ONE Trails Obama, Clinton to Unity, NH

Jun 30th, 2008 10:50 AM UTC
By Matthew Bartlett

On Friday, Sen. Obama returned to the Granite State to campaign for President with Sen. Clinton. Some ONE members and I made it out to the event as early as possible to try and reach the two senators and make sure that the world’s poorest people were not forgotten in Unity, NH.

Waiting in the crowd, I was amazed by the number of ONE bands I saw on people everywhere! As New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes made his way to the stage, ONE member Tucker Jadczak was able to reach out to him and offer him a ONE band, which he immediately put on.

Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama finally made their way down to the stage and even through the large crowd, we were able to slip them ONE bands to remind them of the world’s bottom people.

You can see us with Sen. Clinton here:

And with Sen. Obama here, when Tucker thanks him for his efforts to fight AIDS and poverty in Africa:

In much of the media coverage and in many newspapers in New Hampshire and across the nation, you could prominently see Sen. Clinton’s ONE band on her left wrist!

As we move forward in the general election it can be tougher and tougher to have direct engagement with the candidates – but ONE members everywhere are helping to advocate for the world’s poorest people by wearing a ONE shirt, passing a ONE band to a candidate, and finding ways to make our voices heard like writing letters to the editor, and calling their own congressional representatives.

-Matthew Bartlett

TAGS: Barack Obama, New Hampshire, ONE Vote 08, Rep. Paul Hodes, Secretary Hillary Clinton