Back in New Hampshire
Last night at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College, ONE’s Senior Director of Government Relations, and NH native, Tom Hart, gave a presentation on New Hampshire’s role in the fight against global extreme poverty.
We were hosted by our NH ONE Chairs, John Lyons, a Republican who serves as the Chairman of the NH Board of Education, and Joe Keefe, a former NH Democratic Party Chairman and current CEO of Pax World Funds, who is also the brother of Maura Keefe, who serves as Chief of Staff to NH Sen. Shaheen and who recently traveled to Africa with ONE on our Women’s trip. Both of our NH ONE Chairs gave passionate speeches about fighting extreme poverty and saving lives in the developing world, in a room where many ONE members had talked directly to the 2008 Presidential Candidates, including Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney Hillary Clinton, and others.
Tom Hart then spoke about how ONE was created and highlighted ONE members’ efforts during ONE Vote ’08 in New Hampshire and around the country by showing a short video. Tom then explained how we hold our leaders accountable to the promises that have been made to the world’s poorest people by using our voices through advocacy. He explained the budget process and how ONE fights for targeted programs like the Global Fund, PEPFAR, and Agricultural efforts in order to save lives and lift millions more out of dire, extreme poverty. He then showed our ONE re-cap video of our efforts last year. Tom closed by calling for even greater action this year as ONE continues efforts to urge our elected leaders to take life saving action in Africa and the poorest places on Earth.
After the event, we were able to catch up with many ONE members and community activists, including ONE’s Marine (Michael Castaldo), State Rep. Shaun Doherty, Manchester GOP Chairman Cliff Hurst, and former State Senator Dave Currier who was still sporting his ONE band from our NH ONE Vote launch in 2007, he even took a fistful of ONE bands on his way out the door. We even had a special guests as Tom’s parents even came out to support Tom, and all ONE members life saving efforts.
It was good to be back in New Hampshire, and a great day for ONE, but the fight goes on against extreme poverty and global disease in Africa, and it starts with your voice! Check back for more video from last night’s event.
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