Page 3 - Grassroots Groups News Today

But the biggest difference is that among the people who believe in it, they want to do something about it a lot and are ranking it very high. like right alongside health care as a top priority. and thats the biggest shift, for many years it was, yeah, i care about climate change, if you ask people to rank it, which i personally believe is a bizarre thing to do. >> right. >> do you care more about a job or having a habitable planet? >> right. >> its a weird question. all issues are inside the pla...

Asking it is weird. >> yeah. >> but its also the case, like, political movements, like, presidents have to prioritize, legislators, you know, theyre going to move some bill first. some bill second. it is really striking to me how effective i think a lot of organizers, grassroots groups, all sorts of people -- >> absolutely. >> -- have been in pushing that priority urgency question. >> pushing the priority. also, there is lived experience. there are a lot of americans whose lives have been person...

Florida greating these grass roots groups. the seeds are there to make a major impact on the next election. donald trump has major decision to make about how he will conduct himself in additional rallies. hes been called out. hes been called out on this network. hes been called out on other networks. we have been replaying his comments about shooting immigrants, making the comment about that only happens in the florida panhandle. is he going to continue to allow this type of discourse at his ral...

Changed fundamentally. we have created a movement. all of the grass-roots groups, moms demand action, sandy hook promise, new town action alliance, brady, have made a key difference. in the last election, gun violence prevention was on the ballot. it won. look at the presidential candidates this year. can you recall a time when all of the major presidential candidates on the democratic side were advocating for gun violence prevention? most importantly, the vice-like grip of the nra and gun lobby...

At least 20 cities last week alone, grassroots groups like vote, run, lead, and emerge, teaching them how to tell their stories. >> i saw a lot of gang activity. >> reporter: build community relationships, and learn from successful candidates about the harsh realities facing black women candidates, like where to go to raise money. >> i mean, they say, oh, call friends and family. honey, my family doesnt have any money. you foe whknow what i mean? so i went out, i put myself out there, i started ...

>> you make phone calls. you knock doors when people slam doors in your face. >> as much as practice she is now one of a dozen democrats running against incumbent senator cory gardener in purple colorado. more aware of what she is up against. >> what do people say to you. >> you know where youre running im like yes. do you know youre black? every day. >> what. >> yes. >> they -- >> they ask that question. >> the national democrats have questioned you running. >> yes. >> as a plaque woman. >> yes...

Every day. >> what. >> they ask that questions. >> the national democrats have questioned you running as a black woman. >> yes. especially in colorado. >> its a familiar story to the growing number of black women who are now learning how to run for office. at training sessions spread over at least 20 cities last week alone. grassroots groups like vote run lead and emerge, teaching them how to tell their stories. >> i saw a lot of gang activity. >> build community relationships. and learn from su...

Fact more than half a 1000000000 people have actually seen the content over the last 3 months now thats 6000000 people a day and thats can certainly be disruptive in the lead up to an election like we have now and just to emphasize the scale even more facebook you said took down 77 all these 500 pages but those 77 pages they have more followers than all of the populists many populist parties in these 6 european countries have together now it was also interesting is who is actually spreading this...

Fact more than half a 1000000000 people have actually seen the content over the last 3 months now thats 6000000 people a day and thats can certainly be destructive in the lead up to an election like we having now and just to emphasize the scale even more facebook you said took down 77 of these 500 pages but those 77 pages they have more followers than all of the populists many populist parties in these 6 european countries have together now it was also interesting is who is actually spreading th...

Thats 6000000 people a day and thats can certainly be destructive in the lead up to an election like we have it now and just to emphasize the scale even more facebook you said took down $77.00 of these $500.00 pages but those $77.00 pages they have more followers than all of the populists many populist parties in these 6 european countries have together now it was also interesting is who is actually spreading this this information were talking about local grassroots groups now were no longer tal...