Sentences with phrase «of people at the grassroots»

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A grassroots #DeleteUber campaign over the perception that Uber was trying to take advantage of immigration ban protests at JFK led to about a half million people requesting to delete their Uber accounts over the course of a week, according to the New York Times.

@ grassroots: I would like to believe that you were sincere in claiming that atheists have a ``... duty (as if being responsible to some authority) to debunk...» (I presume you to mean a belief in God) ``... via the Internet... [etc]», but when you mix sarcasm with rationality, then you lose creditability with me because you join the ranks of those who just want to poke fun at believers for entertainment and invite a heated argument with no intentions of converting such people.

«Not just in one country but in numerous Muslim countries, I have been able to walk in, head held high, no covert cover story and not only identify passively as a Christian but identify openly, work openly and hold serious talks about faith between Muslims and Christians, and not just at the grassroots level of poverty — people who needed my help — but also with the powerful and influential people who could have, in that moment, had me arrested and had me taken out back.»

The 15 people who make up the Emergent Coordinating Group may constitute the organizational heart of the movement, but the Emergent conversation itself happens primarily at the grassroots level through Web sites, Web logs (or «blogs»), regional cohorts and conferences.

But if we decide that it is acceptable to treat humans worse than we treat animals, it should not surprise us if many people at the grassroots level decide that as along as they have to die like a dog, they would rather not suffer the fate of an abandoned stray.

Campaigns such as Meat Free Monday have been playing a vital role in shaping the conversation at a grassroots level, helping educate people about the importance of eating with their health, and the planet, in mind.

We can continue to bounce our heads off the wall with his conduct, or we can decide that the institutions of our country are more important, that people are more important, that the decent America that we all thought we had and want is more important, and get down to business at a grassroots level and do what we have to do.

Luke Harper, HSBC UK's head of the partnership with British Cycling, commented: «Getting people to fall in love again with cycling is what our partnership with British Cycling is all about, whether it is to compete at grassroots level, to get fit or as a cheap way to travel to work.

Labour was uniquely placed, through the trade union link, to build a living, breathing movement at grassroots level, expanding to include working people, while the Tories were a shrinking party of the few.

He operates partly at a strategic level but has a good insight into a lot of that grassroots campaigning as well...... When I first met him and worked for him in 2005 the thing that I really admired about him was his ability to motivate the people underneath him.»

He now has enough financial backing to travel all over the world gathering footage for his work - in - progress — title as yet unannounced — documenting the effects of climate change, from Africa to Iceland to the Amazon, and what people are doing about it at the grassroots level.

Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State State has promised to mobilise people at the grassroots for immunization.

«As Oneida County supports our youth through programs and activities at some of our grassroots agencies, we want the young people of the community to know that it is just as important to give back to the community as it is to do anything else,» Picente said.

«This is one of the best ways to energize the party that is almost remaining dormant at the grassroots level and you could see the sense of belonging and the energy and activities of the ordinary people.

«The budget is a statement of values, the budget affects people's lives at the grassroots,» Mr. de Blasio said.

He said the present structure of governance was not only lopsided and a waste of resources, it can also not guarantee the flow of democratic dividends to the people at the grassroots, who should be the priority of the government.

After Sandy struck, the volunteers at the grassroots Camp Bulldog in Lindenhurst ministered to people in one of the Island's hardest - hit areas, and did not close their tent until April.

Utilizing online tools for mobilization, Leah worked with a team of co-organizers to help the grassroots group grow from 12 people at its first meeting in January 2007 to over 2,000 members by Inauguration Day in January 2009.

He lamented that, «When other states are already enjoying the dividends of democracy at the local government level, we are yet to see any practical signs to convince the people that democracy will soon return to the grassroots level of governance after two years and three months.»

The former governor also said there was need for further decentralization and creation of more police zones and units across the country to take policing down to the people at the grassroots communities and villages.

But a deal at the top was always going to unravel without a real convergence of people active in progressive politics at the grassroots.

Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Shehu Usman Adamu, who announced this at the weekend, revealed that the programme is designed to boost the economy at the grassroots by involving people at the community level as the vendors in order to expand the market for farmers.

Additional celebrities at SIFF this year included Chris Pine for the U.S. Premiere of his latest film, PEOPLE LIKE US, Dennis Haysbert (THE DETAILS), Eric Mabius (PRICE CHECK), Elliot Gould (IRA FINKELSTEIN»S CHRISTMAS), Melanie Lynskey (HELLO I MUST BE GOING), and Jason Biggs for the World Premiere of his Seattle - based film, GRASSROOTS, directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal, which closed out the festival.

Though the two subjects have decidedly different origins and audiences — Harding being part of a national and tabloid - friendly scandal, Wiseau having accumulated more of a grassroots notoriety — both movies are clearly aware of the novelty status that comes with taking a closer look at real people who have become figures of fun.

«The success of the Student Voice Team shows that just because a person may be too young to vote doesn't mean she is too young to have a voice in making our public institutions better,» said Zach Sippy, a senior at Lexington's Henry Clay High School who leads the group's grassroots outreach.

Informing both reports is the GoI's first - time grassroots consultative process, which reportedly consisted of upwards of 275,000 direct consultations on thirty - three themes with people at the state, district, urban local, block, and village levels across the country.

Over 140 people turned up to view the documentary Backpack Full of Cash in Little Rock on Thursday, at an event hosted by Save Our Schools and Grassroots Arkansas.

When people come to understand the extent of the gulf between what they feel should be happening in or nation's shelters and what actually is happening, and realize that they can make a difference, that's when change starts to happen, and not just at the grassroots level.

- loaning traps - offering easy - to - follow trapping instructions - providing below - cost and sometimes free spays / neuters / vaccines for community cats at our LifeLine Spay & Neuter Clinics - educating the public about community cats - advising how to affectively manage cat colonies - offering solutions to help mediate neighbor complaints - supporting trappers throughout trapping process and the throughout the life of the colony - helping connect people with others interested in helping community cats in their area and fostering the growth of grassroots efforts in neighborhoods throughout the 20 county metro area - giving referrals for community cat resources throughout the metro area

Instead, they emphasized grassroots organizing at the local level on behalf of far - reaching demands that ordinary people could grasp and support.

SKS: The strength of our approach lied in our alliances with people at the grassroots level.

If we are serious about equality we need to start educating boys and girls in STEM subjects at a grassroots level and ensure there are plenty of male and female role models working in the sector for young people to admire and emulate.

Jus a malicious propaganda on lic n traditional policies by stock market driven forces with out knowledge of poor n down trodden ppl struggles at grassroot level jus sheer negligence by not taking consideration of how much crores of rupees paid by lic while Gujarat earthquake etc.ppl always ready to blame lic fr dr sake itz lk blaming our own parents n our own economy

Lorne Weiss, president - elect of the Manitoba Real Estate Association, called the dues increase «significant», stating that «there will be people at the grassroots level fundamentally whose default position will be «I'm not happy».»