Sentences with phrase «grass roots organization of»

MAWT (Mothers Against Turbines) is a non-profit, grass roots organization of mothers, parents and grandparents who have a focus on protecting children exposed to the effects of industrial wind turbines.

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With support of the CRLA Foundation, she co-founded Líderes Campesinas, in 1992, the first state - based farmworker women's unique grass roots organization that became a movement of campesina leaders advocating on behalf of campesinas.

One, there was to be an election soon and one party decided to remain silent knowing ahead of time the possible consequences of the carnival because, they believed that if they opposed the barker they would lose votes of some increasingly large grass roots organizations and voters.

These organizations grew from small grass - roots groups to highly professionalized, slick lobbying operations with the aid of Atlantic money, and all were prominent in the campaign to pass this referendum.

The United Nations is partnering with faith based organizations and their vast network of donors, development groups, and grass roots organizers to bring aid to developing countries around the world.

The grass roots organization Improving Birth coined the term «obstetric violence» - which is playing out in labor and delivery units in certain parts of the world; the World Health Organization called for increased scrutiny of these disrespectful childbirth care practices, as women treated in this way, feel assaulted and violated, and must be taken as seriously as rape.

Smith and other members of a grass - roots organization working to create a park district scored their biggest victory to date on Friday, when McHenry County Associate Judge Haskell M. Pitluck validated the group's petitions, allowing the question to be placed on the March ballot.

Governed by a Board of Directors, the organization's Mission is advanced through a partnership with governance volunteers, staff, and grass - roots volunteers located throughout our field offices.

At virtually the [same] time, there was an email exchange between a relatively small group of bloggers and a couple of representatives from grass - roots organizations in which the same idea arose: finding a Senator who would be willing to place a «hold» on the Rockefeller immunity bill.

At noon, dozens of grass - roots organizations from across New York rally to tell the Independent Democratic Conference that unification is too little, too late, Foley Square, 111 Worth St., Manhattan.

At noon, the #NoCuts Coalition, an alliance of dozens of grass - roots groups, civic organizations, faith leaders and labor unions rally against the Trump administration's proposed budget cuts to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 26 Federal Plaza, Manhattan.

Protest mobilization may not be strong enough to withstand the weight and media savvy of the Trump team which, since the election in November, has held rallies and forged grass roots levels organization of supporters, available to mobilize and bombard members of Congress.

Of the approximately 19,000 members of the progressive grass - roots organization who live in the district, the more than half who participated in the endorsement vote chose Burner, a longtime liberal favoritOf the approximately 19,000 members of the progressive grass - roots organization who live in the district, the more than half who participated in the endorsement vote chose Burner, a longtime liberal favoritof the progressive grass - roots organization who live in the district, the more than half who participated in the endorsement vote chose Burner, a longtime liberal favorite.

The current system is set up as a farce, with a lot of phony «community charity» organizations being set up as phony grass - roots organizations when they are actually conduits for corporate and wealthy donors.

Also at 11 a.m., New York elected officials, unions, advocates, community organizations, grass - roots groups and impacted consumers hold a press conference to discuss the impact of the U.S. Senate's health care bill, state Capitol, Albany.

The list includes «Sex and the City» actress Cynthia Nixon; former Clinton White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes; Bertha Lewis of the old ACORN grass - roots organization; and Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, partner of American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.

Grand Council Chairman Charles Billups, told BW, that his group decided to support English because of her history of working with youth, ex-offenders, and her economic development efforts with grass root organizations.

Dick Armey, a former congressman from Texas who headed a conservative organization that had gone to the district to work for Mr. Hoffman, said the turn of events — and the surge of conservative grass - roots attention on this small race — underscored what he said was the mistaken argument by Republicans that they needed to field moderate candidates to be competitive.

By Sean Ryan The leaders of two grass - roots organizations say they are ready for an appeal after a U.S. district court upheld their challenge of the widening of Highway 164.

Cairo About Blog Egyptian Streets is an independent, young, and grass roots news media organization aimed at providing readers with an alternate depiction of events that occur on Egyptian and Middle Eastern streets, and to establish an engaging social platform for readers to discover and discuss the various issues that impact the region Frequency about 19 posts per week Since Jul 2012 Website egyptianstreets.com + Follow Facebook fans - 257,962.

Using a mix of radio ads, grass - roots communication, and media relations, the organization sought to inform parents of their NCLB school choice and free tutoring options.

Pollitt will also head the efforts of the National School Boards Action Center, NSBA's national grass roots organization, and the Center for Public Education (CPE), NSBA's research tank, which examines issues impacting public education.

In a phone interview, Analilia Mejia, executive director of New Jersey Working Families Alliance, a grass - roots independent political organization that endorsed Baraka, claimed the campaign «was won at the doors» by the hundreds of volunteers who went door - to - door to discuss the issues with other voters.

These community organizers have come together under the banner of the national Journey for Justice Alliance, a coalition of grass - roots organizations.

As an African grass roots organization that has demonstrated the success of its holistic approach to the interrelated problems of environmental degradation, poverty and women's rights, and governance, we have established The Green Belt Movement International (www.greenbeltmovement.org) to ensure that the work of the GBM in Kenya expands and is sustained, facilitate the sharing of the work with other parts of Africa and beyond, to institutionalize the work and experiences of GBM so future generations can continue to learn and be empowered by this example and to continue to support important global campaigns and struggles that represent the linkage between the environment, democracy and peace, such as the Congo Forest Basin Ecosystem and The African Union's ECOSOCC.

Our organization has been promoting the concept of financial capability by seeding and testing grass - roots innovations designed to shrink the know - do gap.

Kathy is also the founder and director of Wisconsin Voters for Companion Animals, a grass - roots political advocacy organization that works towards advancing humane legislation while preserving animal owners rights.

Donations flow by the hundreds of millions to high profile, shelterless humane organizations, leaving grass roots rescuers to fight over crumbs..

As Canada's oldest humane organization, Montreal's SPCA recognizes the tremendous value of working within a network of cities, boroughs and grass - roots animal rescue organizations to end the tragic overpopulation of dogs and cats on the island.

As a small grass - roots group we are especially proud of the fact that we are a 4 - time recipient of the «Excellence of Service to Animal and Public Education» award from the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association, which recognized only three organizations yearly.

Some are to some degree antagonistic toward each other, but a few years ago when epilepsy was recognized as a serious breed health concern an international grass - roots effort lead to a large collection of research samples and cooperation among key clubs, foundations and organizations to provide funding for a research project that involves an international collaboration.

1973 — Grass roots organization, Golden Empire Humane Society, is founded to help abandoned cats and dogs and to promote spay and neuter and humane treatment of all animals.

Kitten Rescue is a no - kill, grass roots, Los Angeles based animal welfare and rescue organization, dedicated to saving the forgotten felines of Los Angeles.

Chain of Hope is a grass roots organization helping neglected animals right here in this city.

has done so much on such a tiny budget is a real ray of hope for many grass roots rescue organizations.

We must seize the grass roots momentum that started last year, and like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the grass roots organization that placed the wrongfulness of drunk driving into the minds of everyone, we must let legislators and other elected officials know that we do not want lip service and a mysterious end to animal welfare legislation; we want meaningful change for companion animals in Oklahoma.

Grupo Tortuguero is a grass - roots conservation organization working to protect and advocate for endangered populations of sea turtles.

Cairo About Blog Egyptian Streets is an independent, young, and grass roots news media organization aimed at providing readers with an alternate depiction of events that occur on Egyptian and Middle Eastern streets, and to establish an engaging social platform for readers to discover and discuss the various issues that impact the region Frequency about 19 posts per week Since Jul 2012 Website egyptianstreets.com + Follow Facebook fans - 257,962.

Committed to grass - roots organizations, Martinez was a co-founder of Deep River and LA > < Art, both in Los Angeles.

[3] Surfacestations.org describes itself as a «grass roots organization» that uses volunteers to collect information on weather stations that are part of the United States Historical Climatological Network (USHCN) and Global Historical Climatological Network (GHCN).

In aerospace it was really Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO)(followed by organizations like AIAA and ASME) and users of model results that pushed for such standards and that drove the community; it wasn't much of a grass - roots thing from the model building community as far as I can tell.

The use of front - groups and fake grass - roots organizations, known as Astroturf groups, to promote the views of climate change deniers that hide the real parties in interests,

While Trump may well take Iowa tomorrow, it's widely acknowledged that Ted Cruz has the strongest grass - roots level of organization among conservative evangelicals and other conservatives, in contrast to Marco Rubio's weak organization that relies on media rather than putting people in the field.

A number of grass - roots groups have sprung up in recent years, in part due to dissatisfaction with the established environment organizations, some of which have become institutionalized.

Not surprisingly, Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC), the charming little «grass - roots» organization funded by the coal mining industry who is running this ad campaign points only to the electricity generating side of clean coal technologies while overlooking the pollution created to mine and transport the stuff To quote Leah Arnold, their communications director, «We don't get into the mining issue.

Monsanto has now hired a Colorado flack and an St. Louis advertising firm to set up a «grass - roots organization» with a website that says it was «organized by farmers frustrated by the loss of safe and valuable management tools with no scientific justification and no economic compensation,» such as Monsanto's bovine growth hormone Posilac.

Our work supplemented and supported a massive and effective effort by a local grass - roots organization opposing the oversized project on roughly a dozen other grounds — traffic, cost of school expansion, visual impacts, among others.

Patrick is Chairman of the Board of Directors for Brookland Community Resources, a grass - roots organization that works to promote the full inclusion of people with intellectual and physical disabilities into all aspects of community life.

Belcher is also the founder of Drinks Among Friends, a grass roots organization focused on bringing accessible leadership and development opportunities to women lawyers.

Prior to joining JMBM, Matthew worked for five years as an appellate attorney in the Environment & Natural Resources Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he represented federal agencies in the federal courts of appeals; for four years as an attorney at Paul Hastings, where he advised and represented corporate clients in environmental and real estate matters; for two years as a law clerk to the Honorable Consuelo M. Callahan on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and for two years as a supervising attorney and lecturer at the Stanford Law School Environmental Law Clinic, where he taught students the practice of law and represented grass - roots and national organizations in environmental litigation and policy matters.