Sentences with phrase «from grassroots members»

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Public Waldorf Education emerged from the visionary, grassroots efforts of parents, educators and community members.

How It Works: Grassroots Student - led Initiatives Daye is on a student school health advisory committee whose members are from schools participating in the Healthy Schools Program.

Citizen Corbyn, elected with more votes than the Tories have members as he's fond of warning sceptics, will parade his grassroots legitimacy at Labour's conference in Brighton next week where he's guaranteed a hero's welcome from the army of activists who feel this time they've really got their party back.

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.

We've already looked at the campaign's grassroots - organizing model, which required a tremendous investment in time from — and an immense amount of trust in — volunteer team members and their recruits, but the Obamans ventured out onto plenty of other ground on which political campaigns normally fear to tread.

Research by grassroots website LibDemVoice.org found 55 % of party members want either a coalition deal with Labour or a more limited «confidence and supply» arrangement in which the Lib Dems prevent a Labour administration from falling.

More from members of the Obama campaign staff on the structure of the new media team, the importance of good content (particularly video) and the use of grassroots data in allocating resources in real - time.

Taking the podium, Nixon thanked the committee members for their «courage» and called the WFP, which has come under assault this week from inside and out — with two major unions leaving the fold in protest after it became clear Nixon was all but locked into the endorsement — the «political home for progressives in New York State, and a source of grassroots muscle for the movement.»

Since then, Conservative grassroots members» views on Europe appear only to have hardened — and, as a new report from the Project published yesterday by the Mile End Institute shows, they are one of the many things that set the Tory rank and file apart from the members of other political parties.

Despite Levy, Schaffer said later ticket sales for last night's event were ahead of last year's and he felt more enthusiasm from grassroots party members.

As the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), struggles to recover from its defeat in the 2016 elections, grassroots members of the party in the Ketu South Constituency in the Volta Region, have waded into the blame game by accusing Former President John Dramani Mahama and his wife, as being the major cause of their defeat.

This CLP notes from the experience of the US that primaries: drive up the cost of seeking selection; favour wealthy candidates; reduced the input of grassroots members; and strengthened the influence of right wing media in candidate selection.

Foley, a private investor from Greenwich, has been endorsed by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League — a 15,000 member grassroots gun rights organization.

There was also some unhappiness that Saj Karim MEP, a recent defector from the LibDems, was «toplisted» as a Conservative European elections candidate without grassroots members being given a say.

Senior policymakers and grassroots members are furious about the Lib Dem leader's plan to stake out a middle ground «equidistant» from Labour and the Tories to boost the chances of another coalition government...

Also at 11 a.m., members of the New York Campaign to Save the EPA will formerly announce the start of a broad, grassroots campaign to urge the state's congressional delegation to oppose the president's proposed cuts to the EPA, Oak Street (across from Rep. Lee Zeldin's office), Patchogue, Long Island.

Corbyn's safe from a putsch for as long as he retains the grassroots and the gang without a plan or a potential successor mutter and mumble in the knowledge he'd probably be re-elected by the party's members and supporters.

«We must begin also to look at ourselves, if you are a minister, if you are elections directorate member, if you are an executive member, right from the grassroots to National level, begin to do things that will attract people to our party the more,» he added.

The majority of the party's members are from the grassroots without a voice and not being heard.

The party's endorsements are the product of an intense grassroots selection process that included the completion of a thorough questionnaire and in - person interviews with screening committees composed of WFP members from each candidate's borough.

The membership of each of Labour's policy commissions is drawn from our National Policy Forum, the Shadow Cabinet and our National Executive Committee, and reflects all parts of our movement, including grassroots Labour Party members, representatives of affiliates such as trade unions, and elected politicians.

New York's political clubs represent the some of the most grassroots elements of local politics, and members typically try to influence elections by distributing voter cards at poll sites, and through mailings that advertise their endorsements for offices ranging from local district leaders to the Commander - in - Chief.

In an e-mail message sent last night to those volunteers, David Plouffe, the former campaign manager for the Obama campaign and guru to grassroots Democrats, wrote: «Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado and Congressman Tom Perriello of Virginia are two new members of Congress who have stood up for health reform and suffered vicious, deceptive attacks from the opposition.

The group is now a coalition pulling from several grassroots advocacy organizations, which together claim more than 150,000 members.

Utilizing online tools for mobilization, Leah worked with a team of co-organizers to help the grassroots group grow from 12 people at its first meeting in January 2007 to over 2,000 members by Inauguration Day in January 2009.

He mentioned that his main objective is to help build a strong party from the grassroots by creating a robust Welfare Fund to be used for the welfare needs of the party members, including the polling station and constituency executives, regional and national officers, communicators, the serial callers, and other party members who put their lives on the line for the party, but are somehow not recognized.

If they do not choose an open primary method of selection - which is what ConservativeHome now strongly recommends as the only way of members retaining a meaningful say in selections - grassroots members will only be left with the job of identifying three or four candidates from a field of approximately 12 to 15.

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.

Now, members of a grassroots group are asking the legislature for the legal backing to break away from Anderson Community Schools and start their own district.

He noted NSBA's partnership with its state associations and the important grassroots advocacy work of individual school board members who participate in the Federal Relations Network (FRN), with FRN membership rising exponentially from 1,600 to 53,000 in just two short years.

Dear E3MN Members, From the beginning, we have been a grassroots group for teachers and by teachers.

The litmus test will determine which candidates receive financial and grassroots support from the group's dues - paying members, who will be made up heavily of parents.

According to Julia Sass Rubin, a parent and member of the grassroots group Save Our Schools New Jersey, a PAA affiliate, «If a traditional public school converts to a charter schools, it affects the education of every child in that community by drawing critical resources from the traditional public school system.

Well, that's a one - man show that got some grassroots help from members of our parent company, Marvelous Japan, after they found themselves impressed by creator Matt Fielding's labor of love.

Below you will find useful resources from CJA member organizations, government agencies, and other organizations to help grassroots organizations understand the Clean Power Plan, State Implementation Plans, and Just Transition and how they can take action.

During a period of three years, the members of the Commission and other contributors for its five working groups conducted 22 national consultation processes with representatives from local governments, academia, civil society, and grassroots movements.

A member since it was created in 2002, I have served in many capacities as it has evolved from a grassroots group of professionals committed to humanizing the divorce process to a more structured organization with multiple initiatives.

In addition, the councils provide presidents with the opportunity to convey grassroots concerns to national association leaders who attend and respond to questions from council members.