Last chance

Jul 8th, 2009 5:04 PM UTC
By David Lane

Yesterday, ONE members delivered 30,000 messages to the Senate just hours before the Appropriations Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations made critical decisions on anti-poverty programs. Now their bill goes to the full appropriations committee and we’re extending our campaign one more day. That means there are just a few hours left to show our senators that ONE members are still focused on setting a hunger-fighting precedent for the world, and want full-funding for President Obama’s request for $1.36 billion in global agricultural development funding.

Please visit our Invest in Agriculture campaign to send a message below to your senators now and help us hit our goal of 50,000 ONE members calling on the Senate to do everything in its power to tackle the root causes of global hunger.

This action couldn’t be more urgent. Tomorrow—at the same time the Senate Appropriations Committee makes its final decisions on anti-poverty funding—President Obama and other top world leaders will be meeting in Rome for the G8 Summit. If we can convince the Senate to step-up the fight against hunger now, it will put tremendous pressure on other countries to invest in a global effort to end hunger.

The possibility of a new global commitment to ending hunger starts with our senators. They need to hear from us about how important it is to invest in global agriculture and give the world’s poorest people – the vast majority of whom are employed in agriculture—the chance to grow their way out of poverty.

Here in Washington, we’re doing everything we can to back up your campaign by meeting with key staff on the Hill to deliver your message. If you take action to speak on behalf of those who don’t have a voice, we’ll make sure you are heard in these final, critical hours.

-David Lane

TAGS: Agriculture, From ONE Members