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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.

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Her background includes experience in grassroots organizing, policy and advocacy at the local, regional, state, and federal levels.

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.

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.

But unlike many nonprofits and advocacy groups, OFA has a grassroots base in every state, and they have enough members to actually get a decent showing at events in a lot of districts.

At our training event, you'll develop a deeper understanding of what makes the most sense for your union local, civic engagement project, nonprofit, advocacy campaign or grassroots organizing effort.

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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.

Forcing Leaders to Lead Although corporations need to shoot all their efficiency and renewable energy bullets trying to reduce their own carbon footprint, it's most important that they use their own business as a club to batter legislators with advocacy, use their influence over customers to create a grassroots movement and allocate advertising dollars to a climate campaign aimed at a broad audience.

While at the AAS, Bethany managed the public policy activities including, creating and managing a federal and local grassroots advocacy program designed to work with association members to effectively communicate with policy makers and successfully leading a coalition, working with Congressional leaders, and drafting legislation to secure millions of federal dollars appropriated for the restarting domestic production of Plutonium - 238 as a fuel source for planetary exploration.

As the State Board of Education considers overruling the MNPS School Board and possibly approving charter schools for Nashville originally denied at the local level, grassroots advocacy group TREE is calling on citizens to take action.

The founder of a grassroots public school advocacy group based in northern Wisconsin says Rep. Mary Czaja backs «draconian» budget cuts to public education at the behest of Republican party leadership.

He joined the team after serving as the National Program Director at Stand for Children, a non-profit grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to improving public school education.

These efforts must be based on a statewide issue, involve working with multiple organizations or coalitions through grassroots collaboration, and contain a public awareness / advocacy training component for PTA members and the community at large.

For information on advocacy at the state and grassroots level, please visit our State Policy page.

Trippi, the keynote speaker at last year's ASCD Leadership Institute for Legislative Advocacy, shares tips for translating online participation into commitment and action, comments on the social media tools he thinks are outstripping Facebook to become the most influential, and offers his take on the power of grassroots advocacy andAdvocacy, shares tips for translating online participation into commitment and action, comments on the social media tools he thinks are outstripping Facebook to become the most influential, and offers his take on the power of grassroots advocacy andadvocacy and action.

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.

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.

With 40 years» experience in engaging communities at the grassroots to address issues of environmental degradation, community empowerment and advocacy, GBM is uniquely positioned to offer an integrated response to climate change through mitigation, adaptation and promotion of sustainable development.

Volunteer and Leadership Opportunities Get involved in grassroots advocacy efforts, public outreach programs, writing articles for AILA publications and speaking at conferences and events.

The Government and Professional Relations (GPR) and Assistance to States (ATS) committees offer trainings for state associations to help improve their organizational and operational capacity and to improve school psychologists» ability to engage in grassroots professional and legislative advocacy.

Supporting the Government Affairs Director and working in conjunction with the appropriate committees, he assists in the development of and performance of our grassroots outreach and coordination of and attendance at local and state events, town hall meetings, and other advocacy opportunities.