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., Canadian and UK leaders to build support for life-saving legislation and effective poverty-reduction programs
- Mobilize: We mobilize 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.
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
Lobbying 101 sessions held by the Policy Team
Find Town Hall meetings near you
Contact the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Bookmark MySociety and stay up to date with news from Parliament.
Join TheyWorkForYou
Contact the Global Affairs Canada
International Assistance Spending
Projects funded through the ODA
Bookmark Open Parliament and stay up to date with news from Parliament
Section Three – Mobilizing
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
Determine who your MP is – Canadian team
Interview with Top Mobiliz(s)er Winner
Speaking Presentations
Section Four – Fundraising
Online Fundraising Campaign – U.S. team
Online Fundraising Campaign – UK team
Online Fundraising Campaign – Canadian team
FAQ’s – UK team
DOCUMENTS & DOWNLOADS
General
Change and Print Call Congress Sheets
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 – COVID-19
Other
Faith-based Leaders Letter
Faith Leader Letter – COVID-19
TOOLS AND RESOURCES
Misc. Tools
Create business cards
Resize large images
Faxzero.com
ISSUE RELATED NEWS
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