ONE members spent a warm Florida evening drumming up awareness and visibility outside the MSNBC GOP debate in Boca Raton, FL. We took advantage of the live MSNBC broadcast before the debate to hold up our ONE signs in the backdrop while Chris Matthews was on the air. Not to let our work stop with the national TV exposure, we soon spotted Joe Scarbourough of MSNBC who took the time to have his picture taken with us. We ran into Joe later at a debate watch party and were able to chat a bit more.

After our successful MSNBC encounters, we stepped it up a notch and decided to band “The People’s Governor” himself, Charlie Crist. Our youngest member, 18-year old David, was up to the challenge and positioned himself perfectly next to Governor Crist as he came off stage. As soon as Crist finished taking questions from the media, David seized the opportunity to give Crist the white band on behalf of the ONE Campaign. Way to go David!! Even the ONE staffers were impressed. It was a great night in the Sunshine State.

-Ali Escalante, Florida ONE member