By Susan Wright, Co-Chair of Together Women Rise Advocacy Group with RESULTS  

Together Women Rise provides much-needed support for community-based organizations working to improve agency and life skills and provides opportunities for girls and women to thrive in difficult conditions. However, these organizations also need functioning health and education systems to succeed.  For example, Together Women Rise’s December Featured Grantee, GAIA Vaccine Foundation, works with support from the international program Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, national health authorities, and local schools to ensure that the HPV vaccine is available when girls are ready to be vaccinated. This is why advocating for US support of international organizations such as Gavi or the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, as well as for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to strengthen health and education systems in low-income countries, is essential to Rise’s actions. Particularly in the current context of potentially drastic cuts in many of these programs, it is important for our elected officials to know that their constituents strongly support these programs and want to see them continued.  

Our group of Rise volunteer advocates is fortunate to partner with an experienced and committed RESULTS team that provides fantastic guidance, a variety of advocacy training, tools and approaches, and opportunities to partner with local RESULTS chapters across the US to meet with congressional members and take various other actions to strengthen support for these vital programs. RESULTS is committed to eliminating poverty in the US and alleviating it worldwide.  

Please consider joining this energizing and satisfying advocacy group! We hold a virtual meeting monthly on the third Tuesday of the week at 8:30 PM EST, 5:30 PM PT. Each volunteer is assigned a coach who can help them advocate successfully.

Join us on Tuesday, January 21, at 8:30 PM ET/5:30 PM PT for our 2025 orientation webinar. This will be open to all interested in learning about advocacy’s role in sustaining programs that empower women and girls. We work to generate a positive impact on policies that affect the work of Together Women Rise grantees. Click HERE to learn more and register.  

Ready to sign up to be an advocate? You can do so at this link.