Sentences with phrase «work as a community activist»

My work as a community activist on issues such as affordable housing, my background as a member of the Democratic State Committee, and my experience working for Democratic elected officials such as Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, since my days in college, leave me with a deep appreciation and respect for the role working men and women play in making this the Empire State.

Hari came to comedy after working as a community activist, but his younger brother, Ashok, was a bit more wayward.

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The truth is the social gospel has become its own gospel... leaving out Jesus and salvation and becoming a cynical secular movement who believes the end justifies the means... including Obama's work as «community activist».

I am a toLabor trained birth doula and birth activist, and as an Evidence Based Birth Instructor I am able to offer trainings to obstetricians, midwives, nurses, and other doulas in the community in addition to working with expecting families.

Intended for use by policy - makers, national breastfeeding committees, breastfeeding advocates, women's health activists and others working for public health in the community, the Resource sets out why breastfeeding in the context of HIV has never been as safe as it is today.

Jumaane Williams is a housing activist making a credible bid for the 45th District seat.He has worked as Housing Director for the unusually - effective Flatbush Development Corporation, and in a number of other community activist positions.

«I've worked with Carlina Rivera on countless local issues over the years as a community activist, Democratic District Leader and most recently, in government,» said State Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh.

I want to offer some information on our early organizing work to help engage existing soil - based as well as other community - driven urban ag growers, activists, and leaders as local elected officials begin to consider the development of urban ag policy...

She now works as an activist to fight corruption and help the poor and disenfranchised with a variety of local community programs, including The Community Pantry, a food pantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local community programs, including The Community Pantry, a food pantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local Community Pantry, a food pantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local families.

► Luis Tejada, a community and tenants» rights activist, is running for the second consecutive time with what he describes as a «candidate for tenants» platform, using his work as the founder and executive director of the Mirabal Sister Cultural and Community Center in Washingtoncommunity and tenants» rights activist, is running for the second consecutive time with what he describes as a «candidate for tenants» platform, using his work as the founder and executive director of the Mirabal Sister Cultural and Community Center in WashingtonCommunity Center in Washington Heights.

Stella has been working for Labour alongside local activists and community campaign groups for many years as an active member of our Walthamstow constituency, whether as a branch secretary, GC delegate, LGC delegate or a campaign organiser.

Beyond citing his work as a City Councilmember, a State Assemblymember, the city's Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs, and as the appointed Chair of a National Education Commission, he also pointed to humbler beginnings as a community activist and schoolteacher.

As a coalition of labor unions, community organizations and grassroots activists, the Working Families Party has been a consistent voice on issues that put working families first, and it has become a leading voice in the fight for real demWorking Families Party has been a consistent voice on issues that put working families first, and it has become a leading voice in the fight for real demworking families first, and it has become a leading voice in the fight for real democracy.

Working in tandem with such groups as the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Coalition for a Safe Environment, along with the Teamsters and Longshoremen's unions and local activists like Martha Cota, they've done extensive lobbying in Sacramento and community organizing to push for enforcement of the California Environmental Quality Act and compel the Port of Los Angeles to initiate a suite of pollution - reduction strategies that have cleaned up the air.

Ilene also works as a freelance consultant and organizer and is an activist in her community, supporting neighborhood welfare and social justice.

In my work as a community organizer, and my years of work as a «community activist,» I have been in and out of many.

«HGSE allowed me to find my voice as a scholar, activist, and educator, and I gained the skills and knowledge that will help me to continue the community based research and work in Native communities that I am so passionate about,» she says.

As an activist, I worked with environmental and community self - help groups.

As activists in those communities work to achieve awareness and legislation that will address their needs, MPS is already able to work with publishers to meet the needs of all digital readers.

However, as some consumer watchdogs work to protect Americans from identity thieves, community activists have discovered that many struggling families don't even know what to ask for when seeking debt relief.

Animal Sheltering Magazine is for everyone who cares about the animals in their community - from humane society directors to city animal control managers to kennel staff, volunteers, and private individuals working as activists, breed rescuers, wildlife rehabbers, veterinarians, and others.

The question of identity as forged in relation to place is central to the work of the stateless activist, who was born in a Cherokee community in Arkansas.

As a minister and community activist, Rev Yearwood is one of the most prominent national figures working to involve communities of color in climate activism and green economy solutions.

artists pushing the boundaries to act as instigators, collaborators, activists and designers, bringing in a fresh point of view, working on a scale beyond the studio; connecting with communities and creating projects with a high level of functionality

Her work is also heavily influenced by her long time community engagement as an activist in the Lower East Side.

Working in London in the 1970s and 1980s as a community - based activist using photography and text as tools for social change, Spence contested the formalist preoccupations of mainstream photographic practice and emphasized a return to documentary.

«Known for presenting cross-disciplinary work and underrepresented artists, often in their first museum shows or retrospectives,» he said, «who better to inspire our community of architects, artists, educators, activists and scholars as they embark on the next chapter of their creative lives?»

«In SOUTH OF PICO, [writer, curator, and professor] Kellie Jones explores how artists in the 1960s and»70s in Los Angeles» black communities created a vibrant, productive, and engaged activist arts scene in the face of structural racism... She shows how the work of black Angeleno artists such as Betye Saar, Charles White, Noah Purifoy, and -LSB-...]

IT is rare indeed to chance upon that hybrid artist / activist / community organizer: that gem of a person who not only successfully runs their own practice, developing thgeir work as a formidable artist, but also finds time to initiate and organize community meetings and projects on the side, supporting scores of other creative types on the up - and - up in the process.

McEneaney works as both an artist and community activist in Philadelphia.

He served as one of the local coordinators for the 2010 US Social Forum, organizing over 300 Detroit - area volunteers to host 20,000 + activists and community change agents to 5 days of workshops, panels, concerts, and work projects.

Working with local elected officials, scientists, health specialists and the religious community, activists will use visibility tactics such as giant inflatable mosquitoes and other public demonstrations to keep the pressure on the candidates....

George David Banks, a top advisor to President Trump on climate change, once worked as the «D.C. liaison» for the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED), a coalition of «individuals, organizations, communities, and businesses» founded by the anti-wind activist and...

She urges clinical law supervisers to maintain and nurture connections with community organizations and activists as a crucial part of their work.

«I enjoy working with folks who need support in managing a wide variety of issues from self - esteem and identity concerns to the stress of dealing with multiple roles, relationships, and life demands (as students, partners, friends, parents, new professionals, family members, community activists, etc.) My clinical interests include multicultural and women's issues, racial / ethnic identity development (especially among biracial / multi - racial / ethnic / cultural individuals), sexual and gender identity development, adjustment and transition issues, and building healthy relationships through assertive communication and positive self - esteem.»