Sentences with phrase «grassroots activists working»

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Campaigns against the practices of fast - food chains and the campaign to ban battery cages, which have been heavily supported by the hard work of tens of thousands of grassroots activists, have improved the living and dying conditions of millions of animals.

«A non-partisan, non-profit grassroots organization that connects parents and activists from across the U.S. to share ideas and work together on improving our nation's public schools.

I will give more say to Labour councillors at a national level and I'll work more closely with our brilliant grassroots activists.

Five out of six of the Yes campaign's steering committee have worked for or explicitly supported the Liberal Democrats in the last 12 months, and at least half of their so - called «grassroots co-ordinators» are former Lib Dem candidates, councillors and activists.

Tomorrow, grassroots activists will meet in central London for Netroots UK, an event aimed at «inspiring progressive activists working on the web».

Beals is a member of the Woodstock Democratic Committee, and has been working on the grassroots level since last November's election, when he joined with Swing Left, a new national activist movement, to throw a gathering in Woodstock in March, with the aim of winning back the 19th district congressional seat in the 2018 elections.

NOW, the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States, was founded in 1966 and has hundreds of chapters in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. NOW - NY and NOW - NYC, the New York City chapter, have advocated on a number of issues affecting girls and women, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence and child marriage — issues it has worked on with Cuomo and other elected officials.

Many grassroots activists feel that they don't know enough about the National Conservative Convention and the work of the elected members of the Party Board on their behalf.

As a coalition of labor unions, community organizations and grassroots activists, the Working Families Party has been a consistent voice on issues that put working families first, and it has become a leading voice in the fight for real demWorking Families Party has been a consistent voice on issues that put working families first, and it has become a leading voice in the fight for real demworking families first, and it has become a leading voice in the fight for real democracy.

2) International PB Conference: During this two - day conference organized by The Participatory Budgeting Project, Pratt Institute, and the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, CVH leaders and staff, along with over 200 elected officials, community leaders, and activists from across the world, will discuss key topics and trends for this model of grassroots democracy, including PB in Public Housing, PB in Community Organizations, Online Participation, and the PBNYC Briefing (see below).

Washington (CNN)-- House Minority Leader John Boehner, R - Ohio, told conservative activists Thursday that the Republican Party should not try to take over the Tea Party movement, but rather work closely with these grassroots activists.

NEW YORK, NY (05/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Early this afternoon, a team of welfare recipients, unemployed New Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budget.

UPDATE: Murphy's campaign said the initiative «organized under the umbrella of Murphy's re-election committee, will fund organizers to work in collaboration with the campaigns of the Connecticut Congressional delegation and the Connecticut Democratic Party to recruit and train volunteers, offer action alerts to existing organizing groups, provide messaging help to grassroots activists, and provide a conduit between local activism and the fight in Washington to defeat the reckless policies of the Trump administration.»

Amnesty International USA — Individuals and Risk program Contact: Email Amnesty International is a grassroots activist organization which undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights.

Social change and peace movements / campaigns, once considered the dangerous work of local grassroots indigenous activists and civil society, have now transformed into «global crowdfunded - change your Twitter avatar - update your Facebook status - like my page» campaigns.

Parents Across America is a «non-partisan, non-profit grassroots organization that connects parents and activists from across the U.S. to share ideas and work together to improve our nation's public schools.

It also involves working with grassroots activists and even churches, who have the networks to make in - roads.

Parents Across America (PAA) is a grassroots organization that connects parents and activists from across the U.S. to share ideas and work together on improving our nation's public schools.

(PAA) is a grassroots organization that connects parents and activists from across the U.S. to share ideas and work together on improving our nation's public schools.

PAA is a grassroots organization that connects parents and activists from across the United States to share ideas and work together on improving the nation's public schools.

Working with grassroots activists on the ground to provide parents buses that can inform families about the quality of choice options (along with information on, for example, what a child should know by third grade) would not only improve data quality, but also bolster support for school choice and education reform overall.

The ERA Coalition, a 501 (c)(4) political organization, works with Congress and grassroots activists for the passage and ratification of an Equal Rights Amendment.

Narrated by award - winning actors Peter Coyote (English version) and Marcos Palmeira (Portuguese version), the documentary chronicles the inspiring work of indigenous peoples, grassroots activists, and their allies to prevent dam construction and its many impacts.

As the year came to a close, Goldman Prize staff took some time to reflect milestones from 2013 — some were victories we were thrilled to celebrate, others were reflective of the dangerous reality in which many grassroots environmental activists carry out their work.

As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, we wanted to take a moment and give thanks to all the grassroots environmental activists like Hilton Kelley who are working... Read More

As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, we wanted to take a moment and give thanks to all the grassroots environmental activists like Hilton Kelley who are working hard to protect our natural resources.

The Pope recognized the importance of grassroots activists like Father Edu, who are working at the local level to stem the impacts of climate change.

It's a part of our ongoing work to unite the efforts of grassroots digital rights activists across the country.

San Francisco Bay Area, CA About Blog Breast Cancer Action (BCAction) is a national grassroots education and activist organization working to address and end the breast cancer epidemic.

Sheilah has spent over 30 years as an activist, working with organizations dedicated to developing and advocating for grassroots - developed solutions to social problems, ranging from environmental issues to sustainable agriculture to public school reform to improving school food.