Action and Allies
It’s no secret that anti-poverty programs have been under attack.
But we know everyone deserves to meet their basic human needs. And anyone can be an ally in the movement to end poverty.
Take action for your community and communities everywhere.
Write media with the 600 Voices campaign!
These days, we need every advocacy tool we have! Letters to the editor and op-eds reach both lawmakers and our local communities.
We want to reach 600 pieces of grassroots-authored media about RESULTS issues before the end of 2025! Check the counter below to see how close we are. Also find below the tools and information to support your media advocacy.
Tools for media advocacy
- Generating Media toolkit in the Volunteers Hub
- Use our hooks tracker for timely ideas to write your media about
- Got published? Here’s what to do next:
- Send it to your member(s) of Congress so they can’t miss it! See an email template here.
- Bump the counter closer to 600 by filing a media report.
- See a list of media RESULTS volunteers have already had published in 2025!
Tracking our congressional meetings
Did you meet with your member of Congress? Let us know here! (Map updated every week.)
Total Meetings:
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Total Offices: 240
House: 160
Senate: 80
Candidate Offices: 0
Action and Allies Campaign Resources
Our strength comes from our community. With each new ally in the anti-poverty movement, our capacity for action grows. Below are tools to help you reach out to people in your community. Outreach is advocacy. Each time we organize others into action, we build momentum to end poverty.
Action Matters summer campaign guide
One-on-one new advocate meeting
Warm leads communication templates
Guide: Support new advocates to lobby
The Trump Administration’s dismantling of foreign aid has had swift consequences. Congress can and must use its power of the purse to shape what comes next.
Use these for lobby meetings
- Congressional leave-behind – Emergency action to protect global health and aid
- FY26 global appropriations memos
Support your advocacy with these
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria partnership has saved over 65 million lives. In 2023 alone, the Global Fund reached record numbers of people with lifesaving tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS treatment. These diseases are preventable and treatable. Yet poverty worsens the health inequities that make these diseases deadly. As the U.S. foreign aid system faces unprecedented strain, the Global Fund is even more important.
Use these for lobby meetings
Support your advocacy with these
- Campaign overview – Global Fund
- Global Fund laser talk
- Global Fund letter to the editor (LTE) media worksheet
- Watch: Community-led work on tuberculosis (TB) and malaria
- Read: Intro to the Global Fund
Congress approved devastating cuts to U.S. food and health care programs in July 2025. The attacks on programs for basic needs must end there. Everyone deserves housing, food, and health care. Use the resources below to protect and even expand programs that are a lifeline to everyday people.
Use these for lobby meetings
- Protect vital U.S. poverty programs in the FY26 budget congressional leave-behind
- Child Tax Credit congressional leave-behind
- Housing congressional leave-behind
Support your advocacy with these
Sustaining yourself as an advocate
RESULTS is committed to supporting our advocates. By caring for ourselves and each other, we can build a stronger, more resilient movement to end poverty.