Sentences with phrase «young activists now»

WK: Do you see many alternative spaces that foster that kind of environment for young activists now, or do you think it's changed?

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The London born man, now a resident of Brighton, became political at a young age, and up until recently, considered himself an activist first, playwright second.

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.

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.

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.

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.

But everybody now has some sort of connectivity with the Internet or with young people in schools, colleges, universities, and the professors, activists, everybody has some sort of connectivity with the ultimate knowledge to Internet.

I fear young people - who are now flooding the ranks - have gotten less activist, more passive, in general.

Now a remarkable website started by a group of young Chicago activists — all women between the ages of 12 and 22 — is collecting the personal stories of such students in print, video, and audio and combining them with survey research, popular education, art, and more.

What was also wiped out was one of this city's more lively social hubs, the nexus of activists, politicians and young artists who swirled around Ms. Cooper Cafritz, now 67, the gruffly charming saloniste, arts patron and former president of the Board of Education.

The young activists, representing a number of youth action groups including SustainUS, the Sierra Student Coalition, the Cascade Climate Network, and other American youth NGOs, kicked off the protest by holding banners in front of the cameras reading «Climate Disaster Ahead» and «Clean Energy Now.»

For those new to WattHead, the site is now in its fifth year (6th Anniversary will be this August) and has over 1,000 posts in the archives providing news, original analysis and opinionated commentary written by myself as well as the more than two dozen sometimes contributors, a group that includes some of the brightest and most insightful young thinkers, writers and activists on the web.

One final thought, most of these young activists can't vote or run for office now, but I'll bet hard cash that changes.

The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people has created a wave of young anti-gun activists that has now reached cross-country into Oregon.