Word: actioner
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...congress, which is organized through the mayor’s office, is designed to jump start local action on environmental problems...
...Harvard” rally last May, which helped convince Harvard deans to reverse cuts in shuttle service to the Quad. As the chair of the Budget Cuts Task Force, Johnny is continuing the work he did last year as a member of the Student Labor Action Movement. When the decline in Harvard’s endowment was first announced, Johnny dedicated himself to becoming the most knowledgeable student on campus on the topic of Harvard’s endowment and budget, realizing that top-down budget cuts would hurt students and workers alike. He organized the Responsible Endowment Conference...
...budgeting process, but also with respect to Harvard’s administration as a whole. Effective interaction with the administration is an especially important attribute for student groups, as organizations across campus increasingly find themselves pursuing causes from preventing layoffs to reinstating ROTC that require administrative action...
While Bowman and Hysen have both sat down with Hammonds, Bowman said that he may have antagonized some administrators during his time with the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) last year...
...Given Sarkozy's long record of advocating increased diversity and better opportunities for minorities in France - including a call for U.S.-style affirmative action - nobody can accuse the President of cynically using Dati and Yade as token members of his government. But both women forged such strong characters and opinions in taking on prejudice as they made their way up France's political ladder that it is puzzling as to why Sarkozy should be surprised when they stick to their guns once they make it to the top. Indeed, Yade's willingness to go against the current is the main...