Sentences with phrase «ways of activism»

They don't need to be trained in the ways of activism.

Not exact matches

To hear Patagonia tell it, the movies were a way to further spread a longstanding mission of marrying outdoor sports to environmental activism.

Schultz's efforts and other instances of CEO activism should be commended, whether we agree with their sentiments or not, because they are seeking to exert political influence in an unusually transparent and delimited way.

Put another way, the gains resulting from institutional activism are a species of public goods.

We generally avoid public activism, but in this case management has misrepresented our idea, and we think our fellow shareholders deserve an opportunity of new way the merits of our plan for themselves.»

This Canadian saga, in many ways, an archetype of what hedge fund activism is all about, illustrates the dynamics of these campaigns and the reasons why this particular intervention turned out to be a spectacular success... thus far.

A politics of reason gave way to a politics of emotion and flirted with the politics of irrationality; the claims of moral reason were displaced by moralism; the notion that all men and women were called to live lives of responsibility was displaced by the notion that some people were, by reason of birth, victims; patriotism became suspect, to be replaced by a vague internationalism; democratic persuasion was displaced by judicial activism.

But he was more interested in the fact that each religion was presumed to possess the same «spiritual values» of «the American Way of Life,» by which he meant a soft - hearted faith in democracy (political, economic, and religious) combined with a more robust faith in idealism, activism, and moral conviction.

They use David Bebbington's scheme of marks that identify evangelicalism: conversionism (an emphasis on the new birth as a life - changing experience), biblicism (reliance on the Bible as ultimate authority), activism (a commitment to evangelizing), and crucicentrism (a focus on Christ's redeeming work on the cross, usually pictured as the only way of salvation).

A closer look at Pepler's writings may be «a distinctive way» of looking at things, especially since he proposes that the imagination that is cultivated by grace is able to maintain the connections between creation and the sacraments against a background of increased industrialisation, technology and activism.2

Although they began as a way for clients to gain strength from one another, the Task Force's HIV support groups have now become universities of empowerment and activism.

A political scientist at the University of Wisconsin reflects in a moderately critical way on varieties of Protestant thought and activism regarding matters environmental.

That has served Planned Parenthood well, but in some ways it has served the pro-life movement well, too,» said Karen Swallow Prior, a Liberty University professor of English who has written about her own history of abortion activism.

In wake of the on - field protests that swept the NFL, when players knelt during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice, the NBA released a memo to teams that recommended ways to support community activism while reminding them of a league rule that enforced players standing during the anthem.

[Music] Robin Kaplan: So we're back with Michelle Hickman, who is the Director of Activism for Best for Babes, and we are talking about ways to combat nursing in public harassment.

Narrating memory in their own way, población dwellers produce an alternative form of belonging through activism, prioritising informal connections and working primarily at the neighbourhood level.

«New York has a legacy of progressive activism that extends all the way back to its founding and we can not allow Republicans in the State Senate to use such heavy - handed, draconian measures as they work to push an agenda completely out of touch with the mainstream,» Gillibrand writes.

There are ways that involve not identity - based or even gender - based or patriarchally - based forms of activism.

This campaign doesn't have much in the way of resources to throw into online activism (they're mostly focused on working directly with local groups and local media to spread the word), but they do need a site to show basically that they're for real.

The Gallup Opinion showed that almost 91 % of the americans, in some way, supported his activism but this wasn't translated in protest / actions.

There are other advantages to activism being thrown up by Twitter, Watch the way in which UK Uncut has blossomed, in a tiny number of weeks, from a few people in a pub to a mass programme of loosely coordinated direct action events across the country.

``... She did not let her physical condition get in the way of her political activism,» wrote Burgos.

Another way of saying the same thing is to say that the left elevates the personal over the political, immediate experience over theory and activism over policy development.

Flanagan, a 57 - year - old trade - directory publisher who once had aspirations of running for office, is now a study in conservative grassroots activism, illustrating both the way in which Tea Party groups can figure into policy fights even in a liberal state like New York, and how they maximize the influence they have with public officials.

By Jose Antonio Vargas In the world of online activism, a way to measure how unorganized a movement is by how many organizations claim credit for its actions.

In terms of contributing to my field, shaping a new way of looking at environmental activism and environmental health more generally, I felt like I was building some new arena of work that I wanted to spread.

Julia Turshen wants us all to use food as a means of activism, and Feed the Resistance lays out over 100 ways to change the status quo with your plate.

The same study revealed that 60 percent of executives think the rise in consumer activism is forcing companies to authentically showcase their character in the way they operate and engage with the public, while 73 percent believe consumers are increasingly judging companies on the humanness of their corporate character.

We couldn't think of a better way for tonight's clothes and dresses to represent the Hollywood year we've had: of activism, female empowerment, and quite literally fighting the man.

For Jolie, her desire to save the entire third world, one orphan at a time, manifests itself in a picture that poses the big - lipped beauty carefully as a fashion plate and a sainted martyr; a debutante with an amazing wardrobe and a UN worker with a streak of activism; and a figure in its way as ridiculous as Gooding Jr.'s caricature of a severely mentally - disabled man (James Robert Kennedy) that reminds, of all things, of that acorn - crazed, pre-verbal prehistoric squirrel from Ice Age.

While most will likely already be on the side of those who seek to put an end to corporate greed at the cost of the lives and wellbeing of innocents, the watered - down way that it is presented isn't likely to rouse many to seek activism.

Both principal actors have a strong enough sense of their characters, even as they're pulled into increasingly harrowing places, to make the film a more successful one than Loach's last few, but it's still schematic and predictable, and it aggressively stacks the deck against Blake and Kattie in a way that makes it more effective as social activism, and less so as drama.

Another PBS lesson plan on civil disobedience asks students to identify «issues of concern» (such as school uniforms or a tax exemption for a business that pollutes), «brainstorm different ways people make their opinions known about issues of concern,» «discuss which of these methods are acceptable» means of protest to them,» and «identify possible negative consequences of activism to individuals engaged in these activities.»

Social Action Clubs are one of the most popular ways of cultivating student activism.

Exposing students to the wide range of responses to injustice, including activism strategies both past and present, goes a long way toward their turning these negative emotions into positive actions.

This form of soft power activism is new for chiefs in two ways.

Additionally, she examines representations of Native peoples in popular culture and the ways that Indigenous peoples are using the Internet, social media, and new media to challenge misrepresentations and create new and innovative spaces for art and activism.

This study seeks to share the stories of college student - activists who participated in the movement against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)-- on their campuses, digitally, or at the resistance camps — to understand the ways their activism in the largest Indigenous movement of their lifetimes intersected with their motivations and goals for their college work and their relationships to their institutions themselves.

We will explore the different ways teacher educators can include issues of Social Justice in their curricula and we will discuss pedagogical approaches that can enhance student's critical consciousness and empower them to activism.

After the Taliban shot Malala on her way to school, her brave recovery and continued activism made her the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

This time line illuminates the ways in which hundreds of women changed America through their often - unrecognized contributions in science, education, arts, politics, and social activism, from the 1500s to the present.

Bill Cosgrove, the outgoing chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association, spoke of grassroots activism within companies and collaborating with consumer advocate groups as ways to «fortify [the industry's] voice.»

In this way, the book reminded me a lot of (the heavily - recommended by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett) Business Adventures, but with a focus on investor activism rather than general business.

We're already thinking about this idea of protest and activism in the collection, and wouldn't it be amazing if we could find a way to really celebrate this exciting new acquisition and get a lot of these posters up on the wall,» says Jennie Goldstein, an assistant curator at the Whitney who curated the show with David Breslin and Rujeko Hockley.

Drawing particular attention to the language of twentieth — century activism, Hayes» work offers a re-examination of our current relationship to political protest, political speech, and the way in which this relationship is infused with traces of history.

This in my view is very welcome, particularly in the way different forms of engaged art and activism bring a spotlight to the types of clueless and insipid formalism that was running amok in galleries and museums recently in the name of a revitalized painting.»

As a companion exhibit to the Claiming Space: Creative Grounds and Freedom Summer School exhibition (on second floor of museum), Marroquin's work reflects on the ways in which the experiences of student activism fight to claim and reclaim spaces.

With mediums ranging from painting and sculpture to video and performance, the exhibition will highlight the many ways Latin American and Latina women artists have continued to explore female sensibility with links to feminist activism in the face of harsh political and social conditions.

Williams College Museum of Art presents an exhibition which explores the various ways in which African art has highlighted the continent's history of activism, resistance.

As an activist, she sees the capacity of arts spaces to activate ideas and people around critical issues in ways that traditional modes of activism do not.