Obama Plays Hardball and ONE is there!
April 4th, 2008 at 9:58 am | posted by Field
Last week it was announced that MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews would kick off their College Tour on April 2 at my campus, West Chester University. I had already started a ONE student group on campus and realized that this presented a unique opportunity to advocate for the world’s poorest people.
So on Monday morning five of our group’s members headed out and waited over two hours in line. That might not have been that bad except it was pouring down rain the entire time! We were soggy but we were also excited because the Pennsylvania Primary is coming up, and all of the sudden the candidates are starting to come to town. I have been following ONE Vote ‘08 since this summer and now I can actually go let all the candidates, both Democrat and Republican, know how important it is for our next president to be a leader in the fight against extreme poverty.
Wednesday was the big day and we headed over to the school gym to wait in our second line of the week. Luckily, members of ONE West Chester University were able to get five tickets for Hardball. All the waiting paid off because we got great seats. You see we really wanted to sit in the front so that everyone would notice our ONE Vote ‘08 T-shirts, and we would have a better chance at being able to ask Senator Obama a question during the filming.
While we were not able to ask a question during Hardball it was still a great night for ONE in Pennsylvania! We were able to tell lots of people about ONE, Senator Obama waved to us as we pointed out the ONE Vote 08 logo on our shirts, and we were even able to briefly meet Chris Matthews. It was a great experience. Now we are keeping a look out for all the candidates so we can be there when they come to town.
We need your help too - if you see that a presidential candidate is coming to your town then head on out. How else would you be able to participate in the United States presidential race AND stand in support of people who live on less than a dollar a day around the world by just by throwing on a T-shirt?
-Jennifer Sherlock, ONE Member West Chester, PA
