Sentences with phrase «grassroots movement demanding»

They are hoping that the documentary will inspire cat lovers to help ignite a grassroots movement demanding a humane solution for feline homelessness.

New grassroots movements demanding affordable housing want more from politicians than empty words

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Hawkins said he will give voice to the next demand of the grassroots movement that fought for the ban on fracking, which is a ban on all new fossil fuel infrastructure in the state.

Our perspective is we're trying to heal ourselves, and then create a grassroots movement for social change where we can then begin to demand that the healthy options are the convenient and the affordable options too.

By focusing on the specific (and frequently heartbreaking) stories of the aforementioned parents, former Congresswoman and gun - violence survivor Gabrielle Giffords, and Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts — who was motivated to action by Newtown and unwittingly sparked a grassroots movement on Facebook — the film lays out the gaping holes in the system where regulations are needed, and offers hopeful examples of activism in the face of what often feels like an insurmountable problem.

Meanwhile, a grassroots parent movement opposed to PARCC is demanding its voice be heard, and the state's Department of Education says it's trying to communicate its own message, though officials acknowledge they may be drowned out by the noise.

Earth Day Network's End Plastic Pollution campaign includes four major components: • Leading a grassroots movement to support the adoption of a global framework to regulate plastic pollution; • Educating, mobilizing and activating citizens across the globe to demand that governments and corporations control and clean up plastic pollution; • Educating people worldwide to take personal responsibility for plastic pollution by choosing to reject, reduce, reuse and recycle plastics, and • Promoting local government regulatory and other efforts to tackle plastic pollution.

In late summer, many grassroots NGOs and representatives of Southern social movements launched a Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice.