Sentences with phrase «grassroots organizing effort»

That is why Families That Can (FTC), the Association's grassroots organizing effort, hosted community events in Oakland and Los Angeles.

The struggle to be on the ballot requires a huge grassroots organizing effort across the country.

The parents, volunteer members of StudentsFirstNY's grassroots organizing effort, demanded greater school choice for Queens, the borough with the fewest charter schools per student.

At our training event, you'll develop a deeper understanding of what makes the most sense for your union local, civic engagement project, nonprofit, advocacy campaign or grassroots organizing effort.

In New York, web ads and other grassroots organizing efforts have been difficult, if not impossible, to track back to their source.

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The curriculum is quite comprehensive; taught by a hodgepodge of veteran operatives and campaign professionals who donate their experience via lectures, webcasts, and grassroots campaigning exercises — all in an effort to raise future leaders equipped with skills in fundraising, community organizing, communications, and legislative action.

We are a non-partisan grassroots effort, organized by bankers.

We're building the largest and well organized grassroots voter outreach effort the district has ever seen.

A few days later, grassroots activists and average Joe Americans began organizing what would soon become the Nationwide Chicago Tea Party effort.

Labor's candidates for United States Senate, Congress, State Senate and Assembly were victorious yesterday, with organized labor's massive get - out - the - vote grassroots efforts an integral part of each campaign.

Good government groups are organizing a grassroots effort to advance the push for nonpartisan redistricting reform a concept at the center of a several statewide platforms, including one advanced by Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Andrew Cuomo and another by former NYC Mayor Ed Koch.

While the money donated to the state party housekeeping account can not be used directly on campaigns, it can be used as part of the coordinated House effort for things like polling, field work, issue advocacy, and digital and grassroots organizing, officials said.

From managing national campaigns to organizing issue advocacy messages through thousands of volunteer contacts, Lincoln Strategy Group uses grassroots efforts to successfully achieve results.

The campaign will also involve TV and digital ads, social media organizing, and a «robust» grassroots effort, including in Long Island and the northern suburbs — the two regions where the fight for control of the state Senate is expected to be most fierce, organizers say.

Edcamp is a teacher - organized grassroots effort to re-imagine educator professional development, born out of a desire to make it more valuable, more educator - centered, and more democratic.

«Classroom Coordinators» Capitalizes on Community Talent The Classroom Coordinator (CC) program at one Minnesota elementary school is an organized effort to maintain a small - town, grassroots feel within the school community.

They accuse Parent Revolution of «astro - turfing» — masking highly organized efforts as grassroots campaigns.

Innovate Public Schools» staff bring more than 40 years of professional experience in grassroots community organizing, with significant demonstrated success in building long - term reform efforts led by low - income parent leaders in California.

MIPFS organizes grassroots lobbying efforts and direct lobbying of state policymakers on education issues; it also works to help parents form local organizations to support their schools and to change the current public discourse about public schools through education efforts.

What is more interesting than the same battle that has been circulating since groups on Goodreads and a grassroots effort called Stop The Goodreads Bullies first began waging organized warfare on authors or reviewers is that Rice is no casual observer of the issue.

From helping to coordinate events to protesting pet shops in your community to organizing grassroots outreach efforts, CAPS needs your expertise and enthusiasm.

This effort to create an apparent network of pro-oil and gas grassroots activists was directly funded and organized by API and member companies.

Women's Earth Alliance is an Earth Island Institute project that «stands in solidarity with the grassroots struggles of local communities and to support the bold organizing efforts of women, who are the rising to address challenges of food security, climate change and land grabs in their communities.»

We've swapped a centrally organized government effort to distort climate science for a kind of grassroots, guerilla war against it, driven by blogs and skeptic scientist amateurs who nourish a powerful sense of self - motivation, a generous helping of anger and outrage, and seem to smell blood in the water.

Mount Vernon, KY — Vote Hemp, the national single - issue advocacy group dedicated to re-commercializing industrial hemp, and Kentucky non-profit Growing Warriors, have partnered to organize a planting of industrial hemp in Mount Vernon, KY on May 16, 2014, as part of the nationwide grassroots education effort Hemp History Week.

MoveOn is organizing a grassroots effort to generate individual donations to each of these groups to «help repair some of the damage Madoff has done.»

Political Advisor — Duties & Responsibilities Oversee organization, daily operations, and advisement of multiple political campaigns and governmental bodies Recruit, train, and supervise political team ensuring efficient, effective, and professional operations Design and implement marketing campaigns for multiple causes, officials, and political organizations Author press releases, letters to the editor, speeches, and advisory materials Manage databases, phone banks, and websites such as SCNewDemocrats.org & FightHowardRich.org Organize and implement press functions, rallies, volunteer driven activities, and fundraisers Create and lead grassroots support efforts through volunteer recruitment, campaign marketing, and other tactics Serve as liaison between political officials and lobbyists, unions, and community leaders Build and strengthen key relationship with union leaders and community leaders Recruit key parties for organizational steering committees and union leadership roles Oversee management of «Mayors Against Illegal Guns» & «VA Leaders for Closing the Gun Show Loophole» Assist in the crafting of bi-laws and operating procedures for the government of Richmond Originate and pass HJ 1000 through the Virginia General Assembly House Instrumental in origination and passage of HB 1834 — Mandatory Scoliosis Screening in Public Schools through the Virginia General Assembly and into law Proficient in SPSS and other statistical operating software, database management, and VoteBuilder Experienced with Arcview GIS system application Perform all duties with passion, integrity, and professionalism

Qualifications: In 2007, The Family Partnership received the National Family Week Connections Count Award from the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities in recognition of ongoing efforts to organize, build community power, and develop grassroots leaders for civic participation.

The goal is to gather roughly 1,000 of the organization's most promising volunteers and encourage them to amplify their advocacy efforts by giving them the tools to create «intersectional grassroots organizing campaigns» in their own communities.