Sentences with phrase «as a grass roots»

Gregory's nomination, formalized at a state party meeting Friday, is significant because Gregory, a Democrat, is facing a primary challenge from Liuba Grechen Shirley, who has touted has herself as the grass roots progressive in the race.

Teachout is one of a handful of area politicians who are hoping that the energy of Sanders «political revolution» will reverberate over time and down the ballot as grass roots groups that formed to support the Vermont senator's unexpectedly strong primary run turn their attention to local political contests — and the machinery of the Democratic Party itself.

Students focus on Lake Chad and the Great Green Wall of Africa as named examples as well as grass roots strategies such as managing water gulley's.

Parent Revolution markets itself as a grass roots parent «union,» yet it has access to millions of venture philanthropy dollars.

Founded in 1997 as the Art Under the Bridge Festival, the three - day happening was initially established as a grass roots artists» initiative.

When Repower / Senvion was spruiking the virtues of its planned 600Mw Ceres wind farm here in SA in 2012 its then head honcho «Pretty boy» in the face of an uproar from local citizens declared at a business lunch in Adelaide that «Opposition to wind farm development in South Australia is driven by political ideology dressed up as a grass roots movement.»

Open Neighborhoods began as a grass roots organization and still to this day, prides itself on these local, relevant core concepts.

Due to our perspective as a grass roots organization formed by foster, kinship and adoptive families, we are effective at implementing innovative programs and services when others might not be.

Not exact matches

In northeastern England, a battle is raging between grass roots campaigners and a company intent on digging a new open cast mine as world coal prices soar.

Pick Point has landed accounts with about 2,800 clubs through the grass - roots promotion, says Newcomb, who now counts 14,000 clubs as regular customers.

Our expectation is that this series will stimulate grass - roots creativity as innovative methods and programs come alive for you.

Mission as expansion of Christendom through conversion and church growth, a dominant view during the Western colonial period, as we said, is still one of the most influential positions as well as understanding especially at the grass - root level of the churches in India.

In general, the cynical leaders of the backlash» as distinguished from the true believers at the grass roots who really do care about issues like abortion, religion, homosexual marriage, and the rest» are often moderate cultural modernists themselves, but they are perfectly happy to reap the benefits that accrue to them from red - state Americans losing sight of the material issues that ought to dominate their political imaginations.

In them we find clearly articulated such themes as the importance of the communidades de base («grass - roots «Christian groups); Jesus as the liberator from hunger, misery, oppression and ignorance; the refusal to separate Christian sanctification from «temporal» tasks; challenges to capitalism (as well as to Marxism); the theory of «dependency» on inhuman economic systems; the need for liberation from neocolonialism; the need for «conscienticization»; the need for the church to support the downtrodden; the correlation of peace and justice; and the reality of «institutionalized violence.»

Where the Church is identified with these national state institutions, as is largely the case, its influence at the grass roots level reinforces the reign of these obsolete institutions and policies.

Paul Warnke's comment that the START talks were «conceived in sin» (as a result of grass - roots pressure) indicates the reluctance of the leaders of this administration to face the primary moral question of nuclear arms control and elimination.

In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..

Fancying dry bread too great an indulgence for so great a sinner as himself, he began to feed on potatoes, acorns, crabs, and grass; and often wished that he could live on roots and herbs.

But in some parts of the country a grass - roots movement of laid - off workers resisting the plant closures is exerting surprising pressure upon its own leadership, as the recent vote by the rank and file membership of United Auto Workers to defy its own leadership and decisively reject a wage agreement with Chrysler Corporation appears to indicate.

Here, however, I want to direct attention to a more encompassing model: the pastor as grass - roots theologian.

His presence challenges the grass - roots theologian to be a doer as well as a speaker of God's involvement in human life.

As a matter of fact, the church through the years has made a real though unmeasurable contribution to the prevention of alcoholism at the grass roots.

As a focus of preventive activities, it combines prevention at the grass roots and prevention through early treatment.

Some will say that attempting to prevent alcoholism at the grass roots is so large an undertaking as to be almost Utopian in nature.

As usual the staple of most Indonesian dish are galangal root (white ginger), turmeric root, lemon grass and lime leaves.

Today I used toasted Dandelion root tea as my basis, and if you don't mind the slight bitterness, the toastiness mixed with the grass fed butter and virgin coconut oil is superb!

So I thought, wouldn't it be nice to make roasted root veggies as a side dish, and add my favorite grass fed beef sausage to make an alternative to stuffing as well?

A monograph named «Cha jing» commonly known as «The Classic of Tea», verifies Shen Nong's work to discover the medical efficacy of more than 300 varieties of grass, roots, and tree barks.

Farmers and ranchers hate the tree, of course, because it chokes out needed grazing grass, and, as a result of its extensive root system, is nearly impossible to remove from pastures.

I want sensible ticket pricing and grass roots football to benefit as much as possible from this deal.

Twitter has of course reacted with great hysteria to the news, as journalists and former Premier League stars have had their say, with the biggest talking point being that the deal should help grass - roots football and ticket - pricing:

@Fatboy Gooner The Ozil deal was far less that 40 plus million as has been exposed on football leaks it was more in the region of 32 million with verious clauses that enable REM to take a percentage of any profit we make on selling Ozil and I would assume there are similar attachments with the Sanchez deal, even our record signings are clouded in smoke and mirrors so let not run away with the idea that its all SWengers fault, if your employer is on your back and pushing for results then you perform at a higher rate and push harder where as Wenger has no push from above so does nt go out of his way Kroenke does nt have the culture around him to win trophies cos thats not his aim and that filters down to the grass roots at Arsenal and shows in Wengers transfer policy and in the players performance.

The schoolboy aka grass roots training methods needs evolving as most are aware.

Figo also pledged to give more money to grass roots football as well, but his ideas for a new World Cup are certainly the ones that stand out the most.

As a genuine grass - roots movement, Waldorf education always lives from the specific initiatives of specific people.

Having sacked a multimillion - dollar Naperville Park District referendum proposal last month, a grass - roots group now hopes to change its focus and become a two - pronged organization that will act as a district adviser and watchdog.

Instead, Ecale - Schultz said, museum officials should concentrate on grass - roots fundraising programs such as membership sales, profit - generating art classes and smaller grants from local businesses.

Always cut your lawn using a sharp blade to avoid ripping the grass blades and, when it comes to watering, be sure to give your garden a few good soakings rather than lots of sprinkles as deep watering will help your grass to develop strong, deep and healthy roots.

Colin has a professional background in finance and marketing as well as years of experience in grass - roots fundraising and social activism.

The grass roots organization Improving Birth coined the term «obstetric violence» - which is playing out in labor and delivery units in certain parts of the world; the World Health Organization called for increased scrutiny of these disrespectful childbirth care practices, as women treated in this way, feel assaulted and violated, and must be taken as seriously as rape.

While I will not be able to participate in the roundtable, it is probably just as well because, with MomsTEAM Institute's SmartTeams Play Safe summit in Boston in my rear view mirror, I am devoting all my energies the rest of the fall sports season to working with an incredibly talented and dedicated group of certified athletic trainers at the grass roots level on our SmartTeamTM pilot program, which is helping parents, coaches, administrators, and more than 800 athletes in youth football programs in six states play safe by being smart.

The miracle has moved one and all, from grass - root health workers to the highest bureaucrats and they have accepted it as the answer for early initiation of breastfeeding.

Many pediatricians, encouraged by such grass - roots groups as La Leche League, now believe the breast is better than the bottle because it offers baby greater immunity, better regulates weight and allows for deeper bonding with the mother.

We push each stroller through a test course studded with S - curves, and steer it between cones and over obstructions such as grass, mulch, and tree roots.

«If you're going to build an online grass - roots campaign, you need to make it as easy as possible for people to help out,» said Colin Delany, editor of ePolitics.com, a website devoted to online campaigning.

«There is evidence to suggest that Romney might find himself acting under greater restraints than his current rhetoric would imply he understands -LRB-...)(i) t is unclear to what extent there is real support for an adventurist foreign policy in the population as a whole, or even in the grass roots of the GOP.

It is also unclear to what extent there is real support for an adventurist foreign policy in the population as a whole, or even in the grass roots of the GOP.

Nestle, the World's leading nutrition, health and Wellness Company is committed to promoting healthy diets and lifestyle and to support grass roots sports at the basic school level, including the Milo U-13 Champions League and the President Day's Award, as well as the junior championship.

Often the ads make inflammatory and false claims with what the Democrats called fictitious «AstroTurf» names such as «NYS Public Schools» or «People for Parks» that sound like grass - roots organizations.

The real power of the blogosphere, as the US has proved ten years on from the Lewinski scandal is the power of grass roots organisation, online advocacy and peer to peer networks (especially for fund raising).