Champions,
Thank you for joining our training webinars leading up to our 2025 United to Beat Malaria Leadership Summit which will be held in Washington, D.C. March 16-18, 2025!
You can register below for the trainings and all recordings and slides will be posted here:
Click here to review the full talking points for your Meetings with Congress on Tuesday, March 18th.
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 Freshmen members of Congress
Freshmen members of Congress are those serving their first term in U.S. Congress. We believe that there is a significant benefit to educating our incoming freshmen members of Congress in order to build affinity toward global health programs early in their careers.
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Ways to get to know your freshman member:
- 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 about Summit? Email Wendy Dimas at wdimas@unfoundation.org
