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RESULTS OK-TX Regional Conference
Saturday August 9, 2025
All Peoples Church – Unitarian Universalist
1959 Sandy Lane; Fort Worth, TX 76112
A great turnout of committed advocates
and first timers!
Addressing Food Insecurity
Jared Williams, Ph.D. Tarrant Area Food Bank VP, Government & External Relations
Quarterbacks the organization’s marketing, communications, and advocacy work, where his team is laser-focused on amplifying stories about the Food Bank’s work to alleviate hunger, nurturing relations with elected officials, cultivating grassroots partnerships, and advancing anti-hunger policy priorities at the local state, and federal levels of government. BA Fort Valley State U, a Master’s from Texas Christian U, and Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the U North Texas.
Tiffany Tagbo – RESULTS Expert on Poverty, RESULTS Oklahoma Group Leader
“I am passionate about ending poverty because I have been impoverished. As a result, I have developed a deep empathy for those who are facing economic hardships, a belief in social justice, and a desire to help create a more equitable and compassionate world.” BA Communication & Journalism – U. of Central Oklahoma, MS International & Global Studies - Oklahoma State U.
How to Use ChatGPT and Other AI Tools
Craig Roshaven, RESULTS Fort Worth Group Leader; OK-TX regional coordinator
Craig is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister who served congregations in OH, PA, and FL and Fort Worth, TX and was the UU Association Witness Ministries Director (head of advocacy). He also worked in IT and is now a proud parent, grandpa, & great grandpa
Babita Daware, RESULTS Fort Worth Congressional Point-person
Babita Daware is a dedicated RESULTS volunteer, building strong relationships with policymakers to drive anti-poverty legislation. She is deeply committed to equity, grassroots advocacy, and amplifying community voices to influence systems and policies.
Strategies for New Member Recruitment
Errolyn Gray RESULTS Senior Associate, Grassroots Impact
Errolyn bring expertise in lobbying, community organizing, leadership development, grant writing, project management, and nonprofit administration, gained through roles in both the nonprofit sector and local government. A native of Mississippi, she holds degrees from both Alcorn State University and Mississippi State University. Guided by equity, integrity, and care, Errolyn is committed to building community and advancing meaningful, people-centered change.
Reimagining Global Health
Krutika Kuppalli, M.D. FIDSA; Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medicine Center
Dr. Kuppalli’s work centers on emerging pathogens, global health, and pandemic preparedness. She has held leadership roles in major global outbreaks, including serving as Medical Director of an Ebola Treatment Unit in Sierra Leone and playing a key role in the WHO’s COVID-19 and mpox responses. At WHO, she led the development of clinical and public health guidance, contributed to outbreak response missions, and helped shape international policy and practice on pandemic threats.
Strategy and Tactics Global Health
Tenzin Kunor, RESULTS Senior Associate, Global Policy
Tenzin is also an Education & Advocacy Coordinator at We Are TB. He was the Americas Region Representative of the Civil Society Task Force on Tuberculosis as the World Health Organization and a Case manager with the Dean of Students Office at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned a MS Public Health from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, U. of London, and a M. Ed Student Affairs in Higher Education from Iowa State U.
Celebrating Our Successes
Joanna DiStefano RESULTS Senior Associate, Grassroots Impact
Emphasizing a professional ethic of dynamic collaboration, values-based communication, and long-term relationship cultivation, Joanna contributes to community building that resonates in meaningful connections. She is a founding member of the West Virginia chapter of RESULTS. Joanna earned a BA in History and Political Science from Guilford College. She is a graduate of Creighton University's Werner Institute for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution.
OK-TX Regional Conference
Saturday August 17, 2024
Houston Food Bank
535 Portwall St. Houston, TX 77029
Pre conference workday at the Houston Food Bank
Eloise Bernadine
Carmen Alma
Carolyn
David
Tiffany
Ken
Carolyn Carmen David Alma Kathleen Tiffany Bernadine Ken
Carolyn Eloise Tiffany
Regional Conference Day
U.S. Nutrition session Tashon
Tashon Candace Tiffany
Carmen Evans
Global Nutrition session
l-r: Dorothy, Akshay, Eloise, Bukekile, Sarah, Mark, Nate, Zodwa, Peter, Yumi
RESULTS staff
Dorothy Sarah Keisha
Sarah Candace
Dorothy Sarah Keisha
Strengthening Our Community of Resilient Advocates
Craig Roshaven, RESULTS OK-TX regional coordinator
Break out session conversation questions:
What inspired you to become an advocate and join RESULTS?
What are the biggest challenges you’ve faced as an advocate?
What experiences have brought you joy in advocacy?
Craig is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister served congregations in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and his current hometown of Fort Worth, TX and was the UU Association Witness Ministries Director (head of advocacy). He also worked in the tech industry and is now a proud parent, grandpa, great-grandpa and RESULTS Fort Worth Group Leader.
Global Poverty - Nutrition for Growth presentation
Dorothy Monza, RESULTS Global Nutrition and Child Health Policy Manager
I am a passionate global health advocate who has experience working with grassroots advocates, policy wonks, and decision-makers to catalyze policy change. BA in International Affairs from George Washington University.
U.S. Poverty - SNAP and hunger panel discussion
TaShon Thomas, RESULTS Director of US Public Policy
TaShon Thomas, RESULTS Director of US Public Policy
Previously, TaShon was the Director of Public of Policy - United Way Bay Area, and Executive Director - Texas Legislative Black Caucus. BA Political Science & Government - Texas Southern University.
Tiffany Tagbo – RESULTS Expert on Poverty
"I am passionate about ending poverty because I have been impoverished. As a result, I have developed a deep empathy for those who are facing economic hardships, a belief in social justice, and a desire to help create a more equitable and compassionate world in my lifetime.” BA Communication & Journalism - University of Central Oklahoma, MS International & Global Studies - Oklahoma State University.
Candace Baker – RESULTS Expert on Poverty
“I have chosen to take on the role of an Expert on Poverty to be a voice for those who have no voice! I want to empower, impact, and uplift those individuals to remain hopeful by sharing my lived experiences, with the motto that your beginning doesn’t have to be your ending because of your gifts and talents that are within!” BS Criminal Justice & Corrections - Indiana Wesleyan
Advocacy Training - Motivational Interviewing
Sarah Leone, RESULTS Senior Associate for Grassroots Impact
I’m working towards helping create a more peaceful and equitable world through collaboration. I have experience in crisis prevention & intervention, specifically with suicide, domestic violence and sexual assault survivors. Lead Community Organizer - Count US IN Inc., Prevention Coordinator = Amani Family Services Inc. Victim Advocate - A Better Way Services, Inc. Bachelor of Social Work - Ball State University.
Kathleen Duncan, RESULTS Houston Group Leader
Kathleen is a happily retired Administrative Assistant at Odfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc. She has served as dedicated RESULTS’ Regional Coordinator, Houston Global, then U.S., and then Joint Group Leader, and spearheaded the planning of this regional conference.
Kathleen is a happily retired Administrative Assistant at Odfjell Terminals (Houston) Inc. She has served as dedicated RESULTS’ Regional Coordinator, Houston Global, then U.S., and then Joint Group Leader, and spearheaded the planning of this regional conference.
Ken Patterson, RESULTS Director of Grassroots Impact
My time in the Peace Corps put me in direct contact with extreme poverty. I find it pretty crazy that poverty exists at such a mass scale when all of the solutions to poverty already exist. I cannot sit by and allow this craziness to exist, so I am engaged in creating political will to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to realize at least most of their human potential. Assistant Director of Service Learning - Sarah Lawrence College, Business Development Manager - Shorebank Enterprise, Associate Peace Corps Director. BA English – Cornell College. MA Organizational Change Management – The New School.
Message of Inspiration & Gratitude
Ken Patterson, RESULTS Director of Grassroots Impact
RESULTS TX-OK
RESULTS TX-OK
2023 Regional Conference
2023 Regional Conference
August 19, 2023
St. Andrews Presbyterian Church,
14311 Wells Port Drive, Austin, TX 78728 (map)
Power of Relationships and Written Words
Conference Goals:
Conference Goals:
Build relationships among RESULTS volunteers in Texas and Oklahoma
Build the skills, confidence and knowledge required for volunteers to write more and better Letters to the Editor
Present new information on global Tuberculosis
Discuss the potential of a U.S. Renter’s Tax Credit
Volunteers write LTEs during the conference
Inspire all of us in the work we do
She served as a board member of RESULTS for four years and led volunteer groups for RESULTS in Chicago and St Louis for over ten years. In 2021, she was awarded the Cameron Duncan Media Award from RESULTS for her activism in written media.
Samples of Cindy's media:
Restore focus and resources to global tuberculosis fight
No corporate tax breaks unless child tax credit passes
Cindy will challenge us to write powerful media to end poverty.
Dr. Starke is an internationally recognized expert in the management of childhood tuberculosis and mycobacteria infections. He has served as the Director of the Children's Tuberculosis Clinic for almost 30 years. He has conducted and published research studies on various aspects of the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of childhood tuberculosis, and has delivered his findings in hundreds of regional, national and international talks, as well as over 100 papers and 30 chapters.
RESULTS Associate Director,
U.S. Poverty Policy
Former eviction defense attorney at Bay Area Legal Aid. On the board of the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth and is a Commissioner on the American Bar Association’s Commission on Homelessness & Poverty.
Renters Tax Credit panel discussion with
Housing Works - Austin aims to increase the supply of affordable housing in Austin by providing research, education, advocacy and thoughtful, workable affordable housing policy recommendations.
Texas Housers supports low-income Texans’ efforts to achieve the American dream of a decent, affordable home in a quality neighborhood of their choosing via research, advocacy, and community outreach.
One of the best kept secrets from Capitol Hill is the enormous influence of local media on congressional decisions — not just cable news or The New York Times, but the local papers in the communities members of Congress represent. Over and over, we hear from members of Congress that a letter to the editor or an op-ed in their home district is what moved them into action.
Tuberculosis (TB) is largely preventable, treatable, and curable. In 2021, an estimated 10.6 million people fell sick, and 1.6 million people needlessly lost their lives to this curable disease.
Request your representative sign a letter to the Administration about the United Nations High-Level on TB.
Write a letter to the editor on the importance of U.S. leadership at the UNHLM.
Ask your members of Congress to co-sponsor the End Tuberculosis Now Act
Housing insecurity is broader than homelessness, it’s a threat to households even with full-time jobs who can’t keep up with rising rents. Many households pay well over 30 percent of their income in rent, meaning they are “rent-burdened.” Most rent-burdened households cannot access existing housing programs, though, because they target support to specific groups like people experiencing homelessness. A renter tax credit would broadly benefit rent-burdened households that existing housing programs are unable to serve.
RESULTS TX-OK-LA 2017 Regional Conference
RESULTS TX-OK-LA 2017 Regional Conference
Pyramid of Passion, Persistence & Power
Below is a quick run down of the presentations and resources.
Patrick Makokoro - so humble telling us about his background, his Nhaka Foundation, the Zimbabwe Network of Early Childhood Development Actors (ZINECDA) and working with the Global Partnership for Education to get all Zimbabwe kids in school and learning and the opportunity to get a great start with pre-school.
Ken Patterson - our Global Grassroots Director motivating us to seize this moment, when others feel lost but want to take meaningful action, to expand our ranks and influence by building our activist pyramid (see Build a Coalition of Community Allies).
Craig Roshaven - showing us how easy it is to learn about the dreams and needs of those we are and hope to be working with by taking the time to have a deep one-on-one conversation.
Adgie Lou Davidson, Steve McGee, and Craig Roshaven - our powerful and inspiring Master Advocacy Skills Trainers. They showed us that we too can teach others to be bold advocates for issues they care about. There are resources available
on Group Resources page (www.RESULTS.org -> Resources->Group and RESULTS Conference Resources) in the Outreach Resources section:
RESULTS Advocacy Workshop Guide and Slides (find U.S. Poverty-specific Outreach Resources here)
Action Network & Interest Sign up form (half sheet) and online form.
And in the Lobby Prep section
Lobby Meeting Guide and Planning Form: Use to prepare for your meeting (PDF)
Laser Talks and Action Sheets (with guides for outreach meetings) are available as always on the Take Action pages for
Marty White helping pull together our pyramid building and advocacy skills to find a way to get a meeting with our Senators. Suggestions include
gathering a stack of personal letters from all our members requesting a meeting with the Senator
researching USGLC connections in our state (the link also includes cool global statistic for each of our states).
Anne Child for a quick overview her first use of of VolunteerMatch. You can do it too. Follow the instructions in Amanda Beals' "Guide for using Volunteer Match to recruit new volunteers" also found on the Group Resources page.
RESULTS Texas 2015 Thrive @ 35 Regional Conference
RESULTS Texas 2015 Thrive @ 35 Regional Conference
3/14/2015 - University of St. Thomas - Houston, TX
Welcome & Introductions
The REAL Change Experience
Researching Your Members of Congress
www.RESULTS.org -> Take Action (see green Key Online Tools)
U.S. Poverty &Global Poverty monthly conference calls
(Listen to RESULTS Conference Calls)
Racial Wealth Gap & Local Statistics Overview
Narrative Project
January 18, 2015: Webinar: How to Speak About Global Development.
The Gates Foundation reveals research on how to speak about global development so people understand its importance and impact.
This is a must for all global advocates. Download accompanying User Guide and Toolkit here.
Facebook and Social Media - Lessons from Dallas
Ladder of Engagement
February 11, 2015: Webinar: Engaging Activists Using the Ladder of Engagement.
How do we engage new people? Where are they starting from and how do we take them to the new place of empowerment? There are some great tools here. Accompanying slides.
2014 Regional Conference
2014 Regional Conference
Extreme Citizenship
When: Saturday February 8, 2014
Where: The Turtle Meeting Room 3525 Turtle Creek Blvd. Dallas, TX 75219-5514 (map)
Speakers:
David Chard, dean of SMU Simmons School of Education & Development. Former Peace Corps volunteer in Lesotho. Recently appointed by President Obama to the National Board of Education. He has been working with the Global Partnership for Education.
Lisa Marchal is the Senior Global Grassroots Associate and has been on the RESULTS/REF staff since March 2008. She interned as a Global Grassroots organizer from July 2007 to March 2008. She was ordained as an elder in The United Methodist Church in 2004 and has served local churches in Indiana, Ohio and London in various capacities since 1994. She earned her BA in speech communication from Indiana University in 1996 and her MDiv. from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio in 1999. She has also done graduate-level studies in human rights at the Institute of Common wealth Studies, University of London.
Colin Smith In his role as Deputy Director of Communications, Colin Smith manages a broad communications and media strategy for RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund, including supporting grassroots volunteers in their media work. Colin came to RESULTS from Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, where he managed media relations and a variety of writing and executive visibility initiatives. Before joining Friends, he worked for the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), a human rights advocacy organization. Colin previously lived and worked in Central America. He hails from Minnesota and graduated with a degree in English from Boston College.
Deva Arumugam - Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Director - El Centro College - Dallas County Community College District; Volunteer with RESULTS Dallas
RESULTS Texas 2013 Regional Conference
RESULTS Texas 2013 Regional Conference
When: Saturday May 11th 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Where: Coronada Hills Club House - 1801 Coronada Hills - Austin, TX 78752 (map link)
Who: YOU, other RESULTS grassroots members &
Ken Patterson - RESULTS Global Grassroots Manager
Why?
To be in community with others who care about ending poverty
To improve our advocacy skills
To explore creative ideas together
General agenda:
Speaking powerfully
Media - why it matters, how to get it, use of Social Media
Resources & Tools on the RESULTS website
Domestic and Global issues information
Building relationships across the aisle
RESULTS Reach and Impact goals
Resources from the RESULTS Texas Regional Conference:
Ken's Putting people in action ppt and Leadership & Action list
RESULTS website tour?... just explore the real thing here: www.results.org
"RESULTS listserv" is an optional email group where RESULTS members, staff and allies may post information, share successes, ask for ideas, etc. To join the listserve, send an e-mail to results-l+subscribe@googlegroups.com.
Marty's media presentation
Kathy Green's Capitol Area Food Bank SNAP presentation
Anne's Nutrition 101 presentation that was not presented (but I bet the "May 2013: Bold Work Need to Engage U.S. on Child Nutrition" call gives as much or better information)
From Kathleen's & Colleen's messaging session
"Contract with America - 1994"
climate change messaging papers she mentioned:
Robb Willer's Psychological Science Study 2012: The Moral Roots of Environmental Attitudes
Robb Willer's Psychological Science Study 2011: Apocalypse Soon? : Dire Messages Reduce Belief in Global Warming by Contradicting Just-World Beliefs
Colleen's thoughts on Lakoff's books
Colleen suggests this link on Think Tanks
Simon Sinek "Start with WHY" (TED talk link)
RESULTS 2013 Grassroots Goals
Texas Delegation 113th U.S. Congress
Recipes for Edamame Salad, Quinoa Vegetable Salad, David's Turkey Loaf
Here a link to fold your own doilie dove
Thoughts expressed from attendees of Ken's Putting People in Action session
We need to expand types of things members do (press conferences)
There are many different role players that bring about success (folks that message, fundraisers, write bylaws,etc)
We need to know the results of our actions... did we actually accomplish anything
Sam coached by asking you to take action, coaching and modeling, making a specific request
Give people permission to take action... and they'll do it!
People volunteer to validate their existence. Write letters during meetings so partners get immediate validation.
Ask people to take action in a way that validates them, not making them feel guilty.
Thoughts from our Reach & Impact brainstorming session
Expand Grass Roots Media
create draft LTEs per issue to have ready when a hook is seen
try other newspapers
share successful media stories
send to your Member of Congress the LTE you submitted even if it wasn't printed
build an op-ed together during and Education & Action meeting
use Facebook to get your message out
Meet face-to-face with every member of Congress RESULTS covers
make it unacceptable that they cannot meet with us
used LinkedIn to find out who is acquainted with your MOC
share MOC successes with other groups
Building Bipartisan Champions
find the reasonable MOCs
get unreasonable MOCs just to be neutral
look at future leaders (currently in local positions (city, county, school board))
search for your shared values
Grassroots Leader Training
share / rotate leadership
use a local group to test training material
share organizing the Education & Action meetings
Cover More Congressional Districts
talk to everyone
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