Sentences with phrase «grassroots groups opposed»
The Central New York Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group opposed to the agenda of President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress, gave Katko some credit for his vote Thursday, but said it wasn't enough.
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One grassroots group of tech workers that has labeled itself Tech Stands Up to Trump and has opposed Trump's travel ban declined to talk about DACA.
This is the first time Balter has run for a political office, although she has become a recognizable face in Central New York as an organizer of CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group of activists that formed to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump after he was elected.
City school officials have withdrawn a controversial proposal to co-locate a charter school at IS 285 Meyer Levin School for the Performing Arts in East Flatbush after the school community and neighborhood groups joined forces to organize a grassroots campaign to oppose it.
In response, some tribal members have formed Ohngo Gaudadeh Devia (OGD), a grassroots group strongly opposed to the dump because they believe it will destroy the land and the people.
United Opt Out National, a group devoted to eliminating high - stakes testing in public education, and Save Our Schools, a grassroots movement that opposes federal education reforms like NCLB and Race to the Top, have planned a series of events called Occupy the DOE (Department of Education).
However, California Teachers Association spokesman Frank Wells maintains that so far, Parent Revolution tactics have been fishy: «The Parent Trigger law was meant to be a vehicle for a local grassroots movement, as opposed to a vehicle for outside charter groups to sell their organization.»
They're skilled in grassroots organizing and advocacy, very similar to what the groups who oppose us do.»
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.
However, there are a number of grassroots, activism - based green groups such as CREDO Action, Tar Sands Action and Food and Water Watch that oppose the bond — particularly its focus on building new dams.
But last week, over 60 international civil society groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.) by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.
Rochester, NY About Blog Not Dead Yet is a national grassroots disability rights group that opposes legalization of assisted suicide & euthanasia as deadly forms of discrimination.