The phrase "grassroots person" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is involved in or supports grassroots movements or initiatives, often emphasizing community-based efforts.
Example: "As a grassroots person, she dedicated her time to organizing local events that brought the community together."
Alternatives: "community activist" or "local advocate."
A lot of this is – if you're a movement within the Conservative party or a grassroots organisation – what type of person you're attracting the first place.
Project Jason offers resources to families of the missing and has successfully organized grassroots efforts to pass missing-persons legislation.
In addition to helping families better understand the search process, Project Jason also offers resources such as free online counseling, bimonthly poster campaigns and organization for grassroots efforts to pass missing-persons legislation.
On May 23 , 2015 hackers from 19 countries gathered online and in person for Femhack, a grassroots international feminist hackathon inspired by the life and work of Sabeen Mahmud.
Still, the company was not shy about advertising her involvement, issuing a release Tuesday afternoon that said, "The Weinstein Company acknowledged today the online petition of outspoken Ann Arbor, MI, teen Katy Butler," noting that she was the person who spearheaded a grassroots effort on behalf of "Bully".
So a new strategy demands going to the grassroots: lobby citizens to elect honest persons to state and federal offices.
A middle class educated black person, or a black person faking grassroots bona fides, acts like a "broker" for the "downtrodden" with the powerful whites as if he's a legitimate representative of their interests.
These are campaigns disguised as popular large scale grassroots behaviour, but actually carried out by a single person or organization.
The Miami chapter has awarded more than $75,000 to more than 70 grassroots ideas in Miami, helping to empower the average person to participate with their ideas and projects.
Grassroots community groups are common in the M'poko displaced persons camp, says Pascale Serra, a film-maker from CAR who has spent months making a documentary about the lives of the residents.
