Sentences with phrase «as grassroots groups»

Putting Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the keystone of the archway creates a flawed narrative that if we, as grassroots groups, work hard enough to stack the building blocks correctly to support them, then elected officials will do what we want.

We have to act together in any and all capacities that we can, whether as grassroots groups, community organizations, charities, unions, activists, universities and, most of all, as citizens, without asking for permission or waiting for public funding.

Much of the media coverage has followed the Tea Party movement's own narrative, which describes it as a grassroots group of libertarian - leaning and independent - minded Americans who have grown disgusted with Washington - a group not beholden to either party, willing to buck conventional politics to get things done.

PEAR started as a grassroots group of adoptive and prospective adoptive parents who came together to discuss the lack of a unified, respected voice for adoptive families.

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As part of its overall mission, Patagonia donates 1 percent of its total annual sales to grassroots environmental groups — as part of its membership of the «1 % for the Planet» initiativAs part of its overall mission, Patagonia donates 1 percent of its total annual sales to grassroots environmental groups — as part of its membership of the «1 % for the Planet» initiativas part of its membership of the «1 % for the Planet» initiative.

She previously served as vice president of global partnerships for the group and launched grassroots efforts such as Nothing But Nets, a campaign to fight malaria, and the Shot@Life global vaccines campaign.

The idea of social enterprise first came to China in 2004, and as elsewhere, often remains intertwined with the work of non-profit and grassroots groups.

As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

As a grassroots community organizer, I spend a lot of time in coalition and task force meetings, working groups and speaking events.

The second group — sometimes referred to as «the new evangelicals» or «emerging evangelicals» or «the evangelical left» is significantly less organized than the first, but continues to grow at a grassroots level.

It accomplishes this on a grassroots level through its Support Groups and accredited volunteer Leaders around the world, as well as its more than 20,000 members and a number of partnerships.

As Campaign Manager of The Big Push For Midwives Campaign, Katherine has worked with advocacy groups in multiple states, providing guidance and other assistance on such areas as drafting legislation, building strong grassroots networks, and utilizing savvy legislative strategies to advance and pass legislation to license and regulate CPMAs Campaign Manager of The Big Push For Midwives Campaign, Katherine has worked with advocacy groups in multiple states, providing guidance and other assistance on such areas as drafting legislation, building strong grassroots networks, and utilizing savvy legislative strategies to advance and pass legislation to license and regulate CPMas drafting legislation, building strong grassroots networks, and utilizing savvy legislative strategies to advance and pass legislation to license and regulate CPMs.

Hon Nii Lante Vanderpuye who is known as a grassroot man and the longest serving Assembly Member in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly used the occasion to engage opinion leaders from the various ethnic groups in the Old Fadama and Kokomba Yam Market community and members of the National Democratic Congress in his constituency to share ideas on how to mobilize people and make the Party more appealing to the constituents.

Plus, we went into Ready For Hillary's own GOTV work as well as the implications of a «grassroots superPAC» like RFH to change the way independent expenditure groups do business in the future.

The group was joined by more than 100 grassroots community activists as they blocked off the State Street entrance of the Capitol Building in Albany.

Known as a grassroots organization with progressive values, the group does not support Republican Congressman John Faso's relationship with the -LSB-...]

The curious dance of Saturday's proceedings comes as the WFP, originally formed as a coalition between labor unions and grassroots activist groups, has been somewhat depleted after the exodus of Cuomo - allied unions and is fighting to remain a force in liberal New York.

Known as a grassroots organization with progressive values, the group does not support Republican Congressman John Faso's relationship with the National Rifle Association.

The harsh assessment and decision by Perez Williams set off a firestorm among grassroots Democratic groups and party activists in Central New York who support Balter and view the challenge by Perez Williams as a betrayal.

Labour First, shadowy right - wing Old Labour group run by John Spellar got in first (though the mouth of former Labour national executive member Luke Akehurst), describing the new group as «a slap in the face for grassroots campaigners ``.

Groups like Save New York have become increasingly common in Albany, as lobbying as morphed into a collection of «grassroots» third - party coalition that Common Cause has knocked for lacking transparency by hiding donors.

But I would like to point out that the anti-SAFE Act groups such as the coalition you wrote about and NY2A Grassroots Coalition are non-partisan.

It also comes as mainline Democrats show support for the Occupy movement, a more or less grassroots demonstration that captured public sentiment on income inequality and taxes after more traditional liberal groups failed to do so.

An anti-GM group, «Take the Flour Back», describing itself as «a grassroots network of individuals», said it was extremely concerned about both the risk of cross-contamination of wild and domestic plants and the unknown health and environmental impacts.

Around the same time as the letter emerged today, Tory MP Peter Bone moved to publicise a third group campaigning for Brexit, to be called Grassroots Out.

Jane Golding is chair of British in Europe, a coalition of grassroots groups representing around 35,000 UK nationals living on the continent, as well as a practicing lawyer who lives in Germany and works across the EU.

Tom Lundquist, a Halfmoon resident recently named chairman of the town's Republican Committee, sent an email to his fellow committee members Friday warning that town Democrats, and a grassroots citizens group known as «Future Halfmoon,» as well as «certain journalist (s) are going to try and label all of us corrupt.»

Meanwhile, as I await the flood of applications to my new, organic, grassroots protest group, (I hope I can get a few grandmothers who have never protested before; the BBC love those), I must proffer an apology.

Robinson characterized the group as a grassroots organization of about 10 or 15 people.

Martz, who resigned as deputy director of the Adirondack North Country Association on Tuesday, has been involved in progressive activism since last fall's election, and formed a grassroots group called Now What?

But other trade unions were initially concerned at what they regarded as a Unite stitch - up — and Jon Lansman, leader of the pro-Corbyn grassroots campaign group Momentum, put himself forward, complaining about «machine» politics inside Labour.

The rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

group calling itself NPP Grassroots for Power 2016 has descended heavily on the Editor - in - Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako for what they describe as his persistent transit from lies to a wicked propaganda against the suspended NPP chairman Paul Afoko.

Balter, 41, of Syracuse, has jumped into the public spotlight this year as an organizer for the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a local coalition of grassroots groups that formed after Donald Trump won the presidential election.

The donation shows the strong link between Rock Services and Grassroots Out (GO), the anti-EU group which is hoping to win «lead» designation from the Electoral Commission as the main leave campaign in the referendum on Europe.

The independent conservative grassroots group, which has organized many of the larger tea party movement events over the past two years, is launching a campaign to expose «Jack Davis's record as a big government liberal.»

Let NY Vote, formally known as Easy Elections NY, is a statewide coalition of grassroots groups & established organizations fighting to modernize New York's elections.

Bronx, NY — A coalition of grassroots groups joined forces Friday evening outside of Senator Klein's Morris Park office to denounce both his alleged sexual misconduct as well as his personal attacks maligning Erica Valimir.

The groups, representing more than 500,000 members, are putting aside their differences to work together as the grassroots coordinating group (GCG) at a time when polling suggests the public's appetite for a second referendum is growing.

This is the first time Balter has run for a political office, although she has become a recognizable face in Central New York as an organizer of CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group of activists that formed to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump after he was elected.

Dickinson, Muratori and Hurley had been swept into office in 2011, backed by the upstart grassroots Lake George Citizens Group, earning a spot in local political history as they defeated a slate of popular incumbent Republican candidates.

He defends the role of Momentum, the grassroots group of activists that grew out of Corbyn's leadership campaign, saying it is maturing as an organisation.

This year, Let NY Vote, formally known as Easy Elections NY, formed as a statewide coalition of organizations & grassroots groups fighting to modernize New York's elections.

Coalition of Constituent Groups Condemn Senator Klein's Alleged Sexual Misconduct Bronx, NY — A coalition of grassroots groups joined forces Friday evening outside of Senator Klein's Morris Park office to denounce both his alleged sexual misconduct as well as his personal attacks -LSGroups Condemn Senator Klein's Alleged Sexual Misconduct Bronx, NY — A coalition of grassroots groups joined forces Friday evening outside of Senator Klein's Morris Park office to denounce both his alleged sexual misconduct as well as his personal attacks -LSgroups joined forces Friday evening outside of Senator Klein's Morris Park office to denounce both his alleged sexual misconduct as well as his personal attacks -LSB-...]

Gov. Cuomo says he'll leave punishing grassroots groups and the Working Families Party that endorsed his primary opponent up to God on Thursday as those same groups blasted Cuomo as a «bully,» a «gangster» and a «demon.»

(One grassroots group of 300 astronomers declared, «We, as planetary scientists and astronomers, do not agree with the IAU's definition of a planet, nor will we use it.»)

In a separate initiative, a grassroots group of scientists will start, as soon as next month, EarthArXiv.

In addition, the grassroots fan base for East Asian films such as Infernal Affairs has exploded in the West even if these films are not widely released theatrically, creating an already existing interest group for the American remake.

As part of this new group, Warren and colleagues will research the power of grassroots organizing and its ability to impact education policy and communities.

The Obama administration's proposal to make federal funding for disadvantaged students contingent on states» adoption of reading and math standards that prepare students for college or a career has drawn sharp criticism from groups representing grassroots educators and state lawmakers, even as some governors and members of Congress appear open to the idea.