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Virtual Faith Leader Summit and Advocacy Day 2021:
Thanks to everyone who participated in the July 2021 fly-in!
Below are the event resources & materials:
Below are the event resources & materials:
1. IWGFA MEMBERS & CONTACTS
Click here to view the list of IWGFA contacts
Click here to view the list of IWGFA Communications contacts
Click here to view the list of IWGFA Communications contacts
2. BUDGET
3. EVENTS RECAPS
July 2021 Virtual Fly-In Recap: read here
December 2020 Virtual Fly-In Recap: read here
August 2020 Twitterstorm Review: read here
October 2019 Fly-In Recap: read here
August 2019 Fly-In Recap: read here
2018 Fly-In Recap: read here
December 2020 Virtual Fly-In Recap: read here
August 2020 Twitterstorm Review: read here
October 2019 Fly-In Recap: read here
August 2019 Fly-In Recap: read here
2018 Fly-In Recap: read here
4. KEY DOCUMENTS
5. SIGN-ON LETTERS LIBRARY
BUDGET: IWGFA FY22 302(b) and 150 Account Top-line Appropriations Request Letters:
302(b) Appropriations Account letter
150 Budget Account letter
NOMINATIONS: Letter Supporting Ambassador Power's Nomination to lead USAID
BUDGET: IWGFA FY22 Appropriations Request Letters:
(Senate Letter)
(House Letter)
BUDGET: Statement to Senate Urging for $20B in COVID-19 Supplemental
BUDGET: COVID-19 Supplemental Request Letter May 2020
BUDGET: Letter Supporting Funds to the Northern Triangle
BUDGET: 26_faith_based_organizations_urge_the_state_department_to_push_back_against_proposed_rescission
BUDGET: 26_faith_based_organizations_urge_congress_to_reject_proposed_rescissions
REFUGEES: More than 750 Faith Leaders and Faith Organizations Decry Low Refugee Arrivals
BUDGET: OPEN LETTER FROM 28 FAITH ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESSING SUPPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATORS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 SFOPS BILL
BUDGET: OPEN LETTER FROM 27 FAITH ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESSING SUPPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATORS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
BUDGET: Letter signed by 32 interfaith organizations regarding the FY19 Request
BUDGET: Letter signed by 26 Interfaith organizations sent to Senate and House Appropriations Sub-Committee State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Chairs and Ranking Members regarding robust FY18 funding for international relief and development programs.
USAID: Letter to Majority Leader McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Schumer, Chairman Corker, and Ranking Member Cardin from 87 Faith-based and other organizations urging the confirmation of Ambassador Mark Green as the next Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
BUDGET: 16 Generals Submitted Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee calling for the protection of foreign assistance funding. A copy of the testimony was also sent to the SFRC, Senate SFOPS, House SFOPS, HFAC and HASC committees.
BUDGET: 24 Faith-Based Organizations signed a letter expressing support for the international Affairs budget. Click here to read the letter.
BUDGET: 43 Senators signed a letter expressing strong bipartisan support for robust funding of the International Affairs Budget: click here to read the letter
BUDGET: With support from CCIH, leaders of 18 members of the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform sent a letter to U.S. Senate Majority and Minority Leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuch Schumer and U.S. House Leaders Speaker Paul Ryan and Representative Nancy Pelosi to express the tremendous benefits their communities have experienced from U.S. support of health and development programs and asked that lifesaving programs be protected: http://www.ccih.org/advocacy/CHA-Letter-Foreign-Affairs-Support.pdf
BUDGET: 100 conservative faith leaders call for protection of U.S. foreign assistance budget: https://www.worldvision.org/about-us/media-center/100-christian-leaders-tell-congressional-leadership-protect-foreign-assistance
BUDGET: 120 retire military call for strong International Affairs Budget: http://www.usglc.org/2017/02/27/over-120-retired-generals-admirals-on-state-and-usaid-budget-now-is-not-the-time-to-retreat/
BUDGET: The influential Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance offers strong support for FY18 funding of the International Affairs budget, in a letter signed by 32 faith-based organizations: fy18_budget_committee_letter__final_.pdf
REFUGEES: Accord: http://static.politico.com/ac/e4/b93a2d7041bc8243fed19f149fd0/evangelical-letter.pdf.
REFUGEES: Broad Christian and multi-faith reach: http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/religiousleaderletter/
REFUGEES: World Relief's sign-on letter for peace in South Sudan
REFUGEES: World Relief's Refugee Petition
REFUGEES: World Relief's petition for the BRIDGE act
REFUGEES: World Relief's Refugee Advocacy Toolkit
FAMINE: A bi-partisan letter that was led by Bass (D-CA) and Rooney (R-FL)
302(b) Appropriations Account letter
150 Budget Account letter
NOMINATIONS: Letter Supporting Ambassador Power's Nomination to lead USAID
BUDGET: IWGFA FY22 Appropriations Request Letters:
(Senate Letter)
(House Letter)
BUDGET: Statement to Senate Urging for $20B in COVID-19 Supplemental
BUDGET: COVID-19 Supplemental Request Letter May 2020
BUDGET: Letter Supporting Funds to the Northern Triangle
BUDGET: 26_faith_based_organizations_urge_the_state_department_to_push_back_against_proposed_rescission
BUDGET: 26_faith_based_organizations_urge_congress_to_reject_proposed_rescissions
REFUGEES: More than 750 Faith Leaders and Faith Organizations Decry Low Refugee Arrivals
BUDGET: OPEN LETTER FROM 28 FAITH ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESSING SUPPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATORS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 SFOPS BILL
BUDGET: OPEN LETTER FROM 27 FAITH ORGANIZATIONS EXPRESSING SUPPORT TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATORS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
BUDGET: Letter signed by 32 interfaith organizations regarding the FY19 Request
BUDGET: Letter signed by 26 Interfaith organizations sent to Senate and House Appropriations Sub-Committee State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Chairs and Ranking Members regarding robust FY18 funding for international relief and development programs.
USAID: Letter to Majority Leader McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Schumer, Chairman Corker, and Ranking Member Cardin from 87 Faith-based and other organizations urging the confirmation of Ambassador Mark Green as the next Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development.
BUDGET: 16 Generals Submitted Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee calling for the protection of foreign assistance funding. A copy of the testimony was also sent to the SFRC, Senate SFOPS, House SFOPS, HFAC and HASC committees.
BUDGET: 24 Faith-Based Organizations signed a letter expressing support for the international Affairs budget. Click here to read the letter.
BUDGET: 43 Senators signed a letter expressing strong bipartisan support for robust funding of the International Affairs Budget: click here to read the letter
BUDGET: With support from CCIH, leaders of 18 members of the Africa Christian Health Associations Platform sent a letter to U.S. Senate Majority and Minority Leaders Mitch McConnell and Chuch Schumer and U.S. House Leaders Speaker Paul Ryan and Representative Nancy Pelosi to express the tremendous benefits their communities have experienced from U.S. support of health and development programs and asked that lifesaving programs be protected: http://www.ccih.org/advocacy/CHA-Letter-Foreign-Affairs-Support.pdf
BUDGET: 100 conservative faith leaders call for protection of U.S. foreign assistance budget: https://www.worldvision.org/about-us/media-center/100-christian-leaders-tell-congressional-leadership-protect-foreign-assistance
BUDGET: 120 retire military call for strong International Affairs Budget: http://www.usglc.org/2017/02/27/over-120-retired-generals-admirals-on-state-and-usaid-budget-now-is-not-the-time-to-retreat/
BUDGET: The influential Interfaith Working Group on Foreign Assistance offers strong support for FY18 funding of the International Affairs budget, in a letter signed by 32 faith-based organizations: fy18_budget_committee_letter__final_.pdf
REFUGEES: Accord: http://static.politico.com/ac/e4/b93a2d7041bc8243fed19f149fd0/evangelical-letter.pdf.
REFUGEES: Broad Christian and multi-faith reach: http://www.interfaithimmigration.org/religiousleaderletter/
REFUGEES: World Relief's sign-on letter for peace in South Sudan
REFUGEES: World Relief's Refugee Petition
REFUGEES: World Relief's petition for the BRIDGE act
REFUGEES: World Relief's Refugee Advocacy Toolkit
FAMINE: A bi-partisan letter that was led by Bass (D-CA) and Rooney (R-FL)
6. MEETING MINUTES
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