Joel Griffith

Please welcome Joel Griffith, who’s working with our US Community Partnerships team this summer. Joel—a graduate student at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California—will be contributing to the ONE blog on occasion. Welcome, Joel!

Great music, great coffee…for a great purpose. Last Thursday night, ONE hosted award winning American singer-songwriter Anna Gilbert for a concert at Ebenezers Coffeehouse in downtown Washington, DC. Anna—a long-time ONE friend and supporter—and her talented band (including her husband Koa) entertained the crowd with some beautiful songs and inspiring words, encouraging everyone to use their voice to speak out against global poverty.

While in town, Anna and her husband also met with their congressmen from Oregon (where she was born and raised) and Senator Inouye from Hawaii (where he husband is from) to thank them for their work and to encourage their continued support on critical issues of extreme poverty and disease. Before heading back to the West Coast, Anna Gilbert made a special message about her trip exclusivley for ONE members, so make sure to check it out below.

To hear more of Anna’s music and to see where she’ll be playing next (including Hawaii on July 31 and August 1, visit http://www.myspace.com/annagilbert.