Sentences with phrase «new grassroots groups»

Also signing on are two energetic new grassroots groups that speak on behalf of much of the Tea Party movement: Tea Party Express and American Grassroots Coalition.

A new grassroots group, Liberal Reform, has sprung up within the Lib Dem Party to accommodate those people.

Not exact matches

A grassroots group, the New Citizens Movement, uses the Internet and small demonstrations to press for greater transparency.

The second group — sometimes referred to as «the new evangelicals» or «emerging evangelicals» or «the evangelical left» is significantly less organized than the first, but continues to grow at a grassroots level.

On December 1st, the New Organizing Institute and the Center for American Progress hosted a discussion among four participants in campaign 2006: Benjamin Rahn from ActBlue, Megan Matson from Mainstreet Moms Organize or Bust (a grassroots group), Tom Matzzie from MoveOn and Jessica Vanden Berg, Jim Webb's campaign manager.

Does their work herald a new era of conservative grassroots organizing, or will it remain a shadow of the shoe - leather emphasis of Democratic groups?

We can expect new technologies and tactics to come from the grassroots and from the groups that are building the capacity to train and support them.

Another group, Catholics For Independent Action, transferred $ 250,000 on April 6 to New Yorkers For A Balanced Albany, the political action committee arm of StudentsFirstNY, a grassroots organization that has pushed for education reform policies and charter school support.

Of course, you still need the right candidates and the right messages, but this new grassroots emphasis is a promising change from the brain - dead TV - buying - by - the - numbers strategy we saw from Crossroads GPS, the Romney campaign and so many other groups on the Right in 2012.

Unions have been major contributors to grassroots groups like Citizen Action, Make the Road Action and New York Communities for Change, which all endorsed Nixon last week.

Rachel is also a grassroots progressive leader, active in groups including Uplift Syracuse, the CNY Solidarity Coalition, and the Campaign for New York Health, which advocates for a single - payer healthcare system across New York State.

On December 1st, the New Organizing Institute and the Center for American Progress hosted a discussion among four participants in campaign 2006: Benjamin Rahn from ActBlue, Megan Matson from Mainstreet Moms Organize or Bust (a grassroots group), Tom Matzzie from MoveOn and Jessica Vanden Berg...

We held a meeting I think sometime in December where we invited all these different grassroots groups to come and explain what they thought the top three priorities that needed to be done in order to make «New Iceland».

The curious dance of Saturday's proceedings comes as the WFP, originally formed as a coalition between labor unions and grassroots activist groups, has been somewhat depleted after the exodus of Cuomo - allied unions and is fighting to remain a force in liberal New York.

The harsh assessment and decision by Perez Williams set off a firestorm among grassroots Democratic groups and party activists in Central New York who support Balter and view the challenge by Perez Williams as a betrayal.

Labour First, shadowy right - wing Old Labour group run by John Spellar got in first (though the mouth of former Labour national executive member Luke Akehurst), describing the new group as «a slap in the face for grassroots campaigners ``.

She has been endorsed by grassroots groups in central New York, including local Indivisible chapters.

Groups like Save New York have become increasingly common in Albany, as lobbying as morphed into a collection of «grassroots» third - party coalition that Common Cause has knocked for lacking transparency by hiding donors.

Garvin and Gooran launched a new version last November, and just signed two big clients: Howard Dean's grassroots group, Democracy for America, and the labor - backed Working Families Party.

That's exactly what Ralph Garvin hopes to bring to the table with Organizer, a new political software suite that just landed two big, early clients, the labor - backed Working Families Party and Howard Dean's grassroots group, Democracy for America.

Meanwhile, as I await the flood of applications to my new, organic, grassroots protest group, (I hope I can get a few grandmothers who have never protested before; the BBC love those), I must proffer an apology.

The video is a part of the group's grassroots and digital #ForOpportunity campaign to bring together parents advocating for fundamental reform to fix New York's broken education system.

The rally was co-sponsored by members of the Let NY Vote coalition, which includes over thirty organizations, nonprofits, and labor unions, including Common Cause / NY, Public Citizen, New York State United Teachers, SEIU 32BJ, RWDSU, CWA District 1, as well as the statewide NAACP and the National Action Network, grassroots organizations, faith groups, civil liberties, reproductive and immigrant rights, criminal justice and re-entry groups, New American, and the LGBTQ community.

PLATTSBURGH A grassroots progressive group has sent candidates running for New York's 21st Congressional District questionnaires asking about them their «top two environmental concerns and proposed solutions.»

After years of pressure from grassroots advocacy groups, the MTA board voted unanimously to ban advertising of alcoholic beverages on New York City buses, subway cars and stations, contending that the social benefits of deterring underage drinking outweighed the loss of revenue.

group calling itself NPP Grassroots for Power 2016 has descended heavily on the Editor - in - Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako for what they describe as his persistent transit from lies to a wicked propaganda against the suspended NPP chairman Paul Afoko.

The Central New York Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group opposed to the agenda of President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress, gave Katko some credit for his vote Thursday, but said it wasn't enough.

According to its website, the group is a «non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing a statewide, grassroots conversation about the future of New York, its economy and its people.»

While Basile says Reclaim New York is aiming to develop a grassroots presence — something the Committee to Save New York never had — both groups» messages revolve around the idea that a broken government in Albany has led to out - of - control costs for citizens.

Let NY Vote, formally known as Easy Elections NY, is a statewide coalition of grassroots groups & established organizations fighting to modernize New York's elections.

Clinton's campaign said the leadership group will help build a «grassroots - driven volunteer team» to support her bid for the Democratic nomination in the New York presidential primary on April 19.

This is the first time Balter has run for a political office, although she has become a recognizable face in Central New York as an organizer of CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group of activists that formed to oppose the policies of President Donald Trump after he was elected.

NEW YORK, NY (05/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Early this afternoon, a team of welfare recipients, unemployed New Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budgNEW YORK, NY (05/11/2012)(readMedia)-- Early this afternoon, a team of welfare recipients, unemployed New Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budgNew Yorkers looking for work, public housing residents, and people living with HIV / AIDS — members of the grassroots organizing groups Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Voices of Community Activists and Leaders (VOCAL - NY)-- led other New York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budgNew York residents in a series of actions in Lower Manhattan to highlight the inequality prevalent in our City today, and lift up the need to restore critical programs currently proposed to be cut in Mayor Bloomberg's Fiscal Year 2013 budget.

NEW YORK, NY (12/06/2011)(readMedia)-- The New Deal for New York — a coalition of grassroots groups in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers, and New York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the staNEW YORK, NY (12/06/2011)(readMedia)-- The New Deal for New York — a coalition of grassroots groups in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers, and New York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the staNEW YORK, NY (12/06/2011)(readMedia)-- The New Deal for New York — a coalition of grassroots groups in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers, and New York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the staNew Deal for New York — a coalition of grassroots groups in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers, and New York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the staNew Deal for New York — a coalition of grassroots groups in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers, and New York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the staNew York — a coalition of grassroots groups in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers, and New York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the staNew York — a coalition of grassroots groups in Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Yonkers, and New York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the staNew York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the staNew York City — today joined with allied organizations to support a progressive taxation plan that would create new tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the stanew tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the stanew tax brackets on the highest income earners and generate about $ 5 billion for the state.

Flanagan, a 57 - year - old trade - directory publisher who once had aspirations of running for office, is now a study in conservative grassroots activism, illustrating both the way in which Tea Party groups can figure into policy fights even in a liberal state like New York, and how they maximize the influence they have with public officials.

This year, Let NY Vote, formally known as Easy Elections NY, formed as a statewide coalition of organizations & grassroots groups fighting to modernize New York's elections.

Those efforts got a boost last week when Citizen Action New York, a statewide grassroots group committed to racial, social and economic justice, endorsed his candidacy.

International environmental consultant and former New York City Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Al Appleton wrote the report for the Rockland Water Coalition, a grassroots group that asked Appleton to look at the issue of alternatives to United Water New York's proposed desalination plant, or the Haverstraw Water Supply Project.

Associate Professor Mark Warren and Lecturer Karen Mapp introduced a new Special Interest Group (SIG) this week focused on grassroots organizing at the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in New York Cinew Special Interest Group (SIG) this week focused on grassroots organizing at the American Education Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in New York CiNew York City.

As part of this new group, Warren and colleagues will research the power of grassroots organizing and its ability to impact education policy and communities.

Frankfort, Ky — More than a year before Kentucky's General Assembly meets again, two citizens» groups have already begun to mobilize grassroots support for new education - reform plans in the state.

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.

This means being as focused on building grassroots support for advancing reform as lobbying statehouses and launching new reform groups.

She had advocated for a change in the discipline code for four years as a youth leader with Make the Road New York, a grassroots group that aims to empower Latino and working - class communities by advocating for education, housing, and labor - rights issues.

But as school year 2016 - 17 rolls out, the charter industry finds it faces formidable new challenges from many unexpected corners, including prominent civil rights groups, grassroots organizers, and an increasingly skeptical Democratic party.

A group of New York City public school teachers and parents from the Grassroots Education Movement wrote and produced this documentary in response to Davis Guggenheim's highly misleading film, Waiting for «Superman.»

Calling themselves a «grassroots movement» in support of Governor Dannel Malloy's plan to use taxpayer money to open two new charter schools while making historic cuts to Connecticut's public schools, the New York based charter school industry group known as «Families for Excellent Schools Inc. / Coalition for Every Child» paid at least $ 87,000 to rent buses to bring in charter school parents and students from as far away as New York and Boston for the pro-charter school rally that took place at the Connecticut State Capitol last wenew charter schools while making historic cuts to Connecticut's public schools, the New York based charter school industry group known as «Families for Excellent Schools Inc. / Coalition for Every Child» paid at least $ 87,000 to rent buses to bring in charter school parents and students from as far away as New York and Boston for the pro-charter school rally that took place at the Connecticut State Capitol last weNew York based charter school industry group known as «Families for Excellent Schools Inc. / Coalition for Every Child» paid at least $ 87,000 to rent buses to bring in charter school parents and students from as far away as New York and Boston for the pro-charter school rally that took place at the Connecticut State Capitol last weNew York and Boston for the pro-charter school rally that took place at the Connecticut State Capitol last week.

According to Julia Sass Rubin, a parent and member of the grassroots group Save Our Schools New Jersey, a PAA affiliate, «If a traditional public school converts to a charter schools, it affects the education of every child in that community by drawing critical resources from the traditional public school system.

Leading the chorus critical of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) testing have been Save Our Schools NJ, a grassroots group of mostly parents, and the New Jersey Education Association, the state's largest teachers union.

This unique collaborative initiative between Queens College Art Department (CUNY: City University of New York) and the Queens Museum of Art — integrates social, tactical, immaterial, and interventionist art forms in tandem with the museum's ongoing, in - depth activities in socially - based art and grassroots community engagement under the expert guidance of a group of artists, administrators, educators engaged with local issues specific to Queens.