Sentences with phrase «as local activists»

AAN may have carried out «grassroots organizing,» but a crucial section of the network's tax return shows the money for that organizing didn't come from grassroots sources such as local activists or small dollar donors.

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To see both sides, Theroux meets with both the Milwaukee Police Department's homicide division as they patrol District 5 - where the homicide average is over 12 times the national average - and with families and local social activists in the area.

It's about all of these community groups, these activists, these non-profits, these local leaders as clergy saying, «Forget about Krasner.

With many categories of institutional investors thus eliminated as potential activists, we are left mainly with union and state and local pension funds, which in fact generally have been the most active institutions with respect to corporate governance issues.

Lynas's Malaysian plant is the largest one outside China, and while it could have started production as early as May of this year, safety concerns by local activist groups have set the launch back a number of times.

The New York Times: Seeking to Clear a Path Between Yoga and Islam As a community activist in Queens, Muhammad Rashid has fought for the rights of immigrants held in detention, sought the preservation of local movie theaters and held a street fair to promote diversity.

They should also reach out to prominent online voices early, building relationships with relevant bloggers and Twitterers just as they would with local officeholders, party activists and journalists.

Just as online astroturfing can hide a corporate agenda behind a faux network of local activists, digital channels can let a small group — or a single loud voice — act like a substantial movement.

In particular, local media attention matters: it's often easier to get than national coverage, it lets you leverage your local activists and it can lead to much broader distribution of your story if it gets on a newswire (even local blogs can help, since they may be disproportionately read by elected officials and other opinion leaders and can also serve as a source for national blogs — see this article for details).

Activists are slogging round council estates every weekend, asking about and solving local problems, often unglamorous ones such as helping rejected asylum seekers, carers needing respite and gypsies threatened with eviction.

Misratans should run their town's affairs through their new democratically - elected local council and Benghazi transparency activists must be involved in their local governance — but only as representatives of the central government and not as their own fiefdoms.

Contrary to what you're saying in this post, I know many local activists who can and do articulate alternative economic strategy - in such simple, powerful terms as tax the rich, protect jobs, save welfare - quite clearly when talking to local media and elsewhere.

Local activists have plenty of resources to draw on, too, as I argued in a recent Campaigns & Elections column:

In some 40 towns, local party members join activists from as far away as L'Aquila, 400 miles to the south.

Shirley, the progressive activist, has been a leader among newly energized activists that have emerged as a local political force since Trump's election.

Community activists have been pushing for such an agreement to guarantee local jobs and job training as part of the Inner Harbor project.

Even though they have been given a free vote by their anti-war leader Jeremy Corbyn, many Labour MPs will feel pressure from their constituency parties and local left - wing activists not to vote in the same lobby as the Tories.

He is seen as increasingly vulnerable in this campaign due to the growing Latino majority in his district and his 2010 censure by the House for multiple ethics violations and has attracted four challengers in this race; Mr. Espaillat, former Democratic National, onetime Democratic District Leader Joyce Johnson and Craig Schley, a local activist and former model who previously ran for the seat as an independent.

As founder Jeffrey Yoo Warren laid out in a crowd - pleasing presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum conference last week, the group helps local activists assemble $ 100 kits that will let them take extremely detailed photographs of a given area using a consumer - grade digital camera hung from a kite or balloon suspended as high as several thousand feet in the aiAs founder Jeffrey Yoo Warren laid out in a crowd - pleasing presentation at the Personal Democracy Forum conference last week, the group helps local activists assemble $ 100 kits that will let them take extremely detailed photographs of a given area using a consumer - grade digital camera hung from a kite or balloon suspended as high as several thousand feet in the aias high as several thousand feet in the aias several thousand feet in the air.

But as the fight developed, a network of organizations on the Left worked together to create a digital infrastructure to help local activists make their voices heard, and loudly.

The party has a reputation as a hard worker: its councillors run intensive local campaigns, its activists are highly visible in their local communities, and the party just gets things done.

Local party leaders and grassroots activists in Central New York view Perez Williams» entry into the race as a betrayal of Balter, ignoring the will of local Democrats and grassroots activLocal party leaders and grassroots activists in Central New York view Perez Williams» entry into the race as a betrayal of Balter, ignoring the will of local Democrats and grassroots activlocal Democrats and grassroots activists.

«I've worked with Carlina Rivera on countless local issues over the years as a community activist, Democratic District Leader and most recently, in government,» said State Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh.

Arrests Cuomo cited as possibly illegal included one made on a dairy farm, one in a private residence and one targeting a local immigration activist.

Local communities secretary Hazel Blears sounded a contrite note earlier in the evening over the controversial leaflet distributed by Labour activists in Crewe which portrayed the Conservative candidate as an upper class toff.

I want to offer some information on our early organizing work to help engage existing soil - based as well as other community - driven urban ag growers, activists, and leaders as local elected officials begin to consider the development of urban ag policy...

Channel 4 News claims to have uncovered thousands of pounds worth of spending on hotel rooms for Conservative activists during the Rochester and Strood, Clacton and Newark byelections that weren't declared as part of the local campaign activity.

She now works as an activist to fight corruption and help the poor and disenfranchised with a variety of local community programs, including The Community Pantry, a food pantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local families.

Furlong, a local street safety activist who embraced her role as an underdog candidate, said she's hit a roadblock in trying to meet her modest goal of $ 30,000 before the September primary.

As many local activists waved signs protesting the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline, she denounced her Republican opponent, former state legislator John Faso of Kinderhook, as a lobbyist for an energy company dealing in fracked gas and promised to «stand up against big polluters who want to pollute our waterwayAs many local activists waved signs protesting the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline, she denounced her Republican opponent, former state legislator John Faso of Kinderhook, as a lobbyist for an energy company dealing in fracked gas and promised to «stand up against big polluters who want to pollute our waterwayas a lobbyist for an energy company dealing in fracked gas and promised to «stand up against big polluters who want to pollute our waterways.

Generally, the parties select members known for their loyalty and service to the party, such as party leaders, state and local elected officials and party activists.

Momentum is organising The World Transformed — an open, free, largely unstructured culture and ideas festival alongside Labour conference in Liverpool as a way of attracting non-party activists and local young people.

The man did not give his name on the programme though local media have named him as Steve German, a socialist activist in the area.

Clegg's act of defiance might not win many votes directly, but it will give activists a huge spring in their step as they plough through Tory shires, fighting to win county council seats in next week's local elections.

So there was a bittersweet feeling in the air at Mohonk Mountain House as the Gardiner Democratic Committee gathered community activists, current and former public officials, staff from various land trusts and environmental organizations and other local luminaries to review some highlights of Hinchey's career and give him a sentimental sendoff.

But fear of local voters counted as much yesterday evening as fear of local activists - at least for MPs in marginal seats,

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick joined local, state and federal leaders, as well as community activists and business leaders, on Friday, May 24 to remind local residents and companies of the opportunity to share their story with the judge considering the sentence in the federal case against Tonawanda Coke.

As part of the agreement, the Yankees also created a Community Benefits Fund, controlled by a volunteer board, that would give out $ 800,000 a year in grants to local community groups, $ 100,000 a year in equipment and merchandise, and 15,000 free game tickets.While some of these grants, merchandise and tickets have been distributed, activists at the rally said much of it remains unaccounted for.

He summarizes the DCCC's approach as «arm [ing] the rebels» — training a national network of activists and potential campaign staffers while deploying organizers into districts they see as particularly vulnerable to help rally the local grass roots.

At 10 a.m., Rep. John Katko will join local non-profit organizations as well as community service activists and anti-poverty groups to participate in a forum on addressing the devastating poverty rate in the City of Syracuse and the surrounding areas, Mary Nelson Center, 2849 South Salina St., Syracuse.

Stella has been working for Labour alongside local activists and community campaign groups for many years as an active member of our Walthamstow constituency, whether as a branch secretary, GC delegate, LGC delegate or a campaign organiser.

«Despite generally welcoming Espaillat as a much - needed young, energetic voice with roots in Washington Heights» Dominican community, local activists... are concerned,» the newspaper reported.

She was thoroughly Labour, first as an activist, then as a local councillor and MP and finally as a Labour peer.

Two names mentioned as possible challengers — Lillian Perez (chief of staff for Sen. Eric Schneiderman) and Haile Rivera (a local activist and former Obama organizer)-- have said they're not looking to run against Espada.

The election of President Donald Trump enraged progressive activists who on a local level are targeting the Republican - controlled state Senate, which they see as the largest roadblock to major progressive legislation being passed in the state.

Supporters of Council member Chin point out that any proposal floated over the years to focus on one section of the neighborhood, such as Two Bridges, has been denounced in the strongest terms by some local activists.

Rice (D - Garden City), who served as Nassau district attorney for nine years before her election to Congress last year, joined two local anti-drunken driving activists at a news conference at Eisenhower Park to announce her endorsement of Singas.

The Populus poll in Oldham East and Saddleworth, commissioned by Lord Ashcroft, shows that Labour activists are speaking to as many local voters — in person or by phone — as the Liberal Democrats.

But it emerged that the activists had been campaigning on behalf of specific Conservative MPs, rather than the party generally, leading to claims that the spending should have been record as local expenditure.

As Republicans set the wheels in motion to repeal the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, local activist are urging Congressman Chris Collins and his peers not to end the health care plan unless they've got a replacement ready to gAs Republicans set the wheels in motion to repeal the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, local activist are urging Congressman Chris Collins and his peers not to end the health care plan unless they've got a replacement ready to gas Obamacare, local activist are urging Congressman Chris Collins and his peers not to end the health care plan unless they've got a replacement ready to go.