Last week, nearly 600 Hawaii ONE members signed our petition to Senator Daniel Inouye asking him to use his power as Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee to fully fund the struggle to end global poverty.

The petition drive followed an April meeting between ONE Members Heidi Lum, Linda Birn and Kimmie Palpallatoc, and Sen. Inouye’s District Legislative Assistant, Barbara Sakamoto. At the meeting they discussed the important role that Sen. Inouye plays in appropriating the funds for all of ONE’s priorities including global health, child survival, basic education, agriculture, etc.

Check out the blog post from their meeting.

But they wanted to make sure that more Hawaii ONE members had a chance to weigh in on the discussion!

Last week, Heidi Lum met once again with Barbara Sakamoto at Sen. Inouye’s Honolulu office. This time she brought 600 additional voices with her in the form of signed ONE petitions.

Barbara was very impressed with the number of Hawaii ONE members that responded to the call to help the world’s poorest in such a short period of time. And once again, she confirmed how important it is for Senator Inouye to hear the voices of his constituents on these important issues.

Another big MAHALO to ONE Hawaii!

-Christopher Berg, ONE Field Coordinator