Word: activistic
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Shep Gurwitz, an activist on Native American issues who spoke at the event, said it is more expensive to keep a prisoner in solitary confinement than to send a student to Harvard, a comment that sent a murmur through the mostly student crowd...
William Bloomstein of the neighborhood activist group ACID—the Agassiz Committee on the Impacts of Development—told members that, by avoiding the “adversarial” approach other groups have taken in response to Harvard development, Agassiz residents stand to benefit from the negotiations...
Wrapped in a traditional, woven vest cinched at the waist by a colorful silk sash, Sulak looks like a combination of a character in a Thai painting and any kind grandfather—but he is also a prominent Thai social critic, author and activist who has made headlines worldwide by his involvement in everything from peace marches to court hearings and counts the Dalai Lama among his friends...
Compared to his usual activist schedule, his itinerary for the past week has been quiet. When not talking about his views and ideals at a public lecture in Cambridge or a speech at the Harvard Divinity School, the 69-year-old claims to enjoy his free time in a “pre-modern world”—one without TV, the Internet or PINE...
Sulak says his dual role as both a Buddhist and an activist reconcile naturally...