Richardson: ‘We need to do more for Africa’

May 14th, 2007 2:30 PM UTC
By Stephanie Handler, ONE Regional Field Organizer

ONE members were upfront for presidential candidate Governor Bill Richardson’s Saturday’s speech in Belvedere Lake Park, CA, in front of hundreds of southern Californians.

At the event, I shook the governor’s hand and talked to him about ONE. He was well aware of us and the strides ONE has made making Americans aware of extreme poverty and global AIDS. He told me: “We need to do more for Africa. We don’t do enough for Africa.”

Richardson traveled to Africa in January and shares his opinions on what should be done in the Sudan on his site.

TAGS: Gov. Richardson, ONE Vote 08, The ONE Blog

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