Kentucky
Oct 17th, 2011 1:13 PM UTC
By Field
Some of ONE’s members and volunteers from Kentucky’s 5th District in Corbin, Ky., sponsored by Congressional District Leader Shane Pippin, were able to get together last week to do some letter writing and phone calls to Congressman Hal Rogers. Rogers’ Somerset office staff has proven to be a friendly connection, even communicating with us via phone and email during the planning of this recent ONE party. The letters will be delivered to Rogers’ DC office early next week.
Nearly 20 ONE volunteers made phone calls and wrote letters at this event. During the letter writing and call party, Pippin also hosted a side meeting for another 20 potential new members to discuss poverty, world hunger and needless casualties of preventable diseases, as well as the key role that ONE plays in advocating against these problems.
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Over the past few days, I had the opportunity to travel with Kentucky Congressional District Leader Pastor Shane Pippin.
On top of our general outreach in the 5th District, we were fortunate enough to sit down for a radio interview with News Director Brian Sizemore at 96.7-WANV in London, Ky.
Pastor Shane spoke at length about local Kentucky ONE members and their message that for less than 1 percent of the US federal budget, America is saving millions of lives, putting people on the path out of extreme poverty, and building a safer and more stable world as a result.
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To advance ONE’s fight against devastating cuts to life-saving programs, I joined Congressional District Leader Pastor Shane Pippin and other Kentucky ONE members last Friday for an in-district meeting with Congressman Hal Rogers‘ staff. Pastor Shane opened the meeting explaining how he has experienced poverty growing up in Appalachia but that he knows there are people in the developing world who are worse off and need our help.
Our group also explained to Rep. Rogers’ staff that we were concerned about the cuts that have been made in the House. Those cuts will affect many important life-saving programs. The 43 percent cut to the Global Fund means that more than 400,000 people will not get the antiretroviral treatment needed to keep them alive and healthy. In our meeting, Rep. Rogers’ staff mentioned that the congressman had just met with Bill and Melinda Gates to discuss funding for international life-saving programs last week and that they were familiar with our issues.
Pastor Shane delivered more than 20 handwritten letters from constituents expressing their concerns for the world’s most vulnerable people. Rep. Rogers’ staff was gracious in accepting the letters and promised to deliver them to him and make note of our visit. Way to go Pastor Shane and all of the other Kentucky ONE members!
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Oct 13th, 2010 8:01 PM UTC
By Field
Our table at the festival
Once a year, the city of Bowling Green in Kentucky hosts the International Festival, an exciting, day-long celebration of the world. Many of the vendors at the festival reflect the diversity in our city, as Bowling Green is home to a wide array of refugees and immigrants.
This year, Western Kentucky University AID (WKUAID), the masterminds behind WKU’s ONE campaign, decided to host a ONE table at the event to help get out the word about poverty as well as to talk about our upcoming fair trade event on October 15th.
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Saturday was an awesome day to fight extreme poverty in Louisville, KY! The multi-platinum selling rock band Third Day found out that the day of their Louisville concert fell during the weekend of the international Stand Up Against Poverty and they not only wanted to take part during their concert but also had the idea of doing a special question and answer session with anyone who agreed to become ONE members!
Thirteen great ONE volunteers got to Freedom Hall to start working to recruit new members at 6:00PM and by the time Third Day took the stage around 9:00 we had signed up 538 people who wanted to join us in the fight against extreme poverty and preventable diseases. The volunteers did such an awesome job we were worried we would not be able to fit everyone into the Q&A after the concert!
During the concert Third Day slowed things down and told the audience that they were going to do something kind of unusual for a rock concert- that they wanted everyone to sit down! At that point the lead singer Mac and the bassist Tai spoke about ONE and the importance of everyone coming together to make a difference in the fight against extreme poverty. They then turned it over to WJIE Radio station DJ Chris Crain to read the Stand Up pledge asking people to commit themselves to fighting poverty every day. It was so exciting to be part of over 6000 people all at one time standing up and cheering in coordination with millions of people all over the planet doing the same thing.
After the show was the special Q&A session for ONE members, and over 400 people poured into the room anxiously waiting to hear more from their favorite band. I kicked things off by talking about ONE and ways people in Louisville can use their voices for the world’s poorest people. Then all the members of Third Day entered the room as their fans went wild! Starting off the Q&A both Mac and Tai spoke very passionately about the importance of fighting for the poorest of the poor and how ONE makes it very easy to get started in that fight. People had tons of questions and were so excited for the opportunity to learn more about ONE and get to see such a personal side of Third Day.
Overall it was an amazing day to Stand Up Against Poverty and I was so fortunate to be part of it all!
PS: Stay tuned to the ONE Blog for some video and pictures from the Q&A with Third Day soon!
This Saturday, October 17th, multiplatinum selling band Third Day will be performing at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The band has generously offered to let ONE set up booths to sign up new ONE members and build our growing movement of dedicated individuals like you, working to end global poverty.
If you live in the area, and would like to volunteer with ONE, please sign up here. People who join ONE that night will also be invited to a special acoustic session with the band after the concert where people can come and learn how to be more involved in the fight against extreme poverty.
Here are the details:
When:
Saturday, Oct. 17. Arrive at 5:30PM
Where:
Freedom Hall at the KY Expo Center
937 Phillips Lane
Louisville, KY 40233
