Sentences with phrase «grassroots groups»

The research relies on information supplied by front - line workers at settlement agencies, community organizations and grassroots groups across the country.

The result was grassroots groups like Legal Hackers (now with thousands of members and chapters on nearly every continent), more sophisticated syndicates like Evolve Law, and Law Made, and, of course, companies like ROSS Intelligence.

In reality, the activists, especially in Canada, look less like grassroots groups than like subsidiaries of large U.S. institutional donors, many with billions of dollars of assets — organizations that have funneled colossal amounts of money to anti-oil sands groups over the past decade.

Putting Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the keystone of the archway creates a flawed narrative that if we, as grassroots groups, work hard enough to stack the building blocks correctly to support them, then elected officials will do what we want.

As members of Rising Tide North America, a continental network of grassroots groups taking direct action and finding community - based solutions to the root causes of the climate crisis, we believe that to build the climate justice movement we need, we can have no keystone — no singular solution, campaign, project, or decision maker.

Grassroots groups engaging in and training for direct action such as the Tar Sands Blockade, Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, the Unist» ot» en Camp, and Moccasins on the Ground have shown us how direct action can empower local communities and push establishment green groups to embrace bolder tactics.

After a long time of lobbying by grassroots groups (it was all the way back in 2008 that we saw the petition circulating to add the feature), we finally have a thorough set of directions for alternative transportation, rounding out the walk there and public transit features.

GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 650 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxic - free world without incineration.

Concerned both about the climate impacts and other health and environmental effects of coal, scores of grassroots groups worked to oppose the coal rush, advocating for cleaner sources of energy.

GAIA is a powerful worldwide alliance of more than 650 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries.

CBC ignores the obvious fact, that EthicalOil is an industry front group, and the Sierra Club is a long established Canadian organization with regional grassroots groups and a national office.

TransCanada's massive pipeline scheme is being challenged from First Nations, provincial and municipal governments, environmental and grassroots groups, and even from other pipeline companies.

I have worked with nonprofits, political campaigns, grassroots groups and the media, bringing my expertise and training to bear on public polling, media strategy and policy across a wide range of important issues.

Our workshop presented two concrete opportunities for collaboration: the global campaign to demand climate justice, an effort of more than 250 grassroots groups, and the social pre-COP in Caracas, Venezuela, this year.

The #OurPowerPR Solidarity Brigade arrives in Puerto Rico with three new delegations and 45 people to support «Just Recovery and Rebuild» projects focused on food, labor and energy sovereignty led by grassroots groups in Puerto Rico.

In the face of the election's upheaval, both mainstream environmental organizations and grassroots groups expressed confidence that public opinion was on their side, and could be marshalled into a force to be reckoned with.

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] The #OurPowerPR Solidarity Brigade launched by the Climate Justice Alliance, Organización Boricuá, UPROSE, Black Dirt Farm Collective, Greenpeace, The Leap and 25 other partner organizations in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, arrive in Puerto Rico this month with three new delegations and 45 people to support «Just Recovery and Rebuild» projects focused on food, labor and energy sovereignty led by grassroots groups in Puerto Rico.

Dr. Martinez has also worked with a range of organizations from local grassroots groups to international organizations engaging in the promotion of sound environmental policy and environmental justice.

Grassroots groups, such as ICKD (Iskenderun Environmental Protection Association), Adana CETKO (Environmental Protection Association), and East Mediterranean Environmental Platform have been struggling against coal power plants, mines and other coal infrastructure to protect rights to live in a healthy environment has been going on since mid-90s.

This week in Energy Democracy news: Local, grassroots groups are speaking up for low - income access...

We are also working with local grassroots groups and networks to provide crucial resources and support to those in immediate need.

In order to work closely with grassroots groups, our organizers are located in offices across the United States, and we have staff in Latin America and the European Union (where we are known as Food & Water Europe.)

Also signing on are two energetic new grassroots groups that speak on behalf of much of the Tea Party movement: Tea Party Express and American Grassroots Coalition.

It includes many actions taken by different organizations, grassroots groups, Indigenous leaders and individuals to showcase the impressive breadth of resistance.

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob «Jack» Lew wrote in an opinion article for The New York Times that Obama is willing to cut financing in half, saving $ 350 million, for community service block grants that cities and towns that allocate to grassroots groups for them to provide basic necessities for poor people.

Thanks to a number of grassroots groups, the international tour was rescheduled, and the piece eventually traveled to 14 venues in six countries.

Toward that end, the organization will be «meeting with supporters and grassroots groups» during its four - city tour this year:

«Animal League America provides so much help to grassroots groups, which too few people ever hear about,» says Connie.

Holly has volunteered and worked in many different animal welfare arenas, ranging from very small grassroots groups to large - scale public / private partnership efforts.

Holly has volunteered and worked in many different animal welfare arenas, ranging from small grassroots groups to large - scale public - private partnership efforts.

In spring 2013, Anthony Cody and I, along with a group of other concerned educators formed the Network for Public Education in spring 2013, specifically to identify and encourage the many grassroots groups across the nation and to help them find one another.

Through its newsletter and quarterly journal as well as its annual conference, the FPEAA supports radical adult education in many forms from simplicity circles to participatory action research to other grassroots groups in cultural work, environmental work, economic work, and community leadership.

AEJ brings grassroots groups together to bring about changes in federal education policy, build a infrastructure for the education justice sector, and build the capacity of organizations and youth leaders.

More astroturf «parent» groups: Wal * Mart funds fake grassroots groups like Stand for Children (millions) and Parent Revolution ($ 6.3 million) to push the parent trigger and other corporate privatization schemes.

The plaintiffs in the case included the Camden County NAACP, and other grassroots groups including members of the #WeChoose Campaign and the Journey for Justice Alliance.

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

Making Solution - Oriented Partnerships FCSBM will partner with and work alongside of local and statewide grassroots groups, to be the bridge for constituents to have better accessibility to policymakers.

In his message, Arne mentioned Educators 4 Excellence as an example of how, «As a country, we're beginning to change those dynamics and teachers are leading the change — through their unions or with grassroots groups like Teach Plus and Educators 4 Excellence.»

Emmett McGroarty: «Republicans should have listened to the pro-Constitution, anti-Common Core grassroots groups»

«Republicans should have listened to the more than 200 pro-Constitution, anti-Common Core grassroots groups that laid out in detail their objections to this bill and practically begged their «conservative» elected officials to pay attention.

Join one of the many grassroots groups organizing to stage peaceful demonstrations in support of keeping schools and children safe.

In 2000, more than 30 grassroots groups and foundations found common ground and agitated successfully for contractual changes that made it easier for schools to fill teaching vacancies with outside hires and harder for unwanted teachers with seniority to bump talented first - year teachers from the classroom.

Over the past three decades, mayors such as Richard Riordan and Antonio Villaraigosa have fought to place reform - minded players on the district's school board, while grassroots reformers such as Green Dot Public Schools founder Steve Barr and the group that is now known as Parent Revolution have successfully forced L.A. Unified to start an effort to spin off over 200 of its traditional public schools into charter school operators and grassroots groups.

Wickens cites a «huge cry of concern» by 71 grassroots groups protesting a WWF effort to set up a certification scheme for shrimp aquaculture.

In California, local grassroots groups have been successful in pushing polluters to clean up their communities and compelling government agencies to protect residents from the consequences of a warming planet.

In a large country with many voices, the government, the academic community, and grassroots groups all have ideas and advice for young scientists.

Gov. Cuomo says he'll leave punishing grassroots groups and the Working Families Party that endorsed his primary opponent up to God on Thursday as those same groups blasted Cuomo as a «bully,» a «gangster» and a «demon.»

Coalition of Constituent Groups Condemn Senator Klein's Alleged Sexual Misconduct Bronx, NY — A coalition of grassroots groups joined forces Friday evening outside of Senator Klein's Morris Park office to denounce both his alleged sexual misconduct as well as his personal attacks -LSB-...]

This year, Let NY Vote, formally known as Easy Elections NY, formed as a statewide coalition of organizations & grassroots groups fighting to modernize New York's elections.

She has the support of grassroots groups in the district.