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KABC-TV
February 19, 2018
Several activist groups as well as children, teens and parents in the Southland are hoping to turn tragedy into change with a rally against gun violence ... Grassroots movement Drain the NRA, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and members of the Everytown Survivor Network will hold the rallyÃÂ ...
Great Lakes Now (blog)
February 19, 2018
The panel discussion did not include a representative of a municipality or water department to address the activist's concerns. The University of Illinois' Havrelock said she has had an elected official at a similar event. Great Lakes Now asked activist Lewis-Patrick if issues around lead in water were soÃÂ ...
WFAA
February 19, 2018
Southern Dallas mourns loss of longtime activist, coach ... Neighbors across southern Dallas are remembering the live and contributions of activist Fahim Minkah, a longtime community organizer and respected track and field coach who ... Shockley was a grassroots organizer who often worked with Minkah.
NPR
February 18, 2018
These kids moved quickly the last couple days to build a social media campaign, while also tapping into the national grassroots network first organized ahead of the Women's March last year. With that help, they think the rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24 will be big. "We're going to have a place inÃÂ ...
The Livingston County News
February 17, 2018
“For the first time in a generation, Democratic leaders, who normally endorse, have joined ranks with grassroots activists to make a strong endorsement in this year's congressional race,” a statement from the organization said. “We believe that Nate has what it takes to represent the people of Western NewÃÂ ...
Tampabay.com
February 16, 2018
They are part of what veteran political activists say is the biggest and most energetic liberal grassroots movement Tampa Bay and Florida has ever seen — and ... Activists across Tampa Bay made thousands of phone calls urging voters to turn out for Democrat Margaret Good, while Sarasota RepublicansÃÂ ...
Archinect
February 16, 2018
After the contemporary artist Danila Tkachenko photographed a series of the country's abandoned wooden houses set ablaze, attempts to save Russia's wooden architectural heritage have become a high priority for preservation activists. Russia's ministry of culture has intentions to adopt an action plan toÃÂ ...
Portland Business Journal
February 16, 2018
... the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project as a sensible re-engineering of the road, not a freeway expansion. Shovels aren't scheduled to hit the ground until 2023, however, and into that breach a wide coalition of grassroots activists have charged ahead to fight the project, calling themselves ... wait for it .
The New York Review of Books
February 16, 2018
Mr. Eady is a student concern specialist at North Charleston High, in Charleston, South Carolina. South Carolina was one of four states I visited to research—for my play Notes from the Field—what has come to be known, among social scientists, educators, jurists, politicians, and grassroots activists, as “the school-to-prisonÃÂ ...
Patch.com
February 16, 2018
KENSINGTON, BROOKLYN — Kensington activists are begging their Democratic state senator, who typically caucuses with Republicans, to support the ... But now New York Senate District 17 for Progress, the grassroots group leading 26 community organizations in this campaign, is asking Felder to joinÃÂ ...
Daily Signal
February 16, 2018
Joining with the Life Issues Institute allows the Susan B. Anthony List to expand its audience through the institute's daily one-minute radio commentaries, and weekly and monthly publications, which it uses to communicate with grassroots activists in Ohio. “Life Issues' mission is to equip rank-and-file pro-lifeÃÂ ...
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
February 16, 2018
Linda Hutchins-Knowles of the grassroots environmental activist group Mothers Out Front was enthused about the idea. We are so excited to have an alternative to the monopoly utility, said Hutchins-Knowles. And we look forward to enjoying 100% carbon-free electricity at rates competitive with or lowerÃÂ ...
cleveland.com
February 16, 2018
He said his members want to reduce the say party leaders have in issuing endorsements, to ban corporate contributions, to do more to reach out to grassroots activists and to make voter-mobilization a duty of being a committee member. Activists are particularly angry that county Democratic Party leadersÃÂ ...
Texas Tribune
February 7, 2018
One of the state's most prominent Tea Party activists needled the one-term incumbent agriculture commissioner over a variety of perceived missteps at a ... JoAnn Fleming, executive director of Grassroots America We The People, moderates a Republican primary debate between incumbent AgricultureÃÂ ...
City Pages
February 7, 2018
On Tuesday night, Republican activist Jeff Baumann introduced an explicitly anti-Islamic resolution at a caucus meeting in the suburban Coon ... and said, “for me, as the chair of the party, to get involved when one person or one precinct caucus is bringing forth a resolution, at the very grassroots level, is notÃÂ ...
Footwear News
February 7, 2018
The outdoor clothing brand is launching a new initiative that aims to connect volunteers with environmental activists — “kind of a dating site,” ... The company reported raising nearly $90 million for grassroots activists over the last 35 years while training young activists to create more effective campaigns.
McClatchy Washington Bureau
January 28, 2018
The Koch network made the decision to expand its judicial activity after seeing how engaged their activists were around the Gorsuch fight. “That January, that February, set records for our level of engagement,” Lucas said of the energy around the Gorsuch nomination. “We were able to see our grassrootsÃÂ ...
McClatchy Washington Bureau
January 28, 2018
He'll also be doing a favor for the National Republican Senatorial Committee and any other fundraising or grassroots activist organizations looking to bolster the GOP's numbers in the Senate in 2018: Moderate, vulnerable Democrats could be in a bind over how to vote, and voting “no” could create instantÃÂ ...
The Sydney Morning Herald
January 28, 2018
A hidden clause in the Turnbull government's foreign donations crackdown bill will decimate donations to grassroots political campaigners, activist group GetUp! claims. In its submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the government's electoral funding reforms, GetUp! says the bill represents a major threatÃÂ ...
GW Hatchet
January 28, 2018
Activists said the theme reflected the grassroots movement against Trump's actions and comments about issues like healthcare and immigration that ... Gregory Gregory, a community development advocate and son of civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory, spoke to the crowd about leadership inÃÂ ...
Palm Beach Post (blog)
January 27, 2018
Stills is traveling the country in his 1972 Volkswagen bus, volunteering his time and meeting people in grassroots organizations. Bennett said that the NFL is never going to be able to stop the players from expressing their feelings about important issues outside of football. “I think there has never been aÃÂ ...
E! Online
January 27, 2018
Award-winning actress and noted activist Jennifer Lawrence was a surprise guest at Heights High today. She and @RepresentDotUs co-founder Joshua ... US, a grassroots organization, the Mother! star spoke to a group of juniors and seniors about fixing democracy. Other board members of Represent.
Refinery29
January 27, 2018
Kesha has never been nominated for a Grammy before; this year, she is nominated for two and will perform at the awards show for the first time. One nomination is for her latest album, Rainbow, and the other is for the single “Praying,” a song she wrote about finding peace after going through what sheÃÂ ...
Yale Daily News (blog)
January 26, 2018
“Through her work [Newsome] inspires the next generation of social activists,” Yale College Dean Marvin Chun said in opening remarks. ... She is a cofounder of the grassroots organization, The Tribe, which was created after the 2014 protests in Ferguson to address issues of systemic racism and inequalityÃÂ ...
Windy City Times
January 26, 2018
We accomplish this through direct and grassroots lobbying and organizing on legislation and ballot initiatives. As a progressive social justice organization, the Task Force Action Fund works toward a society that values and respects the diversity of human expression and identity and achieves equity for all.
The Nation.
January 25, 2018
By Monday, most of them voted to end the shutdown, without securing protections for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program—to the deep frustration of grassroots activists. A broken status quo had prevailed, and the same media outlets that provided Trump with wall-to-wallÃÂ ...
Amsterdam News
January 25, 2018
Various grassroots activists will pay homage to this country's forgotten segment of society and their families with the 22nd annual Freedom Fighters Dinner Tribute Saturday, Jan. 27, 3 p.m. to7 p.m., at the Unitarian Church of All Souls,1157 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. Sponsored by the Malcolm XÃÂ ...
Vox
January 25, 2018
“They stood up and fought; it was great,” said Ezra Levin, co-executive director of the national activist group Indivisible. ... But can these activists convince Democrats to shut down the government again? .... As a national grassroots organization, Indivisible is made up of many local and state chapters.
Philly.com
January 25, 2018
Now, city leaders, activists, and clergy are launching a campaign to make it “a fair and welcoming city” for immigrants regardless of their legal status. ... Atlantic City activist Cristian Moreno is leading a grassroots campaign to make the resort welcoming to all regardless of immigration status. Follow storyÃÂ ...
LabourList
January 25, 2018
Labour's new candidate in a key Midlands marginal has vowed to put community projects at the heart of his bid to reclaim the seat for the party. Mark McDonald, a human rights barrister who set up Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East, won the selection for Stoke-on-Trent South after receiving anÃÂ ...
TIME
January 19, 2018
But for many grassroots activists, it's the complete opposite. “I think it says a lot about the Republican Party that they're willing to pit children against immigrant youth when we know that both issues are important,” says Alondra Gomez, 21, a DACA recipient and Tennessee college student who has been inÃÂ ...
ARL now
January 18, 2018
Progressive Voice is a weekly opinion column. The views and opinions expressed in the column are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of their organizations or ARLnow.com. By Clara Bridges. If you lived in Arlington during the 2017 Virginia elections, you have probablyÃÂ ...
NRA ILA
January 17, 2018
“Cathy Wright's passion for the Second Amendment coupled with her effective grassroots activism were critical to President Trump's 2016 election victory in North Carolina,” said Glen Caroline, NRA-ILA Grassroots Programs & Campaign Field Operations Director. “Wright has 'the right stuff' when it comes toÃÂ ...
HuffPost
January 10, 2018
Insurer To Cover Dying Activist's Breathing Machine After Twitter Campaign ... Barkan, a leader of the grassroots activism group Center for Popular Democracy, was diagnosed in October 2016 with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease ― a terminal illness with no known cure that slowly paralyzes its victims.
The Rebel
January 10, 2018
Joining me tonight from Ontario is conservative grassroots activist Jim Karahalios. Jim is the founder of two conservative activist organizations, Axe the Tax and Take Back Our PC Party. He says he has been stripped of his PC party membership and dragged through the courts because he wants the OntarioÃÂ ...
MERRY JANE
January 10, 2018
This single incident leads to one of Dufton's main ideas: activists should never trust a president to be their ally. (Take note, deplorables.) Dufton's new book, Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America, traces the cannabis legalization movement from its the beginning in the 1960s to theÃÂ ...
AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
January 10, 2018
Chattanooga, TN – -(Ammoland.com)- In 2013, I watched as a rabidly anti-gun administration committed the worst kind of legislative overreach in my home state of Colorado – and I responded by starting a grassroots recall movement that ultimately removed two sitting state senators, including the SenateÃÂ ...
The Independent
January 3, 2018
More than half of grassroots Conservatives support the death penalty for serious crimes, according to a major survey that found rank-and-file members were a “breed apart” from other parties on their views. Academics at Queen Mary University London found stark differences on Brexit, and economic andÃÂ ...
WMUR Manchester
December 21, 2017
50 FOR SANBORN. Republican 1st District U.S. House candidate Andy Sanborn has been endorsed by 50 Granite State elected officials, veterans, business leaders and grassroots activists, and New Hampshire Primary Source has an early look. While most of the supporters reside in the 1st District, someÃÂ ...
The American Prospect
December 15, 2017
Tax policy, which can be deadly dull, hasn't inspired much enthusiasm for activist campaigns—until now. ... Prosperity Now and PolicyLink, two economic justice organizations, released a report entitled “Making the Connection: Bringing Tax Wonks and Grassroots Activists Together to End Inequality.
Common Dreams
December 14, 2017
WASHINGTON - Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 to repeal the Obama administration's net neutrality protections, overturning the 2015 Open Internet Order. This decision will enable broadband providers like Verizon, AT&T and Comcast to have more control over the contentÃÂ ...
Berkshire Eagle
December 12, 2017
So while about 1,300 miles away, progressive grass-roots activists in the Berkshires worked until the final hour Tuesday to encourage voters to hit the polls and support Jones ... Farkas said he has spent most of his life being a grass-roots activist, and felt particularly motivated this year to engage with voters.
GW Hatchet
December 31, 1999
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and group of climate change activists spoke about the importance of reducing fossil fuel emissions at an event in Lisner Auditorium Wednesday. Sanders along with Bill McKibben, the co-founder of the climate group 350.org, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., the president and CEO of theÃÂ ...
HuffPost
December 31, 1999
“Progressives were happy to see Chuck Schumer and the Democrats respond to grassroots organizing over the past few months that led to unifying enough of the caucus to fight on this,” Shahid said. “But there was absolutely no reason why Schumer needed to publicly and enthusiastically declare that heÃÂ ...
AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
December 31, 1999
Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- The National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) is recognizing Chapel Hill resident, Cathy Wright, for her effective grassroots activism in protecting the Second Amendment. NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox presented Wright with the Jay M.
Newsweek
December 15, 2017
Political activists say simple thanks isn't going to cut it: They want Americans to show up for black women candidates, fund their campaigns and pay ... After all, it wasn't just the DNC or even the Jones campaign that succeeded in bringing black voters to the ballot box: It was grassroots organizations likeÃÂ ...
Reporter-Times
December 15, 2017
Hundreds of grassroots Republican activists will meet in Indianapolis as part of a two-day training event for local Republican Party leaders, candidates and volunteers. Each U.S. senate candidate will have a chance to speak to the gathering after which those in attendance will vote for their preference.
News3LV
December 15, 2017
Nevada was rocked by the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, recent sexual assault allegations against elected officials, and has become a battleground state that will shape the Senate in 2018. The kick-off event in Las Vegas will bring together talent, musicians, grassroots activists, and elected officials to a keyÃÂ ...
Nonprofit Quarterly
December 15, 2017
Earlier this month in Cincinnati, Ohio, roughly 150 worker co-op and union activists came together for the Third Biennial Union Co-op Symposium. This conference marked a watershed of sorts, as the union co-op idea is increasingly seen by both union and co-op activists as a vehicle for communityÃÂ ...
Common Dreams
December 15, 2017
WASHINGTON - Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 to repeal the Obama administration's net neutrality protections, overturning the 2015 Open Internet Order. This decision will enable broadband providers like Verizon, AT&T and Comcast to have more control over the contentÃÂ ...
