Sentences with phrase «local activists called»

A booklet was circulated amongst local activists called How to deselect your MP, which explained how to use the new rulebook to get rid of any Labour MP who failed to meet the same ideological tests.

Chicken Farm Dog Rescue: In July 2016, Humane Society International worked with Free Korean Dogs to assist a local activist called Jinoak in South Korea with the re-homing dogs who had been rescued from a dog meat farm.

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Activists and legislators are trying to call attention to and reverse these trends, and some progress has already been documented on the local level: «A number of states have enacted robust pay equality statutes,» Caminiti says, «and we expect more legislation on the horizon.»

The second definition would be Black Lives Matters a decentralized movement that maintains its momentum by having local organizers and activists take on a clarion call to people in their own spaces.

The BBC has reported that man challenging Farage in Birmingham was «a local Labour activist» called Luke Holland.

(You were one of the 23 people who did X in your Congressional District) Organize call - ins to talk shows at the local level (thanks Wellstone Camp) Target specialized media (ethnic, religious, association, etc.) Do something newsworthy, eg «activists are collecting dead bugs to deliver to Congressman Porker today.

Local officials and community activists celebrated Dr. King's birthday with calls to end gun crime.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat.

Over 100 HIV / AIDS activists, community leaders, and elected officials gathered outside City Hall this past Thurs., Jun. 18th to call for New York City to allocate $ 10 million for local HIV prevention and treatment programs that will advance New York State's Blueprint to End the AIDS Epidemic by 2020.

«I am flattered and humbled by the sheer volume of calls from local elected officials, civic and community leaders and activists who have all urged me to run for the 25th Assembly seat,» Iannece said.

A local group of activists called «Save North Cove» issued a statement Tuesday saying authority chairman Dennis Mehiel should recuse himself from the vote because he has patronized marinas run by Farkas's company.

The protest, planned by NYC Shut it Down and Millions March NYC, kicked off in Washington Square Park with speeches by local activists urging unity and greater community engagement in the outer boroughs and calling for the firing of Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

On Aug. 2 she was back, showing up to a meeting of local Harlem activists called by Councilwoman Inez Dickens to address a recent spate of shootings.

Local environmental activists are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to «move away from dirty and dangerous fossil fuels» in order to meet goals contained in a state energy plan.

Meanwhile, Cardinale said local party officials had received calls from across the country from newly minted activists offering to help out with everything from monetary donations to social media.

Amongst those trying to escape is Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), whose reputation as an anti-Nazi activist has prompted an elite group of German officers to call on the local French authority.

It sure is, say local opt - out activists, who oppose so - called school reform measures — including high - stakes tests used to evaluate teachers — that they say are designed to foster private alternatives and ultimately dismantle public education.

What they do not want is for their activities to be exposed through the collaboration of local activists with sympathetic visitors ---- as occurred in Oklahoma when some of Senator James Inhofe's own supporters called Showing Animals Respect & Kindness to help them document the pigeon shooting mayhem.

Concerned locals have been documenting the cull's victims through photo and video footage and animal activist groups have again called on the city to end its futile population control method, urging Sochi to instead build a shelter for homeless animals.

On Sunday, October 15, dozens of protesters from the Chinatown Art Brigade (CAB) and other local art and anti-gentrification activist groups converged on James Cohan Gallery's Chinatown location to object to what they are calling «racist art.»

Activists think this will be a wake - up call to spark grassroots action and instill a sense of urgency among locals.

It calls upon young activists to secure commitments from our local governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to levels that ensure a healthy planet for ours and all future generations.

@Go Canucks, UBC, SFU and UVic activist scientists are called upon by their pals green councillors or bureaucrats to come over and deliver an alarmist message to local governments who are obviously clueless and ready to buy anything.

So as fossil fuel companies and their government friends were taking to the air to read straight from the fear - and - misinformation playbook, Climate Reality activists and friends were getting busy too, deluging Congressional switchboards with calls supporting the plan and spreading the word through local media and their social networks.

Way back in 2006, Warren reported on a Flash video that was making the rounds called Greening the Desert, documenting how permaculture activist Geoff Lawton worked with the local population to turn 10 acres of arid, salty Jordanian desert into a lush productive garden.

The activists were calling for the immediate shut - down of the Valmont Coal Plant, as well as urging the City of Boulder to cut its ties with Xcel Energy and to create a truly sustainable community built on local democracy, locally - generated energy and locally - produced food.»

Friends of the Earth worked with local and national groups including the Environmental Law and Policy Center, the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club, Green State Solutions, Iowa PIRG, Iowa Environmental Council, Iowa Farmers Union, Iowa Move to Amend, CREDO Action and Physicians for Social Responsibility in the debate about the cost recovery bill, taking out radio and TV ads, phoning more than 100,000 Iowans, and mobilizing thousands of activists who called and wrote their elected officials.

If they refuse, the Parkland kids and a group called the Town Hall Project, are urging local activists to schedule their own town halls.