Sentences with phrase «with grassroots groups»

In order to work closely with grassroots groups, our organizers are located in offices across the United States, and we have staff in Latin America and the European Union (where we are known as Food & Water Europe.)

In his message, Arne mentioned Educators 4 Excellence as an example of how, «As a country, we're beginning to change those dynamics and teachers are leading the change — through their unions or with grassroots groups like Teach Plus and Educators 4 Excellence.»

Anderson also cited the importance of «a powerful, dynamic voice in one of the houses of state legislature — like we have now with Markey — who has a strong partnership with grassroots groups.»

NELP combines deep policy chops with tangible action — via partnerships with grassroots groups and leadership on advocacy campaigns around the nation — to fight for real reforms that change lives.

Momentum's national coordinating group is likely to back Lewisham councillor Sakina Sheikh, a former student campaigner who has close links with the grassroots group.

The Guild has been working closely with the grassroots group Authors United — founded by Authors Guild Council Member Douglas Preston — which will be making another request to the Department of Justice to investigate Amazon for potential antitrust violations.

Not exact matches

«Elimination of caucuses and conventions would mean nuclear war with the grassroots, social conservatives, the Ron Paul movement and Tea Party Republicans,» said John Tate, a senior Paul advisor who now runs the Campaign For Liberty, a libertarian grassroots lobbying group.

The idea of social enterprise first came to China in 2004, and as elsewhere, often remains intertwined with the work of non-profit and grassroots groups.

He supports his argument with numerous persuasive anecdotes about individuals who have walked out of the underclass with the help of faith - based, grassroots groups that practice «hard - headed, soft - hearted» compassion.

Much of the media coverage has followed the Tea Party movement's own narrative, which describes it as a grassroots group of libertarian - leaning and independent - minded Americans who have grown disgusted with Washington - a group not beholden to either party, willing to buck conventional politics to get things done.

In the late 1980s there were, for example, in Bangladesh 1200 indigent grassroots movements, in Brazil 100,000 Christian communities with three million members committed to land reform and the elimination of poverty, and in Indonesia 600 independent groups working on environmental protection (Durning 1989).

In 2012, a group of thought leaders, philanthropists, social media and grassroots organizations joined with the 92nd St Y and the United Nations Foundation to propose an alternative answer to these questions.

As Campaign Manager of The Big Push For Midwives Campaign, Katherine has worked with advocacy groups in multiple states, providing guidance and other assistance on such areas as drafting legislation, building strong grassroots networks, and utilizing savvy legislative strategies to advance and pass legislation to license and regulate CPMs.

With a keen focus on entrepreneurialism, CDF is leveraging its national reach into tens of thousands of grassroots community groups to a wider audience for the benefit of communities.

Obama's 2008 campaign remains the prime example, but many other groups on all parts of the political spectrum are building up grassroots donor bases with an eye toward repeating his success on behalf of their own issues.

Known as a grassroots organization with progressive values, the group does not support Republican Congressman John Faso's relationship with the -LSB-...]

In 2012, he founded Conservative pressure group Conservative Voice together with Liam Fox to extend the grassroots voice of members which he thought was getting lost in the party.

Known as a grassroots organization with progressive values, the group does not support Republican Congressman John Faso's relationship with the National Rifle Association.

His eurosceptic inclinations are so strong that Pursglove helped found Brexit group Grassroots Out with older fellow Conservative backbencher Peter Bone earlier this year.

Balter is a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University who has been active with the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots progressive group.

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.

Balter, 41, of Syracuse, is a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University who has been active with the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots group that formed in response to President Donald Trump's election last year.

She is a visiting assistant teaching professor at Syracuse University who has been active with the CNY Solidarity Coalition, a grassroots progressive group.

It is also expected to connect grassroots groups with the Labour Party more generally.

The speaker is scheduled to arrive in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday for a meeting with the One ID Columbus Coalition — a grassroots group which includes labor unions and faith based groups that have pushed for the city to install a municipal identification program.

Sharpton said he told de Blasio that O'Neill needs to meet with civil rights groups, faith leaders and local grassroots leaders.

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.

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 state.

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.

In the summer of 2009, Greater NYC for Change, in partnership with a coalition of grassroots groups, collected 2,500 personal accounts to demand health care reform legislation by the end of the year.

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.

Latimer credited grassroots groups throughout Westchester associated with the Indivisible movement with providing support essential to his victory.

UPDATE: Murphy's campaign said the initiative «organized under the umbrella of Murphy's re-election committee, will fund organizers to work in collaboration with the campaigns of the Connecticut Congressional delegation and the Connecticut Democratic Party to recruit and train volunteers, offer action alerts to existing organizing groups, provide messaging help to grassroots activists, and provide a conduit between local activism and the fight in Washington to defeat the reckless policies of the Trump administration.»

During the referendum he was a Eurosceptic but chose to ally himself with the Grassroots Out group linked to Ukip donor Arron Banks.

asked Rob Robinson, a housing organizer with Picture the Homeless, a grassroots group run by homeless and formerly homeless people.

(One grassroots group of 300 astronomers declared, «We, as planetary scientists and astronomers, do not agree with the IAU's definition of a planet, nor will we use it.»)

In a large country with many voices, the government, the academic community, and grassroots groups all have ideas and advice for young scientists.

Magnolia (along with partner Participant Media) pursued grassroots, outside group marketing efforts to boost opening day sales; whether it sustains the level of interest of «I Am Not Your Negro» remains to be seen.

It takes place in the early 1990s, following a group of grassroots activists in Paris trying to combat public and bureaucratic indifference with regard to the AIDS epidemic, for which potential pharmaceutical remedies are being sidetracked by sociopolitical obstacles.

Contact your state representative, write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, or connect with church groups and grassroots activists who can help influence state leaders.

As a grassroots movement, researchED seeks to connect teachers with academics and both groups give research - focused presentations at its conferences.

In 2000, more than 30 grassroots groups and foundations found common ground and agitated successfully for contractual changes that made it easier for schools to fill teaching vacancies with outside hires and harder for unwanted teachers with seniority to bump talented first - year teachers from the classroom.

FairTest stands with many grassroots civil rights, parent, educator, and community groups in opposition to continuing the harmful consequences imposed by No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

With few employees and a strong cadre of community volunteers spearheading a grassroots effort to secure funding and build our mission, our small group of social workers and educators worked largely on a local level in the Puget Sound region.

However, anytime I see «grassroots» groups promoting the agenda of the corporate education reformers, like what happened here in Washington State with charter school reform in 2012, I'm always compelled to follow the money.

Making Solution - Oriented Partnerships FCSBM will partner with and work alongside of local and statewide grassroots groups, to be the bridge for constituents to have better accessibility to policymakers.

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.

Also recently, an alliance of 38 organizations of student and parent groups in black and brown communities joined with 175 national and local grassroots organizations in an effort to end high stakes testing.

Within hours our FB group page was flooded with opt out requests and now we have opt out leaders all over the country and grassroots opt out groups popping up everywhere.

While the political fight over universal vouchers raged in Nevada and Arizona, the federation quietly poured money into local pop - up groups with the mission of building grassroots support for the programs.