b'2021 ANNUAL REPORTLegislative and Regulatory CommunicationsCFAs principal advocacy strategy was communicating information and recommendations to members of Congress, the Administration, and regulators. While many of these communications took place in individual conversations, we also frequently submitted letters, comments, or testimony to Congress, the White House, federal regulatory agencies, state regulatory agencies, and international government bodies. During the course of the year, we submitted 208 of these written communications, often with allied organizations.Consumer Lobby DayThe fourth Consumer Lobby Day was reimagined into a week-long, virtual advocacy campaign from June 21 to June 25, and began with a kick off and training event on June 16 with a keynote address from Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. Planning kicked off in mid-March with fellow national partners, including Americans for Financial Reform, Consumer Action, Consumer Reports, National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumer Law Center, National Consumers League, Public Citizen, and U.S. PIRG.The Consumer Advocacy Week focused on building support for four consumer protection issues: a national interest rate cap; clarifying the Federal Trade Commissions ability to seek the full range of remedies on behalf of wronged consumers; protecting basic income from garnishment by debt collectors; and ending forced arbitration in consumer, employment, and civil rights disputes. 167 state advocates representing 40 states were joined by 24 national advocates in 151 meetings with Senate and House offices, including 15 meetings with Members of Congress. MediaCFAs main link to consumers, and an important means of influencing legislation and policymaking, is the media.In 2021, we issued 114 press releases, held 8 press conferences, and published 43 op-ed essays, letters-to-the editor, and blogs on major websites.CFA appeared in over 10,000 publications, almost 600 of which were in the top 100 print, internet, and trade publications. CFA also expanded its social media presence in 2021. Our Twitter page followers increased from about 7,400 to almost 8,000. Our 718 tweets received 632,450 impressions, 1,650 re-tweets and 2,971 likes. The number of people who have liked our Facebook page increased from about 4,700 to over 4,900; and our 312 Facebook posts had 539 engagements. CFA also published 10 Medium articles, which received over 500 views.2021 ANNUAL REPORT15'