Sentences with phrase «engage grassroots groups»

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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.

They are engaging in astroturf activism which means the real grassroots and their advocates need to be organized, unified and strategic,» said Dawn Penich - Thacker, the spokesperson for the anti-voucher group Save Our Schools Arizona.

This unique collaborative initiative between Queens College Art Department (CUNY: City University of New York) and the Queens Museum of Art — integrates social, tactical, immaterial, and interventionist art forms in tandem with the museum's ongoing, in - depth activities in socially - based art and grassroots community engagement under the expert guidance of a group of artists, administrators, educators engaged with local issues specific to Queens.

Michelada Think Tank is a group of socially conscious artists who are interested in hosting conversations, creating safe place, opening opportunity to connect and build with other people of color (PoC) and allies who are socially engaged / community artists and grassroots activist type folks interested in creative ways of making change happen.

Dr. Martinez has also worked with a range of organizations from local grassroots groups to international organizations engaging in the promotion of sound environmental policy and environmental justice.

Grassroots groups engaging in and training for direct action such as the Tar Sands Blockade, Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, the Unist» ot» en Camp, and Moccasins on the Ground have shown us how direct action can empower local communities and push establishment green groups to embrace bolder tactics.

The group engaged its 19 chapters throughout the state to conduct a grassroots voter registration drive.