Grassroots

The term grassroots, among activists and community organizers, refers to an independent nationally unaffiliated organization, governed by and serving the needs of the people. A grassroots movement is an upstart movement usually devoid of corporate investors and sponsors. 

Grassroots organization and movements utilize volunteers to distribute the main goals and objectives of the movement and often have offices dispersed throughout surrounding neighborhoods.

To be grassroots is to have an ideology or political stance, which has newly developed in response to the environmental needs of a local population. For this reason, grassroots organizations generate money from local business leaders and community organizers.  

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• You Say Potato, I Say Potato; You Say 澳巴馬, I Say 歐巴馬

  
  AAA-Fund Blog — Authority: 142
  Someone has Obama’s name wrong. No, there’s not another fake “real” birth certificate with Obama’s “real” name. Obama’s China visit has revealed a dispute over what to call him in Chinese. Although Washington Post reporter Keith B. Richburg doesn’t understand that’s an ideographic writing system ...
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• Reminder: Get Legislators in Your Library! (webinar this Wednesday)

  
  District Dispatch — Authority: 511
  One of the best ways to get legislators to listen (and, more important, support you) is to show them what your library does to benefit the community. Believe it or not, members of Congress still think of libraries as “those places with all the books.” The good news is that your opportunities to make a real ...
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• Democrats and Republicans are both anti-choice: Vote Green Party

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 509
  Greens blast the anti-choice Stupak Amendment in the Democrats’ health care bill, predict voter anger and defections from the Democratic Party over the amendmentGreen Party leaders today called the Stupak Amendment in the recently passed US House bill on health care reform a disaster for women’s reproductive ...
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• Ed Emberley’s Make a World: The Film

  
  Brain Pickings — Authority: 514
  What alligators from 1972 have to do with the visual culture of modern design. In 1972, iconic illustrator Ed Emberley published Make a World — a seemingly simple yet tremendously influential 32-page book, filled with 400 priceless illustrations that taught children how to draw anything and everything, ...
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• Madhya Pradesh villagers being cautioned on climate change

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  Bhopal, Nov 16 (IANS) With the the global Copenhagen climate change summit just three weeks away, grassroots efforts are on to raise awareness among Madhya Pradesh tribals about the impact of climate change on rural livelihoods.“Special working groups of livelihoods promoters are being formed in 3,000 tribal ...
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• Grassroots: Blow up the Senate (not literally)

  
  CHANNEL SURFING — Authority: 133
  Grassroots -- on the undemocratic nature of the U.S. Senate -- is on The Progressive Populist Web site. Send me an e-mail .
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• TBC: Wheres My Hockey Sweater?

  
  Hockey Blog In Canada — Authority: 470
  Teebzs Book Club is working to expand its children section in the effort that kids pick up a love for hockey through reading, and vice versa. There are a number of excellent books that advanced and adult readers should pick up for themselves or other hockey fans, so I want to encourage kids to start reading early. ...
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• What if ObamaCare Had a Rally and Nobody Showed Up?St.Louis Edition

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
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• No Motion in Norways Academic Ocean: they didnt even flip through the boycott motion text

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 522
  WRITTEN BY MARY RIZZO Last week might have been a week when history was made. There would have been a precedent set that would from that point onwards made a change in very many ways, one comparable to fulfilling the request the ANC made in South Africa. At first, the ANC request was seen as merely symbolic, but the ...
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• CRAZY SKINHEAD KILLS POLICE OFFICER!!!

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 158
  READ: The story is at www.cnn.com Don’t just leave hateful messages, I understand what everyone is saying. www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Swastika … CRAZY SKINHEAD KILLS POLICE OFFICER nazi swastika Hitler Super Maximum prison jail hate bigotry violence love peace dove commentary analysis political commercial documentary ...
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• Metz

  
  RedStateEclectic — Authority: 442
  The spelling of the towns name follows German orthography: Metz , pronounced (English equivalents) "metts" in German, and "mess in French. "Raus aus Metz, Paris ist größer." That was one of the wake up shouts of my mother. "Get out of Metz, Paris is bigger (more copious prey)." I suspect she got that phrase from ...
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• Doc Jazz – Undhor! Anti-wall song and video

  
  Palestine Think Tank — Authority: 522
  About the song Music: Doc Jazz Words: Doc Jazz and Miko This song is dedicated to Basem Abu Rahme, 29 years old, who was non-violently protesting the theft of his villages farmlands and was shot dead by the Israeli Occupation Forces. Read his story here: http://palsolidarity.org/2009/04/6273 The song expresses ...
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• Kerala takes IT industry to rural areas

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
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• “Industrial Wind Power in Maine’s Mountains is Bad Policy” (Testimony of Citizens Task Force on Wind Power)

  
  MasterResource — Authority: 525
  Editor Note: An environmental civil war is increasing in lockstep with government forcing of industrial windpower. For previous posts against industrial wind parks by grassroot environmentalists, see here , here , here , and here .  Also see this different take at MasterResource on industrial wind ...
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• Women for Women International Microcredit program in Bosnia and Herzegovina

  
  nikkypals.com — Authority: 158
  Women turn microcredit loans into thriving businesses. www.womenforwomen.org Redefining what it means to be a businesswoman, their loans not only helped them rebuild after war but they now employ other women and impact entire communities. Learn more about how we are changing the world one woman at a time at ...
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• Pick the Formula D Pro Am Winner – Win a FREE Spec Clutch [FUN FRIDAY]

  
  Wrecked Magazine - A Drifting Magazine featuring Formula D, D1GP, MSC, D1 Grand Prix, Pro Drift, and more! — Authority: 139
  Fun Friday this week comes with a huge twist and you have all week long to decide who is going to win the Pro Am. In the store order we have a pull down menu where you can pick which driver you think will win the Formula Drift Pro Am next Saturday. You can also be entered to win automatically if you purchase an item ...
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• Stop Racist Attacks vs. Cao

  
  AAA-Fund Blog — Authority: 142
  AAA-Fund was proud to sign this letter condemning the racist attacks against US Rep. Anh Joseph Cao. November 13, 2009 The Honorable John Boehner (R-OH) House Minority Leader U.S. House of Representatives 1011 Longworth H.O.B. Washington, DC  20515 Dear Representative Boehner: cc: Rep. Eric Cantor, House ...
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• The Boss Of The Ball, Ronald De Boer

  
  InsideSoccer WEB EDITION — Authority: 136
  Ronald De Boer won 67 caps and scored 13 goals for the Dutch national team. He played for the Netherlands in the 1994 and the 1998 World Cup, where he played in six matches and scored two goals. De Boer also played in Euro 96, and Euro 2000. De Boer answers questions on Coach and Player Development at the Ontario ...
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• Assemblyman Phil Boyle: Resdistricting Poster Boy

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 509
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• MKFC open Health and Sanitation material

  
  Stockholm College — Authority: 123
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