Sentences with phrase «well as activists»

Consumers are paying attention as well as activists and citizens.

The advocates included actress Debra Winger, filmmaker Josh Fox and environmental leader Bill McKibben, as well as activists from communities across New York's Southern Tier.

A number of Democratic state senators as well as activists pushed legislation on Tuesday that would enshrine equal rights in New York's constitution for every person regardless of gender, sexual orientation or identity, physical or mental disability and more.

A number of Democratic state senators as well as activists pushed legislation that would enshrine equal rights in New York's constitution for every person regardless of gender, sexual orientation or identity, physical or mental disability and more.

Cuomo has spoken in recent days both to Lynch as well as activists including Russell Simmons and Jay Z regarding potential reforms to the state's criminal justice system following the Garner case.

It will bring together scholars who research maternal activism as well as activists who work with and on behalf of mothers.

Driven by increasing mergers - and - acquisitions volume, as well as activist trends, investors allocated roughly $ 15.7 billion to event - driven hedge funds in the first half of 2014, with the activist - only component garnering $ 9.4 billion.

Schwartz's workmanlike film nonetheless gives us a detailed portrait of the man as well as the activist.

Angelina Jolie arrived after turning the red carpet into a frenzied circus when she showed up with two of her children, Zahara Jolie - Pitt and Shiloh Jolie - Pitt, as well as activist Loung Ung, the author of First They Killed My Father.

District - level reform can not achieve its potential without a consensus around the reform strategy from the district leadership, the school board, the teachers» union, and a large majority of principals and teachers in a system, as well as activist parents.

After receiving his MBA at the University of Lagos, Odigha pursued a political career, experience that has served him well as an activist.

Rick also has significant experience in representing both corporations as well as activist shareholders in proxy contests and governance disputes.

Not exact matches

Since then, the film argues, a variety of measures — from Jim Crow laws to President Richard Nixon's «war on drugs» and President Bill Clinton's «three - strikes - you're - out» legislation — have served to send increasingly large numbers of black men in prison, and several legal scholars and activists interviewed on camera suggest a profit motive at work, as well as racism.

United Republic will be coalition building, organizing across the country, as well as issuing grants to home - grown activists to help give you the resources to get our work done.

From her home office, Gloria Baylis — better known as a Black rights activist after she successfully sued the Hilton chain for discrimination in 1966 — imported and distributed medical devices for neurosurgery.

The risks of the cloud are nothing new — Richard Stallman, a well - known open - source activist, has called cloud - storage services «a trap» numerous times, and comedian Louis C.K. warned against the dangers of handing over our photos to services such as iCloud back in 2012, on Jimmy Kimmel Live of all places.

Activist investors are actually doing something good for the companies they target, the economy as a whole, and quite probably your portfolio.

Established in 2006 by Australian activist Julian Assange as a means to anonymously divulge sensitive information about countries and institutions, Wikileaks was best known for its revelations about U.S. military operations, diplomatic activities, detention camps and abetting of NSA leaker Edward Snowden — until 2016, when the site involved itself in the U.S. presidential election by releasing troves of Democratic party emails allegedly supplied by Russian operatives.

While reporting on a protest by a group of activists who had just forced the university's president to resign, he was pushed and harassed by the demonstrators, as well as by a faculty member.

Schultz is already well - known as one of this generation's CEO activists, a group which includes Goldman Sachs» Lloyd Blankfein, Duke Energy's Jim Rogers, and Google's Eric Schmidt — and other high - ranking corporate leaders like Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg.

But as a Republican president, perhaps the most pro-firearm chief executive in American history, Trump is, in theory, in a unique position to use his good standing with Second Amendment activists to make the case for gun reforms.

The creators of Signal, the encrypted messaging app widely used throughout security community — as well as by journalists, activists, and others seeking to stymie government surveillance — announced on Wednesday a major change to the organization's makeup.

In the recent period, companies that have attracted activist attention as well as those that have announced significant acquisitions have both tended to outperform.

Si2 provides overview reports on the main environmental, social and governance issues raised by activist shareholders in their proposals to companies, as well as impartial breakout reports on the proposals awaiting votes at companies.

Having an activist investor on the board to help bring in some fresh thinking seems like a positive as well.

But these activists are candid as well about the individual sins that keep some poor people poor.

At the same time, it provides grounds for a sympathetic critique of the charismatic movement's foibles, as well as of the foibles of evangelicals and social activists.

House Democrats starting a Faith Working Group, Democratic activists launched new organizations like Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good while others - such as Sapp and Strider - started new faith - based consulting shops.

Yes... this is the severist most ignorant form of human brotherhood... but Bill Nye, is taking the first step towards his goal, and the goal of many athiest activist... take the rights away from God believers... because... a hundred reasons... children will be hurt, holds back our country yada yada... be careful who you get suckered in by as you travel these few years we are given on this earth... allow your brother to be your brother... allow him to chose for his life and family... never cross the line of «knowing better.»

The social activist movements of those years also contributed to the seminaries» guilty conscience, so that they made at least token attempts to become sources of societal change as well as exemplifications of equity and justice.

Anytime a scientific organization endorses sod, remember Gittings words: They are running scared.Pro - sod activists have learned that intimidation and strategic alliances work, and they are never hesitant about using intimidation and psyc manipulation to reach the goals of their radical agenda.Adopting terrorism as a means, pro-sod activists set their vicious sights on D.r. David Reuben, one of the best - known psyc in the area of human sxu in 1974.

Adopting terrorism as a means, pro-sod activists set their vicious sights on D.r. David Reuben, one of the best - known psyc in the area of human sxu in 1974.

Granted, He wasn't a judgmental a-hole about it, but still, I think reducing Jesus to a social activist is kind of missing the point as well.

Well known as an environmental activist, Douglas wrote several books on the topic and frequently participated in public demonstrations of his commitment to preserving the environment.

Regardless of their efforts at rigor, however, peace activists will ultimately call on people to make decisions with their hearts as well as their heads.

(Check out my past posts on gender and sexuality, as well as several other «follow Fridays» for links to LGBTQ writers, ministers, and activists.)

Immigrants — as well as chefs, activists, restaurant owners, servers, and lawyers — take center stage at these dinners, engaging and educating diners about the realities undocumented people face living and working here.

In her capacity as educational activist, she has given several keynote speeches to organizations such as the World Economic Forum as well as organizations that advocate specifically for children, such as Parents as Teachers.

In the green movement, as in any activist organization there are fanatics as well as those only seeking information.

The night will feature live, true and personal stories from gifted storytellers including Jodi Lasseter of North Carolina League of Conservation Voters and Gary Phillips, poet laureate of Carrboro (pictured below), as well as TC Muhammad of Hip Hop Caucus, youth activist Cole Rasenberger and more.

, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

Global Summit on Ending Corporate Punishment and Promoting Positive Discipline Registrations are being accepted now for this June 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

Unfortunately, they are doing so without any input from the community, an attitude that activists such as myself, along with Andrea Northup of the D.C. Farm to School Network, and Tara Flakker of Parents for Better D.C. School Food, would like to see changed.

Several Cary homeowners and members of the Citizens for a Better Community, an activist group, told the board that they still back the effort to acquire the property and preserve it as open space.

In front of a packed audience in the State Dining Room at the White House on Tuesday, first lady Michelle Obama rolled out her national initiative to combat childhood obesity with a show of force that included medical, business and government leaders, grassroots activists, celebrity public service announcements, cartoon characters as nutrition experts, as well as those most directly affected — the kids themselves.

I'm a full - time Southern California Reproductive Endocrinologist and medical school professor as well as a part - time life coach, human rights activist, photographer and service - dog trainer.

On a related note, throughout the day yesterday I was engaged in an interesting discussion on Twitter with colleagues Casey Hinds, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, Michele Simon, Andy Belatti and Nancy Huehnergarth regarding this very notion of «mom activists,» as well as whether it's OK to call someone a «mommy blogger,» whether women activists are marginalized when they highlight their personal motivations, what motivates each of us to do what we do, and more.

Because of breastfeeding's well - documented benefits to both baby and mother, many blactavists — Black Lactation Activists, such as Kimberly Seals Allers [158] advocate and support breastfeeding in the African - American community.

Now, a group of West Side activists is demanding that the Chicago Park District take better care of the baseball diamonds at Columbus Park, located off of Central Avenue and the Eisenhower Expressway, as well as nearby Garfield Park.

She was included in a MORE Magazine feature about new feminists to pay attention to, Curve Magazine named her Best Activist / Newcomer in 2010 and Latina Magazine profiled her as part of their 15th anniversary «Future 15.»