It is called “Double Duty” and that is exactly what ONE’s Marine, Michael Castaldo, did on Saturday by crossing town and crossing party lines to advocate for the world’s poorest people to President Bill Clinton.

It can be hard to reach a candidate or politician here in New Hampshire as the crowds grow bigger as we near the primary. President Clinton undoubtedly had many ONE members in his crowd, but Michael sent me this ONE report:

This time it was a familiar news crew who gave me a tip off led to my interaction with President Clinton. They told me that the “still pen” was right by where President Clinton would be coming in, and they encouraged me to take my camera up there and act like I belonged. The secret service agent that was positioned there did not seem to mind, so I hung around right at the rail where he was due to arrive.

When he entered he paused for a minute to size up the crowd and looked around. He saw me in my ONE shirt up front he made a circle on his own chest and gave me the thumbs up!

After his speech, he made sure to reach out to me and accept a ONE band and shake my hand. I thanked him for his work in reducing the cost of ARVs, and he thanked me for supporting ONE.

-Matthew Bartlett, ONE Regional Organizer

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