grassroots initiative
Local people's movement
A grassroots initiative is an effort organized by ordinary people rather than established institutions or leaders.
The term emphasizes bottom-up action—community members mobilizing around a shared concern rather than following directives from above: The recycling program started as a grassroots initiative among neighborhood residents.
Such efforts often address local issues but can grow into broader movements.
- communityCollective of connected people
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- activismDirect effort for reform
- movementChange in position
- localOf this area
civic engagement · volunteer · petition · rally · campaign · boots on the ground · mobilize · collective · bottom-up · neighborhood · town hall · citizens · advocacy · momentum · doorknocking · phone banking · voter registration · get out the vote
- ecotourismecotourism, ecotour, ecotours, nature reserve, Galapagos Islands
grassroots initiativeexecutive order
Binding directive from leadership
government mandate · decree · edict · diktat
grass, roots, grassy, grassland, grasses, rooted, rooting, rootless, uproot