Sentences with phrase «local organizers work»

Active in five states — Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Florida — local organizers work with Planned Parenthood affiliates and community partners to develop volunteer leaders and speak out about issues affecting the local [email protected] community.

Local organizers worked with members of Congress to write wilderness proposals and introduce legislation for Browns Canyon to protect its watershed, wildlife habitat and other natural qualities.

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Working with communities, community organizers and local leaders to develop a vision and plan for the Lower Mainland's transition to a low carbon economy

Check out the full article for more details about the Tech Resistance, including a look at how the Working Families Party, Indivisible, MoveOn, People for Bernie and other groups combined their tools and talents to help local organizers make their voices heard.

Many, many mainstream journalists did excellent work in Iowa, for instance by following local organizers or chronicling the amazing democratic spectacle of the caucuses themselves.

He started working for Local 6 in 1979, became a union organizer in 1980, Business Agent in 1981, and Vice President in 1984.

Espada faces possible Democratic primary challenges in September from Desiree Pilgrim - Hunter, a local community organizer, and Gustavo Rivera, who worked for US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Pellegrino emerged as the candidate Ninth District after she and Ben Lavender, a CSEA Local 1000 organizer, were interviewed by the Working Families Party Monday night.

«It's absolutely critical that any congress member be working with local officials, local organizers, on all kinds of issues because the deeper that grounding (is) the more power you have,» the 19th Congressional District candidate told reporters.

After studying government at Colby College in Maine, she became a labor organizer herself, working alongside the Teamsters union and local political groups and eventually serving as a Democratic district leader until she was hired by the de Blasio administration in February of 2014.

UPDATE: Murphy's campaign said the initiative «organized under the umbrella of Murphy's re-election committee, will fund organizers to work in collaboration with the campaigns of the Connecticut Congressional delegation and the Connecticut Democratic Party to recruit and train volunteers, offer action alerts to existing organizing groups, provide messaging help to grassroots activists, and provide a conduit between local activism and the fight in Washington to defeat the reckless policies of the Trump administration.»

Cetera was also a local organizer for the Hawkins for Governor campaigns in 2010 and 2014, where he helped the Green Party secure a ballot line for the next four years as they received over 50,000 votes in 2010, and 184,419 (5 % of the vote) in 2014, enough to leap over the Independence and Working Families parties to take the fourth line on New York ballots.

«When disasters occur, mental health professionals — community organizers, social workers, case managers and counselors — often work in partnership with local, state and federal organizations to respond,» said Jennifer First, doctoral candidate in the MU School of Social Work and disaster mental health program manager with the Disaster and Community Crisis Cenwork in partnership with local, state and federal organizations to respond,» said Jennifer First, doctoral candidate in the MU School of Social Work and disaster mental health program manager with the Disaster and Community Crisis CenWork and disaster mental health program manager with the Disaster and Community Crisis Center.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Parent Revolution's organizing director is Pat DeTemple, a lawyer who worked for Service Employees Local 1199 on the East Coast, for the United Farm Workers before that, and was an organizer for President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign.

Thanks to the tireless work of local advocates and organizers, officials in the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to put an end to suspensions for «willful defiance» with the adoption of a new school discipline policy that focuses on positive alternatives that keep students in the classroom.

The NEA is hiring field organizers: If you're potentially interested in working with the National Education Association to build strong, active union locals committed to organizing for the schools that all students deserve, check out the job descriptions below.

Though not yet at the scale of the national civil rights movement, parent organizers around the nation are currently working in communities to ensure that historically marginalized parents and students can participate in local, state, and national education debates and decisions.

Working with Olympus Tours, a well regarded local travel agent and tour organizer in the Riviera Maya, was a breeze.

In Northwest Queens, Flux Factory's Community Organizer - in - Residence, Dylana Dillon, is a founding member of the Queens Action Council (QuAC), a group of community residents and advocates, working together for a more just and equitable local food system.

A visit to 68A Schellinger Road is a must for anyone sojourning on the East End, not only because the show expresses the energy, diversity, and dynamism of the local art community, but also because the 24 works that organizers Henry Brown, Flatow, and Li Trincere have assembled are all of the highest quality.

Through her solo exhibitions as well as her work as Founder and Director of the first annual international photography festival, Addis Foto Fest, in Ethiopia, Aida is an active participant and organizer in the burgeoning local arts scene that has begun to attract increased worldwide attention.

According to Brandon Mickman, a local web developer behind the Bushwick Bomb (a local event listings site which describes itself as an «opinionated source on the most interesting music and happenings near or relevant to the Bushwick transplant universe») and the organizer behind the Bushwick Arts Festival, his event would «provide a new opportunity for a large scale open studios event» while refusing to «exclude artists that do not reside or work in Bushwick.»

Each of the artists will produce an art work for Istanbul by the end of 2010; a collection of 77 pieces of art will be presented to Istanbul.Visibility a one day intense programme October 2010, intends to make contemporary art, artist and Galata Visible to the people just like a flash of Lightning aiming to make visible historical architectural and sociological richness richness of Galata and the industry in Sishane.Highly regarded artists, organizers and museum executitives visiting Istanbul offered a platform where they can get to know the local production.Photography parade in December 2010, will aim to document an important cultural art and life a total of 12 photography exhibitions will be opened at the Fototrek photography centre or Istanbul street including works by local and foreign photographers.

Local DMA assistant curator, Gabe Ritter and the exhibit organizer, Eva Rispini who is the Associate Curator, Department of Photography, at MoMA, conducted an enlightening gallery tour, providing insight into the production of the images, the works» themes and an understanding of the artist, who despite nearly 40 years of projecting images of herself into the public arena, remains (intentionally) somewhat of an enigma.

As part of Art City's Way Out West project, Groesbeck, along with his crew of curators and organizers, worked with advertising companies and the local creative community to coordinate his organization's pilot urban art takeover.

Working in partnership with the mayor's office, local arts organizations, Park (ing) Day founders Rebar Art & Design Studio, and design heavy - hitter IDEO, festival organizers put out a call for open - source, replicable concepts that combine digital technology and a physical presence to improve public spaces.

According to Camilla Feibelman, a Sierra Club organizer in Puerto Rico, (who works with thousands of residents and local and organizations toward preserving the Northeast Corridor) Fortuño's plan does not make much sense — it's as if he didn't know what the original nature reserve designation included.

Bike commuters or those who take public transit get $ 1 off entry, and race organizers will donate $ 1 to the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA), a local non-profit working to make Oregon one of the best places in the world to ride a bike.

students worked with The Woman's Fund of Miami - Dade County, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of local women and girls; the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a community organization championing the rights of Florida migrant farm workers; the ACLU of Florida; Legal Services of Greater Miami, which provides civil legal services for the poor in Miami - Dade and Monroe County; the Community Justice Project, a nonprofit organization comprised of community lawyers who collaborate with community organizers and low - income communities of color; Catholic Charities Legal Services, which provides immigration services to South Florida's refugee and immigrant community; and Catalyst Miami, an anti-poverty non-profit.

Outreach days typically include a morning session in which experienced community organizers work just with those who are starting up the local group to strategize about building and sustaining a meaningful local injured worker movement.

In a decision issued last month, the Labour Relations Board granted IOUE Local 115 organizers access to an access - controlled employee residence (i.e. a company work camp) for the purpose of organizing employees on the Site C dam project.

We're eager to work with local organizers to help you make sure that your institution hears your voice.