Sentences with phrase «rallying critical support»

From Virginia Walden Ford's work in D.C., to those of Samuel in Connecticut, to the Parent Trigger actions of families throughout the country, it is these impromptu leaders who have done the work of jump - starting and sustaining reform that Beltway and operator - oriented reformers, often more - concerned about policy and management than with rallying critical support from people on the ground, almost never do.

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There is now a complaint before the Labour Board of Nova Scotia, lots of critical commentary on the coffee house Facebook site and there was a labour support rally outside the premises on April 6.

Tens of thousands attended his funeral or viewed his casket and images of his mutilated body were published in black magazines and newspapers, rallying popular black support and white sympathy across the U.S. Intense scrutiny was brought to bear on the condition of black civil rights in Mississippi, with newspapers around the country critical of the state.

It was a rally that had been planned to garner support for the New York State Dream Act ahead of its critical State Senate vote.

The pair each released a statements acknowledging Obama struck the right tone on several fronts, but they were critical of him for missing out on the chance to rally support behind the movement to make it more difficult for potentially dangerous people to get their hands on guns and ammunition.

«I think there's real anger at him,» said one Espaillat supporter who has long been critical of the Assemblyman and doubted he would be able to rally much support.

What has become clear is that explicitly focusing on the educational concerns of poor and minority children regardless of where they live, and expanding that to the criminal justice reform and other the social issues that end up touching (and are touched by) American public education, is critical, both in helping all children succeed as well as rallying long - terms support for the movement from the parents and communities that care for them.

As far as I can tell, no such hypothesis has been able to rally much support or survive critical reviews.