ONE Trails Obama to MO!
The Obama rally at Union Station in St. Louis, MO, went great on Saturday! 7 ONE Webster students went in ONE shirts and ONE Webster students Alex Cruz and Ellie Curran were interviewed by Fox Channel 2. I managed to work my way to the barrier by the side stage to band Representative Clay and Representative Carnahan. After the rally we caught up with Obama, but he said he already had a ONE band, so ONE Webster member Mark Albrecht gave him his T-shirt.
Two of our members, Sandra Lemenaite and her friend, arrived early and were packed into the very front of the crowd behind the barrier directly in front of the stage. I passed their T-shirts through the crowd to them. Afterwards, Sandra told me that they were packed in so tight that they had to get help from the people around them to slip the shirts over their jackets. One lady who helped them happened to be a ONE member and showed Sandra her ONE band.
The atmosphere there was charged with enthusiasm for the next election. We can’t wait for the next presidential candidate to come to town. Extreme poverty must be an issue in the 2008 election!
-Nick Stevens, OCC Regional Outreach Ambassador, co-chairman of ONE Saint Louis, and President of ONE Webster
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