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Write for a Better Future: Use Your Voice to Create Change
ORGANIZATION: RESULTS
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Have you experienced poverty firsthand?
Your voice and experience matter. You can help change policies, shift narratives, and build a more just future.
We’re inviting individuals with lived experience of poverty to join a small, supportive writing cohort. Together, we will turn our personal stories into public impact through media advocacy.
Over 10 weeks, you’ll connect with others who share similar life experiences and take meaningful action through the power of your words. We will provide a safe, creative environment to help you learn to tell your story with impact.
What To Expect:
· Bi-weekly virtual sessions (1 hour each) led by experienced facilitators
· Guided workshops on oral storytelling, writing for impact, and connecting personal stories to policy
· Support in drafting and submitting letters to the editor and op-eds to local media outlets
· Opportunities to build relationships with legislative officials and journalists
· A space to be heard, grow your confidence, and build community
Time Commitment:
· 1-2.5 hours per week, including group sessions and personal writing time.
· All sessions are virtual and accessible.
· This will begin the week of September 8 and end the week of November 14
Your Experience Matters
If you have personal experience with poverty and want to make a difference through writing and advocacy, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.
People who have experienced poverty bring essential insight, truth, and urgency to advocacy. Sharing your story helps put our shared values into action and makes it harder for leaders to ignore what’s at stake. This is how we build power: together, and from the ground up.
No previous writing experience is necessary, just a willingness to share your story to create change.
Your voice is powerful. Use it to shift narratives, influence policy, and build a better future together. Apply now to be part of this transformative writing and advocacy journey.
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About RESULTS
Location:
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20005, US
Mission Statement
RESULTS is a movement of passionate, committed everyday people. Together they use their voices to influence political decisions that will bring an end to poverty. Volunteers receive training, support, and inspiration to become skilled advocates. In time, volunteers learn to effectively advise policy makers, guiding them towards decisions that improve access to education, health, and economic opportunity. With every hour of their time, volunteers multiply their impact through the enormous power of advocacy -- whether it’s helping change policy to support millions of families putting food on the table or helping raise billions of dollars for the world’s most vulnerable children. Backed by the in-depth research and legislative expertise of staff, RESULTS advocates realize the incredible power they possess to use their voices to change the world.
Description
For over 40 years, RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund have been shining light on critical, effective solutions to poverty. By combining the powerful voices of civic advocates with research and oversight of U.S. anti-poverty efforts at home and abroad, RESULTS has been changing government priorities and people’s lives.
"I saw RESULTS on VolunteerMatch, but I wasn’t sure what advocacy was. Before that, I wasn’t really aware of the way different government policies impacted me. But RESULTS gave me a whole new perspective. I learned that if you want change, first you need to see what members of Congress are doing and build connections." - Yaseer Khanani
"I became an advocate because I wanted to be more involved in an organization that strives to make positive change. I really appreciate how genuine and dedicated everyone is to the RESULTS mission." - Sunjay Menon
"At RESULTS, we advocate for the issues that are close to my heart, like global health, education, and poverty eradication. I get to talk about issues that I witness throughout my professional and personal life. I can effect change by raising my voice." - Shabina Hussein
www.results.org
CAUSE AREAS
Advocacy & Human Rights,
Community,
Politics
WHEN
Mon Sep 08, 2025 - Fri Nov 14, 2025
WHERE
LA 70130
(29.93356 ,-90.07001 )
DATE POSTED
June 16, 2025
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- Volunteers typically spend between • 1–2.5 hours per week, including group sessions and personal writing time.
- Must have direct firsthand lived experience with poverty - we are creating a safe space of people with similar experiences! No previous writing experience is necessary, just a willingness to share your story to create change.