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Historically, as we move closer to the general election, campaigns, media and electorate itself, tends to talk a lot more about the horse race and a lot less about the issues.
Today, with critical presidential primaries in four states, I and my many ONE member friends and colleagues must work that much harder to raise the profile for global poverty in this country.
Remember, you can look at the candidate’s plans for global poverty on ONE Action’s On The Record site. If you happen to live in Ohio, Texas, Vermont or Rhode Island, you could consider talking about global poverty while in the voting line.
And, as always, stay tuned for more urgent actions in the days, weeks and months ahead.
-Virginia Simmons
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March 5, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Great Post! I wanted to draw attention to the new site, http://www.ondayone.org, which exists precisely for the reasons Virginia outlines. Here’s my response to her post
http://www.ondayone.org/node/899