In Your Local Paper

Nov 8th, 2006 11:30 AM UTC
By Virginia Simmons

Last week, we asked ONE members to raise the profile of global poverty before the election by writing letters to their local papers. I’m posting excerpts from some of the printed pieces below. If yours gets printed, shoot an email to giveyourtime(at)one(dot)org.

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  “On Election Day, like every other day, there will be over one billion people around the world living on less than $1 a day.”
  - Kathy Schmitz in the Concordia, Kansas paper “The Concordia Blade-Empire”
  

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  “Fighting global AIDS and extreme poverty is something we can reach across party lines to do together.”
  - Melinda Taylor in the Princeton, West Virginia paper “The Bluefield Daily Telegraph”
  

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  “For the first time in history, we have the resources and know-how to end extreme poverty. All we need now is the political will to make it happen and that means voting and holding our leaders accountable.”
  - Vickie Crum in the Jackson, Mississippi paper “The Clarion-Ledger”

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  “I encourage my fellow voters to contact candidates and ask them what actions they’ll take to help fight global AIDS and extreme poverty.”
  - Dawn Wright in the Corvallis, Oregon paper “The Corvallis Gazette-Times”
  

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