Welcome to the Political Team Hub!

You’ll find key links and documents here. Be sure to bookmark this page

 


THE POLITICAL TEAM HELP DESK

Questions and weekly reports:

Political Affairs Team Members:   [email protected] 

Regional Directors & Advocates:   [email protected] 

 


Section One – Overview

 

 

 

 

 

HOW WE OPERATE

  • Governmental Relations: We meet with U.S. and UK leaders to build support for life-saving legislation and effective poverty-reduction programs/programmes.
  • Mobilize: We mobiliz(s)e people across the globe behind efforts to make poverty a political priority.
  • Educate: We teach basic advocacy skills that allow citizens to communicate with their government.
  • Issue Message: We build awareness of global issues and innovations in poverty-reduction through our online and community presence.

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State Of The Union – The link will be sent out at the beginning of each month. Please be sure to go through all the information and provide your manager with your summary.

 


Section Two – Advocacy

 

Find Your Representative

Find Your Senators

Contacting Foreign Policy LA

Lobby Report Back Form

Current Legislation

Global Poverty & AID101 

Lobbying 101 sessions held by the Policy Team

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Find Town Hall meetings near you

The Federal Budget Process

 

Determine who your MP is

Contact the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Current Legislation

How a Bill becomes a Law

Bookmark MySociety and stay up to date with news from Parliament.

Join TheyWorkForYou

Read about UK Aid

DevTracker

 


Section Three – Mobiliz(s)ing

 

 

How to Mobiliz(s)e people

Mobilizing groups to email congress – U.S. team

Mobilising email templates – UK team

Find congressional phone numbers – U.S. team

Determine who your MP is – UK team

Interview with Top Mobiliz(s)er Winner for August 2016

How I Train & Engage People

 

Speaking Presentations

The Borgen Project

 


Section Four – Fundraising

 

 

Fundraising Ideas

Online Fundraising Campaign – U.S. team

Online Fundraising Campaign – UK team

Fundraising Letters

Fundraising 101 sessions

Where does your donation go? – U.S. team

Where does your donation go? – UK team

Fundraising Talking Points – U.S. team

FAQ’s – UK team

How to donate to a Nonprofit

Online Store

 


DOCUMENTS & DOWNLOADS

General
Change and Print Call Congress Sheets

Letterhead

Military & Business Leaders Support for Aid – U.S.
2017 Business Leaders Letter

Business Leaders Letter – COVID-19

U.S. Chamber Letter Robert Gates Letter

Military Leaders Letter

Military Leaders Letter – COVID-19

Other
Faith-based Leaders Letter

Faith Leader Letter – COVID-19

 


TOOLS AND RESOURCES

Memes & Logos

Learn about networking events

Borgen_Magazine

Misc. Tools
Create business cards
Resize large images

Faxzero.com

 


ISSUE RELATED NEWS

Ambassador Portfolio

USAID Impact Blog
The Hill: Congress Blog
The Hill: Global Affairs
State Dept. Blog
The Guardian: Poverty matters Blog
Oxfam: Politics of Poverty
ONE Blog
USGLC
GOOD
UN News
AlertNet.org