Sentences with phrase «in grassroots advocacy»

The Northwestern Vermont Board of REALTORS ® and your state association are actively involved in grassroots advocacy on issues of concern to our members and to homeowners in Vermont.

Volunteer and Leadership Opportunities Get involved in grassroots advocacy efforts, public outreach programs, writing articles for AILA publications and speaking at conferences and events.

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«She is a seasoned public affairs professional with extensive experience in local, state and federal affairs, having successfully led numerous advocacy campaigns in the grassroots, political and legislative realms.

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.

In 2016, CIMS joined forces with BirthNetwork National, a grassroots chapter organization and ImprovingBirth, the nation's largest maternity care consumer advocacy organization.

If you don't know ONE, it is a non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization, co-founded by Bono, that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa.

I think the «mommy blog» phenomenon has become a symbol for the power of what parents can accomplish, in particular in regard to kids» health — and perhaps even to symbolize the power of what online grassroots organizing and advocacy can accomplish.

Her background includes experience in grassroots organizing, policy and advocacy at the local, regional, state, and federal levels.

The PAI provides parents with tools and resources to lead grassroots advocacy efforts in their school districts.

As the mother of two twice - exceptional children, Sundstrom has been a guest speaker on Grassroots TV in Aspen, Colorado, and offers her support and advocacy to special needs families all over the country.

If you are not already familiar with RDA, it trains and supports grassroots advocates in leading local Real Diaper Circles, compiles and distributes research on cloth diapering and leading cloth diaper advocacy, it works with media and other businesses and organizations to increase awareness about cloth diapers, and provides direct, reliable and unbiased support for consumers.

If I remember correctly, back in the late»90s Grassroots burned through a few tens of millions of investor dollars before reinventing itself as an advocacy tool provider and consulting firm.

In the advocacy world, most outreach efforts involve one or more of three basic goals: trying to affect government legislation and / or regulation, trying to build a base of supporters for long - term fundraising and / or grassroots action, and trying to influence the broader public policy discussion.

«I have decided to discontinue my City Council campaign and to serve our district through community service and grassroots advocacy,» Jung said in a -LSB-...]

I have been searching for reviews / comparisons of online software applications for local grassroots political organizations of all in one suite website CMS, membership / donor management, and advocacy, etc..

But unlike many nonprofits and advocacy groups, OFA has a grassroots base in every state, and they have enough members to actually get a decent showing at events in a lot of districts.

She received a Masters degree in Public Health from Tufts University and first became involved in grassroots organizing though advocacy for the Affordable Care Act in 2009.

Ulster People for Justice and Democracy, inspired by the Bernie Sanders campaign for President, is a grassroots group in Ulster County, NY, building an inclusive, responsive democracy through advocacy, education, and direct political action.

My health public policy advocacy actually began back in 2006 leading via grassroots the global recall of contact lens disinfection solutions (for bacterial, fungal, and parasite breakthrough) along with two other women.

Beginning in 2013, parents began building a well - coordinated grassroots advocacy infrastructure to protest New York's rollout of RttT.

Because opt - out is a grassroots phenomenon, communities varied in the extent of their participation, based in part on factors such as: 1) degree of parental involvement in the local schools, 2) whether the local PTA had an organized advocacy committee, 3) parental awareness of school - reform issues, and 4) access to the Internet and social media.

Finally, advocacy involves partnering with national civic and policy leaders and grassroots organizations in communities to build a field committed to this new vision of education while also identifying policy barriers and opportunities to implementing a more comprehensive system of supports for children in communities across the country.

After months of advocacy meetings with state legislators, as well as grassroots engagement from parents and educators, the bill died in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

The founder of a grassroots public school advocacy group based in northern Wisconsin says Rep. Mary Czaja backs «draconian» budget cuts to public education at the behest of Republican party leadership.

Empower Mississippi Releases Education Choice Scorecard RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI — Empower Mississippi, a new grassroots advocacy organization, released the first ever Education Choice Scorecard in the state of Mississippi.

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.

The NEA Student Program will present the second annual Leaders Empowering Grassroots Advocacy for Communities and Youth (LEGACY) Project, which brings future educators together to volunteer in a school community.

There is a grassroots, advocacy organization in Georgia, Gwinnett STOPP, that is empowering and educating parents.

Prior to Rodriguez Strategies, Ashley worked in Dewey Square Group's grassroots practice, where she participated in building and implementing statewide issue advocacy campaigns.

Ashley comes to the Parent Revolution team with an extensive background in policy advocacy and grassroots campaign management.

Initiated in 2012, the Arkansas Opportunity to Learn (AR OTL) Campaign unites disparate and distinct education advocacy organizations and grassroots groups.

CCSA offers public policy and grassroots advocacy in the State Legislature every year, developing public policy positions and legislative agendas for the benefit of the charter school movement, and tracking major legislation, including Senate and Assembly bills and the state budget.

Jitu helped develop the Mid-South Education Association, a grassroots advocacy group comprised of administrators, parents, teachers, young people and local school council (LSC) members to meet the needs of schools in the area.

«Grassroots efforts are essential to animal advocacy and progress with animal welfare, and we want to provide local advocates with the tools they need to get active and to take action in their communities,» Matyas says.

In 1994, Best Friends organized the first Utah's Week for the Animals, a statewide promotion of pet adoption, spay / neuter and animal advocacy that grew to include the first Strut Your Mutt, which has since blossomed into a national grassroots fundraiser for animal rescue groups.

That EPA letter certainly played a part — as did sustained grassroots advocacy efforts, exposes on conflicts of interest between State and the pipeline's profiteers, and relentless debunking of false jobs and energy security promises — in the State Department's move to punt the decision for a year, take a fresh look at the proposals, and go back to the drawing board to create a new supplemental environmental impact statement.

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.

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With 40 years» experience in engaging communities at the grassroots to address issues of environmental degradation, community empowerment and advocacy, GBM is uniquely positioned to offer an integrated response to climate change through mitigation, adaptation and promotion of sustainable development.

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to change state and federal laws to allow commercial hemp farming, has released a statement in response to the undue and wrongful raid of industrial hemp crops on the sovereign land of the Menominee Indian Tribe by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which occurred Friday October 23, 2015.

His rich advocacy skills and grassroots organizing experience are highly regarded in the environmental and social justice circles.

Founded in May, 2008, The American Energy Alliance («AEA») is a not - for - profit organization that engages in grassroots public policy advocacy and debate concerning energy and environmental policies.

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that President Obama has signed the Farm Bill which contains an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes.

They're skilled in grassroots organizing and advocacy, very similar to what the groups who oppose us do.»

In combination with new approaches to grassroots advocacy and election campaigns, a complementary paradigm for climate advocacy is needed to shift our focus toward a broader portfolio of smaller scale policy actions and to the promotion of a more diverse array of technological options.

WASHINGTON, DC — Vote Hemp, the nation's leading hemp grassroots advocacy organization working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., is excited to report that an amendment to legalize hemp production for research purposes was included in the Farm Bill, which will soon be voted on in both the House and Senate.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Vote Hemp, the nation's leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization working to change state and federal laws to allow commercial hemp farming, has successfully worked with the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) to secure the inclusion of a pro-hemp farming position in the conference's permanent agriculture policy.

Relying on our expertise in legal advocacy, legislative lobbying and grassroots organizing, Scenic Hudson encourages smart growth and fights to halt the tidal wave of threats to the Hudson Valley.

Veto of SB 676 is Huge Setback for California Farmers, Businesses and the Economy Sacramento, CA — Vote Hemp and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), the nation's leading grassroots hemp advocacy organization and industry trade group, respectively, both working to revitalize industrial hemp production in the U.S., are extremely disappointed to report that Governor Jerry -LSB-...]