Sentence examples for championing the movement from inspiring English sources

English musician Roger Waters, co-founder of Pink Floyd, is a vocal advocate for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel, championing the movement as a way to "oppose Israel's occupation of the West Bank, and violations of international law and Palestinian human rights".

These young radicals were supported by older designers and architects who sympathized with their politics, including Ettore Sottsass, a participant in Cavart's "railway" debate, and Alessandro Mendini, who describes in the book how he championed the movement as editor of a succession of magazines: Casabella, Modo, then Domus.

By the time of the Paris climate summit, more than 500 individuals and institutions in control of more than $3.4tn in assets had committed to some form of divestment, according to Ellen Dorsey, the director of the Wallace Global Fund, who has championed the movement.

Some of his most vocal critics have been former supporters who accused him of betraying Sandinista principles, a chorus which swelled as the president clashed with writers, poets and artists who had championed the movement during its war against US-backed Contra rebels.

Ironically, it was Apple CEO Steve Jobs who championed the movement to "open" music files in a now famous Feb. 6, 2007 letter titled, "Thoughts on Music".

Americans living in Mexico — including dealers, agents, artists and the American ambassador, Dwight Morrow — joined Zigrosser in championing the modern movement.

In the past, she hasn't shied away from championing the conservative movement.

And if it weren't for a small, passionate group of women who continue to spend their life's work championing the ERA, the movement wouldn't exist at all.

The pope lifts up Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, who championed the cause of the oppressed and resisted injustice.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, they enlivened artistic discourse on the small campus by championing the then-nascent movements of Light and Space, performance, and conceptual art.

Roger Shinn, an educator, administrator and author who championed the ecumenical movement and social activism in Protestant churches.