We hope you are enjoying our 2021 Virtual IC so far, we’re happy to have you here with us! At RESULTS, we believe poverty cannot end as long as oppression exists. Learn more about our values at our Anti-Oppression Resources page: https://results.org/volunteers/anti-oppression/ or the conference app under “Our Values”.

We'll be having a short Q&A at the end of the session - live - with our guests. We welcome your questions here!

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Often times the staffers who show up are NOT the right representation for a given topic (I.e., healthcare inequity) and they say that the will pass the message which is very disappointing as this dilutes the message and makes its value lessened.

Yes, that definitely does happen. Perhaps that makes follow-up even more important so that you can make sure that the passed-on message arrives at its destination.

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If we don't get to your question during the Q&A, please don't hesitate to reach out to Lisa Marchal at lmarchal@results.org. We'll do our best to answer your question!

What is the percentage of efforts from a legislative office that is spent on topics and issues from special interests groups like industry versus the issues that impact the public driven through non-profit organizations?

Great question, Allie! One I'm sure others wonder about as well. We'll make sure to save that for the Q&A afterwards.

we had what we thought was a great 15 min MTG in Feb? Mar? with a new local staffer to new rep. last I heard, still no replies to our follow ups other than automated "at a retreat", "in DC" etc. any suggestions please?

Great question, Beth. Situations like that can be incredibly frustrating and is a problem many have struggled with. We'll make sure to address that during the Q&A.

far as for me i always call back and ask them questions bout the meeting and make sure they know i am here to help and be support and living wistness

we give the leave behinds right when the meeting begins

what was the link to get someone to respond, please?

www.legistorm.com

Marcia, also, if you are a U.S. advocate, you can find legislative staff on our Legislative Lookup on our RESULTS website. Respectively, the grassroots staff from various countries may well have similar tools for their locations.

If you have additional questions after the session ends, feel free to reach out to Lisa Marchal at lmarchal@results.org.

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