Sentences with phrase «young activists as»

A constituency with a dense student population, Coppard has credited his young activists as central to his recent campaigning momentum.

Not exact matches

Saturday's march presented itself not only as a mass demand for gun control, but also as an activist event for the young, by the young.

There's often an assumption today that young African Americans involved in that «other» realm, as social justice activists, are not orthodox in their Christianity.

As a young feminist activist, she saw her beloved church excommunicate her intellectual heroes.

«It's really encouraging to see such a drop in consumption of bottled water among young people, because as they grow up, the overall market is definitely going to decline further,» says Jon Dee, the managing director of activist group Do Something!

I have felt honoured to be so welcomed by the Fabians and by yourself in the time since I left, and I really am interested in having this debate, but whilst interning I really was taken aback by the culture of hierarchy and deference not just in the Fabians but across liberal think - tanks, the structures of gender and power and who was and wasn't allowed to contribute to the debate, compared to my subsequent experiences in the activist movement, where even very young, inexperienced people are treated as equals.

«I had children in the schools, so I really knew my community and when I stepped up to say I want to fight for Hamburg, they knew I meant it,» Hochul said of her first political campaign for Hamburg Town Board as a young lawyer and activist.

Even as the voices of young activists from Stoneman Douglas High, where 17 people were shot not two months ago, have sparked unprecedented national conversation, we can still only guess at their inner lives — or those of surviving parents — when the cameras are off.

We feel it's outright disingenuous for a blog of this caliber to promulgate such bullshit about how great Tony Avella and Paul Graziano are without so much as mentioning how many times Tony has been caught up in the universe of corruption: from allowing convicted Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin's to throw him lavish fundraisers, «Avella has served Assemblymember McLaughlin faithfully since he took office in 1992, according to City Limits,» to the favor trading with convicted felon Richard Lipsky, right down to supporting anti-Asian racist Sonny Carson not to mention his personal vendetta against young activists.

Among the national co-chairs are prominent Arab - American activist Linda Sarsour, executive director of the Arab American Association of New York and founder and CEO of MPower Change, and activist Tamika Mallory, who served as the youngest executive director of Sharpton's NAN.

With the surge in young Democrats joining the ranks of party activists, as young Republicans join the ranks of the corrupt, time will turn this worm around, and the Dems will take a firm control again in Minnesota.

As other young Tory activists join in the troubling conversation, talk turns to «solutions» for dealing with «chavs».

Momentum is organising The World Transformed — an open, free, largely unstructured culture and ideas festival alongside Labour conference in Liverpool as a way of attracting non-party activists and local young people.

Then there is a broader issue and that is around how young activists could possibly be led to believe that campaigning as a young Conservative is anything more than having fun with friends.

As the Westminster sex scandal deepens, the first secretary is now being investigated by the Cabinet Office over claims that he made inappropriate advances to a younger Conservative female activist.

That explanation didn't go very far with Sanders backers such as Nowak, who argue that Perez's election would dampen the enthusiasm of the young activists who Sanders brought into the party.

Clarke worked as director of the RoadTrip2015 and RoadTrip2020 campaigns, which involved bussing hundreds of young activists to Tory target seats across the country.

If you thought young activists posing for selfies with the DUP's Arlene Foster was as strange as it could get, think again

In view of the way Blair is now seen by many activists, including those who — as Patrick Wintour says — either left in 2003 or were too young, it is worth noting that John Prescott and Margaret Beckett, both on the left, did better: they got 43 % of the college between them, including almost half the union votes.

They need to keep as many voters on the side, particularly the young activists who are overwhelmingly pro-EU and pro-remain.

Gordon Brown was with young Labour candidates and activists as they signed a pledge promising to «put the country's interest first» this afternoon.

The activists said the act is cruel to the thousands of young people who stepped out of the shadows to identify themselves as having come to the country illegally.

He ennobled Maurice Glasman, a great believer (and participant) in grass - roots democracy, and he hired Arnie Graf, the American veteran campaigner who had mentored Barack Obama in his early days as a young activist in Chicago, to inject the Labour party with the movement politics spirit.

When I was starting out as a young Labour activist she was an inspiration and couldn't have been more generous with her time.

Then again, Prince Philip is unlikely to talk about his sexual and romantic past as candidly as McCray ---- to the evident delight of her husband ---- did about her life as a young lesbian activist.

«Despite generally welcoming Espaillat as a much - needed young, energetic voice with roots in Washington Heights» Dominican community, local activists... are concerned,» the newspaper reported.

Smith's fears for the safety of young female activists emerged as the Women Liberal Democrats group wrote to Nick Clegg with concerns about the vigour of the party's investigations, saying its members had been «shocked and saddened» by the allegations against Rennard.

Yesterday's decision suggests that the younger of the Miliband brothers is emerging as the favourite candidate of trade activists, which will boost his vote but will be used against him by the Tories if he wins.

The father of Elliott Johnson, a young activist who committed suicide called for Mr Shapps and Lord Feldman, his successor as party chair, to stand down after it emerged that bullying claims against campaigner Mark Clarke had been raised with the party before his son's death.

But something else took place that was quietly significant; beneath the radar a generational shift is happening in the party as Young Labour activists worked alongside perennial conference agitators to forge the way for a historic change in the way Labour party policy will be created.

Most Tory activists are over 60, so on this issue they generally reflect the views, if not the passion, of their age group; but as a result they reinforce the impression among younger voters that much of the Tory is out of touch with 21st century Britain.

I began this journey as an activist at 13 — and there's no reason we can not and should not inspire, educate and mobilize from the youngest of ages in every community, beginning today.

The film then bounces back 10 years, showing Michael (James Franco) as a young, blond, and (wait for it) gay magazine writer and activist living in San Francisco.

But not much is made of the politics, or what Silvia did as a young activist except she's now a believer in the U.N.'s idealism which puts her at odds with her radical past and leaves us forever confused about her real motives.

Young and optimistic, he seems convinced that change is possible without violence, but Assad's harsh reaction to this movement proves otherwise: The army cracks down, claiming the lives of innocents and children in the process, while detaining suspected dissidents — including activist cameraman Ossama al Homsi, whom Derki had hoped to feature as one of the docu's main characters, until his disappearance.

It's in San Francisco that we meet other fiery, passionate young people yearning to find some sense of community, including Roma Guy (Emily Skeggs as a youth and Mary - Louise Parker as an adult) who becomes a women's activist and is married to Diane (Fiona Dourif and Rachel Griffith), a nurse who stepped to the forefront to take care of AIDS patients when the epidemic hit.

The suspicious death of adult movie star Misty Mountains (Murielle Telio) and the whereabouts of young Amelia Kuttner (Margaret Qualley) set plot wheels in motion, as March and Healy stumble into a labyrinthine web stretching from street - level anti-pollution activists to Kim Basinger's Department of Justice official Judith Kuttner (Amelia's mum) via catalytic converter conspiracies and giant talking bees.

My two girls who didn't get any love that year were Christina Ricci as Charlize's horribly fickle young lover and Laura Linney as a tragically doomed activist in THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE.

Only someone who lived through the AIDS crisis could craft as vivid and empathetic film about the young, queer, often near - death activists who confronted an indifferent government with the urgency of their suffering.

Financed by Significant, MNM Creative, MACRO, and Cinereach, the film follows a young black telemarketer who finds success in the business world, quickly rising through the ranks, just as his activist friends are rising up in tandem against unfair labor practices.

Writer and activist Audre Lorde, he says, best describes his argument that other young people should have that same access as they try to tell their stories: «If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive,» and «You can not, you can not use someone else's fire.

Warnings from history It should come as no surprise that TV chef turned activist, Jamie Oliver has stepped up his campaign on healthy eating for kids with his attendance at this year's One Young World conference in Switzerland to try and force the obesity issue with the UN, alongside calls from medical journal, the Lancet for international governments to wake up and take action before it is too late.

In this «Walking the Talk» conversation, racial activist DeRay Mckesson discusses how to help young people find their voice as activists

And considering that Virginia has done little to address its educational woes — including addressing the mere one - percent decline in the percentage of young black men in fourth - grade mired in functional illiteracy (as measured on the National Assessment of Educational Progress) between 2003 and 2011 — Gov. Bob McDonnell, state Supt. Patricia Wright, and their colleagues were rightfully shamed by reformers and civil rights activists into revamping those targets (and the Obama administration, which also moved to push Virginia into revising them, deserves criticism for accepting those low targets in the first place).

The George W. Bush Institute frequently partners with SMU's esteemed faculty, tapping them to serve as panelists at policy summits; mentors for participants in various Bush Institute fellowships; and guest lecturers for visiting scholars, young leaders, and activists.

A lively biography of the young black playwright who achieved success and recognition for her contribution to the arts and her hard work as a civil rights activist.

Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist, journalist, and blogger, as well as the coeditor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of young adult novels like Homeland, Pirate Cinema, and Little Brother and novels for adults including Rapture of the Nerds and Makers.

As a young animal activist facing what often seemed like insurmountable odds to help animals, I knew that if an issue relating to animals occurred within San Francisco's city limits, the SF / SPCA would have my back and use its considerable power and resources to help.

But as the divide grows between older generation dog meat traders and younger generation Chinese animal activists who want the trade to stop, clashes between activists and dog meat traders are becoming more and more commonplace, making events like Yulin a veritable battleground in China's burgeoning animal rights movement.

The exception to the series is the last painting, a portrayal of intellectual and activist Susan Sontag as a young woman alongside a heavily blacked - out male figure, again symbolic of the contributions to contemporary culture made by a woman in a predominantly male - orientated world.