Delivering Your PEPFAR Petitions
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Over the last week, 42,145 Americans signed petitions requesting their state’s senators co-sponsor the “Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008″ (in conjunction with the AIDS-fighting legislation “PEPFAR”).
Just now, I went with a crew of ONE staff and volunteers to distribute the signed petitions to each office by hand in the maze of Capitol Hill. Every U.S. senator received a personalized petition containing individual messages from ONE members living in their state. Each of these 42,145 Americans who signed the petitions hope that his or her senators will support reauthorizing this lifesaving legislation.
-Julie-Anne Savarit-Cosenza
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April 15, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Thanks Julie-Anne for the update on this action alert. I was wondering how it was going.
As my Senators (TX) tend to be a bit timid in their support of our movement to end extreme poverty, I think that I will follow up your efforts in DC with a contact with my Senators’ district offices regarding this effort to get them on board supporting re-authorization of PEPFAR.
It can only help our efforts for PEPFAR.
BTW, what is the latest number of Senators that have signed up for this effort and who are they?
Take very good care, my friends. Blessings always.
ALWAYS ONE in the Spirit, debbie
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