Comments on: Voices in the Desert http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Beth http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-531264 Beth Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:41:26 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-531264 I knew exactly what you were saying, Debbie, and I am with you in this 100%, as are soooo many other ONE members. This new year is going to explode with activity, I think, and I hope all of us committed ONE members can really rock our towns, cities and states! Cheers! I knew exactly what you were saying, Debbie, and I am with you in this 100%, as are soooo many other ONE members. This new year is going to explode with activity, I think, and I hope all of us committed ONE members can really rock our towns, cities and states! Cheers!

]]> By: Debbie K http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-531021 Debbie K Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:52:21 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-531021 Hey Beth, Thank you so much for understanding what I was trying to say. In no way was I dissing what y'all were doing - I just want to keep reminding us that while we whiteband politicians and make ONE tv spot ads and attend meetings with the heads of the various organizations of ONE, etc, we must still spend time doing the ONE outreach booths and other grassroots activities which are at the HEART of our movement to end extreme poverty. I agree with you, Beth - not enough people that I meet know about ONE. More people seem to know about (RED) from the Oprah show or the various TV ads for some of the (RED) products but few people I meet have ever heard of ONE before. That's when I talk to them about the IMPORTANCE of signing up for ONE and encourage them to sign our petitions. But we need to really spend some more time getting our membership past the 2.4 million mark to at least 3 million by the next Presidential election! But we have to be willing to spend some more time doing the hard work of the movement (outreach booths). I believe that we are committed enough to do just this. I have faith in my other ONE members. Take very good care, everyONE. Blessings - not just for those who kneel.~ ALWAYS ONE in the Spirit, debbie :) Hey Beth,

Thank you so much for understanding what I was trying to say. In no way was I dissing what y’all were doing – I just want to keep reminding us that while we whiteband politicians and make ONE tv spot ads and attend meetings with the heads of the various organizations of ONE, etc, we must still spend time doing the ONE outreach booths and other grassroots activities which are at the HEART of our movement to end extreme poverty.

I agree with you, Beth – not enough people that I meet know about ONE. More people seem to know about (RED) from the Oprah show or the various TV ads for some of the (RED) products but few people I meet have ever heard of ONE before.

That’s when I talk to them about the IMPORTANCE of signing up for ONE and encourage them to sign our petitions. But we need to really spend some more time getting our membership past the 2.4 million mark to at least 3 million by the next Presidential election!

But we have to be willing to spend some more time doing the hard work of the movement (outreach booths). I believe that we are committed enough to do just this. I have faith in my other ONE members.

Take very good care, everyONE. Blessings – not just for those who kneel.~

ALWAYS ONE in the Spirit, debbie :)

]]> By: Beth http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-530498 Beth Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:27:31 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-530498 Debbie: I was out in the desert with Amy and could not agree with you MORE! Because of having the opportunity to participate in that ad, and by seeing that most of the people there with us (with the exception of the film crew) had NO idea what ONE is about, I realized that more must be done. If anything, I am more determined than ever to move forward in my community. Standing in the desert with the few ONE members who were able to make it there, surrounded by hundreds of others who were oblivious to ONE, made me realize how much more there is for us to do, one by one, until our local communities can somehow be awakened and mobilized. Here's to some killer grassroots movement in 2008! Debbie:

I was out in the desert with Amy and could not agree with you MORE! Because of having the opportunity to participate in that ad, and by seeing that most of the people there with us (with the exception of the film crew) had NO idea what ONE is about, I realized that more must be done. If anything, I am more determined than ever to move forward in my community. Standing in the desert with the few ONE members who were able to make it there, surrounded by hundreds of others who were oblivious to ONE, made me realize how much more there is for us to do, one by one, until our local communities can somehow be awakened and mobilized.

Here’s to some killer grassroots movement in 2008!

]]> By: Debbie K http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-530458 Debbie K Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:15:32 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-530458 Thanks, Josh - the faster that we can get our numbers past 2.4 million members the better it will be for the People of Africa. I will be sending into the national office next week over TWO HUNDRED sign-ups for ONE that I have gotten in the last two months in my area. I would love to see others around the country sending in the same amount or even MORE numbers of sign-ups than mine. I hope that is going on. Strength is in the numbers. Take very good care of each other. Blessings abound - just look around! ALWAYS ONE in the Spirit, debbie :) Thanks, Josh – the faster that we can get our numbers past 2.4 million members the better it will be for the People of Africa.

I will be sending into the national office next week over TWO HUNDRED sign-ups for ONE that I have gotten in the last two months in my area.

I would love to see others around the country sending in the same amount or even MORE numbers of sign-ups than mine. I hope that is going on. Strength is in the numbers.

Take very good care of each other. Blessings abound – just look around!

ALWAYS ONE in the Spirit, debbie :)

]]> By: Josh Chernila, ONE Online Communities Coordinator http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-530404 Josh Chernila, ONE Online Communities Coordinator Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:50:44 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-530404 So true, Debbie. Everything we do needs to be directed towards one of the 3 goals of ONE: 1. Awareness 2. Recruitment 3. Mobilization As long as every action we take contributes to the expansion of one or more of those goals, our time is well spent. Keep up the great work! JoshC So true, Debbie.

Everything we do needs to be directed towards one of the 3 goals of ONE:

1. Awareness
2. Recruitment
3. Mobilization

As long as every action we take contributes to the expansion of one or more of those goals, our time is well spent.

Keep up the great work!

JoshC

]]> By: Debbie K http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-530109 Debbie K Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:14:15 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2007/12/07/voices-in-the-desert/#comment-530109 I think what Amy and her friends did when they were a part of this TV ad is fantastic and I hope that it will bring over to ONE many more people to join our movement to make extreme poverty history because we need everyONE's voice to join with us in making sure that our politicians are aware of our determination to keep their feet to the proverbial fire on better funding of programs that will end AIDS and extreme poverty. But I do have ONE thing to say to all the focus on whitebanding politicians and media blitzing. The simple fact is that more ONE supporters have got to go back into our communities and SIGN MORE PEOPLE UP TO ONE. If we fail to increase our numbers a bit better than we are presently doing, then politicians may not respond as enthusiastically as many of them are now doing because they'll see that we are not adding the volumes of new ONE members to our movement and thus, we may not be the strong force at the ballot box as we would like. So while we do the media blitz, let's remember that there is no substitute in American politics for good old-fashioned grassroots organizing! Take very good care of each other, my friends. Blessings will always be around. AS ONE, debbie :) I think what Amy and her friends did when they were a part of this TV ad is fantastic and I hope that it will bring over to ONE many more people to join our movement to make extreme poverty history because we need everyONE’s voice to join with us in making sure that our politicians are aware of our determination to keep their feet to the proverbial fire on better funding of programs that will end AIDS and extreme poverty.

But I do have ONE thing to say to all the focus on whitebanding politicians and media blitzing.

The simple fact is that more ONE supporters have got to go back into our communities and SIGN MORE PEOPLE UP TO ONE. If we fail to increase our numbers a bit better than we are presently doing, then politicians may not respond as enthusiastically as many of them are now doing because they’ll see that we are not adding the volumes of new ONE members to our movement and thus, we may not be the strong force at the ballot box as we would like.

So while we do the media blitz, let’s remember that there is no substitute in American politics for good old-fashioned grassroots organizing!

Take very good care of each other, my friends. Blessings will always be around.

AS ONE, debbie :)

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