Sentences with phrase «grassroots groups who»

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«Elimination of caucuses and conventions would mean nuclear war with the grassroots, social conservatives, the Ron Paul movement and Tea Party Republicans,» said John Tate, a senior Paul advisor who now runs the Campaign For Liberty, a libertarian grassroots lobbying group.

He supports his argument with numerous persuasive anecdotes about individuals who have walked out of the underclass with the help of faith - based, grassroots groups that practice «hard - headed, soft - hearted» compassion.

Much of the media coverage has followed the Tea Party movement's own narrative, which describes it as a grassroots group of libertarian - leaning and independent - minded Americans who have grown disgusted with Washington - a group not beholden to either party, willing to buck conventional politics to get things done.

The 15 people who make up the Emergent Coordinating Group may constitute the organizational heart of the movement, but the Emergent conversation itself happens primarily at the grassroots level through Web sites, Web logs (or «blogs»), regional cohorts and conferences.

PEAR started as a grassroots group of adoptive and prospective adoptive parents who came together to discuss the lack of a unified, respected voice for adoptive families.

Hon Nii Lante Vanderpuye who is known as a grassroot man and the longest serving Assembly Member in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly used the occasion to engage opinion leaders from the various ethnic groups in the Old Fadama and Kokomba Yam Market community and members of the National Democratic Congress in his constituency to share ideas on how to mobilize people and make the Party more appealing to the constituents.

According to Common Cause NY, which is providing the data employed by local groups in these grassroots events, two of every three dollars Saland has received since 2005 came from donors who live outside his Hudson Valley district, and 96 percent of his contributions were higher than $ 200.

The majority of Ukip politicians, including Farage support the cross-party group «Grassroots Out» (GO) while Carswell, who defected from the Conservatives in 2014, backs the Vote Leave group.

The harsh assessment and decision by Perez Williams set off a firestorm among grassroots Democratic groups and party activists in Central New York who support Balter and view the challenge by Perez Williams as a betrayal.

But Mourdock, who was supported by local and national conservative grassroots groups early in his bid, reiterated his vow to stand by his convictions, which he said include rolling back the size of government and lowering taxes.

Balter is a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University who has been active with the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots progressive group.

Momentum's national coordinating group is likely to back Lewisham councillor Sakina Sheikh, a former student campaigner who has close links with the grassroots group.

Anderson also cited the importance of «a powerful, dynamic voice in one of the houses of state legislature — like we have now with Markey — who has a strong partnership with grassroots groups.»

Balter, 41, of Syracuse, is a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University who has been active with the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group that formed in response to President Donald Trump's election last year.

Jane Golding is chair of British in Europe, a coalition of grassroots groups representing around 35,000 UK nationals living on the continent, as well as a practicing lawyer who lives in Germany and works across the EU.

Jon Lansman is founder of the grassroots campaign group Momentum and a long - standing pal of Corbyn who helped out on his successful leadership campaign.

Meanwhile, as I await the flood of applications to my new, organic, grassroots protest group, (I hope I can get a few grandmothers who have never protested before; the BBC love those), I must proffer an apology.

She is a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University who has been active with the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots progressive group.

Martz, who resigned as deputy director of the Adirondack North Country Association on Tuesday, has been involved in progressive activism since last fall's election, and formed a grassroots group called Now What?

Flanagan, a 57 - year - old trade - directory publisher who once had aspirations of running for office, is now a study in conservative grassroots activism, illustrating both the way in which Tea Party groups can figure into policy fights even in a liberal state like New York, and how they maximize the influence they have with public officials.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams called for increased funding for grassroots anti-violence groups like Save Our Streets who were doing «the real work» in the wake of Gabay's death.

Contact your state representative, write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, or connect with church groups and grassroots activists who can help influence state leaders.

«The success of the Student Voice Team shows that just because a person may be too young to vote doesn't mean she is too young to have a voice in making our public institutions better,» said Zach Sippy, a senior at Lexington's Henry Clay High School who leads the group's grassroots outreach.

«This is a simple problem and they're making it difficult,» said Renee Sekel, a Wake County parent who helped start a grassroots group to advocate for class - size funding.

The litmus test will determine which candidates receive financial and grassroots support from the group's dues - paying members, who will be made up heavily of parents.

Parents Across America was established early in 2011 by a group of grassroots leaders from around the country, who sought to pool ideas and resources to advocate for better schools for all this country's children.

Grassroots Animal Rescue is a small group of dedicated animal lovers, based in the Chicago - area who are committed to providing high - quality care to rescued cats.

In this panel we'll bring together a group of highly successful developers who have managed to repeatedly place successful titles on the charts, sometimes working together and sometimes apart, using primarily grassroots methods.

Michelada Think Tank is a group of socially conscious artists who are interested in hosting conversations, creating safe place, opening opportunity to connect and build with other people of color (PoC) and allies who are socially engaged / community artists and grassroots activist type folks interested in creative ways of making change happen.

Consumer boycotts, led by grassroots organizations more than Big Green groups (who are mostly sellouts).

Any group that's wining and dining the Secretary of Defense — who just happens to be the former director of the CIA — is no grassroots operation.

Bernardi, who helped establish «grassroots» groups to fight Australia's carbon price legislation, had been Abbott's shadow parliamentary secretary until he was forced to resign last year over remarks linking same - sex marriage to bestiality.

We learned from the PBS» «Climate of Doubt» that during the last four years, the momentum was lost by those who called for climate action and gained by a small group of skeptics who rallied the Tea Party grassroots movement to push the issue off the agenda.

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

The group behind the FrackFeed.com website, North Texans for Natural Gas (NTNG), claims it is «a grassroots organization» that «aims to give a voice to those who support natural gas.»

To help spearhead a lot of that, there's been a lot of grassroots efforts within Yahoo! — there's a group called the Green Team who have spontaneously gotten together and have come up with a lot of these ideas — but we're always looking for other ideas from outside people, or inside people, on ways that as a corporation, we can reduce our footprint.

Another thing: the term «astroturf group» seems to have a pretty clear and objective definition — it's a group of paid shills who pretend to be grassroots campaigners.

Attorneys at KNP LAW assist and work with PILnet, the Global Network for Public Interest Law, and render free legal services to groups, including grassroots civil organizations, public service foundations, non-profit limited liability companies, as well as individuals who otherwise would not have access to justice.

When Vote Leave got close to that limit during the final weeks of the campaign, it made the donation to BeLeave, said Shahmir Sanni, a volunteer who helped run the grassroots student group.

New York, NY About Blog The Parkinson's Unity Walk (PUW), a grassroots organization, began in 1994 through the dedicated efforts of patients, families, support groups, and friends who were affected by Parkinson's disease.

Ontario, Canada About Blog The Media Action Research Group (MARG) is a collective of grassroots activists, media makers, writers and academics who are studying the role of autonomous, transformative, alternative media locally and internationally.

The coalition has included governors and a cadre of legislators who have led the charge, as well as a united group of grassroots and grasstops advocates who have coalesced around a common mission.

Others in the group include Julie Daniluk, host of The Healthy Gourmet; social entrepreneur Kelly Drennan, who is dedicated to greening the fashion industry; Rob Grand, owner of Canada's largest green lifestyle retailer, Grassroots Environmental Products; Ryan Wiseman, who has been active in the green / environment movement for 15 years; and Wayne Roberts, who manages the Toronto Food Policy and is a member of Toronto's Environmental Task Force.