Artist and film-maker James Static says: "We want to be part of a wider movement that offers an alternative, grassroots distribution channel to struggling film-makers.
Thanks to the high adoption rates of social channels, grassroots movements are relatively cheap and easy to launch - but the triggers must be powerful ideas delivered by true believers in well-structured narratives.
WASHINGTON -- In a surprising reversal, Change.org, the progressive online powerhouse that channels grassroots energy into petition-based activism, has dropped** two anti-union clients, including Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision.
In the homestretch, however, the numbers and coverage suggest that OFA was able to channel grassroots support for the bill in effective and even confrontational ways.
In June 2011, Kiva partnered with Detroit-based organization Michigan Corps to launch Kiva Detroit, a grassroots effort to channel capital and community support to Detroit's emerging small businesses through Kiva's platform.
Mobilizing to prevent Schumer's Senate ascendancy may be the most practical way grassroots Democrats can channel their anger at a perceived rush to war on Iran, as well as challenging the seemingly invincible AIPAC and its slick 40-million dollar campaign to kill the nuclear deal with a barrage of media ads, phone calls to constituents, and "free" lawmaker junkets to Israel.
"If they don't, funding will be taken away and channelled into grassroots sport through other routes".
Demonstrations and speeches were visible manifestations, but these channeled vast grassroots energies, cultivated in everyday experiences like the Citizenship Education Program.
New Jersey Communities United, a progressive grassroots group that previously channeled efforts to oust Anderson, reacted to the announcement with cautious optimism.
