Good to see everyone. Bob and Barb Sample

James Lee, the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social, housing advocate

Hello from San Diego! We've met with two of our five representatives so far.

I just saw the news on Twitter, the Senate passed the $1.9 Trillion COVID relief bill. Congrats everyone on your efforts to make it happen!

Wow! That’s a lot of meetings.

Hi, it's Marilyn from Enumclaw, Washington. Love you all

Hello

Hello from Andy Clarke Gig Harbor WA

my husband tells me Sen Brown is being interviewed O’Meara CNN right now.

on CNN

Hello from Virginia!

can y’all unpin joanne

This is Delores Lyons from Detroit. Just wanted to say "hello" to everyone. Peace & Blessings.

Hello everyone. From Viginia

Hi Andy, Stefani, Delores, Coumba, and everyone else too! SO glad to be here with you all today, from Raleigh, NC.

Note folks, another $5 billion was passed for utility assistance so $30 billion for rent and utility assistance

Hey ya'll James Lee, Charlotte NC

James, hey! So glad that James is joining us for his FIRST RESULTS webinar!

Welcome James!

Hi James!

Hey James! Welcome!!

Coumba says hello to everyone from Michigan

YES!!! SUCH good news.

THANK YOU, Senator!

also exciting, $800M for homeless children and youth

BRAVO!

Great news, give people their dignity back and stopping exploitation. Thank you!

Thank you Senator Brown!

We appreciate all you do, Senator Brown!

Thank you Senator Brown!!

85% of children, wow!

We love hearing this, Senator Brown, that it was your best day in the Senate!!!

Bravo, Senator Brown!

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Great work, Senator Brown!

Amazing, Senator Brown! We had push back from NH that making the EITC and CTC, saying that it will be difficult to do so they don’t expire in 10 years. Is this a concern?

Deb Haalaalnnd’s constituents thank you!!

YAYYYY SENATOR WARNOCK!!! GA WOOOOOT!!!

Woot Woot!!

housing YES thanks Senator

Thank you Senator Brown!!!

Congrats to Senators Brown, Booker, Warnock and our own Colorado Senator Bennet! Yayyyy!!!! Bob and Barb Sample, Denver

In Housing, are you also going to address the extreme segregation around the country? Not simply putting more low income housing in segregated areas.

Lucinda - great Q! there is a rule for budget reconciliation (the Byrd rule) that prevents increasing the budget deficit for longer than a 10 year window. Making CTC/EITC expansion through another bill would get around this.

@Lucinda yes! This is extremely important. If we are concentrating those experiencing poverty in underserved neighborhoods they aren't getting their shot at the American Dream. They lack social capital and opportunity to improve their outcomes.

Sen. Brown, please consider public banks as a priority.

Congrats and welcome to Selena, the newest member of RESULTS Raleigh! It's her FIRST RESULTS webinar, as well.

Hi, Selena!

Welcome Selena!

@Ken, can you get a version the Q on the docket?

Welcome Selena!

We'll try, Lucinda.

Why is Joanne not one of Forbes' 50 over 50?

I mean, it has Dr. Fauci

Q. I'd love to hear what arguments leaders who champion anti-poverty initiatives like Sen. Brown hear against their causes. What data do they refer to? What "risks" do they cite as to why they can't support anti-poverty initiatives.

Good question Anuroop!

How can we make Housing Choice Vouchers part of mandatory spending instead of discretionary? Only 25% of eligible individuals and families receive vouchers.

WooWoo! Persistence usually pays off. We always persist to build that relationship and educate our Members of Congress. Well done RESULTS!

Why cant we build new housing to create structures that build equity and value?

Can Source of Income discrimination be stopped?

any thoughts on FSSHud program helps people own a home

@Joanne, is it worth circling back to an intention to integrate communities

YES! I am a public school teacher in a low income district and the easiest part of my job is teaching! I am counseling, a social worker and a psychologist all in one

Us teachers are doing it all right now and we need more support!!!

Thank you, Sen. Brown!!

Thank you Senator!!

Thank you, Sen. Brown!

LET'S DO IT! Let's make those tax credits PERMANENT and lift more families out of poverty.

Thank you, Senator

What a cll to action!!

will results pursue getting the housing vouchers mandatory?

Woo hoo, so moving!

So wonderful!! I’m ready to act now!

That was fabulous! Imagine what we can do!

Dang JoAnne just dropped it!!! WHAT! go head beast mode! that’s right!!!

Hope this isn’t a silly question, but is the appropriations process considered part of the budget process and therefore subject to reconciliation?

Carol, that has yet to be determined.

So exciting!! This is what i started working on poverty issues for in my youth! Equity! Social Justice! Housing! Child Poverty!

Roxanne, no, it is not.

Approps will be pursued in tandem with the recovery bill (the next recon. bill)

Tandem = parallel but separate process

WIll normal legal limit of U.S. contributions to Global Fund of one third of total apply to the $3.5 Billion in the Recovery Act? Or is there language exempting it?

How am I supposed to pay attention to comments in chat and listen to the presentation at the same time?

Let's do a shout out for Virginia and our RESULTS coordinator, Elizabeth Berry. We have had around 12 mtgs with our legislators over the last two weeks (only one outstanding). We pushed the appropriations line items in each mtg. Yay, Virginia!!

Great work VA!

Ann, the chat is available in the webinar recording so if you want to focus on the presentation now, you can read the chat later.

Great!

Why is GPE request $150 m. instead of $200 m. when we're asking for $1 billion GPE pledge from U.S. at upcoming Summer Replenishment?

In our lobby meetings, I’m getting the feeling that we need some solid talking points…maybe even a laser talk?…about why we’re trying to make that big leap to $1B for TB. Something that answers questions about what we’ll do with that money and why now. I have my own answers to that question, but it would be great if we had a slide of bullets or a formal laser talk on it. -Cindy

Roger, it will go up by $25 million each year.

so greater than $200 in the final two years

On Roger Hudson's question--the $3.5B for the global Fund is not subject to a 2:1 match from other countries as it is emergency funding and it can be used immediately.

thanks for the reminder to not stop lobbying, dorthy! We are still in the first 100 days! and have more priorities. yes!

U.S. Poverty question--How do economists measure the number of children who will be lifted out of poverty in the U.S., what metrics? Thanks!

Dorothy*

We have three brand new laser talks on all three appropriations requests!

yay laser talks!

https://results.org/resources/2021-global-poverty-laser-talk/

Thanks, Ken!

Thanks, Ken. That’s a good general one. I guess, I meant something that addresses specifically why such a big jump.

Is there a way to convert abandoned malls into affordable housing in the suburbs?

some cities are looking at reparations, especially around roperty/home ownership

property

Thank, you Cheryl!

can we make sure to ask for energy efficiency and keep a focus on sustainability like green new deal low income housing?

Great idea, lots of commercial buildings being abandoned now that Zoom is here. Convert them to housing!

We can look at that, Cindy. The leave behind does address it to some degree. We’ll see what we can do on the big jump in a laser talk as well.

Have we heard what the House Appropriations Committee's deadlines are for hearing from members? I realize that offices often set deadlines for constituents that are waaaaaay earlier, so we need to meet/make requests ASAP, and am wondering what the committee's timeframe is, if known.

Senator Cantwell (D-WA) is a big proponent of Housing Supply.

We don’t have SFOPS committee deadlines yet, Allison.

Are we looking at getting rid of apartment bans/exlusioinaryy zoning on the national scale?

As population grows commercial property can become schools, day care health clinics.

Cities can puechase the land an use separate corp to build low income housing allowing cities to rehab or build more housingon site if older building fails its structure.

A lot of housing issues reside at the local level. While there has been much success in elections at the federal and state levels, there needs to more focus on local elections.

Do these slides reflect the bill that just passed?

Thank you, Tom! That's so interesting!

@Ruth, here is the source for the data on the CTC cutting child poverty in half: https://www.povertycenter.columbia.edu/news-internal/2021/presidential-policy/biden-economic-relief-proposal-poverty-impact

AFA is . . .?

Senator Merkley offering a broad sweeping housing reform. See Aspen Institu8te's Strong Foundations: Housing Security. A good start to understand the problem. Emphasizes all jhousing is Local.

What does AFA mean?/

Excellent Presentation Dorothy. Thank you!

American Family Act

Thanks Jos!

Great presentation, Dorothy

Thank you Jos!

Great Job Dorothy

@Dorothy, you did an amazing job running through this! Well done!

Thank you, Dorothy!

Emily, the slides weren't updated re: the bill passage today.

Thanks Dorothy and Jos!!!

A moment to celebrate and then get back to work!

wonderful presentation 👏🏽

Thank you, Dorothy!!

Thanks Dorothy!!

Thank you Dorothy!

Great presentation Dorothy :) !

Great job, Dorothy!

Thank You, Dorothy!

Thank you for sharing Dorothy!

I’m confused about what it means to make Housing Vouchers Universal. Universal?

Are there appropriations for domestic priorities too? Or just global asks?

Thanks Dorothy and for sending the slide deck yesterday!!

Make them available to all who need them, Craig

only 1 in 4 who need them have access to them at this point

Congrats to RESULTS for combining the global and domestic calls. This is great! Bob Sample, Denver

yea!!

@Jan we only have global appropriations asks for FY22!

agreed, Bob!!

Can someone put those links into the chat. We can’t open them from the slides.

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@Lucinda, slides are online: https://results.org/volunteers/national-webinars/ And they will be updated.

Seattle group screenshot made the slide!

look at all of these meetings!! round of virtual applause

You all are amazing!

Woo hoo!!

yay to new volunteers!

thank you to everyone for your leadership!! new volunteers stepping up, and existing leaders empowering others!

Bravo, everyone!

Great work everyone!!

Wonderful work, all! Woohoo!

Great work everyone—keep up the great work. Let’s stretch ourselves on these goals!

Want to play? Find the game here! :) https://bit.ly/advocacy-bingo

Yay Beth!!!! So proud and so impressed with your activism!

what!!! how awesome!!

the map looks great!

Yes! Congratulations Beth!

That is to say, Section 8 vouchers are not an "entitlement." They are available til amount of funding appropriated runs out. Change sought would be to guarantee assistance to everyone eligible who applies, including the 75% on a waiting list.

Yay! I see Selena, our newest group member in Raleigh. She's already plugged in and so sweet!

There’s Andy!!

that's a pretty awesome list !!!!!!

thank you everyone who makes this possible :)

TIMEA!!!

Welcome aboard everyone!

Yay! LOVE Hearing from our Fellows! Nice to meet you, Timea. :)

Yay Timea!!! Keep up the great work!

Congrats, Timea! Thank you for your work!!!

Big cheers & congrats Timea!

Pat Payne, are you the Pat Payne who lives in ABQ? If you are, join our ABQ group, please!

Congrats Timea--it’s thrilling to meet with Congress!

Congrats Timea!

EPIC!! :)

that EPIC laser talk.... tried and true!

Thanks Timea. I am also new and had a similar breakthrough. Yeah!

great job Timea

RESULTS volunteers are experts!!!

love it, Timea!!

Great job Timea!!

Woo nice job Timea!!

Our VA group is so happy to have Timea as an advocate. Everyone did a great job during our meetings.

Thanks for this fantastic, inspiring share today.

So glad you’re with us, Timea!

Michaela is also a Fellow!

Yeah Timea!

so glad to have you Timea! welcome to the family!

Roger, you are right. We want to make HCVs universal so everyone eligible can get a voucher. Right now, focus is on getting the program fully funded each year. Making it a mandatory program would be ideal then funding would be guaranteed each year, but that is also much heavier lift in Congress. We'll have to see how negotiations play out the next few months.

Valory!!!

Exciting to hear about your experiences so far, Timea!:)

Thanks all <3

two new advocates both spoke for the first time in a meeting with one of our representatives!!!

We were expecting to meet with Representative Adam Smith's staff members but he decided he wanted to be there himself!

When Liz Cheney said she would talk with Rep. McCaul and the other Foreign Affairs Republicans about hunger and nutrition.

Cool Karen. Hes’ awesome

Great to hear that Ann!!

I participated for the first time -- it went well -- I did not have a big role because I had no idea how it would work. Our group is so knowledgeable and so it went well -- I need to keep learning and then taking chances!

It was exciting to meet new members of Rep. Val Demings staff!

Yes Cecilia! That was so cool.!

yeah @michele!!!

Our Congressional staffer described the steps of security she had to transit en route to work. Wow, I felt sad to think she had to go through all that. At same time, glad the procedure is keeping safety a priority.

@david :)))))))))

Aide to Rep Weber (TX-14-R) said it would be no problem for his boss (Weber) to speak with Rep. Michael McCaul, that they had become friends when they both served on Foreign Affairs (McCaul is still on FA).

Our Seattle group had a scheduled meeting with the staff of Congressman Adam Smith, and he surprised us by being present for the full meeting ! He also described the Global Partnership for Education as an "incredibly successful program" … great meeting !

Thanks for that Bruce!

love it, Bruce!!!

Great share! Thanks for brining new advocates on board!

All 10 of our new members have spoken up at our NJ/PA Congressional meetings!

I had participated in our two meetings so far. I feel that there is a relationship between the West Virginia chapter and these two offices!

yay Bruce. good work for NY team and everyone.

yeahhh INDIANA!!!

Our Cascade Results group met with Rep Kim Schrier and several of our young members took the leadership roles. Was so exciting!

Great job, Bruce! Congratulations!

Sarah is AWESOME!!!

Welcome Sarah! Yay social workers!!!

yay Sarah I’m a social worker too! ❤️❤️❤️

Yay Sarah!

Yeah, Cascades (WA) RESULTS Group! They are a fabulous group with lots of very young, empowered and wise members!

Go Sarah!! So honored to be in Indy Domestic group with you.

I met Sarah her first IC (it was my first IC too!) and we became best friends right away!!

Are these forums going to be recorded?

Find all our trainings here: https://results.org/events/

yes

Thaks

Thanks

All national webinars are recorded. Recordings and slides can be found here, friends: https://results.org/volunteers/national-webinars/

Thanks, Lindsay. I’m talking specifically about the Thursday forums. Jos says they will be recorded as well.

We joined with a new chapter being formed in NH. When we are done, we will have lobbied all 4 MOCs in NH. One woman brought her teenage daughter, who said she is too young to vote, but RESULTS gives her a chance to make her opinions known.

That’s great Bill. Some excellent new folks in NH from our expansion team and Dining for Women

@Lucinda, et al: you can find the policy forums and ALL training recordings here: https://results.org/volunteers/training-webinars/

Detroit 5

@Alicia, thanks.

Peggy from Des Moines IA

I don’t remember whether I have already registered for conference. How can I found out.

Boston -1

Fort Worth - 7

Indianapolis, 1 (Cecilia)

Cleveland 1

Tacoma - 1

Seattle, 1

1 Md.

Georgia 2

Olalla, WA - 2

thank you! you all have a good day

Contra Costa 1

NM 8

Indianapolis 1

Sara in Eagle River, Alaska - 2

Stamford-2

San Diego met 2 on call.

CT- 1

Houston 1

Chicago 1

Dallas - Marty White 2

Four in Bloomington, IN

1 Vancouver WA

Austin Global

Austin 5

Dallas 1 but 12 expected at local meeting

Portland (OR) 1

Indianapolis 1

1-St. Louis

Lesley on Vashon Island

Olalla, WA - two listeners here in this household

Houston - 7 includes 1 Global

Orlando Global 2 in the room.

Great Job!

1 East Tennessee

1 part of Dallas group

love y’all

one jin Lawrenceville NJ

Great Meeting!!!!

I think there were 4 of us from RESULTS Raleigh, but I'll verify that in a little bit.

Have a great rest of your weekend, everyone!