Have you experienced poverty? Raise your voice as an advocate. (Plano)

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If you have directly experienced poverty and oppression, raise your voice as an advocate and have a say in the policies that could impact your life.

Most elected officials have never experienced poverty firsthand, which means policy debates about poverty rarely include the voices of those who have experienced it. You can help change that. The voices and experiences of people who have been directly impacted by poverty here in the U.S. and across the world need to be driving the conversations about poverty, equity, and justice.

• Have you ever worried about your ability to keep a roof over your head or food on the table?
• Have you experienced poverty firsthand either growing up in a lower-income country or not having access to basic human rights here in the U.S.?
• Do you have family living in another country who are prevented from accessing basic health care or educational opportunities?
• Are you frustrated as you watch your friends, neighbors, and loved ones navigate systems & communities that disadvantage them?

At RESULTS, we know that the everyday violence and injustice of poverty, racism, colonialism, systemic oppression, and inequality are rooted in public policy. What discriminatory policies have created, equitable and just policies can help change - but only when we stand up for them.

As a RESULTS Advocate, you can:

• Develop relationships with your members of Congress so that when you get in touch, they listen
• Meet face-to-face with your members of Congress and their staff to share your personal experience and expertise
• Write persuasive opinion pieces and get published in the media
• Be part of a movement of people committed to ending the systemic and structural injustices that drive poverty

RESULTS volunteers are effective advocates for solutions to poverty.

By raising our voices together across the country, RESULTS advocates are pushing Congress to make progress on both US and global poverty & inequality issues like:

• Securing safe, affordable housing for everyone in the United States
• Closing the racial wealth divide
• Making sure everyone, everywhere has access to lifesaving vaccines
• Ending childhood malnutrition
• Tackling some of the world’s biggest killers, like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis

No advocacy experience? No problem.

RESULTS provides issue and skills training to all volunteers plus all the tools you need to confidently take action. In addition to staff training & support, new advocates will join a local group in your community with experienced advocates who are eager to support you to learn and grow.

A typical RESULTS volunteer spends 3-6 hours of their time each month taking action with RESULTS.

We’ve been doing this for 40 years, and we know that voting is only one part of creating systemic change. We must continue to hold decision makers accountable and demand that change happens.

What are you waiting for? Start influencing the policies that impact you and the lives of millions of people around the world. Become a RESULTS advocate.