Sentences with phrase «who fight for equality»

, readers can continue to learn more about individuals who fought for equality in their own diverse ways and how their efforts helped to shape the world we live in today.

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One of the best and easiest ways to show your support on Women's Equality Day is to learn about the women who have been fighting for gender equality since the U.S. was founded.

A Michigan helmet and a pair of Jordans are probably among the more curious gifts he's gotten: a helmet for a sport he's shown no interest in and a pair of extremely expensive sneakers for an 80 - year - old man who's made a life out of fighting for the poor and income equality.

The burden to keep the focus on racial equality is on those who are willing to keep fighting for it, Clayborn said.

«From fighting for marriage equality to passing hate crimes and anti-bullying legislation, Eric Schneiderman is a lifelong progressive leader who has always been a strong voice for justice on behalf of all New Yorkers.»

Whereas, we can take pride in the progress our state and nation have made in reinforcing women's rights over the decades and recognize that we have not yet crossed all thresholds to fulfilling our mission and quest for true equality; today we celebrate the economic, social, and political accomplishments of women, we honor the courageous women who have made extraordinary contributions to their countries and communities, and we pause to remember the struggles waged by generations of women who have led the fight for equality and justice; and

Carly Fiorina, a woman who has dedicated her career to fighting equality for women and fighting equality for LGBT Americans.

With GOProud's recent endorsement of Mitt Romney and the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's largest «gay Republican group» looking poised to also sell out the LGBT community (once again) by endorsing Romney who would be devastating to the fight for LGBT equality and who has unequivocally and repeatedly stated his opposition to almost every form of LGBT equality we seek its time to call these two group into accountability.

Dave Denenberg is the only candidate in this race who will fight for lower taxes, women's equality and a real minimum wage increase, and nobody will fight harder than Dave Denenberg.»

«We must continue to fight for justice and equality, which is why this annual luncheon is a tremendous opportunity to recognize some outstanding people who are true role models in our community.

John lobbying firm and a vice chair of the State Democratic Party, Peter Ajemian, who is State Senator Brad Hoylman's chief of staff, Brian Ellner, who was a Bloomberg appointee at the Department of Education and later played a leading role in the marriage equality fight in Albany, Matthew McMorrow, who is an aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio on gay issues, and Dirk McCall, who works for Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr..

«We celebrate the contributions of the working men and women who built this state and this nation and we recommit ourselves to the fight for fairness and equality,» he declared.

But ultimately the politically active couple — Hughes worked for Obama in 2008 and Eldridge left Columbia Law to fight for marriage equality — campaigned for gay Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, who defeated Hayworth in November.

It's warm and cute, and also represents my solidarity with women who are still fighting for respect, equality, and a safe place to be.

Then she added, «Margaret Atwood, this is for you and all of the women who came before you and after you who were brave enough to speak out against intolerance and injustice and to fight for equality and freedom in this world.

The first feature film to tell the story of the ordinary British women at the turn of the last century who risked everything in the fight for equality and the right to vote.

The other half of the movie involves Cecil's home life, which is reduced to his wife Gloria (Oprah Winfrey) turning from a life of heavy drinking and carrying on an affair with a neighbor (Terrence Howard) to becoming a better person, and a contrived series of subplots involving his eldest son Louis (David Oyelowo), who sees his father as weak and wants to fight the good fight for equality.

Stone plays world No. 1 tennis player Billie Jean King, a feminist who fought for gender equality in the sport in the»70s, while Carell plays Bobby Riggs, the media - hungry, self - proclaimed male chauvinistic pig who challenges her to the titular match.

The political has rarely seemed more personal than in Jonah Markowitz and Tracy Wares» talky - in - a-very-good-way portrait of four lesbian politicians — Sheila Kuehl, Jackie Goldberg, Carole Migden and Christine Kehoe — who were fighting for their LGBT constituents long before the marriage - equality debate came to the fore.

Stone plays the U.S. Open champion who fought for women's equality in sports.

Director Sarah Gavron returns to the Festival for a third time with a film that tells the story of the ordinary British women at the turn of the last century who risked everything in the fight for equality and the right to vote.

X-Men: First Class gets to the heart of what has been lacking from the previous entries of the adventures of the team of super-humans who fight against the destruction of mankind and for tolerance and equality.

gets to the heart of what has been lacking from the previous entries of the adventures of the team of super-humans who fight against the destruction of mankind and for tolerance and equality.

This whole notion of lumping together everyone who is fighting for change and equality in the system as one cohesive «education reform» group with one agenda (to destroy public education!).

We need someone who will continue the fight for equity and equality in New York City to make sure all our families, students and teachers have a voice.

Her parents fought the good fight to be treated with respect and equality and looked for any signs of backwardness they might need to root out of their daughters, who were alternately fascinated and repelled by the very cultural signifiers their parents feared.

To me a feminist is a person who believes in and fights for equality for women.

Such formalist aspirations existed in the same moment and the same country as the civil rights movement, and Edwards, who had become increasingly active in the fight for equality, immediately understood the limits of an art devoid of content.

Tactical and tactile, this replica along with others is recreating this symbol of struggle to remember those who lost in the fight for equality