Build a Better Future
You can make an impact this year!
Join us in taking action in 2026 for your community and communities everywhere. Let’s raise our voices to ensure that everyone can meet their basic human needs.
Using media to hold lawmakers accountable
Media can be a powerful tool in educating, influencing, and holding lawmakers accountable on the issues you care about. Local letters to the editor and op-eds mentioning lawmakers by name let them know their constituents are paying attention. RESULTS volunteers have long generated hundreds of media pieces each year urging Congress to prioritize ending poverty. Add your voice to this rising chorus.
Media counter below updated weekly.
media pieces published in 2026
Tracking our congressional meetings
Did you meet with your member of Congress? Let us know here! (Map updated every week.)
Total Meetings:
0
Total Offices: 60
Senate: 21
House: 38
Senate Candidate Offices:
House Candidate Offices: 1
2026 Campaign Resources
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.
Track our progress on FY27 “Dear Colleague” letters
2026 sample lobby meeting request
2026 lobby meeting planning form
Use these for lobby meetings
- FY27 Global Fund appropriations leave-behind
- FY27 Global Tuberculosis appropriations leave-behind
- FY27 Global MCH, Gavi, Nutrition appropriations leave-behind
- FY27 Global Education, GPE appropriations leave-behind
- FY27 Dear Colleague letters
Support your advocacy with these
- 2026 Global laser talks
- FY27 Appropriations page
- Understanding Appropriations
- Appropriations 101 Recording
- Appropriations 201 (Individual Member Forms) Recording
- 2026 EPIC Laser Talk Worksheet (Word/PDF)
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.
Track our progress on FY27 “Dear Colleague” letters
2026 sample lobby meeting request
2026 lobby meeting planning form
Use these for lobby meetings
- FY27 Housing Choice Vouchers appropriations leave-behind
- Child Tax Credit congressional leave-behind
- SNAP congressional leave-behind
Support your advocacy with these
- 2026 U.S. Poverty Laser Talks
- FY27 Appropriations page
- Understanding Appropriations
- Appropriations 101 Recording
- Appropriations 201 (Individual Member Forms) Recording
- 2026 EPIC Laser Talk Worksheet (Word/PDF)
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.
One-on-one new advocate meeting
Warm leads communication template
Guide: Support new advocates to lobby
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.