Sentences with phrase «other grassroots activists»

At the press conference, King made the same case that Cruz frequently makes to potential supporters and donors: that the senator can energize Christian conservatives and bring together a coalition that also includes libertarians and other grassroots activists, and that Cruz — with the most cash on hand of any Republican in the field — has the money to go the distance.

Not exact matches

Other NDC activists are also talking ill of immediate - past President Mahama and some of his appointees for complacency and neglect of the grassroots which lead to the party's embarrassing defeat in the 2016 elections.

«What happened in Mississippi was appalling,» the freshman Republican senator from Texas — a rock star among tea party activists and other grassroots conservatives — said Monday.

Draper and other Labour activists know that newspapers pick up anti-leadership comments on CH and cite them as «evidence» of grassroots discontent.

In other words, don't count on Lipton to break the abusive cycle in which Cuomo kicks down at the unions, who kick down at the WFP, who then kick down at grassroots activists backing the Green Party campaign of Howie Hawkins and Jia Lee, the latter a New York City teacher and opt - out activist.

NOW, the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States, was founded in 1966 and has hundreds of chapters in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. NOW - NY and NOW - NYC, the New York City chapter, have advocated on a number of issues affecting girls and women, including sexual assault, sexual harassment, domestic violence and child marriage — issues it has worked on with Cuomo and other elected officials.

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 budget.

Unlike other players in the school reform movement, Parent Power activists are grassroots - oriented players, often coming from backgrounds outside of education and policymaking circles, and have actually have dealt day - to - day with traditional districts which have treated them as little more than nuisances and pests.

On the other side of the aisle, another grassroots movement of liberal teachers, parents, and activists has grown vocal in opposition to the Common Core.

Gates Foundation and other philanthropists should also look at building stronger ties with grassroots activists, a major chink in the armor of the school reform movement (especially among the Beltway crowd).

Michelada Think Tank is a group of socially conscious artists who are interested in hosting conversations, creating safe place, opening opportunity to connect and build with other people of color (PoC) and allies who are socially engaged / community artists and grassroots activist type folks interested in creative ways of making change happen.

As the year came to a close, Goldman Prize staff took some time to reflect milestones from 2013 — some were victories we were thrilled to celebrate, others were reflective of the dangerous reality in which many grassroots environmental activists carry out their work.

Dr. Weddington, Karen Pearl, and other participants represent the tip of the iceberg that is Planned Parenthood's grassroots activist and lobbying network which will be on the front lines of the upcoming battle for the future of the Supreme Court