Iowa State University’s ONE chapter started their campus Political Action Week strong and finished even stronger. On Monday, ONE’s outreach specialist Natalie Sugira spoke to students about her life experiences growing up in Rwanda. On Friday, ONE student members got a taste of activism when Senator Barack Obama held a rally on Central Campus. Twenty plus students wore their ONE T-shirts and attended the event to represent the billion who live on less than a dollar a day.

During the speech, Obama talked about America’s commitment to solving the problems in Darfur and the AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. Immediately after the speech student volunteers Nora Tobin, Ruth Powell, and Brittany DuBois worked their way through the swarm of students and approached Senator Barack Obama about wearing a ONE band. Not only did he put on a ONE band but they also managed to snap some great photos. Senator Barack Obama proceeded to keep the band on while he shook literally hundreds of hands.

-Jeff Yanecek