Sentences with phrase «grassroots advocacy»

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

You are a true example of the power of grassroots advocacy.

Created a supportive environment for the community and public, promoting grassroots advocacy and voter registration.

Legal reforms are the means by which grassroots advocacy groups and state politicians aim to modernize «antiquated» election laws, as Matthew Sollars, a spokesman for the voting reform coalition Vote Better NY, described them.

The PAI provides parents with tools and resources to lead grassroots advocacy efforts in their school districts.

The NEA Student Program will present the second annual Leaders Empowering Grassroots Advocacy for Communities and Youth (LEGACY) Project, which brings future educators together to volunteer in a school community.

In Oregon, the REALTOR ® Party program is used to assist local boards and associations in implementing grassroots advocacy campaigns that support the values and priorities of REALTORS ®.

The Northwestern Vermont Board of REALTORS ® and your state association are actively involved in grassroots advocacy on issues of concern to our members and to homeowners in Vermont.

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.

If you are public education advocate on social media, you have probably seen some of the aggressive «truthiness» that has been masquerading as grassroots advocacy on this issue.

Beginning in 2013, parents began building a well - coordinated grassroots advocacy infrastructure to protest New York's rollout of RttT.

As director of technical policy, Jeremy oversees USGBC's grassroots advocacy network across all 50 states and nearly 80 chapter organizations to advance USGBC's mission of green buildings for all within a generation.

David Wilmot, Ph.D, Co-Founder and President of Ocean Champions will join Salud Carbajal, Santa Barbara County Supervisor and Angela Howe, Esq., Legal Director of Surfrider Foundation for a timely examination on how grassroots advocacy and full political involvement is needed to ensure healthy and thriving oceans and coasts.

RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI — Empower Mississippi, a new grassroots advocacy organization, released the first ever Education Choice Scorecard in the state of Mississippi.

Relationships and coalition - building, as well as grassroots advocacy and earned media, will help shape the future of PIJAC's legislative and regulatory battles.

A new interactive Principals» Legislative Action Center expands grassroots advocacy.

It is important that people support grassroots advocacy efforts and vote for officials who are going to bring us clean energy and help us to break the grip of Big Oil, Big Coal, and other industries that have a stranglehold on our democracy.

Surfrider's Not the Answer campaign is focused on protecting our coasts from the risky practice of new offshore drilling through grassroots advocacy at the federal and state levels.

At 10:30 a.m., the Community Health Care Association of New York State holds Community Health Center Grassroots Advocacy Day with community health care supporters to seek help from lawmakers and regulators, Meeting Rooms 2 - 4, Empire State Plaza Convention Center, Albany.

Facebook has helped give greater legitimacy to controversial organizations like ACT for America, a self - described national security grassroots advocacy group that has been accused of promoting Islamophobia, according to Beirich.

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

For Hill / regulatory work, the measurables are likely to include counts of grassroots advocacy emails sent, constituent visits to district or DC offices, constituent calls to legislative offices, supporter quotes in mainstream media news stories, and letters to the editor in local newspapers.

Need inspiration for your next grassroots advocacy campaign?

NEDA is an organization focused on public education and grassroots advocacy around a variety of conditions that affect the well being of 24 million Americans.

Gary McDowell is the Executive Director of Future of Research, a non-profit organization that promotes grassroots advocacy among junior scientists to advance improvements and reform of the scientific enterprise.

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«Our Student Action Campaign cultivates the next generation of progressive activists and strengthens public interest grassroots advocacy.»

The Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) offers a variety of grassroots advocacy tools and resources for your public charter school.

The presence of national advocacy groups like EdChoice that help with the heavy lifting of bill writing, lobbying, and grassroots advocacy often make school - choice legislation an easy target for politicians looking to pass bold education measures.

This video series was developed through a partnership with the Hunt Institute as part of National PTA's ongoing effort to provide accurate information about the Common Core State Standards and to assist PTA membership with developing grassroots advocacy skills.

That EPA letter certainly played a part — as did sustained grassroots advocacy efforts, exposes on conflicts of interest between State and the pipeline's profiteers, and relentless debunking of false jobs and energy security promises — in the State Department's move to punt the decision for a year, take a fresh look at the proposals, and go back to the drawing board to create a new supplemental environmental impact statement.

Alliance Against Mining: To strengthen grassroots advocacy to stop the Mindoro Nickel Project which threatens the region's biodiversity and the livelihoods of the indigenous Mangyan people.

Marshall: Look, we're a small grassroots advocacy organization.

Identified, cultivated, and activated grassroots advocacy efforts, and national and regional fundraising efforts, for IMBA and its chapters.

A big thank you to CAMFT's Grassroots Advocacy Team for proudly lobbying Representatives in Washington, DC on behalf of California's Marriage and Family Therapists!

In 2015, the National Association of REALTORS ® saw record - breaking grassroots advocacy and RPAC fundraising, doubled down on its commitment to REALTOR ® safety, changed the direction of its national advertising campaign, and partnered with the brokerage community on a game - changing initiative to streamline listing data entry and syndication.

After years of pressure from grassroots advocacy groups, the MTA board voted unanimously to ban advertising of alcoholic beverages on New York City buses, subway cars and stations, contending that the social benefits of deterring underage drinking outweighed the loss of revenue.

I'm honored to be joining Laura, along with Lisa Tudor, Director of Development and Outreach for the Foundation Against Companion - Animal Euthanasia (FACE), at the upcoming No More Homeless Pets Conference as we present Taking It to the Street (Cats): Grassroots Advocacy for Community Cats.