Obama Wears the ONE Band in NH

Feb 13th, 2007 3:00 PM UTC
By Melissa Skinner, ONE member, Nashua, New Hampshire

My name is Melissa Skinner and I am a new but proud member of the ONE Campaign. Yesterday, here in New Hampshire, I was able to lend my voice to the poorest people in the world.

Standing outside a deli in the cold of Concord, NH, I was able to speak with presidential hopeful Senator Obama. I thanked him for talking about America’s role in saving lives in Africa and the world’s poorest countries and said I hoped he will join ONE’s campaign to fight AIDS and poverty.

Senator Obama immediately put on the ONE band I gave him, and talked with me about his trip to Kenya. He told me how he and his wife publicly took an AIDS test that helped encourage 50,000 people to be tested.

While I was talking with the Senator, Rep. Paul Hodes came over to us and took off his glove to show that he was wearing a ONE band too. It was an amazing moment and I was proud to be part of a growing movement of Americans that want to see our country do even more to fight global AIDS and extreme poverty.

Later on, I went to the University of New Hampshire in Durham to hear Senator Obama speak and I could see that he was still wearing the ONE band that I gave him. He even spoke about his bi-partisan work with republicans to fight global AIDS and commented about how our efforts reflect the morals and values of America.

This morning I found out that in the New Hampshire Union Leader and the Boston Globe there are front-page pictures of Senator Obama wearing his ONE band! All day long I have been getting calls from friends that saw or heard about the pictures. It was an amazing opportunity and I am so proud to be a member of ONE.

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