Sentence examples for been active in support of from inspiring English sources

He had been active in support of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies and the United Jewish Appeal.

Mr. Goldman had been active in support of the United Jew ish Appeal, Federation of Jew ish Philanthropies, Cerebral Palsy Association and Browns ville Boys Club.

Following his retirement from ExxonMobil, he became Chair of the Board of Visitors for Duke University's School of Engineering and had also been active in support of the Children's Advocacy Center in Dallas.

This past summer he hosted a hot dog-only fundraiser for the Obama campaign dubbed "Weenie Roast For Change" and has been active in support of Al Franken's campaign for US Senate.

As a white queer, who has been active in support of the Black Lives Matter movement during the past year, I routinely get questions and "personal opinions" from my white comrades who either A) are blatantly racist or, B) just don't fully comprehend what is going on.

In the 1930's she was active in support of democratic Spain against fascism, and later advocated civil rights and peace issues.

Known in colonial days as Villahermosa, the town was active in support of independence from Spain in 1821; five years later it suffered from a plot to restore Spanish control over Costa Rica.

As a student, he was active in support of Mohammad Mossadegh, who as prime minister from 1951 nationalised the oil industry and was consequently ousted by the US and Britain in 1953 in their successful manoeuvre to restore the Shah.

In 1977, remembering the lessons he learnt in the School of the Americas, Massera travelled to Nicaragua, where Argentina was active in support of the Central America military tyrants regarded as allies of the West.

Jerry was active in supporting the education of the less fortunate through his friendship with the leaders of the West Side School, New York City and with Fern Kahn, Dean of Continuing Education, Bank Street College of Education.

Lee also was active in supporting garment workers and raising awareness of the slaying of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man whose fatal beating in Detroit by two white unemployed auto workers helped galvanize Asian Americans to fight for civil rights.