Sentences with phrase «growing grassroots movement»

We need more strong members in Congress standing shoulder to shoulder with the growing grassroots movement across the country that is fighting for real changes — ones that rise to meet the greatest environmental challenges of our time.

Here's a set of videos and articles that can help get other teachers up to speed on flipped instruction, offer responses to common criticisms, and offer perspective on why many educators are on board with this growing grassroots movement.

Integrated Schools is growing a grassroots movement of, by and for parents who are intentionally, joyfully and with humility enrolling their children in integrating schools.

Larry Cohen, past president of the Communications Workers of America and now a volunteer working on the Sanders» campaign says, «Our strong and growing grassroots movement shows that Bernie shares our values and beliefs.

And then some environmental leaders told me they don't believe Congress could pass national climate change legislation, given the conservative opposition, so they would rather grow their grassroots movements locally.

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Trucking Moves America Forward aims to establish a long - term industry - wide movement to create a positive image for the industry, to ensure that policymakers and the public understand the importance of the trucking industry to the nation's economy, and to build the political and grassroots support necessary to strengthen and grow the industry in the future.

Kevin Burch is co-chair of Trucking Moves America Forward which describes itself as an «industry - wide movement to create a positive image for the industry, to ensure that policymakers and the public understand the importance of the trucking industry to the nation's economy, and to build the political and grassroots support necessary to strengthen and grow the industry in the future.»

The mission of Trucking Moves America Forward is to establish a long - term industry - wide movement to create a positive image for the industry, to ensure that policymakers and the public understand the importance of the trucking industry to the nation's economy, and to build the political and grassroots support necessary to strengthen and grow the industry in the future.

She is joined by a growing list of musicians who have dabbled with Christian labels only to find true liberty in underground grassroots movements.

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.

I saw and knew too much about the truth behind the textile industry, things we don't see and hear every day so after some years in the field meeting with amazing NGOs, grassroots organizations and a growing movement of organic farmers, it was time for positive change and I combined my love for the Earth, humanity and sustainable design to create Bhumi Organic Cotton.

August 17, 2015; New York, NY — What began as a grassroots effort to celebrate the nutritional benefits of kale as a trending superfood, has grown into a worldwide movement.

The move is a clear attempt to clamp down on the growing power of the grassroots boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement which aims to end government and corporate complicity with Israel's violations of Palestinian rights.

«Our grassroots campaign is continuing to grow and hundreds of new donors have joined our «$ 19 for NY - 19» movement to hold Rep. Faso responsible for his votes to take healthcare away from tens of thousands of New Yorkers and for his failure to represent the needs of our community,» Rhodes said.

Within the past three years, though, self - tracking has grown into a veritable grassroots movement, embodied by an organization called Quantified Self, a community of data - driven types founded in the San Francisco Bay Area by journalists Kevin Kelly and Gary Wolf.

Although awareness of dyslexia is steadily growing due to campaigns by grassroots movements like Decoding Dyslexia and national organizations like the International Dyslexia Association (IDA) and the National Center on Learning Disabilities (NCLD), many educators are still unfamiliar with what dyslexia is and how to accommodate it in the classroom.

Now it is time for that grassroots «movement» to grow up and become all it was meant to be.

«The New York City resolution is an important step in the growing, grassroots - powered national movement seeking to replace testing overkill with better, educationally sound forms of assessment.

We now know that the fiction that the Common Core State Standards are nationally agreed - upon standards that grew from some grassroots movement in the states is manufactured hype.

On the other side of the aisle, another grassroots movement of liberal teachers, parents, and activists has grown vocal in opposition to the Common Core.

Watching this genuine grassroots movement grow gives hope that one day soon, this country will reclaim its commitment to Brown's vision not only of educational equality, but also of a just and equitable society.

Born in Sydney in 2007, Earth Hour has grown to become the world's largest grassroots movement for the environment, inspiring individuals, communities, businesses and organizations in more than 170 countries and territories to take tangible climate action for over a decade.

Yesterday we looked at the big picture: how the grassroots environmental movements of the 60s were quickly co-opted by the New Left and the Democrat Party, while providing employment for the «environmental activism industry» that grew up around the environmentalists» efforts.

McKibben takes some solace from the grassroots movement that has grown up during the Obama years in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.

And of course climate movements are growing at the grassroots level all over the world.

The Idle No More movement continues to grow as a mobilization of grassroots indigenous people fighting against the ongoing erosion of indigenous rights across Canada and the world.

Even though Maryland is progressive state, a growing number of legislators, supported by an influential anti-choice grassroots movement, are making it increasingly difficult for people to control their own bodies and lives.

API has been a quiet grassroots parenting movement that has grown to 60 support groups around the country during the last 16 years, proving its worth and long - term impact.