CARE Action Network (CAN)

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We can't overcome poverty alone. It takes many of us working together. It takes a worldwide movement of community groups, organizations like CARE, national governments — and people like you.

The CARE Action Network, or CAN, is a group of CARE supporters working to educate our nation's leaders about issues of global poverty. Together, we ask our elected officials to adopt policies that address the underlying causes of poverty, such as gender inequality and poor governance.

CAN helps you use your voice to shape U.S. policies that affect global poverty. Join thousands of other supporters around the country in speaking out on behalf of women, children and poor families around the world. As a part of CAN, you'll have the chance to:

  • Gain a greater understanding of the effects of U.S. policies on global poverty
  • Draw inspiration from the people CARE works with in the developing world
  • Attend local meetings and events with other CAN members
  • Raise awareness of global poverty issues with our leaders, the media and the public
  • Attend CARE's annual National Conference & Celebration in Washington, D.C.


  You can help make change right from your chair, right now!
  Use our advocacy actions to send letters to your elected official:

CARE ACTION NETWORK UPDATE

 

We asked our supporters to send a message to their elected officials asking them to encourage the IMF and others to forgive Haiti's debt. Thousands of you did, and your efforts will make a difference in the lives of so many still struggling in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake:








CARE's Advocacy Agenda

Learn the strategy behind CARE's new, exciting advocacy agenda, "From Aid to Impact", advocacy agenda for the 111th Congress.

Click on the focus areas below to learn more:

Climate Change Education Economic Development Food Security

Maternal Health

 

Video Highlights from 2010


Hillary Rodham Clinton

Rep. Jim McDermott

Rep. Janice Schakowsky

Rep. John Lewis

CARE: Year in Review

Congressional Champions

Sen. Richard Durbin

2010 Highlights

Senator Durbin and
Senator Brown visit
CARE in Tanzania

Rep. Bill Delahunt Discusses IVAWA

Helene Gayle Speaks on Capitol Hill

Joint House and Senate Discussion
of IVAWA

CARE's Blog

 
Katie joined CARE as a senior policy advocate focusing on maternal health issues in February 2009. She is in charge of CARE's legislative activities on maternal health, an advocacy priority for the organization.

Read Complete Bio >>

  1. An Intern's Life at CARE
    Published: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:10:17 GMT

    Elizabeth Leonard interns for CARE, working primarily with me on the issue of maternal health. Read about her experience below and understand why “intern” does not adequately capture all she's done for me and CARE!

    read more >

  2. Women and HIV prevention
    Published: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:42:09 GMT

    It was welcome news coming out of the International AIDS Conference that we may be one step closer to a female controlled method of HIV prevention: a vaginal microbicidal gel. <... read more >

  3. A Congressional Hearing on Child Marriage
    Published: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:31:50 GMT

    On the last day of CARE's National Conference this year, May 12, Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) shared welcome news with CARE's advocates: as the Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission he would hold a hear... read more >

  4. A Must Read in MORE Magazine
    Published: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:56:53 GMT

    “The death of a woman in child birth is one of the most inexcusable deaths on earth…yet too often, when governments are asked for funding for women's health care, people's eyes glaze over.”

    ... read more >

CARE's National Conference & Celebration

Almost 1,000 CARE supporters gathered in the nation's capitol for this year's CARE National Conference and Celebration to learn more about issues that affect global poverty and call our nation's leaders to create a better future for all. See highlights of the conference, take action and help grow the movement by spreading the word about CARE's work to overcome poverty. Click on the graphic to the side to be wisked away to the CARE National Conference & Celebration site!

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