Sentences with phrase «although grassroots movements»

It is the nature of reform movements that, although grassroots movements can be instrumental, systemic change usually comes only when elite opinion moves to the side of change.

Not exact matches

Although many liberationists, like Gutierrez, strictly separate Marxist analysis and Christian theology, nonetheless, many grassroots Christian movements in the 1960s and 1970s joined socialist parties fighting against oppressive governments.

The 31,000 followers are patchily spread, although Yasmine Dar, Jon Lansman and Rachel Garnham comfortably topping the NEC poll did build on the grassroots movement's muscle flexing at last year's annual conference.

Forcing Leaders to Lead Although corporations need to shoot all their efficiency and renewable energy bullets trying to reduce their own carbon footprint, it's most important that they use their own business as a club to batter legislators with advocacy, use their influence over customers to create a grassroots movement and allocate advertising dollars to a climate campaign aimed at a broad audience.

Although the OOI stems from a grassroots movement that started in the late 1980s, a sense of urgency now prevails if the U.S. hopes to stay at the forefront of oceanographic research.

Although awareness of dyslexia is steadily growing due to campaigns by grassroots movements like Decoding Dyslexia and national organizations like the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and the National Center on Learning Disabilities (NCLD), many educators are still unfamiliar with what dyslexia is and how to accommodate it in the classroom.

Although it isn't often encouraged, the grassroots learning movement that intrapreneurs are driving is a great competitive advantage for businesses.