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If I need to cover upfront costs, I can always wage a modest campaign on the grassroots online fund-raising phenomenon Kickstarter, which has worked for me before.
It felt like a victory for the millions of grassroots, online supporters, although I don't think it was ever recognised as such.
"Democrats can't win in November without black people," said James Rucker, executive director for ColorofChange.org, a grassroots online organization that says it has 400,000 minority activists, adding that "party leaders know it and so do everyday black folks".
Inspired by memories of the BBC's long since defunct classic horror double bills, Gladman and James, aka Cyberschizoid and Scare Sarah, launched the Classic Horror Campaign: a grassroots, online and social media led, attempt to convince the powers that be to bring the aforementioned late night screenings back to the small screen.
A grassroots online petition to "tell Chinese lawmakers to give poor women the right to choose" has garnered nearly 14,000 signatures since mid-June.
Network features are highly predictive of certain types of social media abuse, like astroturf, that attempt to simulate grassroots online conversations [4, 5, 14, 83].
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All the grassroots, online-powered support do not necessarily translate to votes.
An incredibly successful example of online activism that bubbled up nationally was Join the Impact's (JTI) completely spontaneous grassroots, online-driven effort to organize protests around the country in response to Proposition 8's passage in California, rolling back marriage equality.
Organic Consumers Association OCAA) - @OrganicConsumer OCA is a grassroots and online campaign led by socially conscious consumers to promote health, justice, and sustainability.
I quickly discovered a huge network of grassroots activists online and on social media beyond the more mainstream organizations.
Over the past month, more than 85 groups came together as a community in an unprecedented grassroots and online campaign to promote voter registration and participation.
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