While I am sitting here, blogging away, a number of ONE members are dropping by to say hi.

David Alley is from St. Paul, MN. He has worked with charter schools for last 15 years and he’s looking to jump into something new. He’s interested in creative, innovative, resource-smart education in developing countries, as well as the empowerment of women, which he thinks, as many do, is key to ending poverty.

Claudia Espinosa is here from Iowa (although I’ve already met her on Facebook weeks ago.) Claudia moved to the U.S. from Mexico in 1999 and became involved in debt relief through her church. She found ONE though Jubilee and she’s been a strong member ever since.

Joe Leyba from St. Paul swung by to give me one of his homemade ONE buttons. He learned about ONE through U2, read a bunch of information about the Campaign and now he “reads the ONE Blog all the time.” (Good sucking up points Joe:)

Finally, I met Amy Sturgeon. Amy first heard about ONE from the 2005 T.V. commercials. The wide breath of supporters in the commercials caught her eye and she knew that this campaign was something she wanted to pay attention to. Amy talks to her church leaders about the issues and stays up to date with the ONE emails. She found ONE’s 2006 thanksgiving email, about the Oxfam Hunger Banquet, particularly moving and helpful. She’s here because this is something she cares about deeply and she wants to get more involved.