Sentences with phrase «who rallied»

Students were among the 5,000 who rallied at the state Capitol in Tallahassee to demand changes in the state's gun laws.

The district said students who rallied peacefully would not be disciplined, though officials encouraged schools to create a designated space within their buildings for the protests.

@SHGrefrigerator's pleas for help did not go unnoticed by Greenfield's Twitter followers, who rallied behind the appliance.

I was there to represent Food & Water Watch and we teamed - up with groups like the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) and Ranchers - Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R - CALF), who rallied their members to attend the hearings.

... True, the most critical part of the pipeline still can't be built — thanks to Obama and 42 Democratic Senators, the connection to Canada remains blocked, and hence that remains a great victory for the people who rallied so fiercely all fall.

Among them are members of the Heartland Institute, free - market advocates who rallied in New York in early March.

Yurok tribal members who rallied outside the federal court hearing in San Francisco on April 11 explain what the Klamath River and its salmon mean to them.

We learned from the PBS» «Climate of Doubt» that during the last four years, the momentum was lost by those who called for climate action and gained by a small group of skeptics who rallied the Tea Party grassroots movement to push the issue off the agenda.

• Berta Cáceres, Honduras, who rallied the indigenous Lenca people to pressure the world's largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam.

In exchange for the loan of Estelle, they agreed to loan NOMAanother important work by Degas, one that had a parallel significance for the Virginia community, who rallied together to purchase it in the 1940s: his Little Dancer Aged Fourteen.

We would also like to congratulate all of the teams who rallied together to help raise awareness: UNCW (largest team of 18 people), Camp Starfish, Team Saga, Team United, A.C.E.S. Blue Eagles, A.C.E.S. Team Six.

We would like to say THANK YOU to all of you who rallied around Braveheart by voting, sharing and tagging for the PetMeds Contest.

«Today we celebrate and thank everyone who rallied around The Animal Foundation to contribute to Mission: Possible 2020, which is the key to making a lasting impact on the animals of our community through the growth of lifesaving programs and the facilities needed to support them.»

Boss John Egan spoke openly to the workforce, who rallied brilliantly and a few years later quality was vastly improved and production was at a record high.

In all of that, he's a welcome departure from the bombastic thuggery of his predecessor, A.J. Duffy, who rallied the UTLA membership by scapegoating those who challenged union orthodoxy.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, standing shoulder to shoulder in Albany with thousands of parents and students who rallied in support of charter schools, vowed on Tuesday to defend the movement and offered a sharply different vision for their place in the educational system than Mayor Bill de Blasio's.

He is no longer the decisive, emboldening leader of the Blitz, who rallied the morale of the people of the United Kingdom against daily bombing runs from the Germans.

The Hand That Feeds (Unrated) Employment discrimination expose» about a mild - mannered short order cook - turned - real - life Norma Rae who rallied fellow undocumented immigrants to challenge exploitative working conditions at a New York City restaurant chain.

Despite their differences, Brackett and Wilder respected one another's talents, and when Brackett found himself enmeshed in a nasty legal tangle with 20th Century - Fox, it was Wilder who rallied the industry to his ex-partner's defense.

Enter Kimmie of Blue Paper Lanterns who rallied up Katrina of Demure Muse and myself for a yummy Vietnamese dinner in the International District, followed by Katrina's favorite thing in the world, and something Fran had never tried in her life: bubble tea.

I'm so touched by the many of you who rallied on my behalf, including a handful of dudes who wouldn't normally visit a fashion blog.

The scientists who rallied around the cause of postdocs — a large fraction of France's scientific community — believe that what is needed are more civil service positions for scientists.

Busch, who rallied a large crowd to turn out and condemn the so - called NY SAFE Act, said she plans to hand deliver the proclamation to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office as well as the offices of state Senate and Assembly leaders on Wednesday.

But CUNY representatives who rallied with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams outside the federal courthouse on Cadman Plaza on Monday said they'll do everything they can to help her and students like her.

Some of New York's top black Democrats were among the dozens who rallied on the streets of Harlem on Monday to show their support for Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, the state Senate minority leader, and criticize a hedge fund manager who had attacked her using racially inflammatory language.

He's behind in the race for delegates for top spot: Kasich has 143 delegates, compared to 545 for Ted Cruz and 743 for Donald Trump, who rallied in Albany Monday too.

That was the message of public housing residents, community groups and elected officials who rallied at City Hall on...

Not the extremists who started the trouble, but a couple of locals who rallied to Our Boys» defence.»

U.S. Rep. John Katko, R - Camillus, speaks with demonstrators who rallied outside of the Blarney Stone in Syracuse's Tip Hill neighborhood before the congressman's campaign fundraiser March 6, 2017.

Hogg, 17, who survived the Feb. 14 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, was as one of four students who rallied for new gun legislation with New Jersey politicians at Temple B'nai Abraham in Livingston.

The message to Democrat state Senator Dave Valesky was clear from the almost 20 activists who rallied outside the State Office Building in Syracuse yesterday — don't caucus with the GOP.

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, standing shoulder to shoulder in Albany with thousands of parents and students who rallied in support of charter schools, vowed on Tuesday to defend the movement and offered a sharply different vision for their place in the educational system than Mayor Bill de Blasio's.

Democratic Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz and state Sen. Tim Kennedy, both Democrats, were also among the dozens who rallied in the city's MLK Park.

Mayor Lovely Warren says she is grateful for everyone who rallied around the Rowe family.

UPPER MANHATTAN — A lack of affordable housing options in Washington Heights and Inwood is driving residents out of the neighborhood, according to hundreds who rallied over the weekend to raise their voices about the problem.

That was the message of public housing residents, community groups and elected officials who rallied at City Hall on Thurs., Jan. 29 to campaign for increased city and state funding for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) properties.

The American Federation of Teachers in Connecticut, the NAACP and other unions and community organizations are looking to pick up the torch lit by those who rallied 50 years ago at the March on Washington.

ALBANY — For the two dozen activists who rallied in the rain at New York's City Hall on Friday, the case against Jeffrey D. Klein — the powerful state senator accused of forcibly kissing a staff member outside an Albany bar in 2015 — was seemingly straightforward.

Proponents argue it would boost New York's natural gas supply to help keep energy costs down while creating jobs and generating tax revenue, while opponents, who rallied this month ahead of the decision, say it would increase fossil - fuel use, harm sensitive ecosystems and put the state at inordinate risk of dangerous methane leaks.

David Hogg, 17, who survived the Feb. 14 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, was one of four students who rallied for new gun legislation with New Jersey politicians at Temple B'nai Abraham in Livingston this weekend.

Trump had the expected support of Republican leadership who rallied behind his use of force.

I was one who rallied against Usamov, I felt he would take us in the Chelsea route — no history, no tradition, just a money club, but in hindsight I may have been wrong — if we are to compete we have to do so with financial muscle, and with Stan at the helm this is unlikely.

The low amateur in the first round at the 2018 Masters goes to Doug Ghim, who rallied on the back nine for an even - par 72 and one huge highlight on the 18th hole.

When the president called the group of white supremacists who rallied to protect a Confederate statue «some very fine people,» LeBron also used Twitter to voice his frustrations.

Eight seconds later Carolina had a 2 - 0lead that even the resilient Oilers, who rallied in the third period behindFernando Pisani's playoff - leading 14th goal, couldn't surmount.

Arsenal lost two away games in a row to go nine points behind the league leaders Chelsea as they were beaten by the gallant Manchester City side who rallied from behind to beat Arsenal 2 - 1 in the match.

Most important, Faldo's round contained the ruthless opportunism reminiscent of other seemingly impossible comebacks, such as the one in the 1966 U.S. Open by Billy Casper, who rallied from seven strokes behind Arnold Palmer on the final nine.

I think of Leymah Gbowee, who rallied her sisters to peacefully end a civil war.

More than a few of the cardinals who rallied to support him in one of the shortest conclaves in modern history did so because they believed Ratzinger, having spent more than two decades in the Curia, would know what was broken and would fix it.»

In fact, Scripture reveals that it was the women who rallied around Jesus during his crucifixion, and consequently it would be women who would first witness his resurrection.