August Grassroots Webinar: The Global Fund and Our Campaigns Progress

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1 Closed captioning: August Grassroots Webinar: The Global Fund and Our Campaigns Progress August 13, 2016, 2:00 pm ET To join by phone only, dial (201) , meeting ID

2 2 Welcome from Executive Joanne Carter

3 3 TB-HIV Champion Thokozile Phiri-Nkhoma Since 2009, Thokozile has translated her personal experiences into a passion for fighting tuberculosis (TB) on both the local and global level. She currently works for the Tikondane Women Congress for Health, an organization comprised of HIV support groups that receive and conduct community education sessions on TB aimed at people living with HIV. In addition to providing education, they have also established a mobile clinic, developed a TB-HIV integration community education manual, and mobilized 400 women living with HIV to join support groups where they are screened for TB. In 2010, she was selected as a member of the National TB-HIV technical subgroup in Malawi and in the same year, selected as one of only two community representatives for the Stop TB Partnerships Working Group on New Diagnostics, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. We are also welcoming her to the U.S. for our Global Fund media tour later this month!

4 4 Campaigns Update John Fawcett - Director, Global Policy & Advocacy

5 5 Global Campaigns Global Fund Replenishment Save an additional 9 million lives through programs supported by the Global Fund, leading to over 30 million lives saved cumulatively by 2020 Prevent 300 million new infections across the three diseases Leverage $41 billion in contributions from affected countries from their own domestic budgets Global Fund Senate sign-on letter: 36 signatures!

6 6 Global Campaigns: Take Action Global Fund Replenishment Write a letter to the editor Pitch the idea of an editorial to your local paper Ask your House member to write the Administration in support of the Global Fund

7 7 Next Steps on Reach Act So far, we have 176 cosponsors (including leads) on H.R.3706 and 26 cosponsors (over a quarter of the Senate, including leads) on S.1911, the Reach Act. Can we get to 200 in the House? You have done spectacular work! So, the next moves: Take advantage of town halls and the opportunity to book in-district recess meetings. (Let us know if you ve set something up on this handy form! Ask for Reach Act cosponsorship commitments. Already on the Reach Act? Ask legislators to speak to committee leadership about moving the bill and write a letter to the editor! Don t forget to log your meeting on the Lobby Report form:

8 8 Grassroots Cafe Lisa Marchal Senior Global Grassroots Associate

9 9 Fantastic Work So Far in meetings with House staff 58 meetings with Representatives 97 meetings with Senate staff 31 meetings with Senators 332 pieces of Reach Act media... And counting! One more state to go: Nevada!

10 10 Let s Hear From You!

11 11 Let s Hear From You To share, unmute your webinar line or hit *1 on your phone. Give us your name, and group or city name.

12 12 Mea Geizhals Grassroots Fundraising Manager

13 13 Road to Rio Fundraising Challenge success! 50 Fundraisers Over 300 Donations $42,400 Raised (and still going!) + $15,000 Matching Gift = $57,400 Total Raised Thank you, thank you, thank you!

14 14 Mark Your Calendars! August 16, 9 pm ET. Candidate Engagement/Bird-dogging Training. This training will provide you the tools to use at candidate events by showing you how to find events, how to formulate a question, how to increase the chances of getting your question asked, and how to follow up. To participate, log in online at or dial in by phone at (201) , meeting ID #. Are you planning to attend? Let us know here: Would you like support in prepping for the town hall? Sign up for the August 16 webinar: Did you attend? What happened? Fill out a report:

15 15 Mark Your Calendars! August 26, 1 pm ET. RESULTS Introductory Call. The perfect RESULTS primer. For more information, contact Amanda Beals, abeals@results.org. On-going group leader trainings on group health and skill-building. Next trainings with open spots: September in Washington state and Louisville. Contact Lisa Marchal at lmarchal@results.org for more information.

16 16 Mark Campbell Global Health Associate

17 17 Pitching the Idea of a Global Fund Replenishment Editorial to Your Local Paper Engage the listener: On September 16, world leaders will meet in Montreal for the replenishment conference of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The goal is to raise $13 billion to defeat these three pandemics. No other single event will play a bigger role in changing the trajectory of tuberculosis than this replenishment. State the Problem: The Global Fund provides about eighty percent of all external funding for fighting TB. Since 2000, TB deaths have declined 29 percent in countries partnering with the Global Fund. But if we don t act, we risk squandering all the progress made over the past 15 years. Illustrate the solution: When the world gathers in September, the U.S. can do its part by pledging to contribute a full one-third of the Global Fund s resources, as it has done in the past. This is a chance for President Obama to secure his legacy on global health and show the world that the U.S. is committed to stopping TB, HIV, and malaria in their tracks. Call to action: Would you be willing to write an editorial on this historic funding conference for our local readers? I have a comprehensive editorial packet that I can forward you and would happily answer any questions.

18 Group of the Month: RESULTS Omaha with Rep. Fortenberry Energy and persistence conquer all things. - Benjamin Franklin