Sentence examples for recruit citizens from inspiring English sources

The state has also tried to recruit citizens to eliminate standing water around their homes, in part by sending out educational "Skeeter Beaters" coloring books to children in third grade and under.

He pushed for the referendum for a decade, he said, and succeeded after recruiting citizens to help persuade his fellow lawmakers.

Greenville, South Carolina recruited citizens to spell out Google with color coded glow sticks.

Australia: In 1901, Australia held an open competition, recruiting citizens to design a new flag in exchange for a cash prize.

It can be seen as the latest incarnation of digital democracy: If "e-government" started to push public services online in the late 1990s, and "e-participation" engaged voters and officials in a more direct dialogue in the 2000s, civic tech is now moving from communication to collaboration, recruiting citizens not only to advocate but to build alternative solutions.

They are responsible for everything from fighting crime in their areas to recruiting citizen volunteers to help run the substations.

Wasserman is recruiting citizen volunteers to monitor the vote count and machine technicians along with his colleague Robert Fitrakis's Green Party observer program.

The White House acknowledged concern over previous al-Shabaab attempts to recruit US citizens.

Ultra-militant groups like Islamic State are threatening both to attack their interests, and with increasing credibility, to recruit their citizens.

Gen. Charles de Gaulle had insisted that the unit not recruit French citizens, while demanding that he control the agents.

Under the Defence Act of Ireland it is illegal for any foreign army to recruit Irish citizens.