Sentences with phrase «umbrella group action»

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The groups involved include some of the most active in New York City: Alliance for Tenant Power (an umbrella organization of eight other groups including New York Communities for Change, Make the Road NY, and others), Community Voices Heard, Vocal - NY, Citizen Action of New York and Manufactured Housing Action.

UPDATE: Murphy's campaign said the initiative «organized under the umbrella of Murphy's re-election committee, will fund organizers to work in collaboration with the campaigns of the Connecticut Congressional delegation and the Connecticut Democratic Party to recruit and train volunteers, offer action alerts to existing organizing groups, provide messaging help to grassroots activists, and provide a conduit between local activism and the fight in Washington to defeat the reckless policies of the Trump administration.»

And because the University of California action was perceived by many religious educators as a possible precedent for action elsewhere, Calvary was joined in its suit by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), an umbrella group for four thousand Christian education institutions.

Just as we recognize that cooperation among agencies under the NFCC umbrella enables us to have a greater impact on public policy discussions than a single agency acting alone, we also are learning that collective action by many organizations joined in a common cause may have more impact than that of a single group such as the NFCC acting alone.

But while the pope's effectiveness in prompting congressional action has yet to be seen, Gibson's resolution is the product of a grass - roots coalition of faith and environmental groups that has been working quietly behind the scenes for two years under the umbrella name Call to Conscience on Climate Disruption (CCCD).