Like other image makers, he tapped into the sublime tradition to galvanize concern for environmental reform.
In order to obtain funding so he can properly investigate the homicides and pique the media's interest, the detective invents a serial killer and provides him with a catchy name — the Homeless Killer — knowing this will galvanize concern.
The accidents galvanized concerns by lawmakers and at the top levels of the Pentagon that congressional-mandated spending caps since 2011 had harmed readiness and training in the armed services.
Raising his voice both as musician and activist, Mr. Seeger galvanized concern about the polluted Hudson beginning in the 1960's.
A section called Moral Leaders profiles people like Rachel Carson, whose book Silent Spring galvanized concern over the effect of pollutants on wildlife; and Roger Boisjoly, the engineer who knew about Challenger's flawed O-rings and tried to stop its ill-fated launch.
The toothpaste scare helped galvanize global concerns about the quality of China's exports in general, prompting the government there to promise to reform how food, medicine and consumer products are regulated.
The show conveys and condemns the working conditions at Foxconn, and his storytelling helped to galvanize public concern about the production of popular products like the iPad and the iPhone.
His roommate, Tyler Clementi, killed himself in September 2010, two days after discovering that Mr. Ravi had spied on him in their room at Rutgers University, galvanizing national concern about suicide among gay teenagers.
Those statistics, and the students' concerns, galvanized Mr. Ngo, a trustee who is a Vietnamese-American lawyer who is not easily intimidated "The board has a role in saying the system has to change," he said.
