Good morning from Cleveland!

Hi everyone, Demi from Perth, WA :)

So great to see lots of international friends! And kudos to those in the Canada and US who are up very early. Good morning and happy coffee drinking from Washington, DC!

Hi Everyone!

Good morning! Kyle from Dallas here.

Morning JF & Kyle :)

Wow Dallas—6 am!

Go DALLAS!

https://results.org/our-anti-oppression-values/

WA state on -- that is serious commitment! :)

or insomnia!

Hello to fellow Aussies on the call!

And Hi Sunnie from RESULTS Korea! :)

Yeah Demi!

Go Demi! :)

ah, WA = Western Australia (not WA state). Thank you Demi for sharing!

nice shirt Mark

Yes, Western Australia :) should have wrote that!

Go Mark!

Go Mark!

Hello :)

@Meredith, I was going to say 4am in Washington State is a huge commitment hahaha

Great to hear from UK and Western Australia!

Fab Mark, thanks

Hi. sorry I have connection issue I ll try to rejoin in a bit. thanks.

Great meeting with and talking to you, Nancy and Evi!!

Thank you group 10 - great to meet and talk with you all

Yes- it was great to put faces to names- Kyle & Nancy! :)

Inspiring to talk about people's experiences!

Thanks so much Lydia, Demi, Diane and Susan - lovely to meet and chat with you!

For those in my breakout rooms: to answer your question, the book I read was "A Path Appears" by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

That was great! Thank you for sharing Bert and Paul!

I heard that one several times

Good Job Dela

One great reminder that was shared in our group is to remember that your elected officials/staffers are also human beings! Find that personal connection with them.

I forgot Tiffany’s great tip - keep your letters short and choose the key points for your repo

great to meet Linda, Hannah, and Iria!

Spot on Richard, good one :-)

Good luck with your London meetings Richard!

We had the great insight that you can't predict what a legislator will do just on reputation alone. Have that conversation!

We talked a lot about team work - it is valuable both at the meetings as well as getting in Letters to the Editor in the media

And your elected official's staffer is a gatekeeper: they will help tee up your meeting... or maybe *not* help you tee up a meeting...!

“Craft-“ivies, I love this idea!!

“Craft-ivisim*”

MPs want to make a difference. We can help them find a way to do that.

Find common ground

So ture Gill!

Last week a volunteer in Rochester NY found his member of Congress in the grocery store parking lot

* true

You can see Karen’s across stitch in this video: https://twitter.com/resultsuk/status/1269177207731171329

:-)

Be yourself and reach back to your experience and your stories

Birds are giant in Australia!

Marco Rubio = US Senator from Florida

We had a wide variety of experiences in our group, too. Very inspiring, all!

Yes, he is one of the two Republican Senator from FL, and has signed on to many RESULTS issues, particularly in Foreign affairs

Be persistent. Sometimes it takes many efforts. And do not be afraid to remind them when there are deadlines - they are busy and need reminders

Thank you to Ken for taking in the "room orphans." It was a nice group! :-)

Yes! The Nike motto - Just Do It!

Fill out the sessions feedback (for this, and all workshops) here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FDVNY5V this session was the Open Caucus

I love it

The 2-min laser pitch is important, very good advice - practice, be bold, and speak up :) Great session everyone!

Important to have spaces for sharing expertise like this one

is it possible to watch videos that were missed from yesterday?

Struggling to hear you Naveed

maybe switch off vide

Great to chat with all of you!

Keep the conversation going online too! https://walls.io/voices4RESULTS

#voices4RESULTS

Thanks everyone! :)

Thanks!!!!!!!!!