Sentences with phrase «with local activists»

Wright has helped publicize the recent wave of destruction in the world press, has presented information on the decimation of Madagascar's forests to the U.S. government, and has worked with local activists in Madagascar to halt the illegal logging.

Her class of 22 art students developed projects with local activists.

Later that year, Best Friends partnered with local activists in Virginia to rescue over 180 mill dogs from the same county.

Chairman Crowley, Attorney General Schneiderman Hold Tenants» Rights Roundtable with Local Activists

Since then, he has visited a number of cities around the state, meeting with local activists and progressive organizations.

On January 14, beginning at 10:30 am, in cooperation with local activist attorney Judy Kosovich and Jim Turner, UDC - DCSL will host a networking and, we hope, an organizing extravaganza.

Not exact matches

To see both sides, Theroux meets with both the Milwaukee Police Department's homicide division as they patrol District 5 - where the homicide average is over 12 times the national average - and with families and local social activists in the area.

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I also thought about protesting when local activist June Griffin got away with vandalizing a Mexican store in town.

Together with parents, local activists, and business people, we will create this cultural shift one baby at a time.

They should also reach out to prominent online voices early, building relationships with relevant bloggers and Twitterers just as they would with local officeholders, party activists and journalists.

It helps to connect aggressively with potential «friends,» perhaps starting with the candidate's own social connections and moving on to party activists, local officials, bloggers and the members of your own supporter list (include a link to your profile pages in mass emails and people will do some of the work for you).

Another local activist with a more pedigree is Brenda Dacres.

Activists are slogging round council estates every weekend, asking about and solving local problems, often unglamorous ones such as helping rejected asylum seekers, carers needing respite and gypsies threatened with eviction.

Local newspapers are flooded with letters to the editor and Obama - supporting op - ed column submissions, while neighborhood activists walk the streets and rally door - to - door.

The fight to reclaim our state starts at the local level with the help of grassroots activists fighting on the frontlines,» Nixon said.

For a start, you'll want to populate your following with people you know: it helps to connect aggressively (though perhaps not TOO aggressively) with potential «friends,» perhaps starting with the candidate's own social connections and moving on to party activists, local officials, bloggers and the members of your own supporter list (include a link to your profile pages in mass emails and people will do some of the work for you).

Mario Cuomo, who doesn't often grant extended interviews, seemed a bit at odds with his son's contention that unnamed «activists» will seek to divide the state, saying the national and local landscapes are different.

Of course, these ads won't suppress National Rifle Association counter-fire — expect local pro-gun activists to respond with a barrage of missives on Twitter, Facebook and every other modern battleground they can find.

Later, a coach carrying EDL activists had an altercation with some local youths outside Stepney Green Tube station, leading police to arrest everyone on board.

Dafis was a Member of Parliament for Ceredigion from 1992 until 2000, having been supported by a coalition of local Plaid Cymru and Green party activists, the latter of which had worked with him on a number of environmental initiatives.

Local officials and community activists celebrated Dr. King's birthday with calls to end gun crime.

Environmental activists protested outside a Cuomo fundraiser in Manhattan on April 13, with signs against various local projects and fliers urging the governor to «Stop all fracking infrastructure.»

«I've worked with Carlina Rivera on countless local issues over the years as a community activist, Democratic District Leader and most recently, in government,» said State Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh.

For the past four months the Guardian has joined English Defence League demonstrations, witnessing its growing popularity, from protests attracting just a few hundred hardcore activists at the end of last year to rallies and marches which are bringing thousands of people on to the street — and into direct conflict with the police and local Muslim communities.

John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, has refused to intervene to ensure Hilary Benn remains a Labour MP amid reports that he is facing a possible deselection battle with activists in his local party.

More meetings followed, including one with close to 50 county chairs, local sheriffs, and grassroots activists.

She now works as an activist to fight corruption and help the poor and disenfranchised with a variety of local community programs, including The Community Pantry, a food pantry in the town of Middletown that serves about 500 local families.

Some of Cuomo's staff also attended a recent meeting of 350 Brooklyn, a local activist group with ties to the Green Party that is focused on climate change.

Her office is organizing the event along with several local activists.

LGBT activist Will Rodriguez - Kennedy is a Republican - turned - Democrat and former president of the local chapter of Log Cabin Republicans, a Republican gay rights advocacy group (he resigned after making a purchasing mistake with the group's debit card).

Currying favor with Dadey, who also happens to hold the No. 2 post in the state GOP, might the first step for Flanagan on the road to making peace with upstate GOPers — both local party leaders and grassroots activists.

The candidates for Nassau district attorney yesterday sought to shore up support on the final weekend before the election, with Republican Kate Murray rallying local GOP clubs while Democrat Madeline Singas courted a business group and party activists.

There are a few students, some young women who say they have never voted before but will for Corbyn, a disabled woman in a wheelchair, some local party activists, and a number of parents with children.

They won control of the council last year and I know from my time working with Ealing's Conservative activists that over many years they have worked tirelessly to build relations with local ethnic communities.

Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick joined local, state and federal leaders, as well as community activists and business leaders, on Friday, May 24 to remind local residents and companies of the opportunity to share their story with the judge considering the sentence in the federal case against Tonawanda Coke.

Back in June, if you asked longtime Democratic activist Waneta Acker what she thought about merging the Obama campaign with her party's local operations, she'd just strain her neck and tense up.

The protest, planned by NYC Shut it Down and Millions March NYC, kicked off in Washington Square Park with speeches by local activists urging unity and greater community engagement in the outer boroughs and calling for the firing of Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

I remember being at Warwick in 2008 where our National Policy Forum (local activists and trade union members) met with all the frontbenchers and special advisers to agree on the manifesto and it was clear that we had become timid, institutional and unambitious.

In Sirico's catering hall in the neighborhood of Dyker Heights, retired corrections officer and community activist Pam Harris managed to beat out Mr. Brook - Krasny's former chief - of - staff Kate Cucco in support from members of the local Democratic county committee — the panel of elected party insiders charged with picking a candidate in a special election.

The other candidates included Gigi Li, the chairwoman of the local community board, who earned 10 percent of the vote; Jenifer Rajkumar, a district leader, with 19 percent of the vote; Don Lee, a businessman, with 11 percent; and Paul Newell, a community activist, with 16 percent.

Local party members had been left outraged after Labour announced a remarkably tight timetable in the race for the nomination - with concerns some activists might be unable to attend the showdown meeting.

The event, talked up for weeks among local fracking foes, had its theatrical moments — two anti-fracking signs were displayed in the bleachers, one a huge banner with the website addresses of two activist organizations held by a man wearing a yellow haz - mat suit.

Having discussed old issues facing Labour with centrists in my local party, I am fearful that any keen new members will either rapidly become disillusioned by the inertia within local party activists, or that they will be thwarted by those that have made comfortable life styles out taking up local council seats and going along with the flow.

«Despite generally welcoming Espaillat as a much - needed young, energetic voice with roots in Washington Heights» Dominican community, local activists... are concerned,» the newspaper reported.

GREENWICH VILLAGE — Community activists and other local leaders are unhappy that the recent announcement that the City Council had reached a deal with Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on changes to his citywide rezoning proposals came with few details, and scant outreach to local groups.

He embarked on a series of meetings with Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale, MSPs, trade unions, council leaders and local activists.

An outspoken liberal generally allied with Mayor Bill de Blasio, Mark - Viverito tends to favor the views of tenants and local activists when it comes to real estate issues in New York.

The selection is set to be a fierce battle between Momentum activists, trade unionists and Labour centrists, who control the local party's executive, though Lewisham Momentum is currently rife with internal divisions.

They claim 13 Labour candidates received visits from Harriet Harman's «pink bus» but did not declare this in their local returns, with the cost instead included in the national return; that the Lib Dems used an election battlebus to transport activists to constituencies which was not included in the candidates» returns; and that the SNP leader, Nicola Sturgeon, «used a helicopter to campaign for SNP candidates in 12 target constituencies — at a cost of # 35,000».