Missouri Becomes A State of ONE Coverage
September 7th, 2007 at 10:06 am | posted by Virginia Simmons
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Blunt, Slay unite with Oliver, et al as ONE
Gov. Matt Blunt and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay presented a united front against extreme poverty this morning, as both presented proclamations declaring that the city and the state share a ONE commitment to join the fight.
Both were featured speakers at a news conference at Washington University, where they were joined by several dozen students and other ONE volunteers.
KWMU (NPR)
Missouri and St. Louis join fight against poverty
ST. LOUIS, MO. (2007-09-06) The state of Missouri and city of St. Louis are joining an effort to bring attention to global poverty.
The world-wide movement is called One: a Campaign to Make Poverty History.
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay signed on Thursday becoming the ninth state and 120th city to do so.
Student Life, The Independent Newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis since 1878
Governor, mayor commit to fight global poverty
This Thursday morning, Governor Matt Blunt and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay convened on the Washington University campus with other prominent members of the St. Louis community to declare their solidarity with the ONE campaign in the fight against global poverty and disease.
“As Americans living in the twenty-first century, we enjoy an unprecedented level of freedom and prosperity that really is unequaled in the world,” said Governor Blunt. “But prosperity and freedom are not the only qualities that distinguish us. There is also a can-do attitude that leads more American to service than any other nation in the world.”
September 7th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
As a resident of Missouri who was born and raised in St. Louis, this is wonderful news! Currently I live in Hawaii and the ONE movement here is still going strong and bringing awareness to our government leaders. Reading this today gives me the strength to press forward. Now that my hometown and home state are CityofONE and StateofONE, it’s time to do the same in Hawaii.
Aloha