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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.

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.

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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 IslamophiOn 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 Islamophion 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.

As the mother of two twice - exceptional children, Sundstrom has been a guest speaker on Grassroots TV in Aspen, Colorado, and offers her support and advocacy to special needs families all over the country.

If you are not already familiar with RDA, it trains and supports grassroots advocates in leading local Real Diaper Circles, compiles and distributes research on cloth diapering and leading cloth diaper advocacy, it works with media and other businesses and organizations to increase awareness about cloth diapers, and provides direct, reliable and unbiased support for consumers.

Finally, longtime Grassroots Enterprises go - to guy Mike Panetta has gone out on his own (watch out for those rough waters, buddy), and he's already holding trainings on Facebook Pages for Advocacy and Public Affairs Campaigns and Twitter Strategies for Public Affairs Professionals.

Alan Rosenblatt is the Associate Director for Online Advocacy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and a frequent speaker and author on digital media, advocacy, and politics, including social networking, blogging, grassroots, and mobile advocacy strAdvocacy at the Center for American Progress Action Fund and a frequent speaker and author on digital media, advocacy, and politics, including social networking, blogging, grassroots, and mobile advocacy stradvocacy, and politics, including social networking, blogging, grassroots, and mobile advocacy stradvocacy strategies.

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.

While the money donated to the state party housekeeping account can not be used directly on campaigns, it can be used as part of the coordinated House effort for things like polling, field work, issue advocacy, and digital and grassroots organizing, officials said.

'' (Tuesday) demonstrates the power of grassroots advocacy that the average joe on the street can organize and rise up and be heard,» Michel told WBEN.

Grassroots advocacy, public opinion, proposed legislation, the looming state takeover of the Philadelphia schools, and a 2 - year - old court decision are fueling new momentum on an issue that state legislators have been reluctant to shoulder, activists say.

Because opt - out is a grassroots phenomenon, communities varied in the extent of their participation, based in part on factors such as: 1) degree of parental involvement in the local schools, 2) whether the local PTA had an organized advocacy committee, 3) parental awareness of school - reform issues, and 4) access to the Internet and social media.

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.

Families That Can partners with charter schools across California to offer free on - site parent trainings, connect schools with their elected representatives and provide advocacy and grassroots organizing support.

The advocacy session track will cover how to start, build and grow your grassroots advocates on your campus.

After a brief mention from Dunn about the on - going work of Charter Schools Now, the 501 (c)(4), Veronica Garcia, the Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, gave an overview of TCSA's advocacy efforts including city - based regional grassroots coalitions, legislative engagement, parent / advocate trainings, and communications.

On the Hill: Grassroots Change Matthew Spencer Presidential politics, equity, and insider insights are all on the agenda for January's Advocacy InstitutOn the Hill: Grassroots Change Matthew Spencer Presidential politics, equity, and insider insights are all on the agenda for January's Advocacy Instituton the agenda for January's Advocacy Institute.

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.

Taking It to the Street (Cats): Grassroots Advocacy for Community Cats — which I had the honor of presenting alongside Laura Nirenberg, legislative attorney for Best Friends» Focus on Felines campaign, and Lisa Tudor, Director of Development and Outreach for the Foundation Against Companion - Animal Euthanasia (FACE) and founder and executive director of IndyFeral — was a great success.

Laura Nirenberg, legislative analyst for Best Friends» Focus on Felines campaign, Lisa Tudor, Director of Development and Outreach, the Foundation Against Companion - Animal Euthanasia (FACE), and I will be presenting Taking It to the Street (Cats): Grassroots Advocacy for Community Cats Sunday morning.

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

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.

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.

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WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to change state and federal laws to allow commercial hemp farming, has released a statement in response to the undue and wrongful raid of industrial hemp crops on the sovereign land of the Menominee Indian Tribe by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which occurred Friday October 23, 2015.

The Citizens» Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on national policies to address climate change.

Citizens» Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization focused on climate change.

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading hemp grassroots advocacy organization working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes was included in the Farm Bill, which will soon be voted on in both the House and Senate.

Relying on our expertise in legal advocacy, legislative lobbying and grassroots organizing, Scenic Hudson encourages smart growth and fights to halt the tidal wave of threats to the Hudson Valley.

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.

One Reason It Makes The Cut A resurgent grassroots bike advocacy effort overcame fervent opposition and helped win approval of a road diet (replacing car lanes with bike lanes) on South Willamette Street, making a direct cycling route to downtown safer.

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.

«When we created this position, I knew that we needed someone with a strong background in legislation and policy analysis, and a wealth of experience leading grassroots advocacy efforts and building relationships on the Hill, and within the Administration and the various science agencies,» said Christine McEntee, AGU's executive director / CEO.

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

Growing with tenacity each year, this signature Kentucky event has raised over $ 100,000 on behalf of our health centers, educational programming, and grassroots advocacy work.

Planned Parenthood Illinois Action engages in educational and electoral activity, including public education campaigns, grassroots organizing, and legislative advocacy, on behalf of commonsense policies that protect the reproductive health and rights of women, teens, and families.

Focused on advocacy and the need to build and test messages about I - ECMH in order to spark grassroots momentum and press policymakers to act.

Each session, the Advocacy Fund and its grassroots activists are a forceful presence on Beacon Hill for issues that relate to improving — and defending - access to reproductive health care and greater health equity for all people across Massachusetts.

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!

RPAC's newest component is a public advocacy program, which will fund research, grassroots advocacy efforts, and electronic advertising to influence voter perceptions on the most important federal real estate issues.

The annual meetings bring REALTORS ® to the forefront on Capitol Hill showing the effectiveness of the REALTOR ® Party and grassroots advocacy.

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.