New year, new registration link. If you didn’t attend the January webinar, be sure to register for the event which is Saturday, February 4th at 10am PT.
Author: Jennie Vano
Video update: December 13, 2022
Read the RESULTS Weekly Update (published in Tuesday afternoons) for details on where the CTC and End TB Now act stand in Congress as of today.
Video Update: November 15
Action Center: https://results.org/volunteers/action-center/action-alerts?vvsrc=%2fCampaigns
Media office hour with Jos: https://results.org/events
Report your LTE once it’s published: https://results.org/volunteers/media-tools
Video Update: November 8
Register for the Post-Election Policy Forum on Thursday, November 17 at 5:30pm PT AND invite group members, action network members, and potential advocates.
Fall 2022 Resources for writing letters to the editor and engaging with Members of Congress.
Video update for October 18, 2022
Global action – End TB Now co-sponsors needed
US Poverty actions – expansion of the CTC
RESULTS updates and Upcoming events – policy forums are this week, Pacific Regional Conference
For resources, see Fall Campaign Resources and the Events calendar
Video update for July 20
Campaign Updates
US Poverty
– no big updates today
Global Poverty
-Toss the confetti! The Dear Colleague GPE letter got to 110 signers!
-A new Dear Colleague letter about Vaccine equity is out and the current deadline is Wed, 7/21 by close of business
Results Updates
We’ve been doing a lot of work this year and Results will be taking a break for the month of August. The National Webinar, Policy Forums and trainings will all be back in September.
Upcoming Dates
7/22 – US Poverty and Global Poverty Forums, 5pm and 6pm PT
Actions
Use the Action Center to complete one of three actions:
-Write to President Biden to encourage drug manufacturers to share the vaccine production and distribution information
-Ask your Member of Congress to sign on to a Dear Colleague letter
-Compose a Letter to the Editor about the Child Tax Credit (CTC)
Video Update: The International Conference Edition
International Conference Resources: https://results.org/resources/2021-international-conference-resources/
Check with your group leader for Advocacy Week meeting times.
Video update for Tuesday, May 25
Campaign Updates
US Poverty:
- For CTC and EITC we advocate for these to be at full value and permanent.
- For Housing assistance, we advocate to increase the availability of vouchers.
Global:
- Bilateral TB: $1B for the TB program within USAID Global Health
- GPE: $150m for the Global Partnership for Education
- Nutrition: $300m for nutrition within the USAID Global Health
RESULTS Updates
- International Conference agenda Getting ready for Advocacy week. Watch for emails with meeting times with Members of Congress or their staff.
Upcoming Dates
- W 5/25 Motivational Interviewing Register
- S 6/5 10am PT National Webinar
- T 6/8 7am PT Advocacy week Prep
- S/S 6/12-13 International Conference Register Schedule
Action
- Letters to the Editor – keep the momentum generated from the First 100 days through to the International Conference
- Education – The recordings of last week’s Policy Forums are available on the RESULTS Website.
Video update for Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Campaign updates
- US Poverty update – Through Biden’s proposed American Families Act, the CTC is made permanent. The EITC credit is increased but expires in 2025.
- Global update- Two of the three Dear Colleague letters are out. Sen Cantwell has signed on to the Global Partnership for Health letter but not the Nutrition. The TB Letter is not out yet.
RESULTS updates
Action Center and submitting Letters to the Editor to newspapers.
Upcoming dates
So many upcoming dates! See the Events page to see the calendar and registration information. Four highlights:
- Op-ed 101 Training webinar on T 5/18 at 6pm PT
- Monthly forums for US Poverty in the evening of Th 5/20 – last one before the conference.
- Motivational Interviewing Skills on W 5/26 at 5:30pm PT – kick-off event for a series of training
- International Conference in one month. Register today for the conference, contact your group leader immediately if you want to participate in Lobby Week.
Actions
- LTEs and OpEds: write Letters to the Editor on US Poverty campaign to make the EITC permanent.
- email Senator Maria Cantwell from her website to ask her to sign onto the Nutrition Dear Colleague letter. And then leverage your connections outside of the state – write an LTE, ask a friend or family member to call their senator. Visit the May Monthly Action Sheets for background information and scripts in the EPIC format.
Upcoming Event: Pacific Regional Conference
The planning for this annual conference is underway so mark your calendars for April 17 and 18, 2021. Registration, speakers, etc. will be announced soon.