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5) National: Sydney Boles and Rowan Lynam analyze how grassroots campaigns defeated efforts, especially in Elkhart, Indiana, by CoreCivic and GEO Group to open for - profit prisons.

Moving Beyond Coal to Clean Energy: How a Grassroots Campaign is Decarbonizing the US Power Grid

Moving Beyond Coal to Clean Energy: How a Grassroots Campaign is Decarbonizing the US Power Grid Friday, November 10th 12:00 - 13:00 Fiji Dome Learn about the successes and next steps for the US Beyond Coal Campaign, a grassroots movement of 100 + NGOs that has retired half of US coal plants.

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It's a chance for us to prove how we're different from any campaign in politics: We rely on ordinary Americans giving what they can — one grassroots donation at a time.

«If people begin to be turned off by Trump, the Cruz campaign will probably have a better strategic understanding of the implications and how to capitalize upon them,» said Bud Jackson, a Democratic specialist in digital grassroots campaigning, when asked to review the relationships.

In Obergefell, Kennedy's claim was that although historically the interpretation of a fundamental right to marry has not included same - sex couples, the «referenda, legislative debates, and grassroots campaigns; studies and other writings; and extensive litigation in state and federal courts» has led to an «enhanced understanding» of how the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th amendment contain a right for same - sex couples to marry that was really there all along, though until now unseen.

He also acknowledged that Mermel bought «several tables» for the Queens GOP dinner recently — as did other candidates, he noted, adding: «Listen, if they don't support the local grassroots how can we campaign for them how can we do our job?»

We've been talking about the potential of Obama's rebuilt grassroots field operation here for a year, and now we're seeing some of its first fruits: just as in 2008, the data his field teams collect gives his campaign a much clearer picture of what's happening on the ground than his opponents, helping his team make strategic choices about how to allocate resources (of course, always assuming that the data is accurate!).

Of course, grassroots outreach requires grassroots - friendly messaging, and we'll see how much their campaigns» talking will help their party's walking — block - walking, that is.

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.

Whether your campaign focuses on the grassroots or on high - level policy wonkery, you'll learn how to match your needs with the tools and tactics available today.

«Andrew Cuomo putting his personal political ambitions over the needs of grassroots organizations fighting for racial and economic justice tells you everything you need to know about him, and it shows just how terrified he is of Cynthia Nixon,» said Rebecca Katz, a senior strategist for the Nixon campaign.

The Fix crew interprets the data here (summary: they see an edge for Obama); I'll just add that it'll be interesting to see how shifts in public opinion in the various states will affect the campaigns» allocation of resources to 1) digital advertising, and 2) grassroots outreach.

We will coordinate grassroots campaigns and get out the vote efforts throughout the state to ensure that our members understand the critical issues in these elections and just how important it is that they get to the polls and support our endorsed candidates.»

In the early evening, meet Hawkins and learn how you can support this grassroots campaign at an Albany House Party at 6 pm.

Their excuse, that they were driven to act because Corbyn gave such grudging support to the remain campaign, shows just how removed from the Labour grassroots the PLP now is.

David Plouffe has also publicly spoken about how the «08 campaign leadership used grassroots field data to make in - the - moment decisions about where to spend money and to schedule events.

How did Michael Allegretti, a failed one - time congressional candidate with zero experience in campaign management, grassroots organization, modern media or political consulting, land a cushy gig running Carrion's million dollar campaign for mayor — before anyone knew he was running?

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.

The 50 stories gathered here, along with hundreds of others, were submitted as part of the Rethink Learning Now campaign, a national grassroots effort to change the tenor of our national conversation about schooling by shifting it from a culture of testing, in which we overvalue basic - skills reading and math scores and undervalue just about everything else, to a culture of learning, in which we restore our collective focus on the core conditions of a powerful learning environment, and work backwards from there to decide how best to evaluate and improve our schools, our educators, and the progress of our nation's schoolchildren.

«We knew we had to keep our campaign grassroots and go one - on - one with people to talk to them about how this ballot question would devastate our communities,» she said.

Complimenting the grassroots struggles, it looks at how we can change the rules of the game to help us, while building the public support for campaigns against dirty industry and making sure their PR machines don't succeed in rebranding coal, gas and oil as part of the solution.

The success of Greenpeace's campaign, which really became online grassroots, proves just how potent (and powerful) social media sites have become in pressuring big business to change — quickly.

Find out how you can get involved in the important activities of our grassroots campaigns.

He said that Stephen Parkinson, former head of the Vote Leave campaign's grassroots organisation, was involved in funnelling money into a youth wing called BeLeave, while still directing how the money was spent.