Marching on London
Today, ONE joined with 150 other organisations for the Put People First rally in London. I was down on the streets with the crowd of 35,000 calling on the G20 for fairness for the developing countries, and people around the world who have been adversely affected by the financial crisis.
The mood at the rally was jubilant. There were lots of families and even a makeshift marching band adding to the cheer. It was exciting to meet people brought together by so many different organisations, but sobering to remember why we were all there – the 53 million more people the World Bank estimates will slip into extreme poverty this year. Hopefully this rally, along with other efforts like our petition asking Obama to advocate for the needs of developing countries at the G20, will help.
For a bird’s eye view of the rally, check out the BBC report on the march – and look for the ONE signs in the crowd.
-Weldon Kennedy
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March 28, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Thanks Weldon for this post and for the BBC video – it’s good to see ONE being a part of appropriate mass protest as I suggested that we AS ONE were going to have to be a part of to promote continued economic assistance for Africa in a discussion that we had in the ONE Blog last Summer.
ALWAYS FOREVER, ONE – debbie
March 29, 2009 at 6:01 am
very informative