RESULTS Weekly Update December 9, 2025
Quote of the Week
“I urge our elected officials to protect the Constitution by passing a budget that ensures the administration carries out the law as Congress intended. Our democracy depends on it.”
– Massachusetts advocate William Deignan in a Metro West Daily News (MA) letter to the editor published December 6
(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”)
600 Voices: Let’s hit that goal!
As noted on the December RESULTS National Webinar last weekend, we are edging ever closer to our 600 Voices Media Campaign goal of getting 600 media pieces in 2025. As of this morning, RESULTS volunteers have gotten 529 media pieces published in 2025. In a tumultuous and sometimes disheartening year, your media advocacy has been amazing. It has called out the Trump Administration for attacks on foreign aid. it has touted the benefits of SNAP and Medicaid, both during the reconciliation fight and during the government shutdown. It has contributed to the U.S. showing up to make a strong, new pledge at the recent Global Fund replenishment (see details below).
As we head into the final weeks of the year, imagine what another 71 media pieces (or more!) could do. 71 letters to the editor can push Congress to pass a fair budget that reduces poverty. 71 letters can push Congress to keep our promises to the Global Fund. 71 letters could demand Congress assert its power and pass a budget the Administration must enforce.
If every RESULTS volunteer submits one letter per week until the end of December, we can hit our goal. Can you take 15 minutes this week to submit a letter? We have media templates on our website and RESULTS staff is available to answer questions and provide coaching. Also, RESULTS staff will host our next Media Office Hour on Wednesday, December 17, 2-3 p.m. ET. And when you get published, please let us know in our Media Report Form. Good luck and happy writing!
The U.S. must keep its promises to the Global Fund
On the recent RESULTS National Webinar, we celebrated major volunteer achievements this year, including a big win last month in South Africa. Despite relentless attacks on foreign aid, the Trump Administration unexpectedly attended the Global Fund’s eighth pledging conference — and pledged $4.6 billion over the next three years. This maintains the U.S.’s 1:2 match and moves us closer to ending AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. This would not have happened without the persistent advocacy of RESULTS volunteers and allies. For over two decades, you’ve built a firewall of bipartisan support that has helped the Global Fund save 70 million lives.
But our work isn’t done. The Administration is wrongly counting $2 billion in unspent Global Fund money toward its new pledge. The U.S. must keep its promises to the Global Fund. That funding must be released immediately, and the new pledge must be fully funded with new money. Congress appears on track to meet the pledge — let’s make sure they do. Use our online action email and media alerts to urge Congress to fund at least $1.5 billion for the Global Fund in FY26 and press the Administration to release the unspent $2 billion.
Please update your Roadmap rosters and coverage
One of the keys to RESULTS’s decades of success over the decades has been volunteer advocates taking time each year to set goals and roles for their local RESULTS groups. These group “Roadmaps” are as unique as each group is and are integral in having success in your advocacy. But this year, we are taking a slightly different approach. Instead of setting all our goals at the start of the year, we’ll instead set goals based on campaigns — such as a lobby meeting push, outreach work, or media — when they happen. This will allow us to tailor our goals based on what’s happening on the ground. We’ll have more details on when and how to do this campaign-based planning in early 2026.
But there is something vitally important you can do right to get us ready — update your group roster and congressional coverage sheet in your Group Roadmaps. This information is vital to our work. When we are targeting actions for our campaigns or decide what districts to target for expansion, we consult your rosters and coverage. We ask that you please update this information as soon as possible and complete it by January 12. If you need support accessing your roadmap spreadsheets, please your Regional Coordinators or RESULTS Grassroots Staff. We will be happy to help.
Mark your calendars!
Take advantage of these year-end opportunities. Join us on Thursday, December 11 at 8 p.m. ET for our final Quarterly Outreach Gathering of 2025. Strong and thriving RESULTS groups not only meet, engage, and take advocacy actions together regularly, but they also share their advocacy skills and opportunities to make change in their communities locally. We will reflect on and celebrate our work this year. We’ll also share outreach goals and strategies for 2026. Register here! Additionally, please support our democracy in action with a year-end gift to RESULTS. A strong foundation of individual donors is critical for our nonpartisan work.
Register for the January National Webinar with Meredith Dodson. You are invited to put the January National Webinar on your calendar — Saturday, January 10 at 1 p.m. ET (to avoid the New Year holiday). For January, we are thrilled to welcome Meredith Dodson of the Coalition on Human Needs (and former RESULTS staff member). She will share her insights on how best to push Congress to pass a fair budget by the end of January. Please note that we have a new registration link for the 2026 National Webinars: www.tinyurl.com/RESULTS2026. That means everyone must register (your 2025 registration will not carry over). Please register today and join us on January 10!
Special opportunity in February! On Sunday, February 8, we will hold the International Learning Exchange and hope you will join us. This 90-minute webinar is the kick-off of an endeavor to help grassroots advocates from all over the global RESULTS network meet, connect, and learn from each other. Please save the date! Full information and registration will be coming soon.
Upcoming RESULTS schedule. Please note that there will be no Weekly Updates on December 23 or December 30. Weekly Updates will resume January 6. Also, the RESULTS office will be closed December 19 as well as December 25-January 1.
TL;DR (too long; didn’t read): Help us reach our 600 Voices media goal by writing and submitting a letter to the editor today! Take action on the Global Fund. Start group planning. Consider joining the upcoming Quarterly Outreach Gathering on December 11 and offering a year-end gift. Register for the 2026 National Webinars. Save the date for the February 8 International Learning Exchange and note RESULTS’ winter break closure.
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