealing in fracked gas and promised to «stand up against big polluters who want to pollute our waterways.

Over the past spring and summer, for instance, a few dozen activists with Britain First marched in front of the East London Mosque, waving the Union Jack and carrying white crosses.

The first wave of Field Scale Evaluations saw farms attacked by anti-GM protestors - most notably in July 1999, when 30 Greenpeace activists, led by Lord Peter Melchett, destroyed crops at a farm in Lyng, Norfolk.

(S) everal people familiar with the debate among New York's Islamic activists now claim that the leaders are convinced abandoning the site is preferable to unleashing a wave of bitterness towards Muslims.

Sheehan and the new wave of young Democrats have made their mark: even write - in mayoral candidate and community activist Marlon Anderson has picked up on the new air and says he's open to collaborating with the new mayor.

In his victory speech tonight, Paul — a Republican as well as a favorite of Tea Party activists across the nation - declared, «Tonight there's a Tea Party tidal wave.»

The gathering of several dozen residents, activists and organizations represented the second counter-protest to the waves of anti-police brutality marches that roiled the city after a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black man.

As the Minnesota lawmaker spoke to the GOP state committee on Saturday in Nashua, a line of liberal activists burst into a chant and waved signs that read, «Michele Bachmann, We Insist!

And in response to the wave of press coverage about and activist condemnation of the conditions at those plants, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook took offense at any suggestion that the company is indifferent to the workers in its supply chain.

And yet, this effort has also given way to a new wave of young Herero designers, models, and activists who work to keep their heritage alive — even if that means scandalizing certain purists with sheer skirts, detachable sleeves, and sequin bodices.

Clockwise from top left: A large EU flag is waved across Maidan on 27 November 2013, opposition activist and popular singer Ruslana addresses the crowds on When the Russian Civil War broke out, on 12 February 1918 Yuzovka was part of the Donetsk - Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic.

All proceeds from the event will go towards The Comedy Resistance's mission of to create a comedy platform that transforms a passive political audience to activate voters and activists for a wave of electoral change in 2018 and beyond.

«Two years ago, a group of Washington State families with transgender children banded together with activists and like - minded lawmakers and fought tooth and nail against the wave of anti-trans rights legislation that swept the nation and their home state.»

Then I focus on the politicization of standardized testing, showing how a larger wave of student protests in 2011 creates opportunities for activists to frame test - based accountability as a pernicious market technology.

[1] Each wave of reform has been led by different combinations of leaders and stakeholders: government officials, educators, parents, and activists (focused on equity); business leaders and policymakers (focused on excellence / accountability); and parents (focused on choice and pushing back against assessment).

Although it seems to be petering out, has the wave of share buybacks been in part a pre-emptive reaction to activist investors?

The third wave of feminists that emerged in the»90s allied with queer theorists and activists of color — and dismissed the previous generation's feminism as too straight, white and privileged.

The curators of We Wanted a Revolution, the museum's astute Catherine Morris and the rising star Rujeko Hockley (who is now at the Whitney), reminded us that black women were at the front lines of second - wave feminism — as artists, activists, writers, and gallerists — in a show that was as vibrantly beautiful (notably the paintings of Emma Amos, Dindga McCannon, Faith Ringgold, and Howardena Pindell) as it was edifying.

All activities are part of the Guerrilla Girls Twin Cities Takeover, a sprawling multimedia tribute to the group's longevity and a passing of the torch to the next wave of feminist activists.

This unprecedented survey exhibition gives due recognition to the women artists and activists of color who were actively contributing to the second wave of feminism — a chapter of art history that has too often excluded non-white women artists.

Angie Rizzo (Curator, CCA), Thais Mather (Artist), and Lucy Madeline (Artist Activist Social Practitioner) present a survey of the feminist movement from the turn of the century to present day, discussing the various «waves» of the movement and current state of affairs.

This unprecedented exhibition gives due recognition to the women artists and activists of color who were actively contributing to the second wave of feminism — a chapter of art history that has too often excluded people of color.

In Denver, activists from MoveOn.org, Food and Water Watch, Communication Workers of America and Sierra Club, along with others participated in a sign - waving event downtown.

Legal Handbook - This Legal Handbook is an informational resource aimed at enabling the Surfrider activist to further the mission of protection and enjoyment of the world's oceans, waves and beaches.

The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world's oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.

When the climate negotiations came to Warsaw in 2013, the World Coal Association organised a competing conference with the support of the Polish economics ministry, which was disrupted by climate activists waving an eight - metre inflatable pink lung.

The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's ocean, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.

fracking activist Bill McKibben, planned a «global wave of resistance» called BreakFree2016 — scheduled to take place from May 3 - 15 — on six continents.

Land valuations, lending criteria, misrepresentation from business advisors, increasing cost of production, low commodity prices, over regulation, animal rights activists all these, and many more reasons are causing a tidal wave to crash down on the rural -LSB-...]

In recent years, a bold new wave of environmental activists has stepped up to stop the fossil fuel industry before it's too late.

Wright has helped publicize the recent wave of destruction in the world press, has presented information on the decimation of Madagascar's forests to the U.S. government, and has worked with local activists in Madagascar to halt the illegal logging.

The strong Republican front against established science includes entrenched Senate leaders as well as the new wave of radical conservatives endorsed by the Tea Party activists, says a report by the Center for American Progress.

About Surfrider Foundation The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of our world's oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network.

However, even many of the veteran AGW activists are acknowledging that their fellow alarmists have cried wolf too often, and that the new wave of fright peddling is failing.

Their focus: The Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's ocean, waves, and beaches through a powerful activist network.

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people has created a wave of young anti-gun activists that has now reached cross-country into Oregon.

According to a report released by Republican Party officials, Russian trolls have been behind a wave of support on social media for environmental activist groups, bidding to stop new pipelines and other energy developments in the US.