Sentence examples for activist attempts from inspiring English sources

Instead of taking direct action, as the social entrepreneur would, the social activist attempts to create change through indirect action, by influencing others – governments, NGOs, consumers, workers, etc. to take action.

Mumbai's first set of world-renowned Jane Jacobs walks (organised in memory of the American author and urban activist) attempts to encapsulate this experience through sojourns to three parts of the city – Mazagaon, Bandra and Juhu – where residents and visitors can see how the local community functions.

At one point, she shows a '60s anti-war rally in which one feminist activist attempts to announce the formation of a women's coalition.

Carell then joined the ensemble of Freeheld (2015) as a gay activist attempting to secure pension benefits for the partner (Ellen Page) of a dying police officer (Julianne Moore).

The decision to stop a third Heathrow runway was the high point of activists' attempts to curb the growth of aviation.

Kostyuchenko has attended the past five of Moscow activists' attempts to hold a public Pride event, has been detained all five times; twice she ended up in the hospital.

When the Russian commandos abseiled from a helicopter on to the Arctic Sunrise at about 6pm on 19 September, having foiled the activists' attempts to climb the Gazprom rig a day earlier, Hewetson complained that they'd interrupted him "being a bit of a hippie".

Rex Tillerson, the boss of oil giant ExxonMobil, said cutting oil production was "not acceptable for humanity" as he fought off shareholders' and activists' attempts to force the company to fully acknowledge the impact of climate change on the environment and Exxon's future profits.

Just like activists' attempts to gain access to youthful minds through LGBT characters in video games they also want to impact a captured audience of tens of thousands of children during the first Saturday of Summer Break".

And on Monday activists attempted the symbolic arrest of Eden and occupied councillors' seats.

During the Greece leg of the relay, a few activists attempted to stop the relay by lying on the street.