Like other charismatic do-gooders with an interesting story to tell, he has written a memoir to promote his charity and the idea of grass-roots development work. ❋ Cameron McWhirter (2011)
Several years ago, in what Laurie White, the president of the area Chamber of Commerce, called a "grass-roots effort," prominent figures in the public and private sectors came together to create a strategy for Providence's economic future. ❋ By ELIZABETH ABBOTT (2011)
He has also called for the formation of a "cultural Euro-Tea Party" referring to the grass-roots right wing organisation in the US supported by Sarah Palin. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Last year, Karroubi crashed the official celebrations, together with supporters of the grass-roots Green Movement, triggering minor skirmishes between the opposition activists and security forces. ❋ Thomas Erdbrink (2011)
Cohen was speaking in support of a Rugby Football Union campaign, backed by O2, to drive grass-roots participation. ❋ Unknown (2011)
O'Keefe was behind a secretly recorded video of ACORN, which led to the grass-roots community organizing group being stripped of its federal funding in 2009. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Second, both political parties are suddenly trying to find ways to put Occupy Wall Street, and the nationwide and global Occupy movements it has spawned, into convenient little boxes that help those parties figure out how to either defend against or glom onto the exponentially growing energy emanating from this truly grass-roots movement. ❋ Peter Smirniotopoulos (2011)
"He is central casting, he can raise the money, and he has deep ties with the grass-roots." ❋ Neil King Jr. (2011)
They have a very strong grass-roots network and everybody knows who they have to vote for. ❋ Sumathi Reddy (2011)
The government promotes its work in cases where enslaved people are rescued, though police action in many of the cases has been spurred only by grass-roots Internet campaigns and local media reporting. ❋ Brian Spegele (2011)
Therefore, as in Afghanistan, the U.S. must encourage its regional partners to establish grass-roots grievance procedures for disenfranchised citizens. ❋ Robin Simcox (2011)
I like the idea of Earth Hour because it represents people coming together in a grass-roots fashion, expressing their shared concerns and values. ❋ Unknown (2009)
His remarks drew lots of applause and cheers from the crowd, who will play a key role in grass-roots organizing for the eventual 2012 GOP presidential nominee. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"We decided to do this because we can't afford the work you're doing in your communities, and the grass-roots donations you give to support it, to be destroyed by hundreds of millions of dollars in negative ads," wrote Jim Messina, Mr. Obama's campaign manager, in an email to supporters. ❋ Brody Mullins (2012)
Mr. Santorum needs a functioning shop in those states, and for that he needs the bucks—both from grass-roots supporters and from donors to his supporting Super PAC. ❋ Kimberley A. Strassel (2012)
And he won handily, too, a 58-42 margin bolstered by strong grass-roots support in a politically active neighborhood. ❋ The Huffington Post (2011)
Austerity measures and bailouts are growing increasingly unpopular at the grass-roots level, and the unresolved debt problems are heightening pressures on the Continent's banking sector. ❋ Javier E. David (2011)
