Sentences with phrase «who grassroots members»

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The team members who remain behind the scenes are the ones responsible for building a grassroots, bottom - up culture — the driving force behind our various accolades over the years.

Citizen Corbyn, elected with more votes than the Tories have members as he's fond of warning sceptics, will parade his grassroots legitimacy at Labour's conference in Brighton next week where he's guaranteed a hero's welcome from the army of activists who feel this time they've really got their party back.

Hon Nii Lante Vanderpuye who is known as a grassroot man and the longest serving Assembly Member in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly used the occasion to engage opinion leaders from the various ethnic groups in the Old Fadama and Kokomba Yam Market community and members of the National Democratic Congress in his constituency to share ideas on how to mobilize people and make the Party more appealing to the constituents.

«In today's current political climate, when the average wealth of a member of Congress is $ 1 million, we are showing that a grassroots campaign focused on low - dollar and local support, can keep the doors to the halls of government open to those who can't write them selves a large check or rely on large corporate donations.»

In an email sent to potential donors (and members of the media) today, Faso called Long «someone you may not yet know but, who has the potential to excite our grassroots Republican base and at the same time attract women and disaffected «Reagan Democrats» to the GOP line.»

There is division at the grassroots; our MPs in parliament are fighting each other; national, regional and constituency executives are at each other's throat over our defeat and alleged «hoarding» of campaign funds,» a senior member of the NDC who does not want his name mentioned told this paper.

She has been active in NYC Opt Out and Change the Stakes, a grassroots coalition of parents, teachers and community members who are concerned with the destructive use of high - stakes standardized testing.

That was because their efforts to control the grassroots were based on a misconception of local parties and members, who were seen as dangerous radicals who would thwart the modernisers» ambition to make the party more responsive to more moderate voters.

Pamphlet with main project findings distributed to all MPs (pdf) By Tim Bale, Paul Webb and Monica Poletti Grassroots — Britain's party members: who they are, what they think and what they do

While in Ashanti Region, Mr. Awuku made known that he would work closely with all the party's organizers and the grassroots members, who are very important, regarding the party's electoral fortunes.

«If our 80 members go home and write out 5 other people that want to get involved, that's 400,» said Watch who has harnessed the power of grassroots recruitment several times in the past.

Libous privately argued to members of his conference that Bloomberg, who has contributed $ 1.2 million to the Senate GOP since 2003, is unlikely to continue his support given the close split in the chamber and should therefore not be put ahead of the gun lobby, which not only has deep pockets, but also passionate grassroots advocates in crucial upstate districts.

Skelos's approach to deal making with Cuomo, as well as a five - member bloc of Democrats in the Independent Democratic Conference, angered grassroots conservative voters in New York, who were especially upset over the gun control legislation passing the chamber.

«We invite progressive, grassroots workers and community members who are looking for a union member to support to vote for the Green Party this November.

We're mobilizing our more than three million grassroots members to throw these politicians out of office and elect reformers who will focus on all of us, not just those who write the biggest checks.»

I backed him and am therefore biased but the grassroots have a new Chairman of the National Convention who believes in members» democratic rights and is a believer in the internet's transformational power.

In an e-mail message sent last night to those volunteers, David Plouffe, the former campaign manager for the Obama campaign and guru to grassroots Democrats, wrote: «Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado and Congressman Tom Perriello of Virginia are two new members of Congress who have stood up for health reform and suffered vicious, deceptive attacks from the opposition.

The Tory grassroots, who had become increasingly sceptical of George Osborne's qualities, decided he was as effective as the other top members of the shadow cabinet, David Davis and William Hague.

Part of the reason it hasn't happened is that many CLPs are wedded to the «leader leads» model which is, for them, a reason to prevent a grassroots movement emerging (i.e. it's not that new members are simply «consumer members» who only want to vote in the leadership election).

But the allies who helped him adopt the new curriculum, testing and teacher evaluations law — members of the state Board of Regents and leaders in the State Senate and Assembly — are now defecting as they confront a grassroots revolt.

Sammy Awuku indicated that he would work closely with all the party's organizers and the grassroots members, who are very important, regarding the party's electoral fortunes.

Jeremy Corbyn, who opposes Trident, is heading for a battle with much of his shadow cabinet, MPs and trade unions over the issue but the Labour leader is likely to have the support of grassroots members.

He mentioned that his main objective is to help build a strong party from the grassroots by creating a robust Welfare Fund to be used for the welfare needs of the party members, including the polling station and constituency executives, regional and national officers, communicators, the serial callers, and other party members who put their lives on the line for the party, but are somehow not recognized.

«The recently formed Florida Tea Party political party is a Tea Party in name only,» grassroots organizer Jason Hoyt said, but his speech was interrupted by a Florida Tea Party member who yelled, «you lie!»

Rank - and - file members who are fed up with turmoil at the highest levels of the borough and citywide party have discussed banding together on a more grassroots level to bring some cohesion to the political process, according to a GOP source who spoke with TimesLedger Newspapers on the condition of anonymity.

Rank - and - file members who are fed up with turmoil at the highest levels of the borough and citywide party have discussed banding together on a more grassroots level to bring some cohesion -LSB-...]

He noted NSBA's partnership with its state associations and the important grassroots advocacy work of individual school board members who participate in the Federal Relations Network (FRN), with FRN membership rising exponentially from 1,600 to 53,000 in just two short years.

Politicians who vote for SBAC this time, whether they are a Republican or a Democrat, will be turning their backs on the grassroots members of both political parties - who voted to oppose SBAC by overwhelming margins.

The litmus test will determine which candidates receive financial and grassroots support from the group's dues - paying members, who will be made up heavily of parents.

We are a grassroots organization who relies on community members for volunteering and donating for the cause.

In addition to these visits, AAMFT initiated a grassroots campaign urging AAMFT members who are constituents of a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to contact and urge their Member of Congress to support an amendment to HR 2646 that would allow MFTs to become Medicare provmember of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to contact and urge their Member of Congress to support an amendment to HR 2646 that would allow MFTs to become Medicare provMember of Congress to support an amendment to HR 2646 that would allow MFTs to become Medicare providers.

In addition, the councils provide presidents with the opportunity to convey grassroots concerns to national association leaders who attend and respond to questions from council members.

Grassroots activism — Staff coordinate the activities of 2,500 REALTORS ® serving as federal coordinators and more than 30,000 members of the REALTORS ® Legislative Network, who respond to Calls for Action by contacting their members of Congress.

Others in the group include Julie Daniluk, host of The Healthy Gourmet; social entrepreneur Kelly Drennan, who is dedicated to greening the fashion industry; Rob Grand, owner of Canada's largest green lifestyle retailer, Grassroots Environmental Products; Ryan Wiseman, who has been active in the green / environment movement for 15 years; and Wayne Roberts, who manages the Toronto Food Policy and is a member of Toronto's Environmental Task Force.

NAR's field staff is fanning out around the country to train our Federal Political Coordinators (FPCs)-- members who serve as our key congressional contacts — on how to generate grassroots involvement, so that RPAC funds can be effectively used to further our legislative, policy, and political goals.