Sentences with phrase «grassroots networks in»

DxE is a direct action network of ordinary people, formed using the model of grassroots networks in the history of social justice.

DxE is a direct action network of ordinary people, formed using the model of grassroots networks in the history of social justice.

We also spoke endlessly about grassroots organizing strategy and they picked my brain on how to build a national grassroots network in Russia, like the one I've managed for Orion magazine, to underpin a new Russian ecology movement.

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The network will spend the first half of the year engaging in paid media ads — «before anyone else is on air,» said Seidel — and will begin deploying a grassroots effort in the late summer and early fall.

In particular, he cited the power of the network's grassroots movement in Wisconsin, noting that they have more activists than the state's members of the teachers unioIn particular, he cited the power of the network's grassroots movement in Wisconsin, noting that they have more activists than the state's members of the teachers unioin Wisconsin, noting that they have more activists than the state's members of the teachers union.

Its teams are rolling through Toronto this month in a Fight Network - branded vehicle and playing out grassroots initiatives, including interactive fighting experiences and stunts in the streets.

NFIB's powerful network of grassroots activists sends their views directly to state and federal lawmakers through our unique member - only ballot, thus playing a critical role in supporting America's free enterprise system.

As Kinnaman puts it, «which model [does] the Church most resemble — the established monolith or grassroots network — and what might that mean for its relevance in the lives of a collaborative, can - do generation that feels alienated from hierarchical institutions?»

The Islamists contended in response that «Islam is the solution», and in the 1980s built up networks of grassroots support, becoming a political threat to governments in North Africa, Egypt and the Gulf.

As Campaign Manager of The Big Push For Midwives Campaign, Katherine has worked with advocacy groups in multiple states, providing guidance and other assistance on such areas as drafting legislation, building strong grassroots networks, and utilizing savvy legislative strategies to advance and pass legislation to license and regulate CPMs.

The World Health Organization (WHO), along with grassroots non-governmental organisations like the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) have played a large role in encouraging these governmental departments to promote breastfeeding.

The Amici di Beppe Grillo (Beppe Grillo's friends) participated in several local elections from 2007 to 2009, relying on grassroots» activisms and social networks to coordinate their efforts.

Local campaign staff and candidates, staff at union locals labor organizations not based in DC, community organizing groups that aren't part of national networks, grassroots groups that aren't getting funding from the main backers of community organizing and progressive causes, staff working in local government, and the list goes on and on.

She, in turn, built up a grassroots network working with people like Potiker.

«We're building a strong grassroots network and seeing broad support throughout the district, from St. Petersburg to Seminole, Largo and the Beaches,» Brandes said in a statement.

We got information from grassroots activists from all over the country as well as some senior bods in Party HQ, which meant we were very often ahead of the TV networks.

An estimated 100 students will participate in a variety of workshops and issue briefings; listen to advocates speak about grassroots activism and social change; and network with peers from across the state.

«It's about making sure parents understand that we are still in this right now, and it's still very important to show solidarity in this movement,» said Jeanette Deutermann of North Bellmore, founder of Long Island Opt Out, a grassroots network of parents and educators that has spearheaded calls for reform.

The national Democratic grassroots network Organizing for America, which is run out of the Democratic National Commmittee, backed Boyd in the race, while Meek did not endorse either candidate.

We effectively established NDRC as the leading redistricting organization, created a strong financial foundation, launched initial programmatic activity in key strategy areas, and began building a strong grassroots network around the country.

The same GIMPS software just uncovered a flaw in Intel's latest Skylake CPUs, and its global network of CPUs peaking at 450 trillion calculations per second remains the longest continuously - running «grassroots supercomputing» project in Internet history.

The network has grown in a grassroots way, based on a handful of pervasive protocols and aloof guidance from the World Wide Web Consortium, a forum based at M.I.T. for Web developers.

The Global Lakes Ecological Observatory Network is a grassroots network of more than 600 members in 50 + countries conducting innovative science to understand, predict, and communicate the role and response of lakes in a changing global envirNetwork is a grassroots network of more than 600 members in 50 + countries conducting innovative science to understand, predict, and communicate the role and response of lakes in a changing global envirnetwork of more than 600 members in 50 + countries conducting innovative science to understand, predict, and communicate the role and response of lakes in a changing global environment.

Since 2009, the tutorial networks (as the grassroots initiative was called) have been leading a country - wide school improvement effort in 9000 schools with the lowest academic achievement on the national standard test.

We've come from many backgrounds, worked at every level of the public education system from the classroom to administrative leadership, taught in both school district and public charters, from grassroots to national networks.

Established in 1999 as a non-profit organization by a grassroots group of charter school operators, it provides advocacy, support, resources, and networking opportunities to new and existing charter schools, parents and students.

He noted NSBA's partnership with its state associations and the important grassroots advocacy work of individual school board members who participate in the Federal Relations Network (FRN), with FRN membership rising exponentially from 1,600 to 53,000 in just two short years.

It also involves working with grassroots activists and even churches, who have the networks to make in - roads.

Through our grassroots organizing for parents in struggling district schools, GO Public Schools Oakland engages a network of family advocates who are demanding for improvements in schools across Oakland.

By mobilizing school professionals, parents, and communities in a nationwide grassroots network, we support schools in their efforts to provide nutritious food, nutrition education and comprehensive physical activity and physical education for all children.

Join parents, teachers and community leaders across California in the EdVoice grassroots network.

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 anotheIn 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 anothein spring 2013, specifically to identify and encourage the many grassroots groups across the nation and to help them find one another.

Parents Across America is a growing network of grassroots parent organizations with affiliates and chapters in fifteen states throughout the nation.

The emphasis of these summits was to engage State and local partners, including those focused on the grassroots «zero deaths» movements such as the Vision Zero Network in many cities.

In her case, the bird represented the grassroots women's networks who nurtured the seedlings, tended the trees after they'd been transplanted, and reforested their own land and then critical watersheds — largely unsung and underfunded.

Likewise, our Strut Your Mutt series of grassroots fundraising dog walks channel funding to our Best Friends No More Homeless Pets Network partners to either spay / neuter programs (noses in) or adoption programs (noses out), while the Sanctuary provides care to special - needs animals and develops protocols and techniques to share with shelters and rescues across the country.

Sara Alize Cross founded the grassroots network of rescuers, fosters and volunteers in 2011 and has since found homes for some 900 dogs sprung from shelters in the rural south.

Grassroots organizing in rural communities could begin with the development of foster networks and the use of marketing to develop a culture of adoption.

In those places where current retailers do exist, they are often vastly outnumbered and outspent by activists with a national network of support and a handbook that covers everything from proposing a ban to drumming up media attention and grassroots pressure.

Watching skilled young adults owning their respective videogames on the global stage is fast becoming one of the world's biggest spectator sports — and this in spite of networks doing their best to distance themselves from the grassroots success story.

«GOS is a grassroots effort to provide local artists a support network and platform for promoting their work in a free and open uncurated way,» Greenpointers publisher Julia Moak says.

The campus is in proximity to prestigious art institutions such as the High Museum of Art, Atlanta Contemporary, MOCA GA, and a solid network of commercial galleries, alternative spaces, and grassroots artist organizations.

Free Bikes for Health - Care Workers The organization, part of an international grassroots network initiated in British Columbia, has already opened up two bike shops, in Nkurenkuru and Singalamwe, and is working to raise funds for a third, in Katima, a rural town 1,000 kilometers from the country's capital that, like the others, has limited health - care facilities and high HIV infection rates.

The Beijing Energy Network (BEN or 北京能源网络) is a grassroots organization based in Beijing with a mission of promoting networking and collaboration in understanding and tackling China's energy and environmental challenges among individuals and organizations from diverse sectors such as government, finance, industry, media, advocacy, think tanks and academia.

Beth Kemler, the Virginia director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a grassroots nonprofit in the region, said her group is putting together a clean energy agenda that candidates can use to build their platforms.

He is the founding chair of the Beijing Energy Network, a grassroots community for energy professionals in Beijing that he initiated in 2008 as a Fulbright Scholar in China.

Voices from various backgrounds and disciplines feature in this issue, from growth - skeptic film - maker Dave Gardner, to grassroots food sovereignty activists the Open Food Network, to the world's most quoted social critic, Noam Chomsky.

We believe a powerful global network of local movements working to stand in solidarity with one another at the global level, and transform their communities through popular education, grassroots organizing, and campaigning at the local level, is essential to stopping global climate change.

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

Starting in 2006, environmental activist Chut Wutty had begun organizing a grassroots forest protection network in Prey Lang.