Sentences with phrase «led vigorous campaigns»

Grassroots organizations like ACORN, which have supported charter schools — even started their own — have led vigorous campaigns against Edison Schools» involvement in troubled public systems like those of Philadelphia, New York, and San Francisco.

«I also congratulate Governor Oshiomhole who has, in the last seven and a half years, diligently served the people of Edo State and has led a vigorous campaign to sustain the APC legacy in Edo State.

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It is on record that, Gov. Ugwuanyi, at the pre-election stage, led the PDP to prosecute an intensive, sustained and vigorous campaign in the 17 councils, traversing all the nooks and crannies of the state, canvassing for votes.

With barely seven months to the polls, the NPP's campaign team led by former National Chairman, Peter Mac Manu is yet to kick start a vigorous outreach programme to canvass for votes.

Over a five - year period from 1910 to 1914, a team of doctors, nurses, and health officials led a vigorous public health campaign — the first of its kind — to eliminate the disease.

In the late 1990's, Wallace and other activists led a resistance movement against a vigorous campaign by business interests to curtail the national Resource Management Act, a piece of legislation that provided important protection for natural resources.