Sentences with phrase «young activists in»

«Unite for Environment (U4E) is a nonprofit organization which is primarily formed by young activists in order to deal with various environmental issues.»

Perhaps the lack of attention to gun violence in urban schools will be turned around with the nation's newly mobilized young activists in communities across the country, Miranda says.

Riffing on Italian gut - munchers like Cannibal Holocaust, the Hostel director places a group of young activists in the clutches of a flesh - eating Amazonian tribe.

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.

«By early 1963, Martin Luther King had stalled and — particularly to younger activists in the SNCC — seemed increasingly irrelevant.

Not exact matches

In addition to being an activist, 20 - year - old Yousafzai is a published author, a United Nations (UN) Messenger of Peace and in 2014 she became the youngest Nobel Laureate ever after receiving the Nobel Peace PrizIn addition to being an activist, 20 - year - old Yousafzai is a published author, a United Nations (UN) Messenger of Peace and in 2014 she became the youngest Nobel Laureate ever after receiving the Nobel Peace Prizin 2014 she became the youngest Nobel Laureate ever after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.

His trip to Israel — which included meetings with top Middle Eastern political leaders and a tour of Christian holy sites with 40 evangelical activists — has fueled growing speculation that the younger Paul is seriously considering a presidential bid of his own in 2016.

«I think it's a concerted effort that there is too much money to be made here and (they're) not going to be deterred by the structural or cultural defences (anymore),» said Chris Young, who works with companies on the receiving end of activist campaigns at Credit Suisse in New York.

Calgary - Hawkwood NDP MLA Michael Connolly, the bratty young LGBT activist who was particularly vociferous in his criticism of the absent Jason Kenney during last fallâ $ ™ s debate on the govtâ $ ™ s GSA bi...

Calgary - Hawkwood NDP MLA Michael Connolly, the bratty young LGBT activist who was particularly vociferous in his criticism of the absent Jason Kenney during last fall's debate on the govt's GSA bi...

«It's time for you to stop being politely angry,» Gbowee told CBS news anchor Norah O'Donnell in a sweeping conversation that moved from her native Liberia to the women's marches in the United States last year to the young activists who have emerged in the aftermath of the shooting in February at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

No More Page 3 was launched in 2012 by activist Lucy - Anne Holmes, who was «sad that the most prominent photograph of a woman in the widest circulation British newspaper is of a young woman in just her pants».

Komsomol (Young Communist League) activists would take the names of participants in Easter processions and report the participants to their bosses.

In the book, I offer historical and contemporary models to these young activists who want to be Christian and activists.

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.

The day before the October 23, 1967, March on the Pentagon, Mr. Coffin, Dr. Benjamin Spock, and eight other activists met with an official in the Justice Department and turned in the draft cards of young war resisters

The day before the October 23, 1967, March on the Pentagon, Mr. Coffin, Dr. Benjamin Spock, and eight other activists met with an official in the Justice Department and turned in the draft cards of young war resisters — an action that was to result in the indictment of five of the group on conspiracy charges.

When it comes to young boys, parents have the final say, not the gay rights activists who pressured the BSA to fall in line with their agenda and have turned Scouting into yet another cultural battleground.

The culmination of a long process of thinking and rethinking can be seen in the May / June issue of The Other Side, a young - evangelical activist magazine.

The Manifesto was an explosive declaration of independence by a new generation of young black activists who had grown impatient with the slow - moving, nonviolent tactics that had prevailed in the Civil Rights Movement.

The media attention has resulted in a wave of young, unchurched Australians turning up on Sundays, intrigued by the activities of McKenna and his fellow activists, and the Jesus they say they represent.

I have mentioned the variety of membership in the church — activists and contemplatives, rich and poor, old and young, black and white and yellow, morally concerned and aesthetically sensitive — all are included.

Beginning in 1976, Weyrich, Phillips and Morton Blackwell, who organizes young men and teaches them how to be political activists — Ralph Reed is one of his graduates — launched a concentrated effort to involve conservative churches in their cause.

This being the case, he continues, «young Catholic women have quite sensibly decided that, if they wish to do good works or be political activists while dressing like middle - class professionals and living in apartments, there is little reason to bind themselves, even in an attenuated way, to the classic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience - each of which has undergone a radical reinterpretation in the LCWR congregations.

«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!

An RSPCA spokesman confirmed that Wally's Piggery in Murrumbateman and the connected business of Tennessee Piggery near Young had closed earlier this year, after activists released confronting footage of alleged animal cruelty at Wally's.

To monitor the Sialkot plant, which opened in January, Reebok hired local human - rights activists to make surprise inspections and enlisted the services of the Ernst and Young branch in nearby Lahore to ensure that the factory's output corresponds to its input in materials.

Dr. Benjamin Spock, who remains controversial even after death for pushing a vegetarian diet for young children in the latest edition of his baby book, was an anti-war activist, civil rights leader, health care reformer and one of the great liberals of the 20th Century.

Through the work of four playwrights, Matt Charman, Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne, the play follows several intertwining stories: a couple in a therapy session discuss the impact that the strong environmental beliefs of one, and the indifference of the other, is having on their relationship, a young woman, against her parents» advice, drops out of university to become a climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

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.

He quit the Government in November after allegations emerged that he failed to take sufficient action to stop the bullying of young activists.

Activist Akeem Browder, whose younger brother Kalief committed suicide at age 22 in 2015 after being locked for years on Rikers Island for a crime he didn't commit, it running for mayor of NYC on the Green Party line.

«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.

The conference brought together trade union activists, anti-cuts campaigners, young people, students and pensioners in order to build the widest possible support for the strikes.

But on this issue, and others, there was a real divide in the attitudes taken by younger and older members of Momentum, with the younger activists being much more open - minded and intelligent in their approach.

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.

Under the rules of the broadcast era of politics, a young man with a funny name and a couple of years in the Senate might run honorably but would almost certainly lose, crushed by the ability of an experienced candidate like Hillary Clinton to raise money from big donors and lock up endorsements from elected officials and party activists.

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».

Young Conservative activists joked about «gassing chavs» and «shooting peasants» in a string of disturbing WhatsApp messages.

Ed Miliband will tomorrow receive the support of 62 young party activists in a letter to the Guardian.

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.

Many young people who got their first taste of politics on 15 February 2003 became activists years later, and were involved in the Occupy movement and other social movements since.

There are a few students, some young women who say they have never voted before but will for Corbyn, a disabled woman in a wheelchair, some local party activists, and a number of parents with children.

His resume is so good that a Slate columnist once called him Mr. Perfect: Yale Law, Supreme Court clerkship, U.S. attorney for Connecticut (one of the youngest in the nation), service in the state House and Senate, activist attorney general for Connecticut and now the Senate.

Campbell said among the activists campaigning in Eastleigh were substantial numbers of young people, including «students, quite a few of whom, of course, have felt rather alienated because of our decision on tuition fees».

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 voteIn 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 votein 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.

Michie was among an energetic group of young Labour activists who emerged in Sheffield in the 1970s, a number of whom moved on to Westminster.

Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito assembled a coalition of female activists today to launch the Young Women's Initiative — a group she said would combat racial and gender inequality and be the first of its kind in a nation with many similar initiatives aimed at young men of cYoung Women's Initiative — a group she said would combat racial and gender inequality and be the first of its kind in a nation with many similar initiatives aimed at young men of cyoung men of color.

At a pivotal point in South Africa's history, Winnie urged Nelson to risk ANC alienation and embrace young activists, writes former Labour minister for Africa Peter Hain