Champions,
Thank you for joining our training webinars leading up to our virtual advocacy day on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
You can find the recordings and slides for our training series below:
Meeting Prep Documents
To help you prepare for your meetings, please review the linked files and identify relevant points for your meetings.
Congressional Meetings: What to Expect
- Keep meetings short, 15-20 minutes. If the meeting has naturally concluded, don’t force a new topic to fill time. Everyone appreciates getting a few minutes back!
- Your meetings with members of Congress or their staff. But don’t be intimidated! Members want to hear from their constituents.
- Your audience will have varying degrees of knowledge. Before diving into talking points, make it a conversation; ask how familiar your meeting lead is with malaria.
- Prepare for your meeting, make sure you know the talking points and do any additional research.
- If you don’t know, don’t make it up! If they ask a question you don’t know the answer to, let staff know you will have a team member from United to Beat Malaria follow up.
Congressional Meeting Do’s and Don’ts
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Remember: A successful meeting should feel like a conversation, not a lecture!
Building Relationships with Members of Congress
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- Use congress.gov to research your member of Congress’ voting record.
- Follow your members of Congress on social media to stay up to date on their positions and statements.
- Members of Congress will each have an official webpage where you can find their biography, committee assignments, and priorities for this Congress.
- Always express gratitude and prioritize maintaining the relationship with your member of Congress’ office.
Questions? Email Wendy Dimas at [email protected]
