Meeting with Senator Nelson’s Staff
Recently, Florida ONE members Anthony Wojtkowiak, Marc Wharton and I met with Ms. Willowstine Lawson, Senator Nelson’s regional director for Broward County. During the meeting we talked about how we got involved with ONE and the importance of U.S. leadership in fighting extreme poverty and global disease.
Specifically, we discussed climate change’s adverse impact on developing countries (who have contributed very little to global warming) particularly in the agriculture and water sectors. We asked that Senator Nelson support 5% of any revenue produced from future climate legislation to directly address this issue. We mentioned the benefits that the small increase from the current allocation of 2% would add, for example: increased trade opportunities, more good will towards the US, and a reduced risk of support for religious extremism, just to name a few.
It was a great meeting and a first step towards building a stronger relationship with Senator Nelson’s Broward County staff.
-Johanna Salazar, FL ONE Member
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November 13, 2009 at 11:30 am
Thank You for this opportunity Guys. Sara Paterni and ONE.org are true changemakers enabling us to go out and advocate for important issues affecting us all.
Lets keep the changemakers growing around the world.
Gracias.
In Service,
Johanna