ONE Saint Louis and ONE Webster held its STAND UP Against Poverty event tonight at 7 PM. We had 69 people Stand Up in support of ONE and the Millennium Development Goals. Bob McMullen and Nick Stevens, co-chairs of ONE Saint Louis introduced the crowd to the ONE Campaign and its current initiatives: ONEvote’08, the ONE Campus Challenge, and ONE Sabbath. The featured speaker, Dr. Mark Manary, spoke about his experiences in Malawi with the Peanut Butter Project, which is addressing the needs of malnourished children. Webster University student Bobby Williams contributed some of his slam poetry to the event and another Webster University student Abdoulaye Zorome spoke to the crowd about his home country of Burkina Faso. To finish the night, Sister Toni, founder of Microfinancing Partners in Africa debuted her mini-documentary on micro-financing in Africa.

Our partners for the event were Bread for the World, International Partners in Missions, Microfinancing Partners in Africa, ONEworld, and Alliance of Students Against Poverty. As ONE we were proud to stand with tens of millions of people around the world. To hammer home the message to our members of congress, participants wrote letters and made phone calls to support the Jubilee Act. The event was a great way to increase awareness in the St. Louis area and we look forward to being able to increase our outreach efforts through our new members.

Thanks,
Nick Stevens
ONE Regional Outreach Ambassador