Sentences with phrase «grassroots action»

A vote to eliminate Planned Parenthood from Medicaid could come as early as January 28; grassroots action is critical to having our voice heard!

In each of these countries, The Climate Reality Project's Road to Paris campaign will build on the work we've already undertaken, including training new members of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps and activating local branches, which will employ social / digital earned media tactics to educate and mobilize communities, hold events, and offer practical suggestions for grassroots action people can take to support and strengthen the commitments their national governments have made.

In fact it's gives even more weight to grassroots action: More than ever pressure needs to be put on governments (wherever you happen to live) to enact strong national emissions targets, based in science not political expediency.

in Africa, for instance, as early as 2020... in some countries, yields from rain - fed agriculture could be reduced by up to 50 per cent... Today, the power of sceptics has become extremely high because economic interests which resist change support them... The challenge... is, therefore, to launch urgent grassroots action by civil society, business and local governments.

... in the article, Pachauri calls for grassroots action, suggests he's realized governments are no longer buying what he's trying to sell.

But it is a useful primer on the Transition approach of positive grassroots action.

Klein calls for investments in infrastructure, the expansion of our caregiving and creative economy and the grassroots action that can «reinvigorate democracy from the ground up.»

Since opening our office in Edmonton in 1998 we have worked to develop campaigns and projects that serve the greater public through education and grassroots action.

CCAN uses grassroots action to call for the changes we need at the local, state, and national levels.

In 2005, a passionate group of EV drivers rallied to galvanize citizen grassroots action to form DontCrush.com and saveEV1.com.

Activists think this will be a wake - up call to spark grassroots action and instill a sense of urgency among locals.

It was an eye - opening immersion into the power of grassroots action to force an issue onto the national radar screen and demand change.

Art and Social Activism investigates art's relationship to activism, creating a live forum in which to discuss the visual arts in our current climate of grassroots action, demonstrations, and international protest movements — with the goal of promoting awareness, increased involvement, and change.

Sometimes these organizations still have a volunteer base which they encourage to engage in grassroots action, but without local staff support.289

Get involved in grassroots action.

MSA has created a Grassroots Action Plan that provides ideas and instructions for showcasing your magnet school and interacting with your political leaders.

Access to our Grassroots Action Center, policy Blog and Legislative updates are the result of key, and crucial, discussions on the future of magnet schools.

The grassroots action of St. HOPE, West Campus, and local charter school supporters changed the outcome.

Magnet Schools of America (MSA) organizes grassroots action on federal, state and local policy issues critical to its members.

For more than three decades, the Committee and the many citizens and institutions who support our cause have called for policies and grassroots action that build a path to a larger life for all Kentuckians.

Uses grassroots action to help all children get the excellent public education and strong support they need to thrive.

MSA's Grassroots Action Center provides direct links to your legislative representatives where you can write to not only support program appropriations but share your thanks with them as well for their support of magnet schools.

He is developing policies to improve the country's social, economic, and political conditions and is making sure those policies are translated into real, grassroots action.

However, grassroots action is beginning to build up into a larger movement.

The group's mission is to support communities» use of grassroots action to create informed, sustainable neighborhoods free from industrial pollution.

Through grassroots action like sign waves, money - bombs, viral content and more, we will continue to grow and to support our candidates until they win their elections.

Well, historically we've presented our activists (about 17,000 — a relatively small list) with a pre-written message in our grassroots action system, so that all they have to do is push a button to attach their name to it and send it to the relevant decision - maker (s).

In the advocacy world, most outreach efforts involve one or more of three basic goals: trying to affect government legislation and / or regulation, trying to build a base of supporters for long - term fundraising and / or grassroots action, and trying to influence the broader public policy discussion.

* Grassroots action on priority issues that will affect your business through the GrassRoots Action Network for Dairy (GRAND).

A scholarship tax credit encourages grassroots action to expand school choice.

Through your grassroots actions, we can try to at least minimize cuts to conservation.

We rallied in DC on their lawn, and confronted them in - district with grassroots actions.

The fight against Keystone XL was been powered by an unprecedented wave of grassroots actions, led by people from all walks of life, in every state in the United States — and beyond.

Over the coming months, the campaign will be coordinating grassroots actions from the Great Wall to the Eiffel Tower and is looking to unroll a number of targeted campaigns to build a movement behind the number 350.

The house parties were organized by the volunteers themselves, taking meaningful grassroots actions and engaging with their friends, neighbors, and colleagues.

They combine research with community organising & grassroots actions to defeat hate groups at elections and to build community resilience against extremism.

Not exact matches

In fact, Fibershed received a Patagonia's grant for action - oriented, grassroots, environmental work.

NELP combines deep policy chops with tangible action — via partnerships with grassroots groups and leadership on advocacy campaigns around the nation — to fight for real reforms that change lives.

Builders looking to send a message to Congress that it needs to take action to keep housing and the economy moving forward should mark their calendar now for the most important grassroots event of the year — the 2017 NAHB Legislative Conference.

CREDO Action deputy political director Josh Nelson also noted that «fierce grassroots activism has stopped these pipelines over and over again,» while David Turnbull, campaigns director at Oil Change International declared the pipelines «will never be completed.»

It is a grassroots campaign of education, action, and community building observed each year between 30 January and 4 April in a growing number of cities worldwide.

The counter action has to be locally based at the grassroots to be authentic and credible.

For more information about the reception, contact Angela Tiwari, United Fresh Director of Grassroots & Political Action, at 202-303-3416.

Local organizations, local corporations, local people who create their own «revolutions» (think about a Tea Party - type grassroots movement, but aimed at improving food service in the schools) and then take the actions needed to effect the change they seek!

The World Health Organization (WHO), along with grassroots non-governmental organisations like the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) have played a large role in encouraging these governmental departments to promote breastfeeding.

Also in support of Farm to School, Slow Food USA launched a Time for Lunch campaign yesterday, to organize a national day of action on September 7 with grassroots Eat - Ins around the country, reminiscent of their monumentally successful event in San Francisco last year.

Come learn about SNA's Political Action Committee (PAC), the benefits of action alerts, grassroots advocacy tips and techniques at the State and Federal Action Committee (PAC), the benefits of action alerts, grassroots advocacy tips and techniques at the State and Federal action alerts, grassroots advocacy tips and techniques at the State and Federal level.

2 July 2014: Have a read of this... Baby Milk Action and its IBFAN partners work at grassroots level (monitoring companies, organising campaigns, responding to emergencies), national level (working for laws to hold corporations to account) and international level.

The UN Breastfeeding Advocacy Team (UNBAT) members are NGOs, that take action to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding at the grassroots, professional, and policy level.

Keep an eye on what the TechRepublican guys are doing to educate Republican political professionals, for sure, but also watch for action in the conservative grassroots.