Sentences with phrase «local organizing group»

SquareOne staff has assisted the Coalition in establishing an effective local organizing group, building the political will in Cottage Grove, identifying potential sites, and developing planning and design goals for their village.

Find out if there's a local organizing group in your community fighting school closures.

At the school level, many local organizing groups have collaborated with neighborhood schools to improve safety, increase parental engagement, open community schools, and develop more culturally relevant curricula, among other things.

Not exact matches

«In Guerrero, police, both state and local, pose little obstacle to organized crime groups,» Adam Isacson, a senior associate at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), told The Daily Beast this month.

I was studying the role of public participation in resource project decision - making in New Zealand, and came across a local group organized as Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) which had become the front of opposition to the Trans - Tasman mining proposal.

Our Milky Way galaxy is part of the Local Group that consists of some 54 galaxies that is part of the Virgo Supercluster that has at least 100 groups of galaxies that is organized into what is called filaments, like a spider's web, and not scattered randomly.

A perusal of the Church of the Brethren Web pages provides clear evidence that a commitment to pacifism is not limited to denominational headquarters: the 48 churches of the Northern Indiana District Conference have joined to urge «the use of nonviolent approaches and interventions» in response to the terror; the Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, Church of the Brethren has adopted a statement in which they «remain committed to walk in the Jesus way of nonviolent love, in which evil can only be overcome with redemptive acts of love»; a group of Brethren Volunteer Service Workers have issued a statement in which they «advocate the use of nonviolent means to settle disputes» and «stand opposed to the increased drive toward militarization»; on October 7 members of local Brethren churches (along with Mennonites and others) organized a peace rally at the state capitol in Harrisburg, «Sowing Seeds of Peace: Prayers and Petitions for Nonviolent Action,» which attracted over 300 people.

This requires local and national coalitions of public interest groups to organize to demand that the existing regulatory processes work to protect the public rather than the industry they are supposed to regulate.

Religion News Service: Nuns on the Bus meet Tea Party protests in Ohio The «Nuns on the Bus» have been a consistently popular and effective faith - based tool for religious progressives this campaign season, but on Monday a group of demonstrators apparently organized by a local Tea Party affiliate met the nuns at a stop in Marietta, Ohio, and provided a far different welcome than the sisters usually receive.

The newer Religious Alliance Against Pornography, composed of both liberals and conservatives, sponsored a White House Conference last fall and has begun organizing local groups around the country.

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

They do not include, for example, Catholic Charities» extensive network of 1,400 charitable agencies serving 18 million people; the Catholic Health Association's 600 hospitals and 300 long term care facilities serving 20 million people; or the Campaign for Human Development's efforts to organize and empower the poor, with 200 local antipoverty groups working to improve policies, practices and laws affecting low - income people.

Six cities were selected as training centers where community resources were explored, clergymen and other professionals were enrolled, a local committee was formed to plan the curriculum, and a group organized for continuing education.

Sulo is a nonprofit group organized by IRRI that helps women become effective leaders in the local community.

Coalition, a group of several local organizing factions, with plans to hold a forum and to create an educational fund for Clark's kids, and try to «support transformational change.»

You can join a birth club, organized by your baby's birth date, to connect with other moms who have babies the same age as yours, or go to one of our local groups (organized by state and world region) to meet moms in your geographic area.

You could also organize a community group to work with your local city government to improve a particular playground.

In some cities, facilitators organize groups and advertise them in local newspapers or parenting publications.

Thought I'd share this timely post from another blog http://tinytreksunplugged.blogspot.com/2010/01/tips-for-getting-screen-time-under.html of a local group close to Seattle that organizes outdoor adventures for kids weekly.

I found my local MLTS group very soon after it was organized, and my gratitude to these women is undying.

The Association organizes local advocates and activists for cloth diapers through a member - supported resource center which plans campaigns, trains organizers, distributes educational information, supports local groups, and connects users to the Cloth Diaper industry.

If he was n`t organizing basketball tournaments and refereeing the games himself, he was coaxing local businessmen, politicians and community group leaders to support a tiny park that had been a big magnet for gangs.

The Real Diaper Association organizes local advocates and activists for cloth diapers through a member - supported resource center which plans campaigns, trains organizers, distributes educational information, and supports local groups, and connects users to the U.S. Cloth Diaper industry.

Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face - to - face.

Originally organized by Maria Bailey, CEO of BSM Media, author and Mom Talk Radio host, National Mom's Nite Out unites social media groups, companies, local playgroups, mom bloggers and networks in giving moms a well - deserved night off.

A well - organized group of parents with a specific food - related issue — and a specific proposal for change — can be an appealing story to local news media.

Groups of individuals wanting to study and discuss materials together, either in the same geographical location or over the Internet; groups may be organized with the assistance of a Local Spiritual Assembly or other Groups of individuals wanting to study and discuss materials together, either in the same geographical location or over the Internet; groups may be organized with the assistance of a Local Spiritual Assembly or other groups may be organized with the assistance of a Local Spiritual Assembly or other entity

Organizing 2.0 leads online organizing and new media skills training for members and staff at community organizations, labor groups, and local campaigns and nonprofits.

If you're willing to let your supporters take on local responsibilities, activists can hold press events, speak to groups, run fundraisers, gather signatures, etc. — all recruited and organized online.

Tens of thousands of people have signed up for groups organized under the rubric of the Indivisible Guide but driven by local organizers, for example.

Sure, commando strike teams can take a lot of work to organize and train, but groups such as MoveOn.org and the Obama campaign have created mini-online industries to support their offline work, providing volunteers with step - by - step guides to holding house parties, fundraisers, local press events and the like.

A number of organized labor groups have lined up to provide early endorsements to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term this fall and faces a new primary challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon, with the latest nod coming from the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1500, New York's largest supermarket workers union.

The Bridging Gowanus community planning process was convened by the local elected officials representing the Gowanus area, organized together with community leaders from resident, civic, environmental, business, arts and housing groups, and facilitated by the Pratt Center for Community Development.

Local campaign staff and candidates, staff at union locals labor organizations not based in DC, community organizing groups that aren't part of national networks, grassroots groups that aren't getting funding from the main backers of community organizing and progressive causes, staff working in local government, and the list goes on anLocal campaign staff and candidates, staff at union locals labor organizations not based in DC, community organizing groups that aren't part of national networks, grassroots groups that aren't getting funding from the main backers of community organizing and progressive causes, staff working in local government, and the list goes on anlocal government, and the list goes on and on.

The elected officials, who are both black, addressed a roughly hundred - strong Uber - organized crowd gathered in Queensbridge Park in Queens — a hodgepodge of company drivers, customers and local residents of the adjacent Queensbridge Houses, apparently drawn by the free food, children's games and classic R&B and girl - group pop blasting from the speaker system.

These days, priests seize on digital media to preach their sermons, stir up fervour, warn of danger, rival religions, groups, races... people can organize themselves into mobs using their mobile phones, send for backup, find like - minded activists in local groups.

Sen. Daniel Squadron is resigning his seat in the state Senate effective Friday to join a national policy group organizing in opposition to the influence of the Koch brothers and other monied interests in politics on the state and local level.

The lecture was organized by Gilead Medical Team, a voluntary service group of the Living Faith Church, Iriebe, Obio / Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers.

Sue Rosenberg, who has helped to coordinate local efforts of the Coalition Against Pilgrim Pipeline, a group organizing opponents to the project in both New York and New Jersey, said she was pleased with Wednesday's turnout.

Across the street, on the west side of Broadway, StudentsFirstNY, the local branch of Michelle Rhee's school - reform group, organized public school parents in favor of the Common Core.

(Indivisible NY - 19, a local group organized to resist the initiatives of the Trump administration, also helped put the event together.)

The PCCC, which backed Ms. Teachout in 2014, promised it would be «organizing local volunteers, fundraising, Facebook ads, an email to the group's one million members, and a mobilization of staff resources all factor into a blitz campaign to draft Zephyr.»

Local party committees are integral when it comes to delivering endorsements from unions, law enforcement groups or simply organizing volunteers.

A group of concerned residents called the Inwood Community Group was organized early Wednesday and plans to meet on Friday, Jan. 6 at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Parish House at 20 Cumming St., at the corner of Seaman Avenue, from 5:30 p.m. to discuss how locals can help the vicgroup of concerned residents called the Inwood Community Group was organized early Wednesday and plans to meet on Friday, Jan. 6 at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Parish House at 20 Cumming St., at the corner of Seaman Avenue, from 5:30 p.m. to discuss how locals can help the vicGroup was organized early Wednesday and plans to meet on Friday, Jan. 6 at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Parish House at 20 Cumming St., at the corner of Seaman Avenue, from 5:30 p.m. to discuss how locals can help the victims.

The programme brought together traditional leaders, organized groups, market women, departmental heads and stakeholders in WASH to brainstorm and to strengthen the capacities of local CSOs to effectively contribute to sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene activities.

The Thurman Station Association, a local group of community volunteers, has stepped in to take over the Jack Wax Party after controversy erupted over the handling of the party's proceeds occurred late last year and the former town board decided to conduct oversight of the event — but a new town board in January rescinded the resolution that both established town involvement and named former town Deputy Supervisor Susan Shepler to organize the event.

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.»

Rockland County GOP Chairman Vincent Reda told the Rockland County Times this week that he takes umbrage with the use of the word «Republican» by the self - titled «Rockland Republican Academy,» a dissident group of about 100 local Republican Party members who have organized to challenge his leadership.

The No campaign, Better Together, with its focus - group tested slogan, «No Thanks», was essentially run by the Labour Party — chaired by Alistair Darling, the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer responsible with Brown for the deregulation of uk banks, and directed by Blair McDougall, who had organized David Miliband's failed Labour leadership bid — though its platform included local Tories and Liberal Democrats, to the embarrassment of many Labour functionaries, who preferred to claim that the whole referendum campaign was a waste of time.

The Service Employees International Union Local 1877, a union workers group, the California Labor Federation and other local political activists organized the proLocal 1877, a union workers group, the California Labor Federation and other local political activists organized the prolocal political activists organized the protest.