ONE member Janessa Goldbeck cycles cross country for foreign aid

Jan 12th, 2012 1:03 PM UTC
By Roscoe Mapps

Last night, close friends and partners gathered to show some love to activist Janessa Goldbeck during the Cycle for Security San Francisco Launch Party. Headlining the event was Lt. Col Paul Clarke (USAF-Ret.), a Truman National Security Project Fellow, who spoke in detail about how proposed cuts to international development assistance would negatively impact a strong national security strategy.

Janessa has fought for international development since her days at Northwestern University. She’s worked with such groups as Genocide Intervention Network, Save Darfur Coalition, New Leaders Council, and in four months will begin Officer Candidate School with the United States Marine Corps.

For the next three months, Janessa will embark on a 4,200 mile bicycle ride across the southern portion of the country making several stops to hold events with community supporters, students, and policymakers to discuss how international development is vital to America’s security and prosperity.

Keep an eye on your email as we will invite you to join other ONE members in support of Janessa’s events in a town near you. Now it’s with great pleasure we’d like to introduce you to Janessa. She has a special message for our ONE members, which you can watch in the player above.

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