*Navigating Electoral Terrain: TDP's Performance under N Chandrababu Naidu's ...
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1. THE BORGEN PROJECT The Borgen Project believes that leaders of the most powerful nation on earth should be doing more to address global poverty. We’re the innovative, national campaign that is working to make poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy.
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3. how we operate Advocate: We meet with U.S. leaders to secure their support for poverty-reduction efforts and legislation. Mobilize/Engage: We mobilize people across the country behind efforts to make poverty a political priority. Issue Messaging: We build awareness of global issues and innovations in poverty-reduction. Educate: We teach basic advocacy skills that allow citizens to communicate with their government.
8. Experts have known since the 1970’s that hunger could be eliminated within one generation if the political will exists.
9. International cooperation is now in place to eliminate poverty on a global scale (UN Millennium Development Goals).
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11. by the numbers… $550 billion: Annual U.S. Military budget. + $130 billion: Annual cost of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. $30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger. $4.4 billion: The cost of two B-2 Bombers. $3.2 billion: The annual budget for the World Food Program (largest relief agency on the planet) to assist 104 million starving and malnourished people.
22. Build Buzz “If an issue is not on the tips of their constituents tongues, it’s easy for political leaders to ignore it.” Former Vice President, Al Gore
30. what happens when you call… A staffer answers your call and puts your information into a “Call Report” Once a week a report is generated and sent to your representative tallying how many people chose to support or oppose a bill Your political leader uses the report to gauge public opinion and determine which bills to support
