Sentences with phrase «grassroots level of»

He lamented that, «When other states are already enjoying the dividends of democracy at the local government level, we are yet to see any practical signs to convince the people that democracy will soon return to the grassroots level of governance after two years and three months.»

Tony also spoke about the importance of County Committee candidates, the grassroots level of the Democratic Party, and urged people to run for this committee.

«Community Boards may be New York City's most grassroots level of government, but they are deeply involved in some of our city's biggest policy questions.

«Not just in one country but in numerous Muslim countries, I have been able to walk in, head held high, no covert cover story and not only identify passively as a Christian but identify openly, work openly and hold serious talks about faith between Muslims and Christians, and not just at the grassroots level of poverty — people who needed my help — but also with the powerful and influential people who could have, in that moment, had me arrested and had me taken out back.»

Whether or not official macro peacemaking works, she emphasized «grassroots level of relationships» and «little enclaves of peaceful relationships from which peace can bubble up.»

«The grassroot level of the Labour party has always turned out and voted, but it's getting the general populace to go out and do it...»

Not exact matches

A total of 47 state sporting associations will share $ 7.2 million in funding over the next three years to help develop sport and recreation from grassroots to elite levels.

We have about 4,300 restaurants system - wide in Canada and the U.S., and these types of recognitions, this type of trust, is built at the grassroots level.

Importantly, the company is moving toward bringing its U.S. stores to the same level of sales and productivity it sees in Canada, where the brand is ubiquitous after 12 years of grassroots brand - building.

The success in Perth, a profitable Cairns Taipans and the popularity of the sport at grassroots level, was proof to many that the NBL still had great potential.

By galvanizing the leadership of the women's business community, Roadmap 2020 will drive change on the national and grassroots level, and dramatically sharpen the nation's competitiveness.

Crowdfunding accelerates the commercialization of new products, ideas and services in Canada that can compete globally and ultimately works to strengthen Canada's entrepreneurial backbone at grassroots levels

As the general public, entrepreneurs, regulators, small businesses, educators, students and industry groups become more aware of the facts about crowdfunding and the impact that it can have at the grassroots level for every small business on every street corner to the highest levels of government and regulation, a groundswell of interest has emerged sparking dialogue and events bringing crowdfunding education, awareness and issues into the spotlight.

Rather, at the grassroots level, we are seeing new strength in and appreciation of local communities and private intermediary institutions.

At the grassroots level, it will be a while before the paradigm shift from «population control» to «empowerment of women» takes effect.

The promoters of the ERA had the media, celebrities, and national - level politicians on their side, but Schlafly and her grassroots allies knew how to work the state legislatures where the ratification skirmishes were fought.

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.

I can say that I have seen this sort of thing on a grassroots level, and failure can cause even the tightest, rooted friendships to fall apart.

Much had been going on at a grassroots level that was indicating to the world the nature of a global nuclear war.

Changes of this sort require a deliberate reorientation in consciousness at the grassroots level.

But if we decide that it is acceptable to treat humans worse than we treat animals, it should not surprise us if many people at the grassroots level decide that as along as they have to die like a dog, they would rather not suffer the fate of an abandoned stray.

Campaigns such as Meat Free Monday have been playing a vital role in shaping the conversation at a grassroots level, helping educate people about the importance of eating with their health, and the planet, in mind.

«After spending time with police officers on ride - alongs, meeting with politicians on the state and federal level and grassroots organizations fighting for human rights, it's clear that our criminal justice system is still crippling communities of color through mass incarceration.»

We can continue to bounce our heads off the wall with his conduct, or we can decide that the institutions of our country are more important, that people are more important, that the decent America that we all thought we had and want is more important, and get down to business at a grassroots level and do what we have to do.

He was the embodiment of all that is Ajax: creative, grassroots level academy product, hard working, a little bit frail, humble (ok not this part lol).

Over that time US Lacrosse — which makes rules and policies for most levels of the game, helps develop the game at its grassroots and sanctions youth tournaments, the high school national championships and the college club championships — has increased what it spends to promote the sport from $ 1.1 million to $ 9 million.

Throughout every tour, we seek to engage at grassroots level through our comprehensive and authentic youth coaching programmes, as well as immersing ourselves in the local culture.As always we shall look to provide our fans with a host of opportunities to see the team up close through our range of supporter and community events, details of which shall be announced in the lead up.

Luke Harper, HSBC UK's head of the partnership with British Cycling, commented: «Getting people to fall in love again with cycling is what our partnership with British Cycling is all about, whether it is to compete at grassroots level, to get fit or as a cheap way to travel to work.

Phil Smith, Sport England's Director of Sport, said: «From grassroots through to the highest level of performance with the Great Britain Cycling Team, the HSBC UK and British Cycling commitment to the whole sport is ambitious and impressive.

The vibrant city has a long history of football which reflects strengths at grassroots levels.

The former Liverpool player, Michael Owen said: To improve the future of the National Team you have to start at grassroots level.

The eight - year partnership seeks to embrace communities nationwide and will work across the sport from participation at the grassroots to major organised cycling events through to the highest level of performance with the Great Britain Cycling Team.

It accomplishes this on a grassroots level through its Support Groups and accredited volunteer Leaders around the world, as well as its more than 20,000 members and a number of partnerships.

Recent reports of secret meetings among industry reps and the Food and Drug Adminstration over GMO labeling piqued my interest, mostly because this critical aspect was missing: any effort to label GE foods at the federal level could bring the current grassroots movement to a grinding halt by preventing any stronger local laws from ever being enacted.

Come learn about SNA's Political Action Committee (PAC), the benefits of action alerts, grassroots advocacy tips and techniques at the State and Federal level.

2 July 2014: Have a read of this... Baby Milk Action and its IBFAN partners work at grassroots level (monitoring companies, organising campaigns, responding to emergencies), national level (working for laws to hold corporations to account) and international level.

As above, so below... But, Alice Walker tells us anything we love can be saved and that includes the future of the planet... So, what if we started at the grassroots level and decided not to need to manage birth at all for the 85 % of women who are normal and prefer not to be managed.

The Republican Party proudly released its new grassroots - engagement Facebook App today, which got coverage in a few outlets including the Christian Science Monitor, where I got a couple of solid quotes: «At some level, what they've done is...

Political pundits have wondered why such front line executives of the party at the grassroots level can be suspended when it is barely 4 months to the general elections, and also when all hands are needed on deck.

There was a consensus towards the formation of new provinces in keeping with the spirit of taking governance down to the grassroots level.

The fight to reclaim our state starts at the local level with the help of grassroots activists fighting on the frontlines,» Nixon said.

They reported the results of their outreach work through a comprehensive grassroots data collection system, in turn giving the leadership priceless data about how the campaign was playing out at a neighborhood level.

This is a true commitment of the National and Regional executives to come down to the grassroots levels and explain in lay man's terms what the government has achieved and accomplished within the first term in office.

Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lamented that the party «is almost dormant at the grassroots level.»

Maffei's campaign said it has seen a rising level of grassroots support for the congressman, with 64 percent of his contributions between April 1 and June 30 coming from individual supporters who gave less than $ 200.

As members of the Republican caucus on Beacon Hill, we look forward to working with you over the next four years to grow our party's grassroots, and to elect more Republicans at every level of Government.

They don't care about electoral reform (at parliamentary level anyway), they don't have the habit of listening to their grassroots who are concerned about it, and they'd probably much rather have all the votes back they've lost to us.

The senator has long said, both publicly and privately, that his best chance to secure the Republican nomination is to unite the conservative base behind him — and that the best way of doing so is to earn the backing of high - profile activist leaders in hopes that their endorsements trigger a cascade of support down to the grassroots level.

I phrase this more of a question than a comment: surely the level of grassroots devolution we can see with the Obama campaign is confined more to the business of campaigning than actual control over Democratic policy platforms?

At the official launch of the GISD at the party's headquarters in Accra on Thursday, Mr Portuphy said the establishment of the school would also help grow the party's support base, particularly at the grassroot level.