Sentence examples for trigger activism from inspiring English sources

Pharrell Williams is performing "Freedom" at the conclusion of the 2015 MTV EMAs in Milan to raise awareness, trigger activism and donations to support the current refugee crisis.

We explore this framework in the setting of corporate donations made in the wake of the 2008 earthquake in the Sichuan Province of China, which triggered Internet activism that challenged corporations to contribute to the good of the community.

Board composition, it says, "can be a trigger for shareholder activism". "Directors with very long tenures or who lack deep industry knowledge may be targets for activist investors.

Seeing him at the microphone stirs up more memories for Sharon and Dennis, and Ben's activism triggers a reshuffling of relationships that culminates in some startling developments.

This was seen as symptomatic of the nepotism of Bulgarian politics and triggered the street activism, which has been organised on social media just like the campaigns in Istanbul and Sarajevo.

Then his outspoken views and activism triggered clashes with authority, culminating in this year's detention – part of a broader crackdown on activists, lawyers and dissidents that saw dozens held and more harassed, threatened or placed under other restrictions.

But those who attended felt these were the opening skirmishes in what promises to be a long, hot summer of street activism triggered by Trump's rhetoric about Latino immigrants, Muslims and other minorities.

"People are unsettled that actions they take in a time-sensitive environment without complete information will be second-guessed by people who have all the wisdom of hindsight," says a general.One explanation for the legal barrage is the activism triggered in 1998 by the incorporation into English law of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) through the Human Rights Act.

The 2008 crisis triggered increased policy activism in most policy domains in a large number of EU countries.

Through persistence and unrelenting optimism, Seeger endured and overcame the controversies triggered by his activism.

Paharia and colleagues suggest that this "purchase activism" is triggered by consumers' desire to express their views.