Regular men and women – community activists – are selected and trained to conduct activities in their own networks, engaging families, friends, colleagues and neighbours.
Many nontheistic writers and activists have selected the theory of "privilege" as a model of the normalized religious identity in America, and to describe their own disadvantage as American atheists.
In Orlando, Scott Randolph, an outgoing Democratic state legislator and state party activist, was selected by his party to receive votes cast for Wood and he will assume the office.
These activists helped select the current generation of members of Parliament, many of whom, egged on by Conservative-supporting newspapers, want Britain to claw back some powers from the Union, bolstering national sovereignty.
The choice of pastor is a delicate one for Mr. Obama; at his 2009 swearing-in, he offended an important constituency – gay rights activists – by selecting the Rev. Rick Warren, the author of "The Purpose Driven Life" and an opponent of same-sex marriage, to deliver the invocation.
Activists carefully select the target to raise public awareness about an issue.
At many Tory events, specially selected activists are made to stand behind Boris or Cameron or whoever is speaking, holding aloft campaign slogans.
In a lively plenary session called "Ask The Speaker," organizers pressed Nancy Pelosi with questions that activists had written and selected through an online community portal.
Once selected, the activist group will offer the signs to local businesses, schools, nonprofits and government offices in Chicago.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is a member of the White House Council, and she has also selected a talented activist, Melanne Verveer, to direct a new State Department Office of Global Women's Issues.
