Sentences with phrase «grassroots advocacy groups»

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.

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.

She's also a member of Make the Road Action Fund, a grassroots advocacy group which works among working class Latino communities to promote policy solutions.

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.

Jitu helped develop the Mid-South Education Association, a grassroots advocacy group comprised of administrators, parents, teachers, young people and local school council (LSC) members to meet the needs of schools in the area.

«Nancy Pfotenhauer To Head Grassroots Advocacy Group» (Press Release), Americans for Prosperity, December 1, 2003.

Lyndsay is also one of the founding members of the grassroots advocacy group, Advocates for Progressive Childcare Policy.

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DDC Public Affairs and NextWave are bipartisan advocacy groups that launch grassroots political campaigns on issues ranging from energy, healthcare, taxes, and defense.

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.

On Monday, representatives from the Council on American - Islamic Relations - a national Muslim advocacy group - met will sympathetic Capitol Hill staffers to discuss communications strategy and grassroots organizing to counter Islamophia.

As Campaign Manager of The Big Push For Midwives Campaign, Katherine has worked with advocacy groups in multiple states, providing guidance and other assistance on such areas as drafting legislation, building strong grassroots networks, and utilizing savvy legislative strategies to advance and pass legislation to license and regulate CPMs.

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.

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

Ulster People for Justice and Democracy, inspired by the Bernie Sanders campaign for President, is a grassroots group in Ulster County, NY, building an inclusive, responsive democracy through advocacy, education, and direct political action.

From managing national campaigns to organizing issue advocacy messages through thousands of volunteer contacts, Lincoln Strategy Group uses grassroots efforts to successfully achieve results.

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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.

Established in 1999 as a non-profit organization by a grassroots group of charter school operators, it provides advocacy, support, resources, and networking opportunities to new and existing charter schools, parents and students.

Prior to Rodriguez Strategies, Ashley worked in Dewey Square Group's grassroots practice, where she participated in building and implementing statewide issue advocacy campaigns.

Initiated in 2012, the Arkansas Opportunity to Learn (AR OTL) Campaign unites disparate and distinct education advocacy organizations and grassroots groups.

In 1994, Best Friends organized the first Utah's Week for the Animals, a statewide promotion of pet adoption, spay / neuter and animal advocacy that grew to include the first Strut Your Mutt, which has since blossomed into a national grassroots fundraiser for animal rescue groups.

Wisconsin Voters for Companions Animals: «The Wisconsin Voters for Companion Animals is a grassroots, not - for - profit, companion animal advocacy group.»

The small group was inspired to form a new grassroots education, advocacy and activism network focused on climate change and other environmental issues.

They're skilled in grassroots organizing and advocacy, very similar to what the groups who oppose us do.»

Veto of SB 676 is Huge Setback for California Farmers, Businesses and the Economy Sacramento, CA — Vote Hemp and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), the nation's leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization and industry trade group, respectively, both working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., are extremely disappointed to report that Governor Jerry -LSB-...]

Mount Vernon, KY — Vote Hemp, the national single - issue advocacy group dedicated to re-commercializing industrial hemp, and Kentucky non-profit Growing Warriors, have partnered to organize a planting of industrial hemp in Mount Vernon, KY on May 16, 2014, as part of the nationwide grassroots education effort Hemp History Week.

We provide strategic assistance and support for grassroots and larger immigrant rights advocacy groups on criminal immigration and immigration enforcement issues.