Global Allies Program: Partners Ending Poverty with RESULTS (Oct. 2024 Webinar)

At the October Global Allies Program webinar we celebrated recent advocacy wins in global health and nutrition. Writing effective letters to the editor (LTEs) helps to bring important issues of poverty to the of attention our community, members of Congress, and candidates seeing elected office. Learn more on how to write and submit LTEs.

• Presentation (PDF)
• Recording
• Sample hooks (this Google document will be updated regularly)
• The Op Ed Project List of publications
• Tips on writing LTEs – Remember your C’s
• LTE Templates:
  • • Tuberculosis: The House must pass the End TB Now Act
    • Education: Media: Every child deserves an education
    • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Media: Congress should support Gavi’s life-saving work
    • Nutrition & Nutrition for Growth: Media: The US must make a strong, early pledge to Nutrition for Growth
  • Submit through the RESULTS Action Center OR write and submit directly to your local publication (contact [email protected] for help)

Additional advocacy actions:

• Follow up with your Representative on the End TB Now Act (H.R. 1776), sample email to foreign policy aide
• Congress must deliver on Gavi! Sample email, phone script to contact foreign policy aides on  S. Res 684  (Senate Resolution), and H. Res. 1286 (House Resolution)