Jeff Yanecek, Natalie Sugira, and our newest ONE staffer Wes Peterson trekked to Waterloo, Iowa, on Tuesday for a sit down meeting with Mayor Tim Hurley. Because Waterloo is one of the largest cities in Iowa and hotbed of political activity we wanted to make sure that the city’s leader was aware of the ONE Campaign’s work.

During our meeting, we expressed the importance of getting community leaders involved. By having Waterloo sign up as a City of ONE we would send a strong message that the citizens of Iowa care about those in poverty no matter where they live. Mayor Hurley had researched ONE before our visit and told us that he recognized many of the partner organizations as being active in his city. The talk went well enough to have the mayor invite us to speak in front of the entire city council to discuss Waterloo becoming a City of ONE.

-Sarah Sauber