ONE Receives Commitment to Development Award
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Today we are very proud to announce that the Center for Global Development and Foreign Policy magazine have selected ONE to be the 2008 winner of the Commitment to Development “Ideas in Action” Award. The award, given annually since 2003, seeks to honor individuals or organizations “from the rich world that has made a significant contribution to changing attitudes and policies toward the developing world.”
We are honored to receive this award which of course would never have been possible without the hard work and dedication of ONE members and activists around the world.
Some excerpts from CGD’s announcement below, and you can listen to the telephone press conference here.
Through its ONE Vote ‘08 initiative , ONE mobilized 2 million supporters to sign petitions, raise awareness in their communities, and encourage the presidential candidates to explain how they would improve U.S. policies that affect poor people in developing countries. After the election, ONE pushed for President-elect Barack Obama and other newly elected officials to keep their commitments to the world’s poor in the face of the global financial crisis.
ONE Campaign advocates-often sporting ONE Campaign t-shirts-were visible at town hall meetings and election events around the country in 2008, catching the attention of candidates and voters.
ONE also hosted high-level panel discussions on global poverty at the Democratic and Republican national conventions. Hundreds of students, activists, and convention delegates attended the convention events.
-Chris Scott
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December 23, 2008 at 11:19 am
Congratulations ONE Campaign / OV08! What a very excellent honor from the CGD! The campaign’s success at creating issue visibility between American voters and leaders ultimately means that many lives that have been (and will be) saved. I think that this campaign will fast become the role model in the way Americans and “Causes” reach out towards our candidates and policy makers.
December 23, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I must agree with Rochelle that this award to ONE is well-deserved and shows the depth of commitment from our two and a half million membership & active volunteers to our determined leadership for ONE in DC and internationally.
We have not become the VERY EFFECTIVE organization for the world’s poorest people because we have nice-sounding ideas but because we are willing and able to put our commitment to ending AIDS & extreme poverty in our world into ACTION.
Let’s continue to advocate even MORE effectively for our goals in 2009. I look forward to working with all of my fellow ONE members on bigger victories in the future!
AS ONE, debbie
http://www.mpwn-uganda.org
December 24, 2008 at 11:10 am
Congratulations, ONE! This is incredible and well-deserved! Can’t wait to see what’s next in 2009!
January 3, 2009 at 9:17 am
An award for your ideas? What ideas have you had except using celebrities to get soft-headed Americans to sign up to support issues directly against their self-interest? There goes my respect for CGD. Lame, lame, lame - hope they give the award to a group who actually does real work next time.
January 6, 2009 at 9:51 pm
…or in the interests of their own country and people for that matter?