RESULTS Weekly Update August 26, 2025

Quote of the Week

“[I think] my time with RESULTS may have made me more optimistic in the power of the people.”

 – RESULTS New York advocate Dr. Germaine Jacquette

(Is this newsletter too long; didn’t read (TL;DR) the whole thing? Scroll to the bottom for the most important points or the “TL;DR”)

Action Matters: Staying on message, sticking together

Take action this last week of the August recess. Soon the August congressional recess will be over and Congress will return to Washington. This gives us one week to go for meetings with lawmakers in-state and in-district.

What are we asking for? Our message stays the same: prioritize support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. Also, highlight the vital importance of Medicaid, SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), and the Child Tax Credit for the well-being of individuals and families. We must keep the message out there, loud and strong so when they return to D.C., they know what to do. You can:

• Contact office schedulers today about meetings this week. Add to the over 345 lobby meetings you’ve held so far this year. Find background and action-taking materials on our refreshed Action and Allies page.
• Submit a letter to the editor with our user-friendly online templates. Add to the impactful 336 (and counting!) media pieces you’ve already gotten published this year. Also, check out this helpful resource, the Media and Democracy Project, which provides a list of independent media outlets for letter submissions.
• Plan a fall outreach event to organize others in your community. Add to the amazing 50 events that the network has already held in 2025. Use our August action sheets for easy action-taking and contact RESULTS staff for planning help.

Remember that the steady momentum of your work helped free up foreign aid money earlier this year. It helped hold the line in the House’s global health appropriations for FY26. It helped stop the reconciliation bill from being worse than it was. And it is helping Congress push back at future attempts to withhold funding for our priorities. You are making a difference even on days when you think you’re not.

Speak up for democracy. We have a new letter to the editor template calling for the energy, focus, and participation needed to protect our democracy. From the template:

“In America, every voice matters, not just those of the wealthy few. Every time we talk with lawmakers, speak out publicly, and organize our communities into action, we reclaim our democracy and restore accountability.”

Your letter can inspire people to hope, call leaders to account, and mobilize new voices into action. We talk a lot about the transformational aspect of advocacy. Don’t deny yourself that opportunity. Share it with others. Now is the time to stand up, not only for the policies that reduce poverty, but for the civic values that make those policies possible.

Events to Note

August is National Make a Will Month. Making a planned gift to RESULTS is a great way to continue your commitment to ending poverty into the future. Learn about planned giving on our website  or contact Melissa Strobel, RESULTS’ Director of Development, at [email protected] or (202) 783-4800, ext. 221. Please let us know if you’re including RESULTS in your plans so we can welcome you into the RESULTS Legacy Society!

September 5 Anti-Oppression Learning Community Gathering. Join our next Anti-Oppression Learning Community gathering on Friday, September 5 at 12 p.m. ET. This 90-minute session, facilitated by RESULTS Global Nutrition and Child Health Policy Manager Dorothy Monza, will focus on our global advocacy framework. Too often, global advocacy is shaped by the lens of Western charity. Real justice asks us to move beyond the idea of “helping others” toward dismantling the systems that created global inequality in the first place. Register today.

TL;DR (too long; didn’t read): Use our refreshed Action and Allies page to prep for final August recess meetings; utilize and share our letter-writing templates to get published; consider RESULTS in your planned giving; and register for the September 5 Anti-Oppression Learning Community gathering.

Quick Links: Action Center, Events Calendar, National Webinar recordings